tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857800884501324974.post1696675056891238831..comments2023-11-03T08:22:33.888-05:00Comments on Catawissa Gazetteer: OUR PROBLEM IS NOT IMMIGRANTSCatawissa Gazetteerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04939761313614220536noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857800884501324974.post-35444371143612028292012-05-29T10:13:20.099-05:002012-05-29T10:13:20.099-05:00Thanks, Steve. I don't know if I'm going t...Thanks, Steve. I don't know if I'm going to do much posting of any sort anymore. I've just kind'a lost interest. There's just so much more that I need to attend to.Catawissa Gazetteerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939761313614220536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857800884501324974.post-86854127591776724942012-05-29T07:18:21.016-05:002012-05-29T07:18:21.016-05:00It's about time you started commenting again. ...It's about time you started commenting again. Now that Ioannes has shut down his blog for the time being, you needto pick up the slack. Go for it, Cata!Steve "scotju" Daltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17864544146213840928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857800884501324974.post-78885715442774611902012-05-19T17:59:40.028-05:002012-05-19T17:59:40.028-05:00BTW, thanks for following!BTW, thanks for following!Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857800884501324974.post-15108306756890594232012-05-19T17:57:39.730-05:002012-05-19T17:57:39.730-05:00Maybe the Dark Ages, maybe the latter days. I tend...Maybe the Dark Ages, maybe the latter days. I tend to think the second option!Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857800884501324974.post-86942163636700048972012-05-19T08:50:01.714-05:002012-05-19T08:50:01.714-05:00Thanks, Gorges. It's been quite awhile since I...Thanks, Gorges. It's been quite awhile since I posted anything so I wasn't aware of the verification thing. I'll fix that.<br /><br />I'm not suggesting that we become a Catholic country, though as a Catholic I'd not have a problem with it. At least for the country. It would be the Church that would suffer the greatest harm. It may be a divine institution but it's run by men so it'll be corrupted with that much power.<br /><br />It's happened before.<br /><br />I'm more interested in seeing our country maintain it's roots in Christendom. Embracing Catholic social teaching without embracing the faith would do just that.<br /><br />But it seems we've chosen materialism, whether from the Progressive left or the Fascist right. Both look to the material world for their comfort. One wants to take everything from the "rich" and redistribute it to themselves through government power. The other wants to take everything too, and it uses government just as egregiously through tax law, banking regulations or lack thereof, zoning laws, special deals bribed from our elected officials and on and on. Then finally, when all else fails, by placing our descendants in a state of permanent servitude through debt to back up the "too big to fails".<br /><br />The only answer to this is to return to Christendom and reject the worship of the material world. Return power to the families and local communities where it belongs and where we can keep an eye on it. <br /><br />But I'm afraid we've gone too far for that now. The education system, most likely by design, has failed to provide a true classical education so most don't even understand what they've lost nor do they have the critical thinking skill necessary to understand the arguments as to why we should return to it.<br /><br />So, I'm thinkin' God's going to smack us 'longside the head with a 2x4 to get our attention. It's the pattern that we see over and over in both secular history and the Bible.<br /><br />Get ready to say hello again to the Dark Ages...on steroids!Catawissa Gazetteerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939761313614220536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857800884501324974.post-33295455596607958162012-05-18T23:40:04.629-05:002012-05-18T23:40:04.629-05:00Being a Baptist, I won't agree with the GOP ne...Being a Baptist, I won't agree with the GOP needing to basically embrace Catholicism, but I certainly would rather see a Catholic president than the muslim we have, or the mormon we may get.<br /><br />BTW, are you aware that you are using word verification?Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857800884501324974.post-53187917208755726512012-05-18T21:21:29.501-05:002012-05-18T21:21:29.501-05:00Chesterton was brilliant, especially when it came ...Chesterton was brilliant, especially when it came to boiling a complex issue down to the very nub. I'm also a real big fan of Hillaire Belloc. I'm reading "Crisis of Civilization" now. What a fantastic piece of work!Catawissa Gazetteerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939761313614220536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857800884501324974.post-86787741763096977152012-05-18T18:28:18.581-05:002012-05-18T18:28:18.581-05:00"The problem is us. We've bought into the..."The problem is us. We've bought into the promise of material salvation and now we're going to reap the results of that decision in collapse and misery."<br /><br />In 1908, The Times newspaper asked a number of authors to write on the topic: “What’s wrong with the world?” GK Chesterton’s answer at that time was the shortest of those submitted. He wrote simply: <br /><br />“Dear Sirs, I am.”Yahoobuckaroo's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17621308885893253608noreply@blogger.com