Chris Johnson of MCJ rips James Carroll a new one in a fisk of the latter’s bemoaning of the fact that the project to Episcopalize the Catholic Church has been set back decades. Sample:
While the Vatican and its recruits just say no, the rest of us attempt to apply tested modes of ethical reasoning to [...]
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More Rhetorical Meltdowns over the Anglican thing
Posted in Anti-Catholic Bigotry on Parade, Tick-tock on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How do you know when an ideology is dying?
Posted in Tick-tock on October 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When its proponents fly apart like a helicopter with its rear-rotor shot off. Check out Exhibit A at the Midwest Conservative Journal
Here’s a video that I think illustrates the old Sponginator’s discourse:
Patching the hole in the Titanic with torpedoes.
Posted in Tick-tock on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A few months ago I’m at a dinner party, when afterwards I got to try out Guitar Hero World Tour. Naturally, as a real musician, I tried my best to be snobby while completely tanking on the game. After embarrassing myself on Michael Jackson’s “Beat it” and Pat Benatar’s “Heartbreaker”, one of the youngsters tried [...]
The Obama-Notre Dame flap as camouflaged predation: Someone’s setting up us the bomb
Posted in Tick-tock on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What I mean by that is that these kicks to the Church’s groin will continue until bishops step up and use discipline with teeth. It risks schism, but years of courting the kicks like Van Driessen may have forced the issue.
Mencius Moldbug’s recent entry describes “camouflaged predation” when he asks why in history do conservative/reactionary [...]
Filling in the blanks
Posted in Tick-tock on March 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The latest story is Bishop Morlino firing associate Ruth Kolpack. American Papist comments on the hack piece from National Catholic Reporter here. But Uncle Di provides more clues to the mystery:
1. Kolpack’s contention that she was not allowed to defend herself is refuted by her claim that Morlino was prepared to let her keep her [...]
