Sister Helen Prejean
Dear John,
Thanks for your emails.
You remind me of two recent posts:
Canadian Letter To Editor: "You Americans Have No Idea How Good Obama Is"
And here's a good companion piece:
"Ralph Nader Reviews The Republican Romp And Tells How The Tide Could Have Turned"
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I saw Patrick last night at the annual fundraiser for People of Faith Against The Death Penalty. (Also had a long talk with Floyd McKissock. More later.)
"People Of Faith Against The Death Penalty"
Sister Helen Prejean, whose memoir, "Dead Man Walking" was made into the eponymous movie starring Susan Sarandon, gave the best talk I've ever heard.
"Dead Man Walking"
Sister delivered a dazzling combination of hard-nosed realism, belly-laugh wit and dauntless hope in the goodness to come.
And even if it doesn't, Helen made clear that those who embrace The Hope are beatified by a host of "virtues that are their own reward," whereas vice - and its vicious offspring - are "their own punishment."
She emphasized that there are two ways "to be" -- "asleep" and "awake" -- and that in addition to "the arc of Universe tending toward goodness" it also tends to "wake us up."
Helen also spoke of her own decades in oblivion.
Having learned from experience, she is patient with herself - and patient with others.
But always, she keeps "comin' at ya."
Having learned from experience, she is patient with herself - and patient with others.
But always, she keeps "comin' at ya."
Patrick and I want to join you for lunch.
Will you (and Bobbi?) be free when sister Janet is here from Nov. 28th til Dec. 3. (Please keep in mind that one of those days Janet and I hope to lunch with Father Tom in New Bern.)
Pax vobiscum
Alan
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 5:46 PM, JT wrote:
Don't think all this is true but probably close....ciao
From: AKDate: Saturday, November 15, 2014 1:34 PM
To: Undisclosed
From: DMC
Subject: FW: Wal-Mart VS. The Morons
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 10:44:52 -0500
3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target +Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people, is theworld's largest private employer, and most speak English.
6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the world.
7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger and Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only fifteen years.
8. During this same period, 31 big supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.
9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.
10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had five years ago.
11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at Wal-Mart stores. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 Billion.)
12. 90% of all Americans live within fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart.
You may think that I am complaining, but I am really laying the ground work for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys who run Wal-Mart to fix the economy.This should be read and understood by all Americans… Democrats, Republicans,EVERYONE!!
To President Obama and all 535 voting members of the Legislature
It is now official that the majority of you are corrupt and ineffective:
a.. The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775. You have had 237 years to get it right and it is broke.
b.. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 77 years to get it
Right and it is broke.C.. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 74 years to get it right
And it is broke.
d.. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 48 years to get it right;
$1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the
Poor" and they only want more.
e.. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 47 years to get it right and they are broke.
f.. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 42 years to get it right
And it is broke.
g.. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and up to the last few years we import more oil than ever before. You had 35 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.
You have FAILED in every "government service" you have shoved down our
Throats while overspending our tax dollars.AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE YOU CAN BE TRUSTED WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM?? Folks, keep this circulating. It is very well stated. Maybe it will end up in the e-mails of some of our "duly elected' (they never read anything) and their staff will clue them in on how Americans feel.ANDWe have lost our minds to "PoliticalCorrectness" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!We're "broke" & can't help our own Seniors, Veterans, Orphans, Homelessetc.,???????????In the last months we have provided aid to Haiti , Chile , Japan and Turkey ..And Pakistan ........previous home of Bin Laden. Literally, BILLIONS of DOLLARS!!!
Our retired seniors living on a 'fixed income' receive no extra aid nor do they get any special breaks--nadda beyond shopping discounts...
AND Congress wants to freeze Social Security payments... You do know that Congress voted themselves a pay raise for 2013??? Google this--it's true!!!99% of people won't forward this.I'm one of the 1% -- I Just Did
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