This quote came from one of my Catholic Email groups. It really spoke to me this morning, as I fall short. ‘If humble souls are contradicted, they remain calm; if they are calumniated, they suffer with patience; if they are little esteemed, neglected, or forgotten, they consider that their due; if they are weighed down [...]
Archive for August 2009
Humble Souls
August 22, 2009Crockpot Pot Roast
August 22, 2009Crockpot Pot Roast 2 cans (10.75 oz. ea.) condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted 1 pkg. (1 oz.) dry onion soup mix 1-1/4 cups water OR beef broth 5-1/2 lb. pot roast In a crock pot/slow cooker, mix cream of mushroom soup, dry onion soup mix and water. Place pot roast in crock pot/slow cooker [...]
Elections Alone Won’t Help Afghan Women
August 22, 2009Published on Saturday, August 22, 2009 by CommonDreams.org Elections Alone Won’t Help Afghan Women by Kavita Ramdas Five years ago, before the last and first democratic elections in Afghanistan, I visited Afghan women’s groups that operated underground schools for girls under the Taliban. Enveloped in a crowd of women and girls, we sang Bollywood songs [...]
Warning: Co-op Kool Aid Is Bad for Your Health
August 22, 2009Published on Saturday, August 22, 2009 by CommonDreams.org Warning: Co-op Kool Aid Is Bad for Your Health by Wendell Potter I’m beginning to think that the Kool-Aid being served at meetings of the Senate Finance Committee’s soon-to-be infamous Gang of Six is coming from either fantasy land or the health insurance industry. For those of [...]
Ring of Fire’s Weekly News August 22nd
August 22, 2009Ring of Fire’s Weekly News August 22nd http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaN2M3McdGs&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzyKdgSKKuw&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYwFIjBhQyc&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63yqGhS8VbY&feature=player_embedded
C.I.A. Said to Use Outsiders to Put Bombs on Drones
August 21, 2009This article too came from my Green Party email group. C.I.A. Said to Use Outsiders to Put Bombs on Drones by James Rizen & Mark Mazzeti New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/us/21intel.html?_r=1 August 21, 2009 WASHINGTON – From a secret division at its North Carolina headquarters, the company formerly known as Blackwater has assumed a role in [...]
The Woodstock Forum
August 21, 2009This came from my Green Party Email group. THE WOODSTOCK FORUM: Building a Peaceful, Just and Sustainable Economy Introduction and Background It is 40 years since the historic Woodstock Festival crowned an era now associated with peace, love and rock and roll. Although the 1969 festival itself did not take place in Woodstock, but in [...]
The Five First Principles of Prayer
August 21, 2009This article came from one of my Catholic Email groups. I thought it had some good points so I am posting it here. The Five First Principles of Prayer by Dr. Jeff Mirus, February 6, 2009 If we get too busy with “projects”, including the Catholic Culture Project, we’re sure to forget about the role [...]
Chocolate-Bourbon Pecan Pie
August 21, 2009Chocolate-Bourbon Pecan Pie 1/2 (15-ounce) package refrigerated piecrusts 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate morsels 1 cup dark corn syrup 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1/4 cup bourbon or water 4 large eggs 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted 2 teaspoons cornmeal 2 teaspoons vanilla [...]
Obama’s Trust Problem
August 21, 2009Published on Friday, August 21, 2009 by The New York Times Obama’s Trust Problem by Paul Krugman According to news reports, the Obama administration — which seemed, over the weekend, to be backing away from the “public option” for health insurance — is shocked and surprised at the furious reaction from progressives. Well, I’m shocked [...]
