tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post6477303678003347292..comments2024-03-28T15:32:38.398-07:00Comments on The Eponymous Flower: We Now Know Who Pope Francis is Voting For in the Next US Presidential ElectionTancredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-42530513850276161432016-04-17T15:32:07.508-07:002016-04-17T15:32:07.508-07:00With my above comment in mind,I'm starting to ...With my above comment in mind,I'm starting to honestly think Trump is a rogue candidate. <br />Yes he spoke before AIPAC yet mocked them and described bankers and media (you know who he is referring to in regards to these industries) as the most cold hearted cruel nastiest people on Earth.<br />Dems Repubs and the media hate him and there is evidence he won TX OH and WI but was cheated by electronic voting fraud.<br />He could be fake controlled opposition but the evidence suggests a different possibility.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-53959900746204314262016-04-14T07:50:59.751-07:002016-04-14T07:50:59.751-07:00You honestly think the president matters in decisi...You honestly think the president matters in decision making?<br />He is a puppet on a string for AIPAC and the CFR.<br />(and other assorted Zionist/masonic special interest group's)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-7054836615902874032016-04-12T15:49:49.783-07:002016-04-12T15:49:49.783-07:00Thank you Edward. I appreciate your comments, and ...Thank you Edward. I appreciate your comments, and agree with them. I apologize if I was to broad in my condemnation of Evangelical Christians,I am sure they are not all like the ones I described. When I flip the tv channels some times and come across one of their Christian programs, I almost think it is interesting....for a few minutes anyway.<br />But I shouldn't be so broad in my negatives. <br />I hope the best person becomes President. Unfortunately, there are not many good choices this year.:)<br />Damian MalliapalliAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-59276295530351546642016-04-12T08:28:46.900-07:002016-04-12T08:28:46.900-07:00Damian, I am Hispanic and have lived most of my lo...Damian, I am Hispanic and have lived most of my long life in this country. I also live in Pennsylvania (Lancaster County, where I am a college professor) and know the kind of people you mention: stupid, ignorant, hateful, boring, and smug. But Susan is totally right: you should not paint all Evangelicals with the same brush stroke. I have no truck with them being a traditional Catholic and detesting their infernal Zionism, but Cruz is called by the very liberal professor Alan Dershowitz (hardly sympathetic to conservative or Evangelical causes) "one of the most brilliant students" in his long career at Harvard. I have the same disgust for the Iraq War you have---genocidal, unnecessary, ruinous for the future of this nation, destructive of the Christian presence in the Middle East, and a heinous sin before God. Bush has much to answer for (I voted for him the first time not knowing the kind of dangerous moron he was; but not the second time!). To lump Cruz with him is absurd and unjust. I wish Cruz were true to his cultural heritage (Catholic and traditional) and less subservient to the desires and dictates of Israel and AIPAC, but he is not the monster you make out to be, and your experiences in your neighborhood have nothing to do with his views or record. We Catholics have an obligation to be just; and we Americans have an obligation to choose for president someone who, while certainly not perfect, will not deliver us to socialists, lying egomaniacs, and corrupt-as-usual politicians. Cruz is none of that, your unsavory neighbors notwithstanding. In Christ, Edward Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-75252107463840897292016-04-12T07:16:33.376-07:002016-04-12T07:16:33.376-07:00Buddhism is paganism and any 3rd grader in Catechi...Buddhism is paganism and any 3rd grader in Catechism class would tell you the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-6334092863671459772016-04-12T05:00:43.032-07:002016-04-12T05:00:43.032-07:00Thank you, Susan. Perhaps I am harsh. And perhap...Thank you, Susan. Perhaps I am harsh. And perhaps Evangelicals are not all like our neighbors. I suppose it depends here they live. Our neighbors are originally from Tennessee, and talk like they never graduated from the 8th grade. The funny thing is that the two younger children were born here near Philadelphia, but have been raised to speak ith the same hillbillie accents as their older brothers and sisters and their parents! HAHAHAHA! I know I'm probably being mean, but you'd have to see/hear them to believe it.<br />And I know not all Evangelicals are the same. I don't want to sound as bigoted as my neighbors! Thank you.<br />Perhaps Cruz deserves the benefit of the doubt.:)<br />Damian MalliapalliAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-43339144725387204552016-04-11T19:10:41.818-07:002016-04-11T19:10:41.818-07:00Damian....they're not all like that any more t...Damian....they're not all like that any more than most Catholics are like cardinal kasper; in fact most of the evangelicals I know are oustanding people. You're painting with a mighty broad brush, and it really is a subset of calumny to say a man you've never met is worthy of your derision and hatred because you have bigoted neighbors. It doesn't even make sense.susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-4002099535148447882016-04-11T14:44:13.919-07:002016-04-11T14:44:13.919-07:00Thank you, I knew I had heard /read about Cruz spo...Thank you, I knew I had heard /read about Cruz spouting off like Bush and threatening to bomb Islamic countries.<br />I was in grade-school (7th grade), when the Iraq war broke out. I don't remember it much, but I do know the good sisters in my school , the Sister-Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (originally from Italy), who used to staff my parish school had us all go to Chapel the next day. As a history teacher and enthusiast, I bougt some dvd's afew years ago on the speeches of Bush and the full coverage of the "shock and awe" was the night it started....USA TV actually covered the opening bombs.<br />But I have a dvd of Bush, spouting really stupid comments from the podium at a press conference at the White House where he said " you wanna fight 'Merica? Bring it on!!!" (referring to Iran/Iraq etc, He sounded like such an ignorant jackass that night.....who would want another president who speaks and acts the same...meaning Cruz.<br />That's not to excuse Trump, ho has said an awful lot of similar things, but unfortunately, I don't think he'll get in.<br />Even though I can't stand her, if e want a reasoned, diplomatic President, it's probably Clinton.<br />Damian Malliapalli<br /><br />(On a personal side, just to explain why I;m so against Cruz, we have neigbors who share the same religious views as Bush, Cruz, Rick Perry and Sarah Pallin, and they are the most bigoted, ignorant, obnoxious people yould ever want to meet. The neighbors directly across from our family house are from China, but are Catholic. These "Ted Cruz" style bible Christians on our street refuse to speak to them, and label them as Buddhists or "pagans" to other neighbors on the street. I'm Indian and also Irish, and am not dark like some Indian people (it depends in India on what part of the country you are from actually , and your ethnic heritage....there's many different groups and languages), I could pass as Latino, or Southern Italian, but I;m proud to be both Indian and Irish. But you know WHAT these ignorant people call me and my family even they KNOW different? They call us ARABS...to all their friends and family. :) Nothing you can do to change people born ignorant!<br /><br />Damian Malliapalli Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-58158345258239302902016-04-11T04:47:11.214-07:002016-04-11T04:47:11.214-07:00total agreement anon.
Damian, you are waaaaaay i...total agreement anon. <br /><br />Damian, you are waaaaaay in left field (literally) on this. Cruz has walked the walk and stood up to the rino and left establishments. He IS Mr. Smith; and quite honestly, I don't understand the diabolical disorientation of some otherwise right thinking people who viscerally loathe him for no legitimate purpose.susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-78038338311443984922016-04-10T22:00:27.224-07:002016-04-10T22:00:27.224-07:00He (Cruz) said "the next president of the USA...He (Cruz) said "the next president of the USA should deliver bunker busting bombs to Iran and let them know we mean business"<br />He stated this in front of Sheldon ADELSON at some type of Jewish fundraiser.<br />I am not lying,look it up friend. <br />We can't afford another meaningless useless war.<br />I stand with Trump because he is anti-war and wants these other countries to sort out their own messes and problems.<br />I don't think he is a messiah nor do I think he has all the solutions and answers. <br />When the media repubs and dems rail against him,it only makes me support him more.<br />God bless you all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-24212689543042527382016-04-10T21:05:53.867-07:002016-04-10T21:05:53.867-07:00Ted Cruz has never advocated bombing any country i...Ted Cruz has never advocated bombing any country into oblivion. That is a ridiculous misrepresentation and a lie. He has said that the enemy---ISIS and other Islamic terror mongers---should be fought to the death; and any decent human being, especially Catholics who believe in self-defense and the just war, should be able to agree. ErasmusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-66455169166921306542016-04-10T21:01:42.409-07:002016-04-10T21:01:42.409-07:00Oh, Damian, so you support the most anti-Christian...Oh, Damian, so you support the most anti-Christian president in the history of this nation,Obama, and blame it all on Bush (who did initiate criminal, unnecessary wars and is responsible for rivers of blood, both foreign and American). A Jewish socialist is probably good as a president?! I do not think Catholics can say that with any degree of seriousness or historical sophistication. Socialism stands condemned by the Church in "Quadragesimo Anno." Leo XIII also condemned it in no uncertain terms for the anti-Christian system that it is---how can a Catholic then reconcile that with voting for a socialist or excusing a socialist pope? Read about the horrors that have been committed in the name of socialism and its first cousin, Communism. By your logic you should love Bergoglio and his nefarious agenda. Robert Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-76447991462516630062016-04-10T18:58:42.720-07:002016-04-10T18:58:42.720-07:00Our present president supports abortion and sodomi...Our present president supports abortion and sodomite marriage.<br />Anything he tries to do will be without the blessing and support of our blessed Lord Jesus Christ.<br />Obama fought vigorously to keep partial birth abortion legal while an Illinois state senator. <br />Feel sorry for the innocent babies being murdered,not him!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-14591894641554909632016-04-10T18:05:41.371-07:002016-04-10T18:05:41.371-07:00I didn't know Sanders is actually Jewish, beca...I didn't know Sanders is actually Jewish, because he never mentions it, nor does anyone else. That would be interesting to have our first Jewish President. It would probably be a good thing. Far better than a right wing religious nut-job like Cruz, who if I'm not mistaken a few months ago advocated bombing this or that Islamic country into oblivion. A crazy person who would start up 3-4 wars just like another president did 10+ years ago is just what we need. He ruined the country so badly that it just about collapsed...just around the time his 2nd term was over....how luck for him....but I felt sorry for his successor, our present President, who had to try to bring the country back economically and everything else from the wreckage. He didn't do it....it's probably can't be done....but at least we didn't since further.<br />I wasn;t old enough to vote for our present President's predecessor the first time around(2000) or 2004, but Cruz is just like him...so I guarantee I wouldn't vote for him.<br />Pro-life issues ,socialism,communism etc. are important, and it's best to vote for one who supports that agenda. But if he also is one who doesn't think before he speaks, and goes around threatening our adversaries with words like "lets bomb 'em", that's sick. And to me that outweighs any concern I would have for someone not being pro-life or anti communist, etc.<br />Damian MalliapalliAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-72913362920979549162016-04-10T17:54:53.083-07:002016-04-10T17:54:53.083-07:00Go Trump!Go Trump!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-22353578722294531012016-04-10T16:36:01.231-07:002016-04-10T16:36:01.231-07:00Should we call off the election now or later? (Sor...Should we call off the election now or later? (Sorry, I have to be sarcastic at this point in time.)<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-11541773460609196082016-04-10T15:16:48.009-07:002016-04-10T15:16:48.009-07:00So the official church condemnations of socialism,...So the official church condemnations of socialism, communism and all the social violations of the natural and divine law that they entail (as 20th century history proves without doubt)---like abortion, birth control, perverse taxation in the hypocritical name of income redistribution, and the destruction of sound economic systems (however imperfect) mean nothing to Bergoglio or, surprisingly, to the orthodox Damian Malliapalli. I do not like Cruz's protestantism, but in justice no one can say he tries to "shove a certain breed of religion" down anyone's throat. That is simply a calumny. Better a Bible thumper who has nevertheless sound moral values regarding the family, abortion and traditional standards than an apostate and lukewarm stubborn old man like Kasich (the kind the RINOs love because nothing changes in the direction of a healthier society under such) or a godless socialist---like Sanders or his fan Pope Francis. MarionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-57800942254201839172016-04-10T13:29:01.297-07:002016-04-10T13:29:01.297-07:00I personally would vote for Kasich over anybody, e...I personally would vote for Kasich over anybody, even though he was bron Catholic and became an Episcopalian. Trump has some good ideas (not the more controversial ones), Cruz is a bible-thumping zealot who has no place in running for president...and Clinton is basically interested in furthering the agenda and opportunities of one group of Americans at the expense of all others.<br />Although Kasich has no chance, and if I had to choose between Cruz, or Sanders....I'd pick Sanders.<br />I can't stand people like Cruz who always try, whenever possible, to shove a certain breed of religion down the USA's collective throat.<br /><br />Damian MalliapalliAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-63223546288301102522016-04-10T13:04:37.646-07:002016-04-10T13:04:37.646-07:00water is wet; fire is hot; bergoglio votes sociali...water is wet; fire is hot; bergoglio votes socialist.susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-66489681810117488002016-04-10T11:21:53.464-07:002016-04-10T11:21:53.464-07:00So Pope Bergoglio supports the socialist candidate...So Pope Bergoglio supports the socialist candidate. Did anyone have any doubt about this? Felix Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-62377759533302992932016-04-10T03:46:58.702-07:002016-04-10T03:46:58.702-07:00Pope Peron the first.Pope Peron the first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-86300348995927377572016-04-10T00:35:41.395-07:002016-04-10T00:35:41.395-07:00If a certain bishop of a certain Eurocity comes to...If a certain bishop of a certain Eurocity comes to a certain Midwestern metropolis on the shores of Lago Michigan during the 1st week of November, I, for one, would guess that there are certain apparatchiks of this certain diocese or archdiocese whose bishop, appointed by the certain bishop of Eurocity, who will be glad to pass the certain bishop of the certain Eurocity (not necessarily the one mentioned above) a couple of ballots. (Whew!) A Superfannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-70571213443783583972016-04-10T00:28:24.448-07:002016-04-10T00:28:24.448-07:00If a certain bishop of a certain Eurocity comes to...If a certain bishop of a certain Eurocity comes to a certain Midwestern metropolis on the shores of Lago Michigan during the 1st week of November, I, for one, would guess that there are certain apparatchiks of a certain diocese or archdiocese whose bishop, appointed by a certain bishop of Rome, will be glad to pass a certain bishop of a certain Eurocity (not necessarily the one mentioned above) a couple of ballots. A Superfannoreply@blogger.com