Tag Archives: POTUS

When we are detained, at least we’ll be held “on common ground”.

Posted on 4 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Are you making a list of what is at stake in the upcoming presidential election cycle?
This comes from Life Site with my emphases:
Constitutional experts: pro-life ‘terrorists’ could be permanently detained without trial under law
by Ben Johnson
Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:44 … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Emanations from Penumbras, GO TO CONFESSION, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The Campus Telephone Pole, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged 2012, Barack Obama, conservative politics, constitutionality, military detention, National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA, POTUS, Pres. Obama, prolife, terrorism | 33 Comments

Fr. Z about, and to, Mr. Gingrich. Implantation? Not conception?

Posted on 2 December 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

How many times have we heard that presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is smart? I would pay money to watch a debate between Mr. Gingrich and Pres. Obama.
People can convert, grow, change, mature, etc. … Continue reading →

Posted in Our Catholic Identity, The Drill | Tagged abortifacient, abortion, GOP 2012, implantation, judges, Mark Levin, newt, Newt Gingrich, POTUS, Pres. Obama, prolife, SCOTUS | 52 Comments

CL: The Obama Administration v. The Catholic Church

Posted on 29 November 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From The Catholic League:
CATHOLIC CHURCH VS. OBAMA SHOWDOWN
November 28, 2011
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the upcoming showdown between the Obama administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Catholic Church:
On December 1, the House Committee on … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Emanations from Penumbras, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged abortion, anti-catholicism, conscience protection, HHS, Obama Administration, POTUS, religious liberty | 5 Comments

Pres. Obama objects to FDR’s D-Day prayer at the World War II Memorial

Posted on 6 November 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A reader alerted me to the following. I cannot say that I am surprised.
Obama Administration Opposes FDR Prayer at WWII Memorial
By Todd Starnes
Published November 04, 2011
| FoxNews.com
Republican lawmakers and conservative activists are expressing outrage after the Obama administration announced its … Continue reading →

Posted in The Drill | Tagged FDR, Obama Administration, POTUS, WWII, WWII Memorial | 12 Comments

TOWNHALL: Will Obama Destroy Franciscan University of Steubenville?

Posted on 2 October 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This is an excellent piece from Townhall.
Will Obama Destroy Franciscan University of Steubenville?
Ken Blackwell
Columnist, Townhall.com
Daniel Webster was the most famous lawyer of his day. In 1819, the “Godlike Daniel” stood before the U.S. Supreme Court and argued passionately … Continue reading →

Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged anti-catholicism, Belmont Abbey, Charlotte Allen, Daniel Webster, Dartmouth College, Franciscan University, HHS, Kathleen Sebelius, kulturkampf, Obamacare, POTUS, Pres. Obama, SCOTUS, Steubenville | 29 Comments

Irony. Margaret Sanger of Planned Parenthood addressed the KKK but the Obama Administration says that Catholics who defend marriage are like racists.

Posted on 1 October 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In another entry I posted about Archbp. Dolan’s letter to Pres. Obama warning him and his administration to back off from their project to equate those who defend true marriage with racists, as if the proponents of same-sex unions held … Continue reading →

Posted in One Man & One Woman, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged Benjamin Wiker, Dept. of Justice, DoJ, DOMA, HHS, KKK, Klu Klux Klan, Margaret Sanger, Obama Administration, Planned Parenthood, POTUS, Salvador Dali | 18 Comments

Notre Dame’s Fr. Jenkins and a different view of Pres. Obama

Posted on 1 October 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In 2009, the President of the University of Notre Dame, Fr. John Jenkins, actively participated in, promoted and defended, in the bestowal of an honorary doctorate in Law on the most aggressively pro-abortion President of the United States we have … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Emanations from Penumbras, Linking Back, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices | Tagged dogs and fleas, Fr. John Jenkins, HHS, Kathleen Sebelius, Notre Dame, POTUS, Pres. Obama, Qui cum canibus concumbunt cum pulicibus surgent., White House | 24 Comments

Archbp. Dolan issues a warning to Pres. Obama: Stop attacking marriage and religious liberty!

Posted on 1 October 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I found this to be pretty interesting. I urge you to read the whole thing. It is perhaps the best presentation of the issues I have seen in a brief form.
Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York City has sent, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Fr. Z KUDOS, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged Archbp. Dolan, Defense of Marriage, DOMA, Golinski v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management, homosexuality, marriage, POTUS, Pres. Obama, same-sex unions, USCCB | 50 Comments

A few observations about POTUS address to Congress.

Posted on 8 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Having taken a strong antiemetic, I watched Pres. Obama’s address to the Joint Session of Congress.
First, people say this fellow is a great orator. Great orators craft their speech for the occasion. I can’t fathom how “up your game” and … Continue reading →

Posted in The Drill, The future and our choices | Tagged Congress, Joint Session, POTUS, Pres. Obama | 69 Comments

Our traces on the Moon

Posted on 7 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I don’t have a Truly and Fantastically Super Cool category, but if I did, this would be in it.
NASA has clear photos of the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 landing sites. The photos show the twists and turns of the … Continue reading →