Catholic Church - they've finally had enough. THANK GOD!
Over the weekend, I attended mass with my family. I was stunned as I listened to the priest deliver his sermon.
The US Catholic Church has never been too political. Oh sure, they've advocated for particular political positions, like the abolition of abortion. But, they've never openly advocated for a political party or candidate. At most they have encouraged Catholic voters to: "know the issues and the candidates."
Well that has all changed this weekend.
The church bulletin contained a strong letter from our Bishop condemning the latest salvo from Obamacare which will require all organizations (including Catholic ones) to provide full coverage for abortions for their employees. More to the point, Catholic organizations that eliminate health care coverage for employees because of the requirement will be saddled with government penalties for not doing so. How that for driving a liberal agenda down our throats?
What was so unusual about the letter from the Bishop, was the fact that Obama was mentioned by name. I cannot recall another time that a politician's name has been mentioned from the pulpit at Church.
I, for one, welcome the Catholic Church's entrance into the political fray. It's time for them to rally their troops.
In a similar vein, Republican voters need to start asking their Congressman why no bill has been put forward to upend Obamacare. 2010 was an expression of the outrage over Obamacare, but now that R's control congress, no action has been taken. very frustrating......
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Senator Mark Kirk.
As many of you know, Illinois Senator Mark KIrk suffered a stroke, one week ago, on Saturday. Ironically, on Friday, immediately before the medical issue, Senator Kirk welcomed his new spokesperson on board.
The new spokesperson for the Senator is Effingham native, Andrew Flach (son of Phil & Karen).
It's quite a welcome for Andrew as he handles the continual media attention to his new boss and the recovery.
Congratulations Andrew and Good Luck!!!
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Nanny state - Naperville,
Good friend, Dr. Joe Hartmann had an interesting experience in Naperville last weekend. First here's a photo of Joe's 6 year old grandson.........
Why does Alex look so sad? From Dr. Joe:
Last Saturday, Tom's kids were playing in their front yards in the snow with the neighborhood kids. About 5 pm Julie called them in for dinner. Alex (age 6) came in, took off his hat and coat (he was still in his snow boots, snow pants, long underwear and long shirt) when Julie told him to run two houses down the street to get his sister to come home. Alex ran past Tom who was waiting on the front porch for a client and watched Alex run down the street. He then saw a cop car make a u-turn, stop and walk up the neighbor's walkway and confront Alex. Tom was there within seconds. The cop said he was writing Tom up for Alex not having a coat on (temp was about 25). Now this house he ran to wasn't more than 100 feet from Tom's house. Cop called DCFS that moment and said that Alex was barefoot, had inappropriate clothing, and lack of adult supervision. Tom went back to his clients and Julie went to confront the cop. She was as mad as I have ever heard her and the cop was just abusive. Said he was writing down everything she said and kept asking her if she was done yet. Tom called the sergeant on call who said he didn't know the cop but would look into it. Tom got no call back. Sunday morning at 9 am a person from DCFS appeared at the front door wanted to search the house and talk to Alex who was hysterical by this time. DCFS said they didn't think there was going to be a problem. On Monday Tom called the police department asking to talk to the police chief. Secretary wouldn't put him through but sent him to another sergeant. Tom explained his story and sent him the photo he took of Alex after he got back into the house. Officer said that the picture was taken some time after the incident and Tom could have dressed Alex up. Tom wanted to file a police harassment complaint but the cop said, "If you do and we find that any of what you say is wrong, we will prosecute you!" Tom finally got a hold of the police chief who really wasn't going to do anything about it. Tom is giving up for fear of reprisals. Amazing isn't it. Now we should call the police station so they can determine what type of clothing we should put on our kids before we let them out of the house.
WOW!! just WOW!!! (The photo is of Alex, immediately after the entire fracas. I go jogging in less attire when it's 20 degrees out. Guess I can't do that in Naperville.)
If kids can be underdressed in Naperville, then I guess they can be overdressed as well. Frankly, too many layers on a winter day can be just as damaging. For that matter, sunlight hitting dark clothes will heat up a body quicker than lighter colored clothing. It would seem that Naperville police should issue standard of attire for all types of weather.
I would recommend Naperville parents call the police every morning to find out what is appropriate attire for the day, lest they hear from DCFS!
I called Naperville PD to ask what my kid should wear. They put me through to a Sergeant who said I should use common sense. I told the story of Tom's son and he said "someone must have filed a complaint". Told him it was a cop who did it and he didn't know what to say. Told him I was going to call each morning to have them tell me what "proper attire" would be so my child isn't taken away from DCFS.
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