Tag Archives: Pres. Obama

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 … Read More →

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
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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. … Read More →

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

Posted on 1 November 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I remember watching this when I was a kid and thinking that it was very cool indeed. Today I picked it up from Astronomy Pic of the Day, which is on my daily checklist. A famous experiment compliments of Apollo … Read More →

Posted in Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky! | Tagged 1971, Apollo, Galileo, gravity, POTUS NASA, Pres. Obama, space program
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WaPo on the new translation and an “ineffable” sighting!

Posted on 28 October 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Just what you were waiting for. WaPo on the implementation of the new, corrected translation. Catholics’ Mass liturgy changing; ‘ritual whiplash’ ahead? By Michelle Boorstein, Published: October 27 English-speaking Catholics are bracing for the biggest changes to their Mass since … Read More →

Posted in SESSIUNCULA | Tagged Bp. Trautman, New Translation, Pres. Obama, WaPo, Washington Post
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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 … Read More →

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
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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 … Read More →

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
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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, … Read More →

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
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A pessimistic article about SSPX and talks with Rome

Posted on 9 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In Vatican Insider of La Stampa comes this. My emphases and comments. Beware: Weird translation. You might have better success in Italian. Or else the original French, more more nuanced, here. Before a key meeting in Rome, the leader of … Read More →

Posted in SESSIUNCULA | Tagged Bp. Fellay, Card. Bertone, Card. Levada, CDF, Pres. Obama, Robert Mugabe, SSPX
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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” … Read More →

Posted in The Drill, The future and our choices | Tagged Congress, Joint Session, POTUS, Pres. Obama
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Dr. Krauthammer on Pres. Obama’s attack on “corporate jets”

Posted on 30 June 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Were Charles Krauthammer to run for President I might just vote for him. Just think of the great press conferences and State of the Union addresses. Yesterday, Dr. K had provide Special Report on Fox News Channel a blistering and … Read More →