Posted on 11/14/2006 1:22:03 PM PST by Tulsa Ramjet
Thank you.
"Also not every kid got a brand new spanking car at 16. I am amazed. In many states Such as Georgia and Louisiana you dont even have to pay for your kids college tution anymore if they have average grades. I suspect that money is being spent somewhere else too"
I think some states used their tobacco settlement money to set up tuition assistance programs.
I'm amazed at how often people remodel their houses.
Just when the new kitchen is broken in - it's "out of date" , the colors all wrong and appliances obsolete.
(Still doesn't excuse voting for pro-abort 'Rats ... but that's a separate issue.)
Come live on a ranch near Eagle Pass, you jerk.
Hey man you do your thing and I will do mine, as long as keep sort of clean ok?
The Cardinal's silly comparison of the border fence to the Berlin Wall strips him of any credibiltiy on this issue. Maybe we could ship illegals over to the Vatican.
You are in no position to whine about keeping it clean.
I'm amazed at how often people remodel their houses.
Believe it or not, but the way one decorates your kitchen and bathrooms determine whether it is an upscale home. You can have low-end cabinets with granite tops. Spend a little on water and light fixtures. No reason to change it, unless you want to waste money.
That is a laugh... If we are sleazeballs, what do you call those priests who abused CHILDREN? BOYS?... Does that get your blood going?... or not? :)
"That is a laugh... If we are sleazeballs, what do you call those priests who abused CHILDREN? BOYS?... Does that get your blood going?... or not? :)"
I'm a catholic and it gets me going - it affected my life and the lives of friends of mine.
Having said that....it has nothing to do with the fact that Cardinal Martino's opinions are his personal opinions. He is not "the vatican" - and in the past he has uttered some pretty stupid statements.
Every religion has people who publicly claim to belong - but who don't personally follow it or agree with it.
This statement about the wall shouldn't be considered "from the Vatican" unless the Pope says it is.
The Vatican, of course, benefits from Italy's maintenance of its national borders. You have to have a passport to get across those.
The Vatican is the most closed City in the World.
"The Vatican is the most closed City in the World."
They only have so much spagetti.
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The spirit of some of the posts on this thread certainly seems reminiscent of the stench that emanates from there.
I don't think the Vatican's position on birth control is the issue or part of the problem.
The fertility rate of Mexico is 2.42, Ireland is 1.86, Italy is 1.28. The US is 2.09. (According to the CIA World Factbook)
The real problem is too many Vatican officials reflexively deeming every action of the U.S. as wrong, evil or inhumane. A little intellectual reflection would do this Cardinal wonders. He might be better to ask why it is that the world's predominantly Catholic countries are backwaters of corruption and poverty and why it is that the people of these countries have historically done whatever they could to come to our great nation.
So you guys are tired/upset because I am an not accurate. Well I am tired because the Catholic Church, Rome, The Pope, everyone, even you are trying to shove all the abuses under the rug... and keep quiet.. and I WILL NOT LET THEM. It's that simple.
What is the fertility rate in the Vatican?
"The Pope, everyone, even you are trying to shove all the abuses under the rug... and keep quiet.. and I WILL NOT LET THEM. It's that simple."
Me? You don't know anything about me!
I reported one of them.
I support a catholic group who pressures accountability from bishops.
I have not kept quiet - nor will I ever.
So you guys are tired/upset because I am an not accurate. Well I am tired because the Catholic Church, Rome, The Pope, everyone, even you are trying to shove all the abuses under the rug... and keep quiet.. and I WILL NOT LET THEM. It's that simple.
Well, no, it isn't that simple because a few instances of abuse (no matter how horrible) shouldn't stain the entire institution.
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