long weekend...

I get Friday off, maybe the republicans in DC will finally get around to using the constitutional option.

Michael Savage's new book,

Liberalism is a Mental Disorder has been #6 and #7 on the NY Times best seller list for the 2 weeks since it's release. And with little to no press about his book that is truly amazing

links!

Yay, I finally figured out how to do links on this thing, soon I will have a lot more.

Error America just crossed a fine line...

Thanks to a report filed by the Drudge report, I found out that they actually did something criminal, yes criminal, last night. Here's the story

The red-hot rhetoric over Social Security on liberal talkradio network AIR AMERICA has caught the attention of the Secret Service, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
Government officials are reviewing a skit which aired on the network Monday evening -- a skit featuring an apparent gunshot warning to the president!
The announcer: "A spoiled child is telling us our Social Security isn't safe anymore, so he is going to fix it for us. Well, here's your answer, you ungrateful whelp: [audio sound of 4 gunshots being fired.] Just try it, you little bastard. [audio of gun being cocked]."
The audio production at the center of the controversy aired during opening minutes of The Randi Rhodes Show.
"What is with all the killing?" Rhodes said, laughing, after the clip aired.
"Even joking about shooting the president is a crime, let alone doing it on national radio... we are taking this very seriously," a government source explained.

Wow what a classy move everyone, I'm sure more people will start listening now. Need I say it again? Yes of course I do, liberalism is a mental disorder

Thoughts on the "Nuclear option"

Well, if Frist has the balls it looks like the constitutional option (or nuclear option as libs like to call it) will be on the table. I personally am for this. And I find it so funny that Demoncats were ranting about that faith formation rally yesterday, they can't stand it when our side tries to bring churches and religion into politics. But last election cycle they remained surprisingly silent when Kerry spoke nearly every sunday at a black church trying to sure up his base. Ah hypocrisy, is there nothing better to get your point across? On a final note on this one of my good moderate friends is quick to point out that 200+ judges have been confirmed, while true he makes it seem like the people that haven't been confirmed have got a vote, they haven't. They deserve an up or down vote period. The longer Harry Reid & Co. stall, the greater their loss in 2006 and 2008. Go on Harry, shut down the Senate, I dare you.

New book I'm reading...

last night after picking up my first paycheck from Jerry's I went over to Barns& Noble trying to find Michael Savage's new book; Liberalism is a mental disorder. Unfortunately the book was taken off the front shelf which is where it was when I checked the day before, so I had to spend like 10 painful minutes searchinig before I came up with it. I also saw books there I would get in the future, most notably, "South Park conservative" which looks really funny. Anyway, I'm through the first chapter and I'm impressed so far, he lays into Bush about his handling of Iraq after Baghdad fell and it's hard to argue his reasoning. I will not say anymore for people who want to put down $20 to read it or borrow it at the library. By the way, it's the best $20 I have EVER spent.

We have a pope...

Well after deciding after only 2 days in conclave, the college of cardinals elected the 265th pope of the Catholic church. I have to say that I was surprised at how quickly this was done and how many differing opinions there are on Ratzinger or Benedict XVI. I am doing an informal poll of all adults in m school of what they think. Here are the results so far; bad choice:5 good choice:1 indifferent/don't know enough yet:6. I fall into the indifferent category. Once he makes his first real big policy decision I will make my decision. I have heard that he wants to reconcile with other churches which is good, one thing I cannot stand is the arrogance of the Catholic religion.

New job

for those of you who don't know I just started a new job over at Jerry's foods in Edina last week. I will try and update this blog as often as I can but it will be inconsistant, as always. I also just recently bought MVP Baseball 2005 for the PS2 and it is a sweet game. I play it whenever I get the chance to.
On a much different note, the conclave has started and it looks like we might actually have a new pope before the week is over.

New TV show on NBC 'Revelations'

I just watched the series debut of Revelations, a new show about the End of Days on NBC. Bill Pullman is the main character and has done a great job so far. It is a fancinating show and I can't help but wonder about the timing of this show. It seems odd with all that is going on in this world now, from the tsunamis to the eathquakes to the pope's death. Is there more to this than meets the eye? Probably not but it can't hurt to wonder...

Dems still in denial

Ok, after coming back from a 3 mile run at Lake Harriet on Saturday as I was coming up to France Ave. I looked across the street and saw something amazing. A Kerry/Edwards sign!!! My god people, its been over 5 months since he lost, get over it! This is exactly why the liberals in this country are so screwed up. They are still going on about how Bush stole both the 2000 and 2004 elections and are praying Hillary can reverse the trend in 2008. They have completely lost what little sanity they had left. All I can say is that in about 18 months it will be fun to wipe the floor with them being even less of a minority in the government. Michael Savage's book is coming out tommrow, Liberalism is a Mental Disorder. Kind of funny how no one, even on the right, is talking about this. He is going to do amazing things with this book.

Lists of Cardinals who will vote...

This is courtesy of newsmax.com, http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/4/8/223022.shtml

EUROPE:
Francisco Alvarez Martinez, 79, Spain (2001), Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo
Carlos Amigo Vallejo, 70, Spain (2003), Archbishop of Seville
Ennio Antonelli, 68, Italy (2003), Archbishop of Florence
Audrys Juozas Backis, 68, Lithuania (2001), Archbishop of Vilnius
Philippe Xavier Ignace Barbarin, 54, France (2003), Archbishop of Lyon
Tarcisio Bertone, 70, Italy (2003), Archbishop of Genoa
Giacomo Biffi, 76, Italy (1985), Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna
Josip Bozanic, 56, Croatia (2003), Archbishop of Zagreb
Agostino Cacciavillan, 78, Italy (2001), President Emeritus of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Roman Curia
Ricardo Maria Carles Gordo, 78, Spain (1994), Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona
Marco Ce, 79, Italy (1979), Patriarch Emeritus of Venice
Desmond Connell, 79, Ireland (2001), Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin
Jose da Cruz Policarpo, 69, Portugal (2001), Patriarch of Lisbon
Godfried Danneels, 71, Belgium (1983), Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels
Salvatore De Giorgi, 74, Italy (1998), Archbishop of Palermo
Peter Erdo, 52, Hungary (2003), Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest
Michele Giordano, 74, Italy (1988), Archbishop of Naples
Jozef Glemp, 75, Poland (1983), Archbishop of Warsaw
Zenon Grocholewski, 65, Poland (2001), Prefect Emeritus of Catholic Education, Roman Curia
Julian Herranz Casado, 75, Spain (2003), President Emeritus of Interpretation of Legislative Texts, Roman Curia
Lubomyr Husar, 72, Ukraine (2001), Major Archbishop of Lviv
Marian Jaworski, 78, Ukraine (1998), Archbishop of Lviv
Walter Kasper, 72, Germany (2001), President Emeritus of Promoting Christian Unity, Roman Curia
Karl Lehmann, 68, Germany (2001), Bishop of Mainz
Jean-Marie Lustiger, 78, France (1983), Archbishop Emeritus of Paris
Franciszek Macharski, 77, Poland (1979), Archbishop of Kracow
Francesco Marchisano, 75, Italy (2003), President Emeritus of Sacred Archaeology, Roman Curia
Eduardo Martinez Somalo, 78, Spain (1988), Chamberlain of Apostolic Chamber, Roman Curia
Carlo Maria Martini, 78, Italy (1983), Archbishop Emeritus of Milan
Renato Raffaele Martino, 72, Italy (2003), President Emeritus of Justice and Peace, Roman Curia
Joachim Meisner, 71, Germany (1983), Archbishop of Cologne
Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, 72, Britain (2001), Archbishop of Westminster
Attilio Nicora, 68, Italy (2003), President Emeritus of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Roman Curia
Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien, 67, Ireland (2003), Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland
Bernard Panafieu, 74, France (2003), Archbishop of Marseille
Laszlo Paskai, 77, Hungary (1988), Archbishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest
Severino Poletto, 72, Italy (2001), Archbishop of Turin
Mario Francesco Pompedda, 75, Italy (2001), Prefect Emeritus of Apostolic Signatura, Roman Curia
Paul Poupard, 74, France (1985), President Emeritus of Culture, Roman Curia
Janis Pujats, 74, Latvia (1998), Archbishop of Riga
Vinko Puljic, 59, Bosnia-Herzegovina (1994), Archbishop of Sarajevo
Joseph Ratzinger, 77, Germany (1977), Prefect Emeritus of Doctrine of the Faith, Roman Curia
Giovanni Battista Re, 71, Italy (2001), Prefect Emeritus of Bishops, Roman Curia
Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, 68, Spain (1998), Archbishop of Madrid
Camillo Ruini, 74, Italy (1991), Auxiliary Bishop of Rome
Jose Saraiva Martins, 73, Portugal (2001), Prefect Emeritus of Causes of Saints, Roman Curia
Cristoph Schoenborn, 60, Austria (1998), Archbishop of Vienna
Henri Schwery, 72, Switzerland (1991), Archbishop Emeritus of Sion
Angelo Scola, 63, Italy (2003), Patriarch of Venice
Sergio Sebastiani, 73, Italy (2001), President Emeritus of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, Roman Curia
Crescenzio Sepe, 61, Italy (2001), Prefect Emeritus of Evangelization of Peoples, Roman Curia
Adrianus Johannes Simonis, 73, Netherlands (1985), Archbishop of Utrecht
Angelo Sodano, 77, Italy (1991), Secretary Emeritus of State, Roman Curia
Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky, 69, Germany (1991), Archbishop of Berlin
Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran, 61, France (2003), Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives, Roman Curia
Dionigi Tettamanzi, 71, Italy (1998), Archbishop of Milan
Miloslav Vlk, 72, Czech Republic (1994), Archbishop of Prague, Czech Republic
Friedrich Wetter, 77, Germany (1985), Archbishop of Munich
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LATIN AMERICA:
Geraldo Majella Agnelo, 71, Brazil (2001), Archbishop of Sao Salvador da Bahia
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 68, Argentina (2001), Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Dario Castrillon Hoyos, 75, Colombia (1998), Prefect Emeritus of Clergy, Roman Curia
Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, 61, Peru (2001), Archbishop of Lima
Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa, 71, Chile (2001), Archbishop of Santiago
Jose Freire Falcao, 79, Brazil (1988), Archbishop Emeritus of Brasilia
Claudio Hummes, 70, Brazil (2001), Archbishop of Sao Paulo
Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, 68, Dominican Republic (1991), Archbishop of Santo Domingo
Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, 69, Colombia (1983), President Emeritus of Family, Roman Curia
Javier Lozano Barragan, 72, Mexico (2003), President Emeritus of Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers, Roman Curia
Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez, 78, Chile (1998), Prefect Emeritus of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Roman Curia
Miguel Obando Bravo, 79, Nicaragua (1985), Archbishop Emeritus of Managua
Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, 68, Cuba (1994), Archbishop of Havana
Rodolfo Quezada Toruno, 73, Guatemala (2003), Archbishop of Guatemala
Norberto Rivera Carrera, 62, Mexico (1998), Archbishop of Mexico City
Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, 62, Honduras (2001), Archbishop of Tegucigalpa
Pedro Rubiano Saenz, 72, Colombia (2001), Archbishop of Bogota
Juan Sandoval Iniguez, 72, Mexico (1994), Archbishop of Guadalajara
Eusebio Oscar Scheid, 72, Brazil (2003), Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro
Adolfo Antonio Suarez Rivera, 78, Mexico (1994), Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey
Julio Terrazas Sandoval, 69, Bolivia (2001), Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
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NORTH AMERICA:
Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic, 75, Canada (1998), Archbishop of Toronto
William Wakefield Baum, 78, Washington (former archbishop) (1976), Major Penitentiary Emeritus of Apostolic Penitentiary, Roman Curia
Edward Michael Egan, 73, New York (2001), Archbishop of New York
Francis Eugene George, 68, Chicago (1998), Archbishop of Chicago
William Henry Keeler, 74, Baltimore (1994), Archbishop of Baltimore
Bernard Francis Law, 73, Boston (1985), Archbishop Emeritus of Boston
Roger Michael Mahony, 69, Los Angeles (1991), Archbishop of Los Angeles
Adam Joseph Maida, 75, Detroit (1994), Archbishop of Detroit
Theodore Edgar McCarrick, 74, Washington (2001), Archbishop of Washington
Marc Ouellet, 60, Canada (2003), Archbishop of Quebec City
Justin Francis Rigali, 69, Philadelphia (2003), Archbishop of Philadelphia
James Francis Stafford, 72, Denver (former archbishop) (1998), Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary, Roman Curia
Edmund Casimir Szoka, 77, Detroit (former archbishop) (1988), President of Governatorate of Vatican City State, Roman Curia
Jean-Claude Turcotte, 68, Canada (1994), Archbishop of Montreal
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AFRICA:
Bernard Agre, 79, Ivory Coast (2001), Archbishop of Abidjan
Francis Arinze, 72, Nigeria (1985), Prefect Emeritus of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Roman Curia
Frederic Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, 74, Democratic Republic of Congo (1991), Archbishop of Kinshasa
Wilfrid Fox Napier, 64, South Africa (2001), Archbishop of Durban
Anthony Olubunmni Okogie, 68, Nigeria (2003), Archbishop of Lagos
Polycarp Pengo, 60, Tanzania (1998), Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
Armand Gaetan Razafindratandra, 79, Madagascar (1994), Archbishop of Antananarivo
Christian Wiyghan Tumi, 74, Cameroon (1988), Archbishop of Douala
Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, 56, Ghana (2003), Archbishop of Cape Coast
Emmanuel Wamala, 78, Uganda (1994), Archbishop of Kampala
Gabriel Zubeir Wako, 64, Sudan (2003), Archbishop of Khartoum
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ASIA:
Ignace Moussa I Daoud, 74, Syria (2001), Prefect Emeritus of Oriental Churches, Roman Curia
Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, 70, Indonesia (1994), Archbishop of Jakarta
Ivan Dias, 68, India (2001), Archbishop of Bombay
Stephen Fumio Hamao, 75, Japan (2003), President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples, Roman Curia
Michael Michai Kitbunchu, 76, Thailand (1983), Archbishop of Bangkok
Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man, 70, Vietnam (2003), Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City
Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi, 76, Japan (1994), Archbishop Emeritus of Tokyo
Jaime Lachica Sin, 76, Philippines (1976), Archbishop Emeritus of Manila
Telesphore Placidus Toppo, 65, India (2003), Archbishop of Ranchi
Ricardo J. Vidal, 74, Philippines (1985), Archbishop of Cebu
Varkey Vithayathil, 77, India (2001), Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly
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AUSTRALIA:
George Pell, 63, Australia (2003), Archbishop of Sydney
Thomas Stafford Williams, 75, New Zealand (1983), Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington

Last post on John Paul the Great...

First off the reason I am calling him that is because I think it is inevitable that he will become a saint soon. I have not watched much of the news lately, it's sad and everything but I've had enough of death news lately. I will be watching the conclave when it starts and hopefully making 1-2 posts on a daily basis. I mean this only happens 3-4 times during a lifetime and the process is so interesting. I have also heard that John Kerry is sending lawyers to monitor the voting, need I explain anymore why this guy lost to Bush the "dumb" candidate. Kerry isn't the sharpest knife on the tree if you know what I mean (I am aware the saying is screwed up, ok?). I am betting that the next pope comes out of Africa, and if that does happen look for a complete division of the church. Things could get really ugly for Catholics in the upcoming years.

thoughts on Pope John Paul II

Well, after hearing the sad news that the Pope had moved on to his afterlife I saw all the people crying on TV and to be honest I just couldn't. I mean it's depressing obviously but this guy accomplished so much in 26 1/2 years as pope it's hard to cry because he lived his life so well. I may not have agreed with his stance on a lot of issues but this guy deserves everyone's respect. I mean when you get the anti-religion Chinese government come out and wish him the best when he was still hanging in there, that shows you how much he accomplished. Without him communism would still probably be around. I have the upmost respect for the pope and it will be very hard for the next guy coming in. He has some big shoes to fill. I will do another update or two on this to gauge reactions at my Catholic high school.