Clear as Mud

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tly8ZSyMGl0 ^ | August 3, 2012 | Michael Voris

[stpio]

Is this insane?!!

[stpio]

President Obama is the main speaker once again at a well known Catholic fundraiser, the Alfred Smith Dinner. God help us, there's no faith left, their choice, the man goes against everything of Christ. Send a protest.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Michael Voris does not take any prisoners! Wow! What do the initials behind his name stand for: STB?

[ClearCase_guy]

Far too many religious leaders (of all types, not just Catholic) are cowards. They will not stand up for what's right, but they do stand up for what's wrong, because they think it is important to be tolerant and non-judgmental.

Maybe they ought to read the Bible and get a clue.

[afraidfortherepublic]

I am disappointed to hear this.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Something else must be at play here. Cardinal Dolan is no coward.

[ClearCase_guy]

Ah! You think Cardinal Dolan is setting a trap? He's going to get Obama up on stage in a very public place and then BLAST him with threats of hell-fire? Cardinal Dolan will call Obama a sinner and encourage everyone to pray for his much needed salvation?

You think the brave Cardinal has something like this up his sleeve?

Or do you think it will be a pleasant photo op with smiles and laughs by all?

[Salvation]

Even though is states otherwise, I don’t believe Cardinal Dolan knows about this.

[stpio]

I sent a mail to Catholic Charities of New York.

Here’s the link to Communications at the Archdiocese of New York. There are so many links, I wonder which one, if you want to let Archbishop Dolan know you wish him do do something.

Requests
*All requests must be sent via e-mail to: communications@archny.org

[wintertime]

1) Let's call it what it is! It isn't “Social Justice”. It is **COMMUNISM**!!! With few exceptions the Catholic bishops and education leaders in American are communists.

2) If the Catholic Church's leadership were filled to the brim with real **men** like Michael Voris, I'd still be a Catholic today.

[Mrs. Don-o]

As you can see, this issue came to light a few days ago via an article by John-Henry Westen at in LifeSite News, posted in FR (Link)

Westen turned up some very peculiar things:

• Catholic Charities says it's Dolan who issued the invitation

• Dolan's own Communication Office said they didn't know anything about it; and

• two of Egan's predecessor Archbishops, Egan and O'Connor, had (to their credit) nixed similar appearances with pro-abort presidents, so the precedent was there. Though it doesn't seem to have accomplished much

Add to this the fact tha Dolan has already said straight out that Obama lied to him --- which makes it unlikely that he is at this point going to be a kissy-face or a total naïf, and i'ts in October, less than a month before the most dangerous Election Day in the history of the Republic.

So. What do I think?

Far as I can see, the only possibilities are

(1) Timothy Dolan is a traitor/out of his mind and John-Henry Westen blew the whistle on him, or

(2) Timothy Dolan is crazy-like-a-fox and is luring Obama into a confrontation, but Westen is a fool, and doesn’t realize this (I'll leave Voris out of it for now)

Or there’s always

(3) Dolan is luring Obama into a confrontation, Westen knows this, and Westen is playing along with “Oh, Noes!” to add to the drama/controversy, which pumps the publicity and adds to the impact of the confrontation; but we-of-little-faith (including Voris?) are not getting the wink-wink-nudge-nudge.

Or...?

I don't know Dolan to be a traitor or non compos mentis, and I don't know Westen to be a fool, so as of now ---- still baffled, to be sure --- I'm betting on #3.

What’s your best guess?

[afraidfortherepublic]

#2 or #3.

[sayuncledave]

Sacrae Theologiae Bacculaureus—Bachelor of Sacred Theology. Means, he is educated about what he is speaking about.

[sayuncledave]

Thank you for posting this, stpio. I put these on an ipod and listen to them in the car, going to work. Listening to this one yesterday, I was thinking, this is a Vortex the freepers have to hear. Kudos to you, and to Michael, who’s spot-on again.

[SaraJohnson]

Cafeteria Catholics come by it honestly.

[stpio]

“Thank you for posting this, stpio. I put these on an ipod and listen to them in the car, going to work. Listening to this one yesterday, I was thinking, this is a Vortex the freepers have to hear. Kudos to you, and to Michael, who’s spot-on again.”

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I don’t get a chance to watch every one of Michael
Voris’...The Vortex but I notice he speaks more and
more traditionally...well, specifically about the
holiness of the Tridentine Mass.

Wouldn’t it be something at the Smith dinner if Archbishop Dolan spoke directly to the President about the Truth of God BHO rejects not in just a general way to the people there.

[stpio]

I pray Archbishop Dolan has something planned for the President, like speaking the Truth in front of the nation.

A door that’s closed, none of the well known Catholic in name only politicians present themselves to receive communion these days.

I received a form reply back from Catholic Charities.

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Thank you for your email. Your comment has been referred to the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation, which is the sponsor of the dinner.

The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York

From: Data Systems Center
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2012 6:39 PM
To: CC Contact Us; Christina Morse
Subject: Contact Form Data

Catholic Charities NY -

Aug 4, 2012 6:38 PM

[stpio]

Michael Voris at The Vortex responds to the Archdiocese’s
response to the scandal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O9Ap4MRl4I

[stpio]

New York Diocese’s blog response:

http://blog.archny.org/steppingout/?p=2525

and sign the petition:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/cdl_dolan_disinvite_obama/