"Voting against their interests"

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Wednesday December 08, 2004 · 10:43 AM PST

2004/12/08 · 10:43

We hear that frequently about Red staters. Many of us simply don't get why these people, who could stand to gain so much from Democratic policies, vote for Republicans against their economic interests.

For a brief moment, I thought this way during the campaign, but discarded that way of thinking pretty quickly.

When Blues or liberals ask such a question, we are allowing ourselves to be sucked in a black hole of Marxist thinking that has a fundamental flaw, lack of recognition of transcendence. Read More

The Democratic Party is not the Liberal Party

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Wednesday November 24, 2004 · 2:15 PM PST

2004/11/24 · 14:15

Jerome at MyDD has a post on CBS Framing and Democratic Brand ad for Dean

He says, among other things:

If you feel slightly amazed that you now find yourself standing on the far left wing of your own party, alongside 80-90% of the rest of the Democratic Party, in opposition to the unilateral occupation in Iraq, and to government intrusion of a woman's body (otherwise framed as "antiwar and pro-abortion"), join the club.

The issue for years has been that the liberals on the coasts have taken over the party. I have no numbers, but I would daresay that moderates far outnumber liberals in the Party, they just don't have the clout in the leadership or media.

Moderate Democrats are progressive, just not liberal. The mistake liberals make is in labeling. It is true that more people than not are pro-choice, but they are pro-choice for VERY different reasons. The content of the pro-choice value is not uniform. Liberals are pro-choice for the most part because of militant women's rights strain. Most people are pro-choice because of compassion. They hate abortion, are ashamed of it, but understand that we gotta have it. Read More

"Learning to Run Propelled Evolution"

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Thursday November 18, 2004 · 5:28 PM PST

2004/11/18 · 17:28

I have been reading with much amusement "breaking news" articles stating that it has just been discovered that learning to run propelled evolution. No kidding!

Study: Learning to Run Propelled Evolution

SALT LAKE CITY Nov 18, 2004 -- New research suggests that developing the ability to run long thought to be a byproduct of walking for early man was actually an instrumental step in the evolution of people from ape-like creatures into what we know today as humans.

If I'm correct, evolution is about one thing, survival of the fitest. So whence, I ask, cometh this astonishing revelation? To survive, you have to run from the predators that chase you, nicht wa? Read More

Want to Form a Catholic 527 Group: Any Ideas?

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Tuesday November 09, 2004 · 9:25 AM PST

2004/11/09 · 09:25

As we all prepare for the next batch of elections and the biggie, 2008, we are all definitely looking for ways to make a difference.

In retrospect, I feel like I definitely did not do all that I could have this time around and I am determined not to let that happen again.

Among the things I am considering is a forming a Catholic 527. But the problem is I have no idea what to do or how to go about it.

I would appreciate any thoughts on pros and cons and how one goes about establishing a 527.

We Need to Form a Catholic Coalition

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Wednesday November 03, 2004 · 3:55 PM PST

2004/11/03 · 15:55

I think there is way too much soul searching going on in the liberal blogsphere, you'd think that we had just been handed another Mondale or McGovern.

Looking at the numbers, these numbers aren't disemble-and-restructure-from-ground-up numbers, these are we're-right-there numbers.

In Virginia we're at 45%
In North Carolina we're at 45% (could be Edwards effect)
In Arkansas, we're at 46%
In Iowa, New Mexico, Nevada, and Ohio, we are within 3 points.

These are good building-on numbers. Remember, when Bush lost the popular vote, Rove didn't tear down Rome, he just simply asked, where can we get 4 million votes to put us over the top?

All we need to do is ask how to build our coalition. Read More

The Catholic Church Does Approve of Abortion in Some Cases

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Monday October 25, 2004 · 12:04 PM PDT

2004/10/25 · 12:04

I placed this in an entry on the Catholics for Kerry blog, but I thought I'd share this here too.

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FYI-The Catholic Church Does Approve Terminating Pregnancies in Certain Cases

Even thought the conservative voices and the hierarchy prclaim loudly their absolute anti-abortion stances (even in cases of rape and incest), one thing they are hush about is the church's backdoor "approval" of abortion/abortive proceedures/terminating pregnancies. Read More

Kerry excommunicated ?

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Monday October 18, 2004 · 5:29 PM PDT

2004/10/18 · 17:29

Catholic World News Reports

Los Angeles, Oct. 18 (CWNews.com) - A consultant to the Vatican has said Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has incurred the penalty of excommunication from the Catholic Church.
The consultant made his statement in a highly unusual letter to Marc Balestrieri, a Los Angeles canon lawyer who formally sued John Kerry in ecclesiastical court for heresy.

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Sunday October 17, 2004 · 10:53 AM PDT

2004/10/17 · 10:53

We had an entry on our Catholics for Kerry Yahoo group that brought something to me attention.

Bush actually mocked the pleas for life by Karla Faye Tucker in one of his campaigns.

It occured to me that if there is footage of this somewhere, perhaps it could be used to show Bush's utter disregard for life.

Now, I'm not sure if that is in or out of bounds, but one thing I do know, is that the more people get to see the authentic Bush, the less people like him and see him for the phony that he is.

BTW, I just took an unscientific online poll at belief net about whose abortion views most are like yours and guess what? Kerry was up 48% to 43%. BTW, the accompanying article on the candidates' abortion views is quite interesting.

US Civil Right Commission Criticizes Bush

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Monday October 11, 2004 · 9:01 PM PDT

2004/10/11 · 21:01

The United States Commision on Civil Rights has its report out called Redefining Civil Rights in America. It doesn't look good for Bush. Here's an excerpt from the Executive Summary

The report finds that President Bush has neither exhibited leadership on pressing civil rights issues nor taken actions that match his words.

There's more where that came from. Read More

We are losing on this poll

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Friday October 08, 2004 · 8:17 PM PDT

2004/10/08 · 20:17

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6092749/

Catholic Right Plans to Crash St Louis Debate

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Thursday October 07, 2004 · 4:34 PM PDT

2004/10/07 · 16:34

From an archconservative Catholic website:
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Rally in St. Louis
A reader asked me to post the following request:
Some of you may have seen the cover story of the Sept. 19-25 issue of the National Catholic Register. It describes how a group of 500 students from Franciscan University of Steubenville showed up as a peaceful, prayerful pro-life witness at a campaign event held in Steubenville for Sen. John Kerry.
As you may know, the senator will be having a similar event here in Forest Park after this Friday night's debate. A number of us felt that it would not be right to let this go by without offering a similar witness to the sanctity of life and the incongruity of the position which Senator Kerry represents. The archbishop was informed of our idea and gave us his blessing on the undertaking.
We do not yet know exactly where and when on Friday night we will get together for this, but I will give you all that as soon as we know it. We will also be in touch with the archdiocesan pro-life office to try to get as many other people to join us as we can, and find somewhere to get good pro-life signs to hold. Meanwhile, all of you are invited to join us in this, and if you have any suggestions that could help, please let me know (padredana@hotmail.com). I apologize for the less than 48 hours notice, but I hope a good number of the community will be able to join us. Even if you cannot, please pray for the Holy Spirit's guidance for this event, and for the conversion of hearts in our nation, including our leaders.
If you plan on attending and would like to be kept up to date on the when and where info please e-mail me at padredana@hotmail.com, or check for updates at www.priesthood.motime.com.

If you are Catholic or know any in St Louis and supporting Kerry, a counter force would be nice. Get the word out!!

GOT(Black)V with "bling, bling"

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Saturday October 02, 2004 · 7:45 AM PDT

2004/10/02 · 07:45

Limos to Entice Voters To the Polls in Pr. George's

By Nancy Trejos
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, October 2, 2004; Page B06
When it comes to getting young people to vote, Charles G. Davis believes it's all about the "bling bling." So on Nov. 2, the Prince George's County businessman will offer free stretch-limousine rides to the polls.

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