Yesterday, Father Orthoduck published the resolution from the Southern Baptist Convention. However, not all people have as balanced a view of the oil spill as the SBC had in its resolution. In fact, above is a YouTube video from one of the less … [Continue reading]
Southern Baptists speak out on the Gulf oil spill
Below is the text of the resolution on the Gulf Oil spill passed by the Southern Baptist Convention at their meeting last week in Orlando. As you read it, please note that one can see signs of a changing of some of the traditional Southern Baptist … [Continue reading]
Futbol, futbol, futbol, 2010
This has been an incredibly good World Cup for Latin America and, yes, for the USA. As Father Orthoduck looks at the World Cup standings, he is quite surprised at the number of Latin American teams that are in the top two slots of their groups. … [Continue reading]
Failure is always an option
Yes, Father Orthoduck is a huge Mythbusters fan! There are several sayings that have come from that show that are favorites of Father Orthoduck: Failure is always an option. I reject your reality and substitute my own. Jamie wants big … [Continue reading]
Neither England nor Algeria score, a scoreless tie
Incredible! England and Algeria tied yesterday in their group World Soccer game. [For those of you expecting serious Orthodox postings on days of important World Soccer games, uhm, you might be disappointed.] This means that the USA is actually in … [Continue reading]
USA and Slovenia tie
USA 2 and Slovenia 2 Who would have thought it? Actually more than one commentator thought that the USA had won the game, except our third goal was taken away from us by the referee. As usual, this will lead to a lot of debates as to whether there … [Continue reading]
Apology to BP for being tough on them
In an astonishing move, U.S. Representative Joseph Barton of Texas, a Republican, apologized to BP executives for an Obama shake-down, as Barton called it. He criticizes Obama for his actions at yesterday's meeting with BP in getting billions of … [Continue reading]
Latinos, the Scots, the Welsh, and Braveheart
OK, so I stretched a bit in coming up with the title above, but it helps me to make a point. Recently the following reader comment was made: . . . I oppose Tagalog in Alaska and French in Lousiana and Maine if used for official government … [Continue reading]
Private property and the Roman Catholic Bishop’s immigration statements
Let's look at another point raised by one of those who commented on immigration as regard the statements of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops called Strangers No Longer: #35 says that “all the goods of the earth belong to all the … [Continue reading]
On the use of multiple languages in the USA
In answer to yesterday's posting, a couple of comments were made. In fact, I am now facing the problem that there have been enough points brought up that I will not be able to deal with them all. So, let me deal with the subject of language today. … [Continue reading]
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