Opinion: Memorial Day. America the Ungrateful? I Sure Hope Not! Where would this nation be without those heroes and their protection of our freedoms? It’s not hard to remember. It’s not hard to appreciate the sacrifices made for our freedom. How do we honor them? This nation could start with one simple thing this Memorial [...]
Archive for May 2010
Remembering Memorial Day
May 31, 2010Published on Monday, May 31, 2010 by CommonDreams.org Remembering Memorial Day by Donna Smith It’s a bit silly to look back on a simpler — or at least less cluttered — time and long to recreate those moments. But as the days grow longer and warmer perhaps longings such as these are to be expected. [...]
Barack Obama and BP Warn of Risks in Oil Spill ‘Open Heart Surgery’
May 31, 2010Published on Monday, May 31, 2010 by The Guardian/UK Barack Obama and BP Warn of Risks in Oil Spill ‘Open Heart Surgery’ by Andrew Clark in New York, Graeme Wearden Under immense pressure to plug its catastrophic American oil leak, BP is preparing for a hazardous last-ditch salvage operation that risks making the gush of [...]
Oil to Spill Into Gulf ‘for at Least Two More Months’
May 30, 2010Published on Sunday, May 30, 2010 by The Telegraph/UK Oil to Spill Into Gulf ‘for at Least Two More Months’ Millions of gallons of oil could be gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for at least the next two months, as Barack Obama’s top energy adviser said the spill was the biggest environmental disaster in [...]
BP: ‘Top kill’ has Failed to Stop Gulf oil Leak
May 30, 2010Published on Saturday, May 29, 2010 by the McClatchy Newspapers BP: ‘Top kill’ has Failed to Stop Gulf oil Leak by Erika Bolstad BP has abandoned its most recent “top kill” effort to contain its well, a company official announced Saturday evening. “After three full days, we have been unable to overcome the flow,” said [...]
My Thoughts for Saturday
May 29, 2010I am watching CNN and just found out that “top kill” didn’t work. I am sad as it means the oil is still flowing out as a river of destruction. This is not good news. I will keep praying to St. Jude that God would give man wisdom to know how to plug that hole. [...]
No End in Sight as Gulf Oil Spill Hits Day 40
May 29, 2010Published on Saturday, May 29, 2010 by Reuters No End in Sight as Gulf Oil Spill Hits Day 40 by Tom Bergin and Ed Stoddard NEW ORLEANS/VENICE, La. – The worst oil spill in U.S. history hit its 40th day on Saturday with Gulf residents clinging to the tenuous hope that BP’s complicated “top kill” [...]
My Thoughts for Friday
May 28, 2010Where God Is God is manifest in the ordinary, in the actual, in the daily, in the now, in the concrete incarnations of life. This quote came from one of my Catholic email groups this morning. Inspired, I thought I would write a few of my thoughts regarding what is going on in [...]
Memo to Congressman David Obey
May 28, 2010Published on Friday, May 28, 2010 by CommonDreams.org Memo to Congressman David Obey by Ray McGovern MEMORANDUM FOR: Congressman David Obey FROM: A Former Admirer SUBJECT: Ducking the Challenge “We can sit, frozen in our own indifference, as President Roosevelt once said…” That’s what you said yesterday in connection with saving teachers’ jobs. Sadly, it [...]
Obama’s Missing Moral Narrative
May 28, 2010Published on Friday, May 28, 2010 by CommonDreams.org Obama’s Missing Moral Narrative by George Lakoff Barack Obama may be one of the best communicators of this generation, but he is not living up to his own talents. In a year of disasters, communication failure doubles the disasters. If, as he says, the monster spill was [...]
