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Ominous silence for Obama (Knights of Columbus convention shocker)
American Thinker ^
| August 8, 2012
| Rosslyn Smith
Posted on 08/08/2012 10:41:01 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I often keep the Catholic network EWTN on in the background as I do housework. This afternoon featured live programming from the 130th Supreme Convention of the Catholic fraternal and charitable organization the Knights of Columbus from Anaheim, California. It's estimated that around 2,000 members of the Knights of Columbus will attend the convention.
The theme of this year's convention is Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land. At the opening session of the convention the Knights announced they had letters of greeting from leaders of several of the nations with large representations at the meeting. The first one read was from U.S. President Barack Obama. It was met with complete silence. By contrast letters from the leaders of Canada, Mexico and the Philippines were all applauded.
The silence that met Obama's greeting contrasted sharply with the multiple standing ovations Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson received during his annual report when he addressed the battles with the Obama administration's HHS mandate on abortifacients/sterilization/birth control and with militant atheists who seek to remove signs of religion from the public square...
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TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Moral Issues; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: abortion; catholics; catholicvote; contraceptives; knightsofcolumbus; moralabsolutes; obama; obamacare; prolife; standingo
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To: oldfart
Isoroku Yamamoto, and he died when his plane was shot down by American aircraft over the Pacific. The Japanese Empire was comprehensively defeated.
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posted on
08/08/2012 12:53:30 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(If you can't say anything nice, have some more wine.)
To: Sir Napsalot
Were Lutherans, Presbyterians, Baptists, Jews fooled during that election too? Here are figures of how O approval went down just six months after his election.
50 percent of Catholics (Catholics make up about 22 percent of the U.S. population.) approve of his presidency, down from 67 percent in his first six months in office.
DOWN 17 POINTS
among non-Catholic Christians, who make up 55 percent of the U.S. population, had fallen from 58 percent to 43 percent.
DOWN 15 POINTS
Mormon respondents, who represent about two percent of U.S. adults, fell from 43 percent to 26 percent
About 78 percent of Muslim respondents approved of the Obama presidency, down eight percentage points from when the question was first asked. (86)
DOWN 8 POINTS
atheists, agnostics, and members of other non-Christian religions, who comprise about 13 percent of the U.S. population -- While about 75 percent of these respondents approved of President Obama at the start of his term, their approval declined to about 64 percent.
DOWN 11 POINTS
Jews were the religious group third likeliest to approve of President Obama, giving him 61 percent approval. This too is a decline: in January-June 2009, their approval rating of the president was 77 percent.
DOWN 16 POINTS
Overall, 48 percent of Americans approve of President Obamas job, down from 63 percent in the first months of his presidency. Gallup claims that its survey of over 276,000 adults claims an overall margin of error of plus or minus one percent.
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posted on
08/08/2012 12:54:34 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Sir Napsalot
Not this 40 year 3rd degree Knight.
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posted on
08/08/2012 12:56:26 PM PDT
by
wordsofearnest
(Proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs it. C.S. Lewis)
To: Salvation
A lot of well-intentioned people voted against the Iraq/Afghanistan wars. A lot of well-intentioned people voted for the black guy. Yes, the outcome of those votes has been very bad, but it’s not as if John McCain was any prize.
Anyway, it doesn’t matter now. November 2012 matters now.
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posted on
08/08/2012 1:03:41 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(If you can't say anything nice, have some more wine.)
To: Salvation
If it gets around to politics, great. If not, you are on the way to making a new friend. Thank you for that kind advice and reminder.
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posted on
08/08/2012 1:08:19 PM PDT
by
Fundamentally Fair
(Pictionary at the Rorschach's tonight!)
To: Bob
I’ve only seen a handful here in Central Kentucky (two were on cars with tons of anti-military and pro-homosexual stickers and the third was on a car with numerous pro-union stickers), but I did see quite a few when I was visiting friends in LA a few weeks ago.
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posted on
08/08/2012 1:18:22 PM PDT
by
Stonewall Jackson
("I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.")
To: Fundamentally Fair
Many of us don’t realize all the opportunities that are aoround us for evangelization.
When I go to the grocery store and they ask me why I am buying so much — I tell them it’s for our Faith 101 series by our priest, tell them the topic of his talk that night and then invite them to come.
If they don’t come, I always know I did my part.
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posted on
08/08/2012 1:19:42 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
When I go to the grocery store and they ask me why I am buying so much , I say, "I have ten children." Everyone knows me at the Walmart, anyway ;-).
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posted on
08/08/2012 1:28:50 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(If you can't say anything nice, have some more wine.)
To: Stonewall Jackson
I see a number everyday here in Alaska,more common each day, it seems that they are putting out several different designs maybe tergeted at different groups.
Not suprising really with the number of federal and state employees in the state. It's amazing how many I see on the military bases.
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posted on
08/08/2012 1:39:41 PM PDT
by
Redak
To: Tax-chick; Salvation
ROFL!! FUNNY!
Of Course You Evangelize
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posted on
08/08/2012 2:33:21 PM PDT
by
johngrace
(I am a 1 John 4! Christian- declared at every Sunday Mass , Divine Mercy and Rosary prayers!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
heh heh heh
Victory - it tastes like Chick-fil-A.
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posted on
08/08/2012 3:09:22 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
(Obama 2012: Zimbabwe without the airfare)
To: johngrace; Salvation
Salvation has great ideas. I could invite people to join us more often if I did church activities in English instead of Spanish, though.
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posted on
08/08/2012 3:59:04 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(If you can't say anything nice, have some more wine.)
To: Fundamentally Fair
And, I still see tons of Obama bumper stickers in the parking lot when I go to Mass. That's unfortunate.
Sum total, in the last 4-5 years, I have seen:
One Obama bumper sticker one summer during the Vacation Bible School of our large local parish (might not have been a Catholic at all). None at other times when I am dropping off kids for religious education, etc., and I very much doubt ANY during Mass.
Zero Obama bumper stickers at the parish with a Latin Mass in a nearby town (where we assist). Several pro-life stickers.
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posted on
08/08/2012 4:37:41 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature not nurture TM)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
They should have dropped the letter on the floor and had a dog come in and pee on it.
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posted on
08/09/2012 12:13:37 AM PDT
by
Bellflower
(The LORD is Holy, separated from all sin, perfect, righteous, high and lifted up.)
To: Bellflower
Naw, what the KC’s did was classy. Unlike the followers of baraq.
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posted on
08/09/2012 1:29:11 PM PDT
by
Texas resident
(November 6 - Vote Against obama)
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