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“Finally Tonight, Jesus…”

March 12th, 2009 . by Cranky Catholic

Thanks to this video I can be assured that the value of my Cheezus collection rivals any Hummel collection.

Sarah Failin’

March 6th, 2009 . by Cranky Catholic

Is there’s some kind of Republican Dementia spreading throughout the U.S.? Michael Steel criticizes Rush Limbaugh, Senator Arlen Specter says ‘yes’ to massive liberal spending, pro-life Senator Brownback applauds the nomination of pro-abort Kathleen Sebilius to HHS Secretary. What’s next? Sarah Palin giving a Planned Parenthood advocate a pat on the back?

Uhhh… from The Alaska Standard:

Palin appoints former Planned Parenthood board member to Alaska Supreme Court

In a move that should give social conservatives great pause, Governor Sarah Palin has appointed a former board member of Planned Parenthood to the Alaska State Supreme Court.

Palin appointed Anchorage Superior Court Judge Morgan Christen to the state’s highest court on Wednesday. Along with Christen’s former board member status with Planned Parenthood.

There is no disputing Palin’s appointment of Christen will cause the Alaska Supreme to lean left and will ensure a more activist court when it comes to gay marriage, and abortion. The Christen appointment is key because she replaces justice Warren Mathews, one of the dissenting votes striking down the parental consent legislation.

The Governor, who early on won the support of Alaska liberals after she pushed through an enormous, unprecedented tax increase on the oil industry, seems to be back in their good graces with this appointment.

ADN liberal bloggers responded to Palin’s Supreme Court appointment writing,

“Ohmigawd!??The governor’s been taken over by space aliens.??What an improvement!”

“Wow. Way to go Palin! I can’t believe I just said that. But hey, credit where credit is due.”

“Glad to see a woman in the position to balance out the court. Good for Palin for keeping bible thumper beliefs out of the court system and honoring the separation of Church and State.”

“This is the one good action that Sarah Palin has taken over the past three years. And I have no problem admitting it. Great pick!!!! So even if the wing-nut parental consent bill passes, the state Supremes now have enough votes to overturn it as unconstitutional.”

Granted Palin would have had to put up a fight to block the appointment of the far left Christen to the court. Under Alaska law the judicial council made up mostly of liberal lawyers gets to filter out candidates who do not hold a leftist background. The governor must pick from the names forwarded.

But former governor Frank Murkowski during his term fought the process and at first refused to name any of the names submitted to him. The liberal media beat him up pretty bad over it and he eventually caved.

If Governor Palin would have taken on this fight, it probably would have ended up in court. If she had taken up the fight and asked for all the candidates’ names that applied to be forwarded, it would have brought to the public’s attention that trial lawyers control the third branch of government in Alaska. But with the governor refusing to spend any political capital on this issue, it is sure to disappear from Alaska’s political landscape.

The governor caving into trial lawyers also guarantees an activist court will continue to push its agenda on the people of Alaska. It will continue to stand between you and your child, continue to redefine marriage and block development.

Palin appointing Christen kills any move by the legislature to pass parental consent legislation. The new court with Christen on it will surely strike down any new laws. This is one of the reason Palin’s caving is confusing. Just recently held a news conference standing side by side with conservative lawmakers sponsoring new parental consent legislation.

Refusing to fight for parental consent laws is risky for Palin. It clearly will help her avoid controversy from the liberal media. But conservatives supporting her won’t like the fact she appointed a former Planned Parenthood board member to Alaska’s highest court.

Many of the governor’s conservative supporters have ignored her high taxes and liberal anti free market policies. They support her simply because she says she is pro-life and is open about her faith. But the Christen appointment proves that while the governor lives the pro-life message in her personal life, she is not willing to spend political capital on the issue in her political life.

Something to consider: Judge Christen is one of those judges approving of the pre-born deaths of children like Palin’s Down Syndrome child, Tripp. I expect Palin to take massive hits for this.

Community College Christian Minister Needs Catechesis

March 3rd, 2009 . by Cranky Catholic

Forget giving this internet-certified Christian Minister a pro-life lesson. She needs a Salvation History lesson. Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.

Babies Can Be Such Ruiners

March 2nd, 2009 . by Cranky Catholic

Wow a baby can TOTALLY cramp your life. You know that cruise to the Caymans coming up in a few months? Gosh, you don’t want to be pregnant when THAT happens. Or graduation in May. You can’t be seen taking your diploma while carrying a baby-bump. That would be WAY embarrassing. So what can you do?

To hell with self-control. Get Implanon… FREE!

Woman #1 plans to start college in the Fall. She won’t let sex cramp her academic schedule, but a baby sure will.

Woman #2 plans to buy her first home. And apparently she wants to have all the sex she wants while living there. But she can’t have a baby because then she can’t get that love nest. House… good. Baby… bad.

Now, Woman #3 REALLY takes the cake. She plans to meet her “soul mate.” This can only mean one of two scenerios.

Scenerio One: The guy she’s currently sleeping with ISN’T her soul mate. He’s just her sex-slave. How lovely. And when she finally DOES meet Mr. Right, she doesn’t want to be carrying her first-born because Mr. Right would be soooo turned-off by that. Her idea of Mr. Soul Mate, in reality, is Mr. Shallow.

Scenario Two: She’s sleeping with every guy in her book club as a litmus test for Mr. Right. But if she gets pregnant with the wrong guy, she’ll be tied-down with Mr. Not Quite Right. Or maybe, in her mind, he IS Mr. Right but doesn’t want to burden him with having to pay for the abortion.

Woman #3, you need help!

And would it be a stretch to clarify that Woman #4 is suggesting to us that what she’s really doing is (ahem) sleeping her way up the corporate ladder?

According to Planned Parenthood of Council Bluffs your ticket to fulfillment isn’t self-control. It’s birth control. It’s the junk you put in your body and never have to think about. Accept, you DO have to think about it. In case you don’t know, Implanon are those little sticks of hormones inserted into your upper arm and lasts for three years. This is what they look like 24-hours after you’ve had them implanted:

I feel sorry sorry for the little girl in the arms of the last Woman in this PSA. I think she’s dreaming of her future. It’s the kind of future devoid of little brothers and sisters to play with. Either that or the little sticks in mom’s arm are paralyzing her in the back of the neck.

(Man, I hate Planned Parenthood.)

Ash Wednesday Humor

February 25th, 2009 . by Cranky Catholic

Ash Wednesday can be a great opportunity to find Catholic singles, according to Judy McDonald.

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