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Tuesday, August 31, 2004OPEN LETTER TO THE MEMBERS OF THE 2ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT President Bush needs your help. As a fellow Virginian and strong Republican, I am writing you personally to ask you to nominate Delegate Thelma Drake for the 2nd Congressional District House of Representatives. In a time when all eyes are on the RNC Convention in New York, this a time when we as Republicans should be rallying behind a message of smaller government. Nominating a supporter of the largest tax increase in Virginia history would send precisely the wrong message to our Republican delegates in New York -- not to mention breathing new life into liberal Democrat John Kerry's campaign and fuel the radicals protesting (and yes, even physically attacking) our Republican delegates. Please, let us send a clear message to President Bush that we support his agenda of smaller government, and an even clearer message to John Kerry and the liberal Democrats that Virginia offers no hope for tax-and-spend politicians. Virginia is Bush Country! Let's prove it tonight by nominating Delegate Thelma Drake for US House of Representatives! Yours in Republican Victory, Shaun Kenney Shaun Kenney Vice-Chairman/Fredericksburg Area, 1st District Republican Committee Chairman, Spotsylvania Republican Committee Comparing Frances to Hugo Take a quick look at the projected path for Hurricane Frances and compare it with the 1989 track for Hurricane Hugo. Get ready folks. Not much to worry about here (rain and wind), and it won't be like Isabell which hit us dead-on, but for those who remember Hugo, there was a lot of flooding. . . and we're saturated already. . . In Your Own Words. . . Every political campaign does it. But I am very gratified to see that the FLS, which has traditionally been both the clearing house and ethical watchdog for political letters and opinion pieces, has thrown down the gauntlet on pre-printed letters to the editor: "What we don't like to receive is letters to the editor generated by political campaigns--even if we like the candidates for whom the campaigns are speaking--or special interest groups. Because we're already deep into the presidential election season, we've received letters of this ilk from both contenders' camps. The people supporting President Bush and Sen. John Kerry have developed eloquent 'talking points' that you can download and easily e-mail to us. It's quick, and especially around this busy area, it can be tempting to copy-and-paste these prefab comments and send them our way."I can think of a couple occasions when I was first involved in politics where people would send pre-fabricated letters to people, and Larry Evans would catch three of the same letter and trash them all - yet still let them count against the stack of letters he would print for each candidate. Not exactly the best policy (it hurts those who genuinely want to contribute to the political debate), but folks should take a moment and respect what the FLS Opinion section is. It is the embodiment of the public square. So be original, please! When Anarchists Attack! Most conservatives on any college campus dominated by leftists will tell you horrific stories of signs being torn down, violent acts against their conservative beliefs, and any number of horror stories from supposedly tolerant liberals who - when presented with an opposing viewpoint - become irrationaly myopic to the point of physical violence. Sure, it gets mentioned around the bar. But more often than not the radical liberals get away with it. Rarely do you get a chance to see what your conservative activists put up with, or the caliber of the anti-war, anti-Bush hatred that is out there. Of course, there are golden moments where video cameras are in play. And the tape doesn't lie. . . Here is a low bandwidth Windows Media Player version of the attack by the anarchists on the Protest Warriors at yesterdays march in New York City. Enjoy!The original link can be found here, but I will mirror the video here" http://www.shaunkenney.com/when_anarchists_attack.wmv (2.5MB) Feel free to download this and share with as many people as possible. It's the stereotypical anti-war, peacemongering radical at work. To conservative activists, this comes as no surprise (we all have our horror stories from encounters with the left). But I seriously wonder when the rank-and-file Democrats will rein in their radical wing? Or is this acceptable behavior? Tolerance indeed. UPDATE: The New York Times had an excellent article on the harassment GOP delegates are receiving at the hands of the protestors: Outside a hotel in Times Square, delegates to the Republican National Convention were swarmed by protesters dressed in black and swearing at them. Blocks away, delegates engaged in shoving matches with protesters seeking to spoil their night at the theater. And outside "The Lion King" on 42nd Street, a delegate was punched by a protester who ran by. Monday, August 30, 2004Kerry Daughters Booed at MTV Video Music Awards I keep telling people that Generation Y is a lot more conservative (libertarian is more like it) than their Gen X or Baby Boomer predecessors, but I guess more instances such as these are going to have to drive the point home: In an appearance at Sunday nights' MTV Video Music Awards the two daughters were greeted with some cheers, but many boos.No mention as to whether or not the Bush daughters received the same welcome: The Bush daughters appeared later on in the program. However, the reaction from the crowd was difficult to hear when MTV cut to the feed via satelite.Anyone want to take a guess? Friday, August 27, 2004Bishop hopes chocolate, invites will bring back worshippers That's right, in place of substance, Anglican Bishop Nigel McCulloch has decided to offer chocolate and toys in order to increase church attendance. What even worse is that he recognizes the problem. "We will, unless there is a turn in the tide, be a Church which gradually disappears from this land." And for good reason Your Eminence. . . although I don't think it will be necessary to explain why. Educating Jeremy OR, how the NCAA fleeces and abuses student-athletes An excellent opinion paper, and one that will dramatically alter one's opinion of the NCAA and the system it imposes on student athletes: All of the lessons I learned from this organization will make me a rich man. Eventually, I think I'll start my own amateur business. I not only will provide housing and a positive working environment, I also will teach my employees the benefits of working as a team. And though I'll be making millions running this business, I will sympathetically tell my employees that paying them would corrupt the purity of my business and their learning experience. If they try to support themselves in other ways I find inappropriate, I'll dismiss them. IPD to arm officers with M-16s "We felt the need . . . to equip ourselves, for lack of a better term, to meet force with force. In order to provide safety to the public." Now I've been to Israel, where IDF soldiers are mandated to carry M-16s on their person at all times and in all places. Felt very safe as a matter of fact. But for some reason, this really, really bothers me: Indianapolis Police Chief Jerry Barker said Thursday that the 218 rifles, known as M-16s, will be given to officers as the weapons are modified and as officers are trained to use them. He said training would occur at a range at Camp Atterbury in Edinburgh, a military base about 45 minutes south of Indianapolis.Yes I believe that law enforcement needs the proper equipment to defend the community against those who would do it harm. Yes I also believe that SKS's against revolvers and shotguns isn't a fair fight. That having been said, police officers carrying M-16s as part of their everyday dress? Think of this. A traffic light goes out - and a police officer directs traffic out of his vehicle. . . M-16 casually dangled over his shoulder. Is that a good message to send to the community? As I've said before, I've been to Israel and I know what having a population armed to the teeth looks like. I also know that Israel is under the constant threat of terrorism; real terrorism that involves suicide bombers and the like. Yes I know that against a guy with firepower the standard issue Glock isn't going to do much. But call in for backup and bring SWAT over. Something just doesn't sound right about this. . . hopefully we can reconsider the options on precisely what police need to do in these rare situations where they are outgunned, rather than jump the fence and go to an opposite extreme. We Cure Weak Liberalism With Strong Communism! 
Da, is glorious communist revolution for RED DEAL John Kerry, nyet? These guys are having way too much fun with this. But I have to admit, this is the most hilarious piece of political satire I have read (red?) in a long, long time. But what makes this even better is that the real commies like International ANSWER are furious with these people. Heh heh heh! Thursday, August 26, 2004Temp hearts are patients' lifesavers "It was the most bizarre, intense thing in my entire life." The last thing William Somers remembers before passing out from a massive heart attack was the ambulance ride to the hospital.I remember seeing the first patient that received an artificial heart. His comments were something to the effect that the feeling was rather strange, because he couldn't feel his heart beat. In the tension between machine and man, I think this is a wonderful development for science. It does strike at the question as to whether or not we are entering (in a rather official manner that strikes at our sensibilites) an age where cybernetics becomes routine. If you think about it, that's precisely what we have here - cybernetics at work. Ethically, this has profound implications that I find very interesting. Bush in a Three Point Lead Over Kerry LA Times cites the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads No wonder the Kerry/Edwards campaign is being so rapacious: For the first time this year in a Times survey, Bush led Kerry in the presidential race, drawing 49% among registered voters, compared with 46% for the Democrat. In a Times poll just before the Democratic convention last month, Kerry held a 2-percentage-point advantage over Bush.Of course, the Dems are doing everything possible to stem the tide, with namecalling and verbal attacks in play. Problem is, 200 veterans can't be wrong, and John Kerry's personal account of his war record has been proven to be unfactual at best. That's a five point drop for Kerry. Five points right before the GOP convention. Ouch. Tuesday, August 24, 2004Boren resigns School Board seat Yes, the Spotsylvania Republican Committee is watching, and yes, we will definitely have some input on this decision. Whether it is welcome or not, that is another matter altogether. Hundreds Of John Kerry Yard Signs Stolen In Fla. "Nice people don't steal or vandalize." There are few things in this world that I hate. I mean genuinely despise. Willfully ignorant people are one. Childish political theivery is another: Pensacola resident Anne Bennett lost four Kerry signs from her front yard before putting out a homemade sign that read "Nice people don't steal or vandalize." She hung her latest sign from a pine tree limb 15 feet in the air.Locally, I know for a fact that this is a problem, only vice versa. Republicans routinely have signs stolen from yards, vandalized, and torn down. Most recently, we had a number of complaints during the November 2003 election with Robert Stuber signs being stolen, trashed, and yards vandalized in the process (presumably as a means of telling the property owners what a GOP sign invites). Vandalism on the part of political campaigns is cheap and stupid. It makes the person you are trying to help look bad, it makes the other guy look like a martyr, it motivates the people who you stole from (and trust me, it certainly riled up folks to work for Stuber in 2003), and in this case, it gets reported on in the press. I hope it's a trend that continues. Do everything you can for your candidate before Election Tuesday, but keep in mind that we are all Americans again the Wednesday afterwards. After all, you could be handing out hundreds of literature pieces for the effort of tearing down a handful of signs. . . and lit drops are more effective than signs anyhow. Monday, August 23, 2004From Virginia to Qatar Kenney2020: ROBERT! PTNUSA1: yeah PTNUSA1: whats up? Kenney2020: what's going on man! Kenney2020: when did you get back to the States? PTNUSA1: i didnt PTNUSA1: lol PTNUSA1: I'm on a four day pass to Quatar Kenney2020: oh nice PTNUSA1: ;-) PTNUSA1: it could be better PTNUSA1: but who's complaining Kenney2020: awesome Kenney2020: not every day I see your IM up PTNUSA1: yeah, how you been man? PTNUSA1: yeah Kenney2020: been pretty good Kenney2020: Missy is pregnant again for child #3 Kenney2020: politics are kicking my ass - but its fun Kenney2020: school, work, all that BS PTNUSA1: damn man, you're keepin yourself busy huh? PTNUSA1: yeah Kenney2020: trying to anyhow. . . :-) PTNUSA1: it will all pay off though man, hard work always gets you somewhere Kenney2020: what's up with you - when are you getting back here? PTNUSA1: shit, I was hoping like september but now I'm thinkin like next march, lol Kenney2020: damn Kenney2020: you doing allright out there? PTNUSA1: yeah, things chilled out some this past month Kenney2020: that's cool PTNUSA1: at least around baqubah Kenney2020: hey - don't let me hold you up if you are IMing someone more important (family and such) PTNUSA1: naw its cool brother, I need to go anyway, my partner in crime and I have to get up early tomorrow so we can go in town with some Quatars(?) that sponsored us Kenney2020: sweet Kenney2020: if you need anything, get ahold of us and we'll ship it to you Kenney2020: take it easy bro PTNUSA1: hey, thanks for the offer man, I'll keep it in mind, just remember to have a beer for me now and then PTNUSA1: later man Kenney2020: will do! Kenney2020: later PTNUSA1: oh yeah, congrats on the new baby man PTNUSA1: Im out PTNUSA1 signed off at 6:29:56 PM. Sunday, August 22, 2004Kerry's Own Mess Strong and accurate words from Investors Business Daily, as plagarized from Glenn Reynolds: "John Kerry says he'll fight claims he lied about or exaggerated his service in Vietnam. The best way to fight such charges would be to stop calling people names and start providing some answers.For as much screaming as Kerry is doing over the SBVT ads, that's an awful lot of smokescreen being thrown out. And where there's smoke. . . Pope Condemns Human Cloning and Arrogance of Man And rightly so. Friday, August 20, 2004John Kerry Losing His Cool. . . Swift Boat Veterans for Truth's new book Unfit for Command seems to be having a greater impact on the election than Moore's F-911. In fact, the impact is so great that Kerry has filed a complaint with the FEC that the book is working in collusion with the Bush/Cheney campaign: The Democratic Party launched a costly round of ads Friday to buttress John Kerry credentials to be commander in chief as the White House accused the Massachusetts senator of "losing his cool" over attacks on his war record.Way not to lose your cool there Ms. Cutter! Wow. . . talk about a campaign in a tailspin. Of course, anyone with a scintilla of common sense is going to recognize the hypocrisy of a Kerry/Edwards base drooling over Fahrenheit 9/11 and MoveOn.org zombies. Of course, it gets much, much better. . . The unusual late-August maneuvering highlighted the closeness of the race for the White House and came as polls offered the first hint that the questioning of Kerry's medal-winning service in the Vietnam War — allegations that he strongly condemned this week as lies — were taking a political toll.And there you have the real reason why Kerry is slandering his fellow shipmates; they're believable, and they are speaking the truth. If anything, the amazing counterbalance between the amount being spent on anti-Bush ads and the amount SBVT has spent should strike a chord: McClellan also accused the Kerry campaign of sanctioning the same type of attack ads by outside groups that it is accusing the president of approving.Zing! So true indeed. . . Of Irons and I-rons Jonathan is now the proud owner of an i-ron. Much like the irons one might buy in your favorite store, only this is a plastic one (of course) with spraying action. Naturally, for those who know my eldest son, he has a particular habit of pronouncing his words very precisely with what he thinks is the proper way to pronounce the word. So with his iron for example, since it is spelled I-R-O-N, he's deemed that the proper way to pronounce the word is i-ron; phonetically sounding something close to i-wren. "Look at my i-wren, Daddy!" Wonderful! I've always wanted an i-wren! It makes sense if you think about what the Virginian accent does with r's. The difference between an American and a 'murican. Which can only mean one thing - I'm raising mah boy up right! Wednesday, August 18, 2004Do Not View This Before Eating This has to be the scariest thing I have ever seen in my entire life. Hi! I'm Lee Roystone.What follows can only be described as nothing more than strange. I mean scary, stalker kind of strange. This goes beyond party lines. . . I feel bad for ol' John Kerry. It'd be humorous if it weren't true. Monday, August 16, 2004Pope's health seriously weakened "I end my pilgrimage here." Pope John Paul II's visit to Lourdes seemed to be particularly moving for those present. Cardinal Danneels seems to think that the Pope's visit was more of a conclusion than any mere pilgrimage: 'It was one of the most moving celebrations ever,' Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels, who is seen as a leading contender to succeed John Paul, was quoted as saying in the Belgian daily Het Laatste Nieuws.I hope that when Pope John Paul II passes away, his corpus can be collected and truly appreciated by the Church for what it is. Not since Leo XIII has the Church been so blessed by such a prolific and intensive papacy. Rap Lyrics Translated Not a fan of rap. Never have been, never will be. However, I am a huge fan of anything that takes pot shots at rap. Like this for instance: Lyrics: Sunday, August 15, 2004BEFORE YOU VOTE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THIS IS A DOCUMENTARY YOU MUST SEE. Ever Want to Run for President? Then we have just the thing for you. . . The Political Machine!!! The game makes heavy use of real world demographic information to provide a realistic playing field and models contemporary issues such as the War on Terror, the economy, the policy in Iraq, and many more (issues can be updated via PoliticalMachine.com to keep them up to date).Supposedly this game was shipped out on 11 August, and you can find it at stores everywhere for $20. Not too bad. . . just might give it a whirl. . . Build a Better Bush Not exactly flattering, but a perfectly good waste of time nonetheless: "This November, we Americans pick our President, but until then, lets pick on our President. Use the pop-up menues to change Mr. Bush's face." I'm Catholic and I vote  Awesome shirt for this coming election. Front proclaims "I'm Catholic and I vote!". The back has the teachings of the Catholic Catechism with "Translation: John Kerry has excommunicated himself. You cannot be both pro-abortion and Catholic!"Pretty hard hitting T-shirt, I must say. Get yours here! Thursday, August 12, 2004Middle-class crunch Slow-growth initiatives may slow growth, but they drive out affordable housing. In today's FLS, there is an excellent editorial regarding the status of affordable housing in the Fredericksburg area, revolving around Bowling Green's search former town manager candidate Gary Elander: Mr. Elander didn't think the town's salary offer was too low (those in this community who earn much less would no doubt agree); he rightly deemed the Greater Fredericksburg real-estate market out of control. When the head man of a locality's government can't make enough to live there, we've got a problem. When police and sheriff's deputies, teachers and EMTs can't afford to live where they work, there's a problem. (This argument surfaced in Stafford County during last year's debate over requiring larger building-lot sizes in rural areas.) When college-educated married professionals have to fork out $300,000 or more to move up from their starter home, there's a problem.The problem isn't so much with slow-growth initiatives as it were, but rather with the manner of which they are being implemented to date in the area. Slow-growth in the past meant exactly that - slow the growth. Formerly, in high growth localities, the best way to do this was to take hold of the Comprehensive Plan and squeeze the growth into one location, slow zoning requests, and specify a preference for either retirement communities or large, expensive homes on five acre lots. The downside to this is pure economics - housing is in demand, and as the demand increases, the price goes up. Not only do we not provide the townhomes and starter homes to meet the demand, we drive up the prices of existing homes. Quickly it becomes a have/have not scenario. We have to keep in mind several things that growth impacts on the local level - specifically school construction and transportation. Currently, the transportation grid in the region is woefully underprepared for the growth we are already experiencing. Secondly, with public school costs spiraling out of control, the impact on the taxpayer for inviting "affordable housing" soom makes the idea counter-intuitive. Quality of life suffers, and Fredericksburg begins to look more like Fairfax, only worse. So what is the solution? One, we have to take a bite out of the cost of public education. Vouchers, better planning, less administration, and above all else a system that can function without a 13% increase per year when faced with a 5% increase in enrollment. Fixing public education makes the argument for affordable housing (children and all) more plausible, because it sucks the air out of the planning argument that retirement homes and large expensive lots - while preventing affordable housing - keeps the cost of education down. Cost is the prime issue, and it needs to be resolved now. Second, transportation is the key (and I would argue it should be a higher priority than education at this point). The Spotsylvania BOS has the right idea by committing 10% of the tax revenue from Southpointe II towards transportation needs, and frankly it should be on the order of 100% dedicated towards transportation. Better to do it now and do it well than be forced to do it 20 years later on the order of the Fairfax County Parkway, where homes and communities were being torn apart and torn down in order to meet transportation needs. Smart growth isn't the problem when it comes to affordable housing. Dumb growth masquerading as smart growth is, and the sooner we can fathom and resolve the costs to local government, the easier it will be to tackle the problem of affordable housing in the Fredericksburg area. Tuesday, August 10, 2004Fact-Checking FactCheck.org "Incomplete, if I chose to be kind about it." Not a bad assessment at all. Monday, August 09, 2004Kerry's war record "I have read the book and found it is neither the political propaganda nor the urban legend that its detractors claim." That's coming from Robert Novak to be sure, but the facts remain as they are. The book "Unfit for Command" is a factual assessment by the very people Kerry served with. I wonder why there isn't a similar outcry from Texas National Guard members? Hmm. . . Off to Meet President Bush Stay tuned. Friday, August 06, 2004ACLU finds pot of gold at the foot of the cross ACLU finds reasons to exercise their 16th Amendment rights rather than their 1st. Given the row regarding Councilman Turner's mention of Christ in his prayer before Fredericksburg City Council meetings, it was mentioned to me that the ACLU financially benefits from cases such as these. Financially benefits? Believe it or not, it's true: The financial lure created by this law is the engine that drives dozens of similar cases nationwide. Every state, county, city, public park or school that has a cross, a Ten Commandments monument, or recites the Pledge of Allegiance, has become a target for ACLU fundraising.Thanks to Betty for tipping me off on this article. Excellent, and something of which we should all be aware. Wednesday, August 04, 2004Excommunication Charges Filed Against John Kerry "Right to Murder" Heresy is the Charge Yes I am a faithful, practicing Catholic. Very orthodox, pretty traditional. But when I read stuff like this, I have to raise an eyebrow: On 14 June 2004 DE FIDE filed its first Libellus Litis (Bill of Complaint) in the Ecclesiastical Court of the Archdiocese of Boston. The Criminal Complaint alleges that United States Senator JOHN F. KERRY, as a baptized Catholic, has committed a court-martial offense under Canon Law by professing the Right-to-Murder heresy, commonly known as the 'Right to Choose' doctrine.Here's my beef: (1) John Kerry is not promoting dissent within the Catholic Church, and therefore he fails to meet the requirements for scandal. (2) John Kerry is not guilty of personally holding an entirely new brand of heresy. In fact, he guilty of a very old (and unfortunately among progressives and traditionalists, very common) heresy called Americanism. (3) Kerry's political views, while contrary to Catholic doctrine, have yet to qualify as a unique and new heresy. If anything, Kerry should be charged with Americanism, not some "Right to Murder" nonsense. In any event, I'd be interested to see how far this goes, but bear in mind that American prelates do not smile kindly upon trials such as this being leaked to the faithful, as it creates scandal itself. That more than likely means that the petitioners expect this to fail. Which is unfortunate, because it now means that Kerry can be ever-so-much-more bold when he bucks the Magisterium in the future, citing the failure of this case. Stressed Israeli soldiers to be treated with cannabis "Dude, where's my Uzi?" I know the job has to be tough in Israel, but come on guys. . . do we really need to be stoking troops? Is there really a need for marijuana for IDF soldiers? Israel says yes. Go figure. The mental health department of the Medical Corps is set to to begin tests in the next few days on volunteers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after reserve duty, the paper said.Interesting. There seems to be a flurry of new information coming out that THC does indeed reduce the chances of stroke in some patients, as well as being a safe alternative to Ritalin and other medications for ADHD children. More studies will have to be shown, but this is promising. Unfortunately, we know that the stoners will take advantage of any situation like this. I imagine we'll see all sorts of ADHD and at-rist stroke patients in the 18-30 range. Sad, but hopefully science will carry the day. Now before this gets too bad, I am *not* a legalization proponent, but for the purposes of science this is still relevant and pretty darned cool. Concerning ADHD kids, THC is a natural alternative with milder side effects than Ritalin, which is a methamphetamine that may cause long term damage. There's a chance that there is a medical use for THC (or at the very least, synthetic THC that has none of the more popular side effects). But the jury is out, so long as the fringe doesn't muck up the debate. Monday, August 02, 2004Let the Real Debate on Terrorism Begin David Ignatius On the Importance of Debate in Fighting the War on Terrorism Normally, I dislike bi-partisanship and "independent" voter mentality as a false way of portraying oneself as open-minded. There's a hint of this mentality in David Ignatius' article regarding terrorism, but he makes a valid enough point for people to consider: Sadly, Kerry's me-too approach to the Sept. 11 commission is of a piece with his bland flag-waving on foreign policy in general. America is a nation at war. Yet we have no sense, even after Kerry has been nominated, just what policies he would pursue in Iraq and the Middle East. There's a three-alarm blaze outside, and he's telling us he supports the fire department.Regardless of whether you agree with him or not, the goal and purpose of the article are indeed the point. We should be having a national debate regarding terrorism and the best way to deal with it. Leaving it to the pundits and policy wonks just won't do. Sunday, August 01, 2004Novak on Why the Dems Will Lose in 2004 A brilliant (and I'm not just saying that because I agree with it) column by Michael Novak in the National Review, not only for it's commentary, but for the most precise and accurate description of Democrats in the minority that I have read in awhile: For Democrats, losing is much worse than for Republicans. For Democrats, the purpose of democracy is to milk government for ever more abundant benefits. Republicans in principle believe in limited government, and thus in a certain way they do even better out of power than when they must exercise it. Democrats without power suffer much more. Democrats go listless, purposeless.Very true indeed. In fact, Novak continues with six reasons why the Democrats are going to lose in 2004: 1. No one — neither his colleagues nor his wife nor his supporters nor he himself — has anything good to say about John Kerry except that he served bravely in Vietnam. The nearly 30 years since then have generated few boasts on his part, few commendations from others, few successes anyone can seem to remember.Caluminators. What a great word! Novak is of course dead on in his criticism of the Democrats. It's interesting to note that after the Democratic Convention, most of the national pundits run the gambit from decrying the lack of vision (if you are a liberal) to the verge of writing Kerry's epitaph (if you are more conservative). Of course, one cannot discount the efforts of both time and terrorism. There's plenty of wild cards out there, not to mention states that are in play for the Dems that should not be (e.g. Virginia and Missouri). But in terms of raw marcostrategy, Bush is holding all the right cards. . . or at the very least, better cards than Kerry is at the moment. Vatican Document on Feminism Released Recent years have seen new approaches to women's issues. A first tendency is to emphasize strongly conditions of subordination in order to give rise to antagonism: women, in order to be themselves, must make themselves the adversaries of men. Faced with the abuse of power, the answer for women is to seek power. This process leads to opposition between men and women, in which the identity and role of one are emphasized to the disadvantage of the other, leading to harmful confusion regarding the human person, which has its most immediate and lethal effects in the structure of the family.Most people rarely have the time or patience to read through many of the documents and encyclicals published by the Vatican, but this one should be of special note to many. Print this out and take the evening to read it all the way through. The document really does an excellent job of defining the Church's position, and is worth the time of anyone wishing to make an honest assessment (or critique) of the Catholic Church's position on distinction between men and women.
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