LaceyLou

Exactly. And I'm willing to bet that is exactly why they posed the way that they did. The regime wants women to be second class citizens, that must sing from the balcony and always walk a few paces behind.

I sometimes wonder how many of those commandments the average supporter of these displays has broken. Of course we can't expect the rules to apply to them!

But of course nobody is better for women than the Gilded Idol. Nobody!

Something tells me that the Pope isn't going to lose a lot of sleep over this.

I agree about the combination of public and private sources of aid being the best way to help with social services and aid. Sadly over the years the feeling that the poor don't deserve any kind of help has seemed to become more and more common.

Yet another reason women choose the bear? As if things like the rape academy wouldn't be more than enough...

A few of my coworkers are from Maine-and are not planning to support the Nazi. I recently heard of a woman named Andrea LaFlamme who is mounting a campaign, but she'd be a write-in candidate. Maybe she has a chance.

RFK Jr. is basically a conglomerate of all of the different types of people my parents advised me to avoid. He belongs in a cheesy young adult series that takes place in a dystopian society.

My guess it that the moral/spiritual angle is a part of it, just not the only or even the primary reason. I'm still curious to see if recent actions/statements by the Pope will create more interest in the Catholic Church.

From the female perspective: a lot of women are seeing religion used as a tool to reduce their rights in multiple ways, and to trap them into dependence on men. Most of us do not want to go back to the days of being property.

The people I grew up with in NH were mostly traditional conservatives. When they said they wanted government out, they meant it-and would take it upon themselves to make sure those who needed help got it from other community members. And religion was a private, personal subject that you only discussed in church. So we didn't agree on how to accomplish some things, but we often wanted the same things.

Something tells me that chart is only telling a small part of the story.

While I am no longer Catholic, the events of the past couple of weeks have reminded me of some of the things I liked about it. I wonder if this will cause lapsed Catholics to take another look?

I'm once again following White Stars, Black Sea, which has Titanic month every April. I also re-watch A Night to Remember.

IIRC there were those in the 90s who argued that global warming was good for the economy. Hmm, now I'll have to look. I remember corporate apologist Jacoby wrote about this (was with The Boston Globe at the time), but I'm guessing he got the idea from somebody else.

My guess is that the doc would like to sell the teenage girls into marriages, and then they'd have a baby a year until they either died in childbirth or went into menopause.

Looking for suggestions on Irish history/oppression-preferably from the Irish point of view. Anyone have any?

He is handsome and he KNOWS it. Congratulations!

UGH. There isn't a word vile enough to describe how much I detest this, this.... whatever he is.

He must have seen The Money Pit....

If nothing happens the Golden Idol will claim it's because he prevented it by some powerful action of his.

So he's Muslim now?

There is still a lot of anti-Catholic sentiment out there, it would seem. Even though I no longer consider myself a Catholic this is more than a little upsetting.

FYI, the FB page White Stars, Black Sea is doing its annual Titanic month. It's quite interesting.

Yeah, I think it and Born in the USA were both a bit overplayed even though I still like both of them. I've always had a special place in my heart for Badlands and Hungry Heart, though in recent years I've grown to like Streets of Philadelphia (even if the song at the end of the movie IS even better) and My Hometown. Maybe it's because I have so many relatives from NJ? 😉