RWO in the Senate

RWO RWO
What does that mean, Johnny? Are you going nuts or something?
No, my bad pennies. This is the warning for REPUBLICANS WIMPING OUT.
Republicans, who have grown up accustomed to Democrats running the show in Washington, have developed a chronic effeminacy, weakness, wimpiness, wussiness, etc. In short, they don't know how to act like they run the show. They don't know how to be winners. They're too used to being in the minority. Even now, when they run both houses of Congress and the Presidency, they can't make use of their God-given testosterone and muster up the courage to kick the democrats' and liberals' collective asses. Thus, the RWO alert.
Today's RWO alert directs our attention to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and the rest of the Republican senators. Frist, walking in the footsteps of former majority leader and famed RWO senator Trent Lott, led the Republicans in electing liberal Republican Arlen Specter to be the head of the judiciary committee. The senate Judiciary Comittee is the comittee that approves justices for national courts, including (trumpet fanfare) THE US FRIGGIN' SUPREME COURT!!!!! Specter is pro-choice. PRO-FRIGGIN'-CHOICE!!!!! Now, three days after the election, Specter apparently (the report is disputed by Specter) issued a "warning" of sorts, saying that President Bush should not appoint any justices who were too conservative (read: pro-life). Specter is famous for being one of the senators who blocked the appointment of Robert Bork, a George H. W. Bush (Daddy Bush) appointee and rock-solid pro-life conservative. After Specter's "warning" and the ensuing wave of protest from pro-lifers across the country, Specter was asked if he was pleased with the performance of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, another rock-solid conservative who is adored by pro-lifers and conservatives in general. Specter unenthusiastically said that he thought Thomas was "satisfactory," and would not say whether he would vote for him to be Chief Justice.
Now, let me ask you something. Turn the tables. The Democrats miraculously have a 55-45 majority in the Senate, Kerry has won the election, and the Democrats miraculously won back the house and have a good majority there. Pretend that Ted Kennedy is Catholic. Pretend that he's, therefore, pro-life. Pretend that he supported Robert Bork. Now, do you honestly think that for "party loyalty" the Democrats would allow a Pro-Life Ted Kennedy to be the head of the Judiciary Committee? I didn't think so. And why? Because Democrats know how to rule when they have the majority: ruthlessly. Heck, they act ruthlessly even when they don't have a majority.
Whether Specter did or did not "warn" Bush about his judicial appointments is irrelevant. The fact is, the man turned on Bork and is pro-choice. He shouldn't be ON the committee, let alone its chairman. But the Republicans, who owe their current majority to pro-lifers and Christian voters, seem to think that party loyalty is more important. Now, the political pressure from his party and from his own constituents is going to be such that I don't think, personally, that Specter will oppose any Bush appointee. BUT WHY RISK IT?!?!? Why not just make Sen. Santorum the Judiciary Chairman?! Why not just make Specter the chairman of some other committee where he can do the least damage?! The Judiciary Committee, given our current political situation, is THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE. The lives of MILLIONS of unborn children are on the line here. If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade...I mean, how many Red States will outlaw abortion if that happens? TONS!!! Texas, much of the South, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, probably Arizona and Nevada, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, I could go on. If Bush can't get pro-life Supreme Court justices in, our nation is in DEEP HORSE MANURE.

A Cavalcade of Thought-erade.

Having decided to ignore utterly the fact that I haven't posted in forever, I've come up with a few ideas:
1. Notre Dame University, if it were a Catholic university (at present it is a joint Catholic/Modernist project), would be the coolest place on earth. And I want to go there REALLY BADLY WAAAAAAH!!
2. I love Apple iTunes.
3. Rednecks are really awesome. In fact, they are the modern-day equivalent of the Barbaric Germans in the decaying Roman Empire. I think that they're the only hope for Catholicism and the West. And if not for Catholicism and the West, then certainly for America.
4. (To preface this comment, I am a Seton Home Study School Catholic homeschooler. Go Seton!! Woot woot!!) The Seton counsellors talk to you like you're something of a dissapointment if you want to go to Notre Dame. They're very condescending. "You want to go to Notre Dame? Oh. Well..." It's quite hilarious. I suppose they think that if you don't go to Christendom/Thomas Aquinas/(Name your small orthodox Catholic school here) you're something of a failure. So I'm on their bad list now, apparently.
5. This seems really wierd, but I'm sure it's happened: a kid is homeschooled through Seton all twelve years of elementary/juniorhigh/high school, then goes to Christendom College (literally around the corner from Seton's headquarters) and then goes and works for
6. Franciscan University of Steubenville stinks. OK, so it's more orthodox than all the old-guard heretical Catholic schools, but it's still the headquarters of all that lamebrain Charismatic stuff. Puh-lease. And they're all proud of it. Ugh. Like their chapel (Holy Can Opener, Batman!). They put a picture of it in their logo!! I mean come on!! It is Butt Ugly. Excuse me while I barf. Charismatics really bother me, because I think a lot of them (most of those whom I have encountered, anyway) have this sort of ostrich's-head-in-the-ground attitude. Oh, our bishop's OK, because he allows us to have our little conferences and our little "healing" Masses (I'm incrrrrredibly suspicious of those. "Healing" my right foot.). Meanwhile, the bishop allows all sorts of heretical priests to function and won't refuse pro-choice politicians Communion. I also don't like their unqualified hero-worship of JPII. OK, yeah he's been a great writing Pope, but he hasn't disciplined ANYBODY except for Hans Kung and a few ladies who got "ordained." He certainly doesn't merit (I don't think) the title "John Paul the Great."

News Flash!!!

This just in...the Vatican thinks there needs to be annulment reform.
Really?! Ya don't say!! Boy, you can't sneak anything past these guys. Next thing you know, they'll uncover that there are priests comitting liturgical abuse! In fairness, though, at least they're doing something about it. However, the whole song and dance of annulments being handed out to every divorcee who wants one is not exactly a recent development. It's kindasorta been going on for JPII's entire pontificate. I cannot think of any time during his pontificate when JPII thought to reform this problem, but, to be fair, I'm not an expert on the history of his pontificate. In fact, I'm just some stupid kid writing a blog. If he's tried to actually DO (not just SAY) something about it, please tell me and I'll give him credit.

Don Juan Victorio

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