BALTIMORE, Maryland September 23, 2015 - Georgetown University, a Jesuit University founded to assist in Jesus Christ's admonishment to his apostles to spread the Word throughout the known world, instead chose to cover the Christian cross and other Christian symbols on its scenic Washington, D.C. campus when President Obama stopped there last week.
Compare that to the noble words of Dr. Ben Carson, who stated that people who practice the Islamic religion ought not to be permitted to become President of these United States. Now, this magnificent man is being skewered by the low-brow and highly prejudiced national media, as they dutifully follow Obama and the uber leftist rabble over the idiot cliff. The courage of the man making the statement is unmatched in this era of stagnant thinking and secularized moral standards. And still, the media carries on its assault. In banner headlines, media outlets everywhere breathlessly report that a representative of CAIR says Carson should quit the Presidential Campaign because he doesn't understand the United States Constitution. That's a hoot! Pro-Hamas, Anti-American Ding Dongs like CAIR teliing anybody that they don't understand the United States Constitution. CAIR is living proof that the Jihad will never be a battle of wits. {Fittingly, just as CAIR ramped up its dribble, a Carson spokesperson announced that in the wake of Carson's statements over the weekend his fundraising efforts have taken off like wildfire, and the money is pouring in.}
With All Of the Humility I Am Able to Muster, Credible and Incisive Offers Some Advice to the Pontiff: Dear Pope Francis: Although I am not, myself, a Catholic, I am a longtime and ardent supporter of Catholicism. There is nothing that is part of Catholic Doctrine that I do not embrace. I have often attended Mass, my Wife is Catholic and all three of my Children were raised Catholic. That being said, I would like to speak seriously to you about some of the positions you have embraced of late.
Like you, I believe that the climate is changing. Unlike you, I do not beiieve that mankind yet knows how much, if at all, human activity is driving the changes. I believe that the climate may be about to cool somewhat in the relatively short term because the sun is heading into a cyclical dormant period during which activity that typically warms our climate does not occur very much. Some scientists who are not hogtied by the uber left believe that the so-called 'Little ice Age' occurred in conjunction with one of these solar dormant periods. I do know that the warming trend so-often cited by Global Warming Fanatics came to a stop some 17 years ago, and since then the Earth's mean temperature has not increased at all, in fact, if anything, it has actually fell back by a smidgen. Like many people, I believe that so much of the Global Warming/Climate Change hysteria of recent years has been fueled by far left zealots doing anything and everything to slow down the amazing economic expansion and the western dominance of the world order.
The trouble with socialism and communism and other dogmas embraced by these uber leftists - who also hate western religions like Catholicism - is that they just plain do not work; in fact, they have never worked and many people believe that they never will work because they fly in the face of the human nature that God has mercifully endowed each of us with. Whenever a government institutes socialism, that society sooner rather than later fails. People who are discouraged from working hard in order to benefit themselves and their families sooner rather than later stop working hard. On the otherhand, Governments which practice capitalism and representative democracy - and there have been surprisingly few of these through the millenia - seem to work exceedingly well so long as they keep their governments relatively small and concentrated in endeavors such as national defense, locally run education and a minimum amount of economic regulation, such as prosecuting fraud, etc. Right here in these United States we have gone through eight sordid years of Obama's brand of socialism. It has been government run amok. The poor are poorer. The rich are more heavily taxed. The economy, despite Obama's chronic lying, is in shambles and millions upon millions are unemployed. Many of the unemployed are so discourged that they have stopped looking for work, giving Obama and his lieutenants a convenient pretext for not including them in the count of unemployed persons. I understand that you are enamored by some of the policies of the Obama administration. Don't be fooled! When you wipe away his dogma, he is virulently anti-Catholic person. He virtually worships abortion, even supporting the right of evil abortion doctors to kill infants who survive abortions and are born alive. That's right, these doctors murden living and breathing children because they survived an abortion. Obama favors this. And you know, also, or you should know, that he also crafted his Obamashame Health Law (whoops, excuse me. The correct vernacular name for Obama's Health Law is 'Obamacare." I gave it a more descriptive and honest name, but it hasn't really caught on) so that Catholic Organizations like the Little Sisters of the Poor have to provide birth-control devices to their employees, even though these Women and other similar Catholic organizations, have dedicated their lives to opposing such things. Birth Control is available on every corner of American society and women have no trouble whatsoever in finding it. Obama made the Little Sisters of the Poor and other Catholic Groups do things by law that he knew they would never do just to teach them one of his very evil lessons. We look to you to stand up to this kind of despotism. You must be God's shining light on earth in the battle against such an evil.
These issues to which I refer have many other side issues and I could spend many pages fleshing them all out. That isn't my purpose in writing. Instead, I just wanted to make sure that you know that the uber left has some good people in their multitude and a lot of bad people. The Castro Bdsothers and Obama are very decidedly in the much larger sslatter group.
Your Humble Correspondent,
John William Trotz
Burnley Draws With Derby County, Takes Over Third Place in English Championship; Terps Draw with Michigan State, Hold No. 11 Ranking in Latest NSCAA Ranking
Burnley had won four straight to climb up among the leaders of the English Championship League, so when they went to Derby County and came away with a scoreless draw you'd think Claret Coach Sean Dyche would be unhappy. But that just is not so. Dyche told BBC Radio in Lancashire that "Coming off the back of four wins, to come here and get a clean sheet and a point is a very good result...We've had to fight really hard in the second half. First half, I thought we were excellent. The way the back five played tonight was absolutely exceptional." Indeed it was, but then, holding opponents scoreless is about par for the course for Tom Heaton, Ben Mee and company. Who can forget last season, when the Claret played three consecutive scoreless draws in the Premier. And besides, the single point Burnley earned for the match was enough to life them into third place in the Championship. This is the up-to-date table from the BBC:
1 Brighton: 8 matches played, 20 points
2 Middlesbrough: 8 matches played, 17 points
3 Burnley: 8 matches played, 15 points
4 Hull: 8 matches played, 14 points
5 Ipswich: 8 matches played, 14 points
6 Reading: 8 matches played, 12 points 7 Birmingham: 7 matches played, 12 points
8 Cardiff: 8 matches played, 12 points
9 QPR: 8 matches played, 12 points
10 Leeds: 8 matches played, 11 points
11 Derby County: 8 matches played, 11 points
12 Nottingham Forest: 8 matches played, 11 points
13 Huddersfield: 8 matches played, 9 points
14 Sheffield Wednesday: 8 matches played, 9 points
15 Charlton Athletic: 8 matches played, 9 points
16 Fulham: 7 matches played, 8 points
17 Brentford: 7 matches played, 8 points
18 Wolverhampton Wolves: 7 matches played, 8 points
19 Blackburn Rovers: 8 matches played, 7 points
20 Milton Keyes Dons: 8 matches played, 7 points
20 Milton Keyes Dons: 8 matches played, 7 points
21 Bolton: 8 matches played, 7 points
22 Preston: 8 matches played, 6 points
23 Bristol City: 8 matches played, 5 points
24 Rotherham: 8 matches played, 5 points
As for Maryland, their scoreless draw at Michigan State did cost them, but only slightly. The Terps dropped from 10th to 11th in the NSCAA Weekly Rankings of Division I Teams. Those current rankings (with records in parenthesis) are:
1 Creighton University: (6-0-0)
2 University Of North Carolina: (6-0-1)
3 Stanford University: (7-1-0)
4 University Of Virginia: (5-0-2)
5 Coastal Carolina University: (5-0-1)
6 Clemson University: (6-1-1)
7 University Of New Mexico: (5-1-1)
8 Elon University: (7-0-0)
9 University Of Akron: (4-1-1)
10 University Of Washington: (4-0-2)
11 University Of Maryland: (3-1-3)
12 University Of Denver : (6-0-1)
13 Oregon State University: (5-1-0)
14 University of Notre Dame: (4-2-1)
15 Wake Forest University: (6-1-0)
16 Old Dominion University: (4-1-1)
17 Temple: (7-0-1)
18 Hofstra University: (6-1-0)
19 American University: (6-2-0)
20 University Of California: (5-1-0)
21 Penn State University: (3-1-2)
22 University of North Carolina-Wilmington: (5-1-1)
23 University of Nebraska-Omaha: (6-1-0)
24 Florida International: (5-2-0)
25 Georgetown University: (3-2-2)
Also receiving votes: New Hampshire, University of (24), Western Michigan University (23), Xavier University (21), University Of South Florida (17), Columbia University (14), Saint Louis University (13), Michigan State University (12), St. Francis College (N.Y.) (12), University Of Louisville (12), Providence College (10), University of California Santa Barbara (9), University Of North Carolina-Charlotte (9), University of San Diego (8), Indiana University (7), North Carolina State University (5), Connecticut, University of (5), Utah Valley University (3), UNLV (2), Syracuse University (2), Duke University (1)
A Poem by John Donne (22 January 1572 – 31 March 1631). Donne was an English poet and a cleric in the Church of England.
Witchcraft by a Picture
I fix mine eye on thine, and there
Pity my picture burning in thine eye,
My picture drawned in a transparent tear,
When I look lower I espy;
Hadst thou the wicked skill
By pictures made and marred to kill,
How many wats mightst thou perform thy will?
But now i have drunk thy sweet salt tears,
And though thou pour more i'll depart;
My picture vanished, vanish fears,
That I can be endamaged by that art;
Though thou retain of me
One picture more, yet that will be,
Being in thine own heart, from all malice free.
From the Gospel of St. Luke, Chapter 18, Verse 1 through, and including, Verse 8:
Verse 1: And he told them a parable, to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. Verse 2: He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor regarded man; Verse 3: and there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Vindicate me against my adversity.' Verse 4: For a while he refused; but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor regard man, Verse 5: Yet because this widow bothers me, I will vindicate her, or she will wear me out by her continual coming.'" Verse 6: And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge says. Verse 7: And will not God vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? Verse 8: I tell you, he will vindicate them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
As for Maryland, their scoreless draw at Michigan State did cost them, but only slightly. The Terps dropped from 10th to 11th in the NSCAA Weekly Rankings of Division I Teams. Those current rankings (with records in parenthesis) are:
1 Creighton University: (6-0-0)
2 University Of North Carolina: (6-0-1)
3 Stanford University: (7-1-0)
4 University Of Virginia: (5-0-2)
5 Coastal Carolina University: (5-0-1)
6 Clemson University: (6-1-1)
7 University Of New Mexico: (5-1-1)
8 Elon University: (7-0-0)
9 University Of Akron: (4-1-1)
10 University Of Washington: (4-0-2)
11 University Of Maryland: (3-1-3)
12 University Of Denver : (6-0-1)
13 Oregon State University: (5-1-0)
14 University of Notre Dame: (4-2-1)
15 Wake Forest University: (6-1-0)
16 Old Dominion University: (4-1-1)
17 Temple: (7-0-1)
18 Hofstra University: (6-1-0)
19 American University: (6-2-0)
20 University Of California: (5-1-0)
21 Penn State University: (3-1-2)
22 University of North Carolina-Wilmington: (5-1-1)
23 University of Nebraska-Omaha: (6-1-0)
24 Florida International: (5-2-0)
25 Georgetown University: (3-2-2)
Also receiving votes: New Hampshire, University of (24), Western Michigan University (23), Xavier University (21), University Of South Florida (17), Columbia University (14), Saint Louis University (13), Michigan State University (12), St. Francis College (N.Y.) (12), University Of Louisville (12), Providence College (10), University of California Santa Barbara (9), University Of North Carolina-Charlotte (9), University of San Diego (8), Indiana University (7), North Carolina State University (5), Connecticut, University of (5), Utah Valley University (3), UNLV (2), Syracuse University (2), Duke University (1)
A Poem by John Donne (22 January 1572 – 31 March 1631). Donne was an English poet and a cleric in the Church of England.
Witchcraft by a Picture
I fix mine eye on thine, and there
Pity my picture burning in thine eye,
My picture drawned in a transparent tear,
When I look lower I espy;
Hadst thou the wicked skill
By pictures made and marred to kill,
How many wats mightst thou perform thy will?
But now i have drunk thy sweet salt tears,
And though thou pour more i'll depart;
My picture vanished, vanish fears,
That I can be endamaged by that art;
Though thou retain of me
One picture more, yet that will be,
Being in thine own heart, from all malice free.
From the Gospel of St. Luke, Chapter 18, Verse 1 through, and including, Verse 8:
Verse 1: And he told them a parable, to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. Verse 2: He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor regarded man; Verse 3: and there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Vindicate me against my adversity.' Verse 4: For a while he refused; but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor regard man, Verse 5: Yet because this widow bothers me, I will vindicate her, or she will wear me out by her continual coming.'" Verse 6: And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge says. Verse 7: And will not God vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? Verse 8: I tell you, he will vindicate them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
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