Comments on: “Safety Net” http://www.cornellsociety.org/2009/06/safety-net/ Unity in charity, diversity in truth Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:49:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Discipulus http://www.cornellsociety.org/2009/06/safety-net/comment-page-1/#comment-212375 Discipulus Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:48:19 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/?p=2905#comment-212375 I didn’t realize it’s been that long between posts until I found myself asking, “I wonder whatever happened to Oh, what’s her name?” It would be hard to get excited over any government programs I’ve heard of since so many are fraught with dangerous compromise on morals and others just down right ludicrous. You must have heard of the one giving away free cell phones and monthly minutes. After all, if a criminal has a right to make a phone call from jail, every one has a right to make a call and to receive one as well. The Governor of Massachusetts is giving away free cars to those without jobs so that they can go out and find one. Included is free insurance, repairs, registration, etc; a package worth $6,000. If no job is found, the car is still theirs to keep. Just a while back the Diocese of Boston and the state were working together, having found common ground in adoption services. Everything was going well until a few of the laity reported to Rome that some of the children were being placed in homosexual “families.” Neither Catholic Charities nor the Cardinal could see the wrong doing until word came from Rome. At the present time, Cardinal O’Malley, in an effort to keep the doors of his Catholic hospitals open has agreed to accept state aid in the form of reimbursements for medical services to the poor. In a contract, already signed, it is agreed that when someone comes for an abortion that they will be turned away but sent back to the insurance provider (49 percent of which is owned by the diocese) which will refer them to Planned Parenthood or to a hospital that does abortions. After the whistle was blown—again by the laity—the Cardinal is trying to backpedal but at this point everyone is on to the double talk. The showdown is July 1st when the contract goes into effect. http://www.catholicactionleague.org/ I didn’t realize it’s been that long between posts until I found myself asking, “I wonder whatever happened to Oh, what’s her name?”

It would be hard to get excited over any government programs I’ve heard of since so many are fraught with dangerous compromise on morals and others just down right ludicrous. You must have heard of the one giving away free cell phones and monthly minutes. After all, if a criminal has a right to make a phone call from jail, every one has a right to make a call and to receive one as well. The Governor of Massachusetts is giving away free cars to those without jobs so that they can go out and find one. Included is free insurance, repairs, registration, etc; a package worth $6,000. If no job is found, the car is still theirs to keep.

Just a while back the Diocese of Boston and the state were working together, having found common ground in adoption services. Everything was going well until a few of the laity reported to Rome that some of the children were being placed in homosexual “families.” Neither Catholic Charities nor the Cardinal could see the wrong doing until word came from Rome.

At the present time, Cardinal O’Malley, in an effort to keep the doors of his Catholic hospitals open has agreed to accept state aid in the form of reimbursements for medical services to the poor. In a contract, already signed, it is agreed that when someone comes for an abortion that they will be turned away but sent back to the insurance provider (49 percent of which is owned by the diocese) which will refer them to Planned Parenthood or to a hospital that does abortions. After the whistle was blown—again by the laity—the Cardinal is trying to backpedal but at this point everyone is on to the double talk. The showdown is July 1st when the contract goes into effect. http://www.catholicactionleague.org/

]]> By: Clara http://www.cornellsociety.org/2009/06/safety-net/comment-page-1/#comment-212110 Clara Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:20:21 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/?p=2905#comment-212110 You mean, you've been the one leaving the Cyrillic messages? :) You mean, you’ve been the one leaving the Cyrillic messages? :)

]]> By: Bonifacius http://www.cornellsociety.org/2009/06/safety-net/comment-page-1/#comment-212049 Bonifacius Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:51:43 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/?p=2905#comment-212049 Last by me -- no time to change it/sign in. Will alter it later. Last by me — no time to change it/sign in. Will alter it later.

]]> By: Discipulus http://www.cornellsociety.org/2009/06/safety-net/comment-page-1/#comment-212048 Discipulus Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:51:03 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/?p=2905#comment-212048 The Holy Father needs to consecrate Russia in particular to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Maybe that will end the series of miscellaneous messages written in Cyrillic that occasionally inundate our blog. The Holy Father needs to consecrate Russia in particular to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Maybe that will end the series of miscellaneous messages written in Cyrillic that occasionally inundate our blog.

]]> By: Clara http://www.cornellsociety.org/2009/06/safety-net/comment-page-1/#comment-211347 Clara Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:36:43 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/?p=2905#comment-211347 Yes, I've reflected before that it's ironic that the classic term for what Barack Obama apparently wants to be to impoverished blacks in this country is, "great white father." Yes, I’ve reflected before that it’s ironic that the classic term for what Barack Obama apparently wants to be to impoverished blacks in this country is, “great white father.”

]]> By: Bonifacius http://www.cornellsociety.org/2009/06/safety-net/comment-page-1/#comment-211259 Bonifacius Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:42:13 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/?p=2905#comment-211259 Great post. Of course, nature persists. Although the federal welfare system ostensibly is designed to eliminate feelings of inferiority and obligation on the part of the poor toward their superiors who provide for them, of course the indigent always support the politicians who support the welfare system. To cite just one example, at one time blacks had a choice between being sharecroppers dependent upon white plantation owners (mostly Southern Democrats) and, on the other hand, voting for Republicans who tended to support their legitimate civil rights. But then came Democrats who extended the federal welfare system to blacks, which effectively made the entire federal govt. the new plantation owner. Blacks were even more beholden to the government than to the plantation owners of old, but now most of them were enthusiastic about the new bondage. Freedom, independence, and a sense of self-worth would, of course, come with liberation from the welfare system. Great post. Of course, nature persists. Although the federal welfare system ostensibly is designed to eliminate feelings of inferiority and obligation on the part of the poor toward their superiors who provide for them, of course the indigent always support the politicians who support the welfare system. To cite just one example, at one time blacks had a choice between being sharecroppers dependent upon white plantation owners (mostly Southern Democrats) and, on the other hand, voting for Republicans who tended to support their legitimate civil rights. But then came Democrats who extended the federal welfare system to blacks, which effectively made the entire federal govt. the new plantation owner. Blacks were even more beholden to the government than to the plantation owners of old, but now most of them were enthusiastic about the new bondage. Freedom, independence, and a sense of self-worth would, of course, come with liberation from the welfare system.

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