Michael Metrinko stood up to his Iranian captors during the 444 days of the Iranian Hostage crisis back in 1979-1980. He refused to eat a Christmas dinner given to him as part of a propaganda ploy, steadfastly insulted his captors in Farsi though they beat him, and simply refused to be broken by these corrupt men.
May 30, 2007
Hero
Lest we forget.
Michael Metrinko stood up to his Iranian captors during the 444 days of the Iranian Hostage crisis back in 1979-1980. He refused to eat a Christmas dinner given to him as part of a propaganda ploy, steadfastly insulted his captors in Farsi though they beat him, and simply refused to be broken by these corrupt men.
Michael Metrinko stood up to his Iranian captors during the 444 days of the Iranian Hostage crisis back in 1979-1980. He refused to eat a Christmas dinner given to him as part of a propaganda ploy, steadfastly insulted his captors in Farsi though they beat him, and simply refused to be broken by these corrupt men.
May 19, 2007
Freedom of Choice
Hat tip to Fran Warner and Tom Lewis. They covered their artwork at the 13th Biennial Exhibition at the ARTSWorcester Aurora Gallery at 660 Main St(May 11-June 22, free and open to the public) when abortion industry giant Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts held a fund-raiser there last night. See Catholic Free Press 5/17.
Said Warner, "I plan on covering my work with a cloth in protest against the use of a 'free exhibit' to raise funds for something I am morally opposed to."
Warner's written plea to reconsider the Abortion Clinic Fundraiser was dismissed by ARTSWorcester executive director Janice Seymour, who said "The board's [ARTSWorcester] response was that they were dismayed Fran felt that way.". In a great Editorial, the CFP called Seymour's response "troubling, though typical."
As the CFP editorial saliently put it, ARTSWorcester and Seymour were "[n]ot dismayed to learn something new and terrible about the mistreatment of fellow human beings, but apparently dismayed that an associate felt bad about that. Such a response, however it is intended, smacks of the very narrow-minded paternalism that those who pride themselves on being open-minded condemn in others."
We've noticed this double standard in the Abortion Industry for years.
As Warner wrote in his letter to ARTSWorcester's Seymour, "Artists are supposed to be the people that help others to see the things that they would not normally see...We reflect on the beauty of life and sometimes the ugliness of the things that are diametrically opposed to beauty, life and truth."
Perhaps Seymour is really dismayed that Fran was being an Artist.
Said Warner, "I plan on covering my work with a cloth in protest against the use of a 'free exhibit' to raise funds for something I am morally opposed to."
Warner's written plea to reconsider the Abortion Clinic Fundraiser was dismissed by ARTSWorcester executive director Janice Seymour, who said "The board's [ARTSWorcester] response was that they were dismayed Fran felt that way.". In a great Editorial, the CFP called Seymour's response "troubling, though typical."
As the CFP editorial saliently put it, ARTSWorcester and Seymour were "[n]ot dismayed to learn something new and terrible about the mistreatment of fellow human beings, but apparently dismayed that an associate felt bad about that. Such a response, however it is intended, smacks of the very narrow-minded paternalism that those who pride themselves on being open-minded condemn in others."
We've noticed this double standard in the Abortion Industry for years.
As Warner wrote in his letter to ARTSWorcester's Seymour, "Artists are supposed to be the people that help others to see the things that they would not normally see...We reflect on the beauty of life and sometimes the ugliness of the things that are diametrically opposed to beauty, life and truth."
Perhaps Seymour is really dismayed that Fran was being an Artist.
Love & Marriage
Some things just go together...NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced in late April two bills his office will put before the NY Legislature; one would make it illegal to place any restrictions on abortion, the other would legalize same-sex marriages.
In the picture at left, Gov. Spitzer indicates how much he loves pre-born children.
May 17, 2007
the company you keep
You are known by the company you keep. SpiritDaily had a quick link a few days ago, now gone, to some curious neighbors who share the same
120 Wall St. home in lower Manhattan.
The neighbors;
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy
Inter'l Planned Parenthood - Western Hemisphere Division
Lambda Legal Defense/Education Fund
The Alan Guttmacher Institute
All neighbors of the Lucis Trust, originally called the Lucifer Trust
Be not afraid, but beware.
120 Wall St. home in lower Manhattan. The neighbors;
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy
Inter'l Planned Parenthood - Western Hemisphere Division
Lambda Legal Defense/Education Fund
The Alan Guttmacher Institute
All neighbors of the Lucis Trust, originally called the Lucifer Trust
Be not afraid, but beware.
May 9, 2007
Pope Warns John Kerry, Teddy...
By Philip Pullella
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Wednesday warned Catholic politicians they risked excommunication from the Church and should not receive communion if they support abortion.
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Wednesday warned Catholic politicians they risked excommunication from the Church and should not receive communion if they support abortion.
May 6, 2007
Psychology on Tap
Tragedy? Or wickedness? is the title of George Weigel's latest column. He asks the question why all the news articles on the 32 deaths April 17th at Virginia Tech are called a Tragedy, when they are more appropriately called Hellish or Wicked - because "Hell has sometimes been explained as the condition in which one is so utterly self-centered that, incapable of relationships or love, one's personality disintegrates into oblivion." The psychological term "Self-centered" describes the state of one's mind, but Hellish describes the state of one's soul, or the soul "of someone who can shoot 32 innocent people in cold blood."
While the absence of good or God can help us understand how evil things can happen in the world, the mystery of iniquity demands that there will be personal expressions of this lack of the Good.
While the absence of good or God can help us understand how evil things can happen in the world, the mystery of iniquity demands that there will be personal expressions of this lack of the Good.
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