Month: January 2005

  • Yet Another Reason Why the West is Mission Territory

    Saw this story this morning and didn’t have time to blog it unfortunately. Had to get this in though. Germans Force Women Into Prostitution is the story. Man, Fric… There you go again. Making stuff up. Nope. Germany has some interesting laws and lack of laws concerning unemployment benefits and brothels. Brothels are legal in…

  • Religion by Slogan?

    I help a friend with the technical details on some internet “church” work he does. I don’t necessarily agree with his approach or interpretations all the time of course. Most of the time I’d say he preaches on the fringe of what might be acceptable to the Church. But tonight I was watching the chat…

  • Interesting Phrase from Non-Catholics

    I scan Dave Armstrong’s blog on a regular basis. Read it less regularly. Too much sometimes and too hard to track when he’s posting these virtural debates. But one trait I have noticed, especially from the more virulent anti-Catholics there and the fundies and evangelicals on the radio is a certain term. The Clear/Plain Meaning…

  • Hillary Is An Idiot

    Just a couple of days after the 32nd anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that legalized the murder of unborn children up to and during delivery, Hillary Clinton has the audacity to come out and make a speech about how we need to find some common ground so that we can make abortion safe, legal…

  • You’d Think Maniacs Would Be More Enthusiastic

    You would… Wouldn’t you? Well, I guess it’s not a matter of enthusiasm so much as a hectic schedule. I had hoped when we opened the Maniacs Blog to the local core group, it would cover any lapse in blogging by any one of us. So much for that. I know that the three actual…