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Gas prices double under obama.
I expect those on the left must love this.
Gas prices double under obama.
I expect those on the left must love this.
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Everything will go up as the price at the price at pump continues to rise. Right now, all the current administration is doing is talking, no action. Until they approve some permits to drill both inland and offshore, the price will remain high.
Hopeful, the price of gasoline will help to defeat Obama in 2012. The GOP needs all the help they can get since they can't seem to help themselves.
Anti-intellectualism and fascism go together like bacon and eggs.
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'Two oil men' to blame for high gas prices, Pelosi says
July 17, 2008
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday blamed the "two oil men in the White House," President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, and their Republican allies in Congress for gas prices exceeding $4 a gallon.
Pelosi, a California Democrat, said multiple initiatives intended to lower high energy costs have passed the Democratically controlled House only to "run into a brick wall" in the Senate because they did not receive the 60 votes needed to overcome Republican filibusters.
"The price of oil is... is attributed to two oil men in the White House and their protectors in the United States Senate," Pelosi said in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
So why didn't they do that when the D's controlled the Congress & the WH?
Are Obama & Biden "oil men" now ?!?
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Hey, here is an idea, why don't we send our oil companies into Iraq and flood the market with oil which will bring down the price of a barrel of oil after all wasn't it Bush that said the war in Iraq would pay for itself with Iraqi oil?????????????
It takes several years to get oil to the pump from the time a drilling permit is issued.
Obama is trying to take credit for our 2009 oil production which was the highest ever. What he didn't admit was that oil was produced because of Bush's policy.
Obama's policy will hit us in the pocket around election time when imported oil will be at an all time high directly related to his lack of an energy policy! This administration has no energy policy. It's all pie in the sky Green Energy which if Green ever becomes viable, it is many years away. Obama says one thing and the next day, his Energy Secretary says something totally different. It's the blind leading the blind!
Anti-intellectualism and fascism go together like bacon and eggs.
From what I see on the chart the price of gasoline in September 2008 less than 2 months before the Presidential election was $3.70 and the averprice now is $3.70. How did the price of gasoline double under Obama's watch and don't you think the unrest in the middle east has something to do with the price of gasoline rising even though the Obama Administration had nothing to do with the people of the middle eastern countries rising up against their leaders?????????????
Price of oil today is directly related to what is going on in the mid-east as well as Obama's policy of cutting local production. We will feal that cut in production over the next two years ot longer depending on when his administration begins to issue new permits for drilling.
They have only issued one for the gulf in the last year and have given permission to 12 others to resume thier drilling. The problem with this is that most of the equipment has moved to other countries. Investors can't wait on a fickled administration in having thier equipment standing around idle. It could take two years to get that equipment back into the gulf!
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Now in an economic move, less fortunate smaller towns might have to build a Dunkin Donuts next to the school.
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East, Elba lead all-state girls basketball selections
East High and Elba won girls basketball state championships this past season, which put players and coaches from the teams on the top tier of all-state awards.
Mario Velazquez is the New York State Sportswriters Association's Class A state coach of the year after East won it's first state title in March. East junior forward Rose Ayala and senior point guard Aaliyah Dunbar are among the five first-team all-state player selections.
Tom Nowak, who has 438 wins in 25 seasons at Elba , is the coach of the year in Class D. Elba finished 25-0 last season, led by junior guard McKenzie Bezon, the player of the year in the classification. Senior forward Meg Stucko also was named first-team all-state.
Aquinas senior Nicole Bini, first-team all-state in Class B, was a finalist for the state's Ms. Basketball award that went to Class AA player of the year and Cicero-North Syracuse senior Breanna Stewart.
Class AA – Margot Hetzke (Penfield, soph. F ) fourth team; Kori Bayne-Walker (Gates Chili jr. G) sixth team; Cierra Dillard (Gates Chili soph. G) eight team; Lucy Covley (Penfield soph. G) ninth team; Heather Hebert (Hilton sr. G) 10th team; Dana Cohen (Greece Athena sr. G) 12th team; Shannon Kilpatrick (Greece Athena sr. C) 13th team.
Class A – Rose Ayala (East jr. F), Aaliyah Dunbar (East sr. G) first team; Paige Hill (Pittsford Mendon sr. G) fourth team; Tyra Jones (East sr. F) sixth team; Kelsey Hurley (Honeoye Falls-Lima sr. F/G) seventh team. Coach of the year: Mario Velazquez (East).
Class B – Nicole Bini (Aquinas sr. F/G) first team; Jordan Yastremski (Bath sr. F) sixth team; Brittany Mesler (Wellsville jr. F/G) 10th team.
Class C – Kaleigh Cicero (Perry jr. G), Danielle Kwiecien (Perry sr. G) third team; Alexandra Flint (Keshequa jr. G) fifth team; Erin Cleveland (Pavilion sr. F) sixth team; Bailey Hixson (Red Jacket) jr. G/F).
Class D – Player of the Year, McKenzie Bezon (Elba jr. G); Meg Stucko (Elba sr. F) first team; Emily Brubaker (Whitesville sr. G/F), Tally McDonald (Romulus jr. F) second team; Riley Norton (Batavia Notre Dame jr. F) fourth team; Coach of the year: Tom Nowak (Elba).
College commitments: Another signing period for potential college athletes is open, and one of the area's top high school golfers plans to finalize her commitment on Friday.
Pittsford Mendon senior Gabrielle Sacheli will sign a letter of intent to play at Rutgers University at her school on Friday. Sacheli was medalist five times in the Pittsford team's 10 matches and was named to the Democrat and Chronicle's All-Greater Rochester team for the fifth time last season.
A pair of AGR athletes from Honeoye Falls-Limed signed letters on Monday.
Courtney Budynas, a Democrat and ChronicleAll-Greater Rochester Softball shortstop last season, will sign a letter of intent to play at Saint John's University. Matt Allen, a 2011 AGR Golf team member, plans to play at Pfeiffer University in North Carolina.
Aaliyah Dunbar, point guard of East High's girls basketball state champion team, said she will attend and play at Casper College in Wyoming.
Casper plays at the Division I level of the National Junior College Athletic Association.
Hornell senior Dominic Scavo, a two-time Class B football state player of the year, is headed to Ithaca College.
Hornell was 39-0 with Scavo at quarterback, and the Red Raiders won three state championships.
Scavo, who plans to major in political science, said he still may try to also play baseball at Ithaca.
Next for HF-L's Hoyt: Dan Hoyt, who will not return as Honeoye Falls-Lima's varsity football coach next season, has joined the staff at Pittsford as an assistant.
Hoyt's son Brady, is a sophomore in the Pittsford program.
"I don't want to miss any of his games,'' Hoyt said.
John Russ, an assistant the last four seasons at HF-L, is the Cougars new varsity football coach.
State Senate to honor East: Players and coaches from the team were scheduled to visit the state Senate on Wednesday as guests of Sen. Joe
Robach, R-Greece.
A resolution to commemorate the team's Class A state championship season will be adopted around 3 p.m., at the beginning of the senate's
For the record: Holley assistant wrestling coach Ashley-John Grillo said that his father John has 585 varsity wins as a coach.
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Chautauqua Institution Holds 154th New York Infantry Ancestors Reunion
CHAUTAUQUA – The 154th N.Y. Infantry was mustered-in in 1862 and mustered-out in 1865, but the infantry's ancestors remember its work today.
On Saturday, Mark Dunkelman gave a lecture about the 154th N.Y. Infantry's involvement in the American Civil War, and welcomed ancestors of soldiers in that infantry to listen.
From the podium at the Hall of Philosophy in Chautauqua Institution, Dunkelman outlined the 154th N.Y.'s participation in the significant battles of the American Civil War. Dunkelman focused specifically on Gettysburg and the events leading up to it.
To preface, Dunkelman's retelling of the 154th N.Y. tells a tale of tragedy, one which guided the infantry through a 77 percent casualty rate at the battle of Gettysburg.
In addition to its participation in Gettysburg, the 154th N.Y. Infantry also suffered massive casualties on May 3, 1863 in Chancellorsville – the second bloodiest day in American history.
"Robert E. Lee boldly left a small portion of his army to confront Federals at Fredericksburg," said Dunkelman. "He sent the rest of his army to confront (Joseph) Hooker's force that had moved over the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers. But then he made another bold move. He further split his army, leaving a small core to confront Hooker's force in the Chancellorsville area. He sent his most trusted man, Stonewall Jackson, with 26,000 men on a long, looping march through the wilderness, to come out at a position opposite the far flank of the Union Army – the 11th Corps, which the 154th N.Y. Infantry was a member of."
According to Dunkelman, Stonewall's attack began around 5:15 p.m. Jackson decimated the 11th Corps.
"They called it a rout, and it was a rout," said Dunkelman. "As our ancestors retreated, it became chaotic. … It was not an ideal way to face the enemy for the very first time. Once the Confederates came into view, they overwhelmed those who stayed to fight."
Once the 154th N.Y. realized the futility of trying to stay and fight, they retreated into the woods. In turning and attempting to escape into nearby woods, soldiers were vulnerable to Confederate fire. Many soldiers were killed, and those who survived had to endure the chaos that reigned once they reached the woods.
"The 154th N.Y. took 590 men into Chancellorsville," said Dunkelman. "They lost 240 there – killed, wounded or captured. That was the fourth highest lost of any Union regiment in the battle. It was the highest loss of any New York state regiment in the battle, and it was a 40 percent casualty rate."
Two months later, the 154th N.Y. was thrust into battle at Gettysburg. The march to Gettysburg was exhausting and done in terrible conditions.
Once in Gettysburg, soldiers from the 154th N.Y. were posted on Cemetery Hill. According to Dunkelman, they heard the noise of battle occurring from the west.
"In these two fights, coming within two months of each other, the 154th N.Y. was decimated," said Dunkelman. "It was down to one-tenth of what it began with. The 154th N.Y. brought 265 men into (Gettysburg), and they left 205 of them there. That night on Cemetery Hill, only three officers and 15 men were present for duty."
Despite the terrible casualties that the 154th N.Y. suffered, many ancestors of the soldiers of that infantry were present to hear Dunkelman speak. Ancestors came from as far as Edmonton, Alberta to be present. Even a few familiar faces, such as Cristie Herbst, former editor for The Post-Journal, were present, citing John Jackway as her ancestor.
Following the lecture, a brass band playing Civil War era music played at the Hall of Christ, adjacent to the Hall of Philosophy.
For a more thorough accounting of the 154th N.Y. Infantry's involvement in the American Civil War, visit Dunkelman's website, hardtackregiment.com/154thNewYorkHistory.html.


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Ovid Jackson Bruce—Grey, ON
.): Mr. Speaker, last December the government offered the provinces and territories the possibility of extending the Canada infrastructure works program for another year. Since that offer, nine provinces, except Ontario, have agreed to continue this successful program to build infrastructure and create jobs in their communities.
The Canada infrastructure works program allows municipalities to set priorities for projects. It is a grassroots approach to government which involves local elected officials who know what is best for their communities.
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Antoine Dubé Lévis, QC
Mr. Speaker, the fishery has never been in such poor shape as since the Liberals came to power in Ottawa.
Successive fisheries ministers have managed only to lower fishing quotas, shorten seasons, reduce the size of fleets, slow down processing plants, and manage the resource to the advantage of fishermen from Newfoundland, the province from which, furthermore, all the Liberal Party's fisheries ministers have come.
I am not asking this government to bring back the missing fish, but to reverse the power play by which the Liberal government took over management of the fishery from Quebec in July 1983. Quebec had handled this responsibility perfectly well since 1922. Quebec's fishermen will never be well served by Ottawa, which takes no account whatsoever of their opinions and their needs.
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Jack Frazer Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC
Mr. Speaker, the truth is out. Rather than fulfilling its red book promise to provide honest, more accountable government, Liberal patronage is alive and well, in fact, working overtime.
While armouries across the country are being considered for closure, the Prime Minister's canoe museum in Shawinigan will now be matched by a government funded hotel and a large new armoury.
Nor will the Deputy Prime Minister miss out on Liberal election largesse. Hamilton will receive a new naval reserve building. Not to be outdone when it comes to pork-barrelling, the health minister's Nova Scotia riding receives a new naval reserve complex.
Our reserves play a vital role in the military and social fabric of Canada and deserve our support, but is it not strange that all six new armouries or naval reserve facilities are going to Liberal ridings?
The shutdown of the Somalia inquiry to prevent scrutiny of high level defence involvement, the buying of political favour with taxpayer money and a host of broken red book promises prove that the Liberals have not and will not provide honest, good government.
Quebec Maple Syrup Industry
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Monique Guay Laurentides, QC
Mr. Speaker, Quebec's maple syrup industry has modernized its image and set its sights on outside markets.
Quebec alone accounts for 90 per cent of Canadian production, of which 80 per cent, it is estimated, is consumed outside the country. Last year, the industry exported over 20,200 tonnes of maple syrup, 4 per cent more than in 1995, to 32 countries.
During the same period, the value of these exports jumped to $97 million, a 20 per cent increase, and in just four years the value of exports has almost doubled, rising to 84 per cent, an average annual increase of 22 per cent.
These results are attributable to the revitalized methods being adopted by longstanding producers, and the emergence of a series of new and very dynamic enterprises, with different approaches and products, that are targeting a much broader range of niche markets than ever before.
Progressive Conservative Party
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Francis Leblanc Cape Breton Highlands—Canso, NS
Mr. Speaker, yesterday the leader of the Tory party was in
Nova Scotia trying to resurrect support for a party the voters rightly repudiated in 1993.
He has a tough job ahead of him. The voters in Nova Scotia remember well the legacy of that last Tory government, a government of which he was a part: higher unemployment, higher taxes, government finances out of control, missed deficit targets, scandal after scandal. He hopes Nova Scotians will forget. They will not.
The election has not been called and the Tory platform has already been discredited. Their numbers do not add up. Nova Scotians know that a party fighting for the right wing Reform vote in the rest of Canada is not a party that can be trusted in Atlantic Canada.
The people in Nova Scotia know that the Liberals have delivered good government. We have cleaned up the fiscal mess of the Mulroney years. We have acted to protect and sustain our social programs and we have put the economy on the right track.
We are beginning to see the results with low interest rates, growing consumer confidence, a good climate for growth and jobs.
Lester B. Pearson
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Mac Harb Ottawa Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, this year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Lester B. Pearson, Canada's Prime Minister from 1963 to 1968.
Mr. Pearson had one of the most distinguished careers in Canadian political life. In 1957 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his leadership in establishing Canada as the world's peacekeeper.
Mike Pearson was a pragmatic, humble, decent consensus builder.
On Wednesday, April 23, it will give me great pleasure to join with my colleagues and my constituents in paying tribute to this great man at the Pearson Centennial Dinner at the National Arts Centre.
Lester Pearson was a leader who made Canada an even better place to live. To his family and friends, may his memory live with us forever.
Deputy Premier Of Quebec
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Mark Assad Gatineau—La Lièvre, QC
Mr. Speaker, I hesitated until the last minute about making this speech. Should I, or should I not, bring up the words used by Bernard Landry the day before yesterday concerning our Prime Minister?
Should such an attack be allowed to pass without comment, so as not to attract more attention to it than it merits, or should it be vehemently objected to? The liberal principles and values to which I fully subscribe teach us not to counter an insult with another insult.
The Bernard Landrys of this world ought to realize that such an attack on the Prime Minister is an attack on the very foundations of the political institution. And then they turn around and moan about the lack of confidence and the cynicism people have toward politicians.
Senator Pietro Rizzuto
Statements By Members
April 18th, 1997 / 11:05 a.m.
Stéphan Tremblay Lac-Saint-Jean, QC
Mr. Speaker, reference has just been made to great Liberal principles.
The Corival construction company, of which Liberal Senator Pietro Rizzuto is a minority shareholder, has been fined $56,000 by the Quebec Court for major fraud. A Revenue Canada investigation has proven that the company of Rizzuto and his brother-in-law claimed four fictitious invoices totalling $198,000 as business expenses for tax purposes.
This is not the first time that Pietro Rizzuto, the Quebec campaign manager for the Liberal Party of Canada, has been involved in some funny business. During the 1993 election, he had promised jobs to all defeated Liberal candidates. Three and a half years later, 40 of those former Liberal candidates or MPs have jobs in the Chrétien government. It is therefore obvious what clout this man of few principles wields in a party that thumbs its nose at ethics and integrity.
The Liberals have just reminded us, once again, that where honest government is concerned, they are tarred with the same brush as the Conservatives. Their 1993 commitment to restore integrity was mere opportunism, and was not rooted in any real desire for change. Accordingly-
Senator Pietro Rizzuto
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
The Speaker
I am sorry to interrupt. The hon. member for Miramichi has the floor.
National Volunteer Week
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Charles Hubbard Miramichi, NB
Mr. Speaker, this is National Volunteer Week.
As members of Parliament we must acknowledge the tremendous contributions that many Canadians make in improving the lot of their fellow citizens. Time is one of our most precious commodities. It is important that all of us use this time effectively and efficiently.
Across Canada many Canadians budget some of their time in an effort to enhance their communities by serving on boards, in providing recreation, in coaching, with youth programs, in visiting the sick and providing services that would cost our communities
many thousands of dollars. Volunteerism, the offering of one's time to the community, offers all of us a tremendous contribution.
Today we salute these volunteers for their efforts and those people who offer their services to charities.
I would like to challenge all Canadians to reflect on this use of time and consider the importance of volunteerism.
Banff National Park
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Ted White North Vancouver, BC
Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Minister of Canadian Heritage released her plan for the Bow Valley, but in her haste to pander to the demands of some vocal special interest groups, she could well be cutting off access to, and quiet enjoyment of, the park for the elderly and disabled.
If the Bow Valley Parkway is closed to all automobile traffic, those who can no longer, or never could, hike or walk long distances, will be deprived of the opportunity to enjoy some birdwatching, a picnic lunch or a short stroll in an alpine meadow.
What is the use of a national park if it is reserved only for use by speciality hikers and those who do not mind being crammed into a crowded bus for a quick trip through the woods?
If speed or too much traffic is the problem, surely we could restrict the speed limit or the number of vehicles going through the Bow Valley Parkway each day. That is the way it is being done in the Grand Canyon national park.
On behalf of the regular users of the park who alerted me to this problem, I urge the heritage minister to please reject any complete closure of the Bow Valley Parkway. While she is at it, could she please confirm whether there is any truth to the rumour that she is building-
Banff National Park
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
The Speaker
The hon. member for Regina-Qu'Appelle.
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Simon de Jong Regina—Qu'Appelle, SK
Mr. Speaker, with each passing day, ownership of Canada's daily papers and private television and radio stations are controlled by fewer and fewer people. Today, entire regions of the country get the news from daily papers owned by one large company. Conrad Black's Hollinger Incorporated now controls 60 per cent of Canada's daily newspapers and 43 per cent of Canada's coast to coast circulation. The consequences for democracy are severe.
When Conrad Black bought control of all Saskatchewan newspapers, 171 jobs were lost and specialized reporting on agriculture, health and civic politics fell 20 per cent of their previous levels.
The reaction of Liberals was to sit on their hands on the grounds that no commercial interests had been harmed. The silencing of dissenting voices, the limits on what we counted on as news did not trouble them.
But highly concentrated media ownership limits the free exchange of ideas and information among Canadians. What we need in this country are new rules to limit the concentration in the media and protect democracy. We need a Canada-
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
The Speaker
The hon. member for Sarnia-Lambton.
National Unity
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Roger Gallaway Sarnia—Lambton, ON
Mr. Speaker, for hundreds of years, even before Confederation, Canada has been a nation characterized by cultural diversity.
Our First Nations were joined by many newcomers who arrived from every nation on earth. Countless waves of pioneers and adventurers became united in an untiring effort to build a new land, proud to call itself home to the languages, arts, religions and traditions of the world.
These ancestors have left us a cultural heritage and diversity envied and respected throughout the global community.
When all Canadians grasp the gifts at hand that forge a bright future for our country, we will enter the third millennium as a cohesive, respectful nation, second to none.


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Professor discusses Pope resignation
For our times the resignation or deposition of a pope comes as a shock, as something unheard of and unthinkable. This is in part due to a campaign going back more than five centuries which sought to obliterate any record of uncomfortable moments in the history of the papacy and the Church. To a student of medieval history and especially of the history and practice of church law over the centuries this is no surprise at all. Medieval canonists, i.e., scholars who taught and wrote on church law, took for granted that a pope could resign, that in circumstances he should resign and that for a good reason a pope could be removed from his office if he would not resign. The most common ground assumed for such a deposition would have been that he was guilty of heresy. Some canonists went beyond this charge to include if he were incompetent or were guilty of serious crime.
To be sure the common church law (The Decretum of Gratian from 1140 and the later collections of church law known as the Decretals clearly expressed the special position of the pope in the Church as the person who judged all and was judged by no one, but this common agreement included the all important phrase 'unless he deviated from the faith' (nisi devius in fide).
The canonists had also developed the idea that a person in office, e.g., a king, could be removed from office if he were incapable of fulfilling the duties of that office, and if he were encouraged to resign but refused to do this for the common good, then action could be taken and he could be removed. During the Middle ages, this doctrine (sometimes referred to as 'Rex inutilis' – the incapable king) was applied also to the papacy.
While there were a number of instances od papal deposition and or resignation in the earlier Middle Ages, two later examples stand out. In the late thirteenth century, after a long and disputed conclave at which the cardinals could not agree on the election of a new pope, they broke with the standard procedure and decided to go outside of the box and to elect someone totally removed from the curial circles. They chose a man who was known for his holiness as Celestine V but who was also a hermit and so completely divorced from and unacquainted with the demands put upon the leader of the Church in the 1290s. He was soon found to be completely inept and unable to fulfill his responsibilities. He had set up a hut in the papal residence and lived there as though he were still remote from day to day affairs. He was a kind and gentle man who did not want to offend anyone. Hence to all petitioners who came to him he said yes and the result as you might expect was chaos as conflicting claims and rights were all declared valid. After a few months he knew that this was not the right position for him and longed to go back to his hermitage. And so he resigned (some claimed under pressure) and the one chosen to succeed him was the authoritarian and autocratic Boniface VIII whose reign was marked by bitter disputes and an open attack on the pope by the adherents of the King of France. On his death, there followed the transfer of the residence of the popes to Avignon which has been often called the Babylonian Captivity since while Avignon was in theory an independent territory it was totally surrounded by French lands and the popes and most of the cardinals in those seven decades were from France. In 1378 the pope (Gregory XI) finally returned to Rome and promptly died. There followed another disputed election in a conclave threatened by the mob of Rome. A short time after the election of Urban VI he had alienated most of the cardinals who fled from Rome, denounced and revoked his election as invalid. They then proceeded to elect another cardinal as Pope Clement VII who moved back to Avignon. For almost 40 years, the western Latin Church was thus divided by the Great Western Schism.
Finally in 1408 the cardinals of the two papal claimants of that time (Gregory XII in Rome and Benedict XIII in Avignon), since neither claimant appeared ready to ever do anything to restore unity, took action to end the division. They summoned a general council to meet in 1409 at Pisa to act for unity, reform and preservation of the faith. At Pisa the council deposed both claimants as promoters and adherents of schism and hence guilty of heresy and acting against the unity of the Church. The council then elected a third person as Pope Alexander V who was accepted and recognized as the valid pope by the vast majority of the Western Church. Unfortunately Alexander V died after only one year and the cardinals then elected as pope a less desirable figure who took the name of Pope John XXIII.
However, complete unity and progress in reform had not been achieved. Each of the two other papal claimants had a small body of adherents (Benedict in Spain) and Gregory in Rimini in Italy) and so John XXIII was pressed by the cardinals, the emperor and the canonists to summon another general council to meet at Constance in Germany in 1414. Once the council met and began to take seriously the issues of unity and reform they faced problems. In early 1415 John XXIII in pursuit of his own interests secretly fled from Constance and had to be brought back as a prisoner and was required to resign his position. The two other papal claimants had to be dealt with although in the eyes of the council and the Church at large they were already ousted since they were still in the position of ex-popes after their deposition by the Council of Pisa in 1409. Nevertheless in order to proceed 'more easily and most securely' toward union (the words they used), the council allowed the small band of adherents of Gregory XII to take their place at the council and be recognized. Then the leader of this group acting for Gregrory XII resigned his claim to the papacy. The council then negotiated with the help of the Emperor Sigismund with the rulers in Spain for their territories to abandon Benedict and to join the council. They once again declared Benedict deposed and proceeded in 1417 to elect one pope accepted by almost all as Martin V. Benedict refused to accept his deposition and lived on in lonely defiance in Peniscola until the 1420s. The other two papal claimants (Gregory and John) were given honorable positions in the Church until their deaths a few years later.
These instances at Constance were the last incidents of a papal resignation or deposition until now. It may appear astonishing to many that a pope might resign but that has been part of the history of the Church which was covered over in the later centuries. One final note on this concerns the more recent Pope John XXIII (1958-1963). When he was elected, John XXIII said that he chose the name of John because of personal and familial devotion to that name and he was in no way claiming to solve the historical debates and disputes about the earlier Pope John XXIII and his comments appeared in the papers. On the next day the Vatican newspaper, Osservatore Romano, reported his remarks with the major change that it attributed to him that he intended to and was resolving the disputes over the earlier Pope John XXII by his choice of name. So it is easy to see why some events and issues can get covered over or covered up in history.
Thomas E. Morrissey is a professor at SUNY Fredonia.


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Yoga on the Square
Dates: 11/12/2013 - 11/12/2013
Time: 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Location: Glover Park - Marietta Square
Lunchtime yoga sessions on the Square will offer energizing and stress-reducing exercise for all participants.
Enjoy the mind and body experience of this age-old art the second Tuesday of every month.
Calm your spirit and relax while improving strength, flexibility, balance and overall coordination. Bring your own mat and other equipment. All levels welcome.
The event is sponsored by the city of Marietta and Wellstar Health System as part of a program to promote health and wellness in the city.
If the weather is bad, the event will be moved to the Lawrence Street Recreation Center, 500 Lawrence St.
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Monday, July 22, 2013
EC225 Helicopters Cleared to Resume Full Service
Eurocopter on Monday said its EC225 twin engine passenger transport helicopters can return to full service later this month, after being grounded in some countries since October 2012.
On July 10, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved prevention and detection measures developed by Eurocopter to address the EC225's main gear box shaft failures, which were found to have contributed to a CHC EC225 that ditched in the North Sea near Shetland Islands. Following that incident, EC225 operators serving the energy industry in the North Sea had their aircraft grounded for safety reasons.
The fix involves a partial redesign of the bevel shaft as well as additional software and cockpit warning indicators.
"I am convinced that the designed and approved measures are the right ones, allowing a safe return to service of the entire fleet," said Guillaume Faury, President and CEO of Eurocopter.
Eurocopter is working with operators now to modify their EC225s with the EASA-approved fix.
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Marshall Council accepts bonding bids
MARSHALL – City bonds were one of the main items on the Marshall City Council's agenda Tuesday night. Members of the council approved the sale of about $3.64 million in general obligation bonds.
Terri Heaton, of financial advisory company Springsted, presented the council with bond bids received Tuesday morning. Heaton said the city had received a total of six bids.
"There's been tremendous interest from the market," Heaton said.
Of the six bids, the low bidder was Piper Jaffray & Co., Heaton said. The general obligation bonds would have a term of 10 years, at a 2.27 percent interest rate. The bonds will be used for street improvement projects, improvements at the airport and capital costs like equipment replacements and city bridge projects.
Heaton also commented on Marshall's long-term credit rating in relationship to the general obligation bonds. Standard and Poor gave the city a rating of AA- and considered the city's rating to be stable, Heaton said. Several factors contributed to that rating, Heaton said, including Marshall's status as a regional economic center, its strong reserves and moderate overall debt.
The news was good to hear, said Marshall Mayor Bob Byrnes.
"For us to maintain that financial rating and positive comments on that, is very good," Byrnes said.
Council members voted to accept the low bid. Later in the meeting, council member Jennie Hulsizer asked if council members could have some additional information when discussing bonding. Hulsizer said she would like to know how much debt the city retires each year, instead of just how much debt the city is taking on.
At Tuesday's meeting, the council also dealt with three items of business involving the construction of water and sewer lines serving Marshall Airpark East. The lines would help create a "shovel-ready" area for future development at the airport, said Marshall Public Works Director Glenn Olson.
Council members voted to approve a resolution declaring the city's intent to pay for the project through tax-exempt bonds. However, they had more discussion over the bids received for the project.
Olson said the apparent low bidder, States Borders Construction, Inc., had an irregularity in its bid. States Borders' bid included a 5 percent bid bond instead of the 10 percent the city required. Olson said it would be up to the council whether to waive the irregularity and accept the bid.
Marshall City Attorney Dennis Simpson said the main question to consider on the matter was whether the change in bond would give the contractor a significant advantage over the other bidders. Simpson said he consulted with the city's insurance adviser and was advised that there was no real advantage and no real financial difference to the city in having a 5 percent versus a 10 percent bond.
However, council member Larry Doom said, the bid did not comply with the city's specifications.
Council members voted 4-3 in favor of waiving the irregularity in the low bid. Council members Doom, Hulsizer and Mike Boedigheimer voted against the proposal.
The council also voted 5-2 in favor of accepting the bid from States Borders Construction. Hulsizer and Doom cast the dissenting votes.
In other business, the council voted unanimously to update portions of the Marshall city charter dealing with the city administrator's official duties. Marshall City Administrator Ben Martig said the amendment would allow the city administrator to make decisions on administrative procedures without needing council approval first.
The Marshall charter calls for the city administrator to "prepare an administrative code incorporating details of administrative policies and procedures." Martig said the proposed charter amendment would allow the city administrator to establish or amend procedures in that administrative code without having to wait to go before the city council. However, he said administrative policies, which are part of the city code, would still require council approval before they could be changed.
Council members voted in favor of the proposal. A unanimous council vote is required to amend the city charter.
The city council got an update on the Avera Marshall Medical Center at its Tuesday meeting.
Avera Marshall President and CEO Mary Maertens gave a bi-annual report on the Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center to the council members.
As Avera gets closer to breaking ground for its planned cancer center, Doom expressed concern about where workers would be parking during the project. The residents of Bruce Street had problems with parking in front of their houses in the past, Doom said. Maertens said there would be plenty of space in existing parking lots at the hospital, and no street spots would be sacrificed.
Maertens also connected her report to the discussion of Marshall's credit rating. The sale of the municipal hospital to the Avera system may actually have been a positive for the city's credit rating, she said. She pointed out that the city of Willmar recently dropped points on its credit rating because it still has a city-owned hospital. Maertens said because of coming health care reforms, health care is considered an unstable industry for cities to be involved with.
Maertens said Avera Marshall's programs are continuing to grow. By the end of the calendar year, there will be more than 30 specialists on staff. It opened a new clinic in Ivanhoe as well.
The council voted to rezone a piece of property along London Road from residential to industrial. The vacant property is completely surrounded by businesses. Olson said the city has had some requests for industrial expansion in that area, but no houses have been built there.
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Believing they are losing the messaging war with progressives, a group of prominent conservatives in Washington�including the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and journalists from Breitbart News and the Washington Examiner�has been meeting privately since early this year to concoct talking points, coordinate messaging, and hatch plans for "a 30 front war seeking to fundamentally transform the nation," according to documents obtained by Mother Jones.
Dubbed Groundswell, this coalition convenes weekly in the offices of Judicial Watch, the conservative legal watchdog group. During these hush-hush sessions ...
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Police: Saranac Lake man stole from businesses
SARANAC LAKE – Village police have charged a local man with lying about his identify to receive services from local businesses.
Nathan J. Desharnais, 27, of Saranac Lake, was arrested at 4:45 p.m. Thursday and charged with a felony count of falsifying business records and three misdemeanors: criminal impersonation, petit larceny and violation of probation.
The arrest was the result of a joint investigation by village police and state police.
Village police said in a statement that Desharnais used someone else's name to receive services at two different business. He allegedly filled out business forms with false information to obtain the services and avoid paying for them.
Police didn't provide any more specific information on what services and businesses were involved in the alleged crime. A department spokesman referred the Enterprise to Sgt. Geoff Carmichael, who hadn't returned a message as of press time.
A violation of probation warrant had also been issued recently for Desharnais. The probation was for a previous unrelated misdemeanor conviction from the town of Tupper Lake.
He was processed, arraigned in village court and remanded to Franklin County Jail in lieu of bail.


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May 2
Thanks so much for the outpouring of concern after the storm. It's nice to know that I was in so many of your thoughts. I really appreciate it ♥ I feel very blessed to be alive and to have suffered no damage despite being literally down the road from the tornado. Sadly, many others were not as fortunate. A large chunk of my home state is suffering right now. Please keep Alabama in your prayers and help if you can
Some of you are probably confused as to why I was in Tuscaloosa instead of Atlanta. Well this January I re-enrolled in the University of Alabama to finish my undergraduate degree. I had to take care of two medical incompletes I received due to my surgery. Since 4 years had passed I opted to retake the courses. And yes, that means my husband, William, and I have been living apart for 4 long months
When I was young I was terrified of thunderstorms. My parents and I never really knew what brought about this phobia but I managed to overcome it by college. After last Wednesday I'm pretty certain the fear will be returning…
I was running back and forth between the tv and the front porch since I was determined to catch a good ol' southern twister on my iPhone. I assumed this was just like any other severe spring thunderstorm and wasn't taking it seriously at all. That's when I saw the scariest image on tv I've ever seen: a massive tornado sitting atop downtown Tuscaloosa. The next words from the voiceover made my heart stop: "Kicker Road, Hargrove Road, it's headed for you." My house is a block away from that intersection. The power immediately went out. I grabbed my Shih Tzu and a dingy antique feather bed and headed for the closet under the stairs. Once inside I pulled the bed over our heads. I've never been so scared in my entire life. As I heard the tornado approaching I prayed that God would spare my life so I could see William and my family again. Then I was struck by a comforting realization. Although I heard the winds spinning violently outside I repeated to myself, it's not loud enough to be on top of me. Everyone says that a tornado sounds like a freight train. Well this sounded like a freight train in the distance.
I emerged from the closet after a few minutes of silence. I checked my backyard to see if the towering trees behind my house were still standing, which they were. My cul-de-sac had minimal damage. Tree limbs were down, a portion of a fence had been blown away, and some siding was stripped from my neighbors' home. My neighborhood was extremely lucky. The location of my house is marked on the tornado path map below [full-size]
(Map courtesy of @tuscaloosacity)
All of my family and friends are safe. My friend Mike's apartment was in the path of the storm and suffered damage but he's still here, and that's what matters. President Obama toured the area Friday. He remarked that he had "never seen devastation like this." My heart aches for the city I called home for 7 years
- Alabama tornado relief: How you can help
- GiveTuscaloosa.com
- Follow @tuscaloosanews & @thecrimsonwhite for updates on the aftermath
- Video of the tornado on 15th Street in Tuscaloosa
- Photos of the Tuscaloosa tornado damage
- Aerial view video of the damage in Tuscaloosa
An ounce of happy news — the university cancelled finals. Students have the option to take their current grade or a makeup exam at a later date. I took B's in both of my classes. That means that after a lengthy college career I'm finally a graduate of the University of Alabama! No more school until I decide to return for my Masters


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Minimum Wage Is Killing Capitalism
To the Readers' Forum:
Shovel ready jobs have gone the way of the dinosaur in the U.S.A. These jobs can be brought back. however, to do so, the shackles must be removed from capitalism.
The restraints on business imposed by the nation's legislators was thought necessary because of grumbling coming from government employees. Their wages were below the pay earned in the private sector.
This disparaging differential, following the Second World War, had to be corrected.
It was here where our leaders opened the fabled "Pandora's Box." Unforeseen troubles were released. The jinxed box contained many of the problems that we, as a nation, suffer from today. The legislators in power at the time gave the box a new moniker. A very innocent sounding name, "minimum wage."
Minimum wage is little more than another tax. An assessment, a levy, on private sector business and their employees.
When started, minimum wage was meant to be an equalizer, but it soon grew into a money hungry beast. A brute that any government could not contain or keep on a leash.
Minimum wage has fulfilled the words of Karl Marx, who prophesied, "there is only one way to kill capitalism – by taxes, taxes and more taxes.
Larry Larson


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Topic: Good rails reference for Beginners
I stumbled across this earlier and have found it to be extremely helpful, so I thought I'd share it, for those who (like me) are just getting their feet wet with rails.
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I stumbled across this earlier and have found it to be extremely helpful, so I thought I'd share it, for those who (like me) are just getting their feet wet with rails.
Might as well add my own here:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005 rails.html - Rolling with Ruby on Rails, Part 1
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005 rails.html - Rolling with Ruby on Rails, Part 2
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005 _ajax.html - AJAX on Rails
Thanks. I think I'll just sticky this so others can do the same.
Here is my own contribution: So You Wanna Begin Programming With Ruby on Rails?
Might as well add my own here:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005 rails.html - Rolling with Ruby on Rails, Part 1
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005 rails.html - Rolling with Ruby on Rails, Part 2
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005 _ajax.html - AJAX on Rails
Those are pretty cool references for us beginners, pretty concise and shows how to get going. A few things needed to be added, for example the relationship between table names and rails stuff (hey l'm a newbie back off), isn't as well explained as it could be.
http://rails.homelinux.org/ is worth dialing into after the Rolling tutorials, the 4 day thing starts from Rolling and goes a bit further in explaining the relationships between the database and the rails stuff.
Will for sure be following these ones, before deciding which books might benefit getting a better understanding. If anyone feels like making one, a style guide to RoR would be useful, i.e best coding standards.
The problem I find with these is that after basic scaffolds and the "magic" effect is gone it's not really fun anymore when documents are missing or sparce for a tiny bit more advansed stuff.. Like the API is very cryptic..
But what is advanced ? I mean, the majority of the users will be wanting tools like todo lists blogs, user admins stores .... it's all kinda stuff that is just expected of an app in this web 2.0 day and age of internet...
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If you are having trouble making it past how-to articles, you may want to break the Rails learning process down and learn technologies outside of Rails first. Rails requires knowledge in both web development and object-oriented programming. If you have experience in both of these, Rails will come much easier.
Web Development
I think most people coming to Rails have a fairly solid knowledge of web development. But, if you aren't familiar with XHTML and CSS then I suggest creating a couple, simple static sites (non-Rails). There are plenty of tutorials out there on the web, so I won't link to any here.
This is where I think most Railers are lacking. If you are completely new to programming, I would suggest reading the Learn to Program book. It will teach you the basics of programming: variables, loops, conditional statements, methods/classes, etc. and all in Ruby so it's like killing two birds with one stone.
Even if you have experience with other programming languages, I'd still suggest taking some time out and learning Ruby on it's own. It has quite a few differences from other languages: blocks, modules, and symbols just to name a few. Learning Ruby on its own will make Rails that much easier to pick up. Get the Pickaxe and Ruby for Rails books to help learn Ruby.
Even after this, Rails still has a fairly steep learning curve. It will be painful to stumble through your first project, but after you get over that hill it gets easier and a lot funner. Oh and did I say it gets funner?
I know, i know.. I need to read more and more.. But i already know css and html.
And have read a lot about OOP, and ruby and Cocoa and Obj-c
But I do swear that ERB and Controller editing are two different beasts. They may have the same code base but hardly any of the options to input and use in thinsg like form objects and the further of advanced stuff is not highlighted to well. Or maybe I just don't get it,, but I as a user have spent a great deal of 8 weeks learning ruby rails and reading many books to just still be confused..
More reading is not the answer if all it gives are more tutorials on scaffolds... Not to say they are not appreciated, just really fallen over the great deal of "fun" I had at the beginning of following a tutorial.
And now looking for ways to make my own custom stuff.
This is less of a reference than just a nice overview and persuasive argument about why you should give Rails a shot: http://www.computerworld.com/action/art c_li_story
Some online tutorials are great to get interested and started, but in order to really start using Rails, it's important to read the Agile Programming With Rails book. It gives you a clear understanding of how the framework works and how to get started and be productive with it. It will save you a lot of time trying to figure things out on your own. Rails has very specific ways of getting things done, and you have to understand those before diving in. And if you don't know Ruby, then read Ruby For Rails as well. After those two (assuming you know HTML/CSS and some mysql you'll probably have enough to start building websites/apps and find out the rest from online helps, mailing lists, blogs, more books, etc.
Another very helpful reference tool is the Rails API itself. It doesn't have as many examples as one would hope, but at least it gives you the syntax for all the commands. A fully searchable version in Windows Help File format (CHM), which also is readable on Linux with xCHM, is available here:
http://delynnberry.com/2006/10/16/rails sion-1-1-6
O'Reilly just published an updated version of Rolling With Rails a couple of days ago: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2006 sited.html
Glad to see the old article is updated. I'm surprised they aren't using migrations to create the database though.
Yes, they definitely should use migrations.
Zerohalo your post gave me a bit of encouragement after reading everyone elses posts. I code XHTML/CSS everyday at work and have some intermediate knowdledge or ASP/PHP and MySQL.
The Ruby For Rails book is a bit hard going at 1st but definately makes it easier to understand what is going on in the Agile Web Tutorials.
I found this resource today: http://rails.raaum.org/activerecord.html - it really helped me get straight in my head a lot of the ActiveRecord stuff that's been swimming about my mind. There's also good stuff on ActionController and ActionView, as well as having a lot of useful links dotted about where appropriate.
You may also want to check out http://www.gotapi.com. I have found it very useful.
Check out http://wiki.rubyonrails.org
There is a good beginners guide beginning Ruby on Rails programming.
Here are a few articles about Ruby and Rails. A little dated, but still useful. Include a few articles from David Heinemeier Hansson, lead developer of the Rails framework.
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In an Op-Ed for The Hill, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller explains why the United States needs the New START Treaty in force. The text of her Op-Ed appears below.
Let's get back to work with Russia: We need New START treaty in force By Rose Gottemoeller
By midnight on Dec. 4, 2009, the last U.S. inspector had to be out of the Russian Federation -- at that moment, the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) was going out of force. Nearly a year has passed since that day, and in all that time, we have had no data exchanges on Russia's strategic forces and no opportunity to inspect Russian strategic nuclear bases. Our inspectors are poised to resume their important work, but they can only do so after New START -- now awaiting a Senate vote to approve ratification -- enters into force.
The lack of regular data exchanges and on-site verification measures means our understanding of Russian missile and bomber forces will diminish over time. As Gen. Kevin Chilton, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, has said: "Without New START, we would rapidly lose insight into Russian strategic nuclear force developments and activities, and our force modernization planning and hedging strategy would be more complex and more costly. Without such a regime, we would unfortunately be left to use worst-case analyses regarding our own force requirements."
For more than 20 years, the right of our weapons inspectors to confirm the validity of Russian-provided data by conducting short-notice on-site inspections of nuclear weapons facilities has been at the core of verification regimes in treaties between the United States and the Soviet Union and now the Russian Federation.
President Reagan famously challenged the Soviets to "trust but verify." His concept for a strong verification regime that includes on-site inspections was first implemented in July 1988 under the treaty between the United States and the U.S.S.R. on the elimination of their intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles (the INF Treaty).
Once New START enters into force, we will -- after a year-long hiatus -- receive extensive declarations from Russia every six months of the number, type and location of all the strategic offensive forces under the treaty. What's more, New START calls for an unprecedented level of information about those forces because, under New START, a unique identifying number will be assigned to each missile and bomber, which will allow the U.S. to follow that item through its life. And under the terms of the treaty, Russia will provide prompt updates to that data so the U.S. can understand activities in Russia's forces and keep track of Russia's compliance with the treaty's central limits.
On-site inspections are a vital complement to the data the U.S. will receive under New START. They provide the "boots on the ground" presence to confirm the validity of Russian data declarations, thus helping to verify compliance with treaty obligations, as well as adding to our confidence and knowledge regarding Russian strategic forces located at those facilities. Under New START, the United States will have the right to conduct 18 on-site inspections of Russian strategic weapons facilities annually. Without the treaty, there will be zero inspections -- just as there are zero today and just as there have been zero for almost a year now.
For these reasons, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has said that as far as the treaty is concerned, "the sooner, the better."
Data exchanges and on-site inspections work together with other verification means to ensure compliance with treaty obligations. Our satellites and other methods, known as National Technical Means (NTM) of verification, a comprehensive data exchange, regular notifications to update that exchange and on-site inspections combine to enable us to observe and evaluate Russian activities. Without New START, we have been left with NTM alone to give us insight into Russian nuclear forces -- a situation we have not faced since on-site inspections began in the late 1980s.
The New START treaty data exchanges will provide us a much more detailed picture of Russian strategic forces than we were able to obtain from earlier exchanges and the inspections will give us crucial opportunities to confirm the validity of that data. In part, this is thanks to our weapons inspectors, who gained a strong body of knowledge and experience about conducting on-site inspections efficiently and effectively under START and the INF Treaty; they also learned how to improve them. They brought that experience to the negotiating table in Geneva, creating new approaches.
For the first time, we will receive data about actual re-entry vehicle (warhead) loadings on Russia's missiles and bombers and on-site inspection procedures under New START will allow the United States to confirm the actual number of warheads on any randomly selected Russian ICBM and SLBM. This verification task and inspection right did not exist under START.
New START verification measures are adapted to the requirements of this treaty, while also being simpler, less operationally disruptive and less costly to implement than the original START verification measures. These new provisions were developed with the concerns and perspectives of the U.S. Department of Defense in mind.
New START is a continuation of the international arms control and nonproliferation framework that the United States has worked hard to foster and strengthen for the last 50 years. It preserves the United States's ability to maintain the strong, credible nuclear deterrent that is a key element of U.S. national security and the security of U.S. allies and friends. The time is now to ratify it.
You can also read Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller's Op-Ed on The Hill website. Learn more about the New START Treaty at www.state.gov/newstart.
Susan C. in Florida writes:
"We need the New START Treaty..." I absolutely agree! And I would like to inform the Republicans, who came out today and stated that they will vote against EVERY Obama initiative, that I will make sure that I vote against them in every election from now on. I will NEVER vote for a Republican. They have caused so many of the problems we are facing, and they act as if they have done nothing wrong! How did we put them back in power?? Please explain that to me.


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Father's Day 2014 finds the state of fatherhood in crisis. An epidemic of fatherlessness has swept across the country beginning with the sexual revolution of the 60's and 70's. Freedom without responsibility has led to chaos. Today 41 percent of children born have no father in the home. In 1940 it was less than 5 percent. Eighty-five percent of abortions, a form of birth control, occur among unmarried women. Roe v Wade has empowered men to "have fun and run." How are fathers portrayed on TV and the movies? They are looked upon as a joke, irrevelent or not even in the picture.
Study after study shows that nothing replaces a father. Not a woman. Not a live-in boyfriend. Not a government program. Scripture reveals and the Church teaches that God did not intend for women to play both the role of mother and father. Yet in many cases this is what's happening. The lack of involved fathers has resulted in:
– higher school drop-out rates
– higher drug use
– higher rates of suicide
– higher instances of teenage pregnancy
– higher rates of violent crime and neglect
– higher abortion rates
– lower employment opportunities
– lower opportunities to thrive and succeed.
Our society is being re-engineered to believe that men and women are interchangeable. They're not. Despite the fact that two men or two women "marrying" is becoming more acceptable, it does not solve the problem of the "elephant in the room" of one man running from the mother of his child and his responsibility to be a father.
On Father's Day 24 million children did not have a father to celebrate. Why? Because dads have chosen self over sacrifice, social programs that exclude men and a secular culture that looks upon fathers as irrevelent. Fatherhood does matter. For more information on why it does matter "google" National Fatherhood Initiative or National Center for Fathering.
Father John Neff, Pastor
St. Luke Catholic Church, Youngsivlle
St. Anthony of Padua Church, Sheffield