Popewashing

More on Pope Benedict XVI.

Toyblog talks about Popewashing:

Ratzinger came increasingly to see these and associated developments (decreasing respect for authority among his students, the rise of the German gay rights movement) as related to a departure from traditional Catholic teachings. Increasingly, he turned away from the theologically liberal thinking of his early career to the more traditional elements of his Bavarian Catholic upbringing. In 1969 he returned to Bavaria, to the University of Regensburg.

So he was a liberal, in that he didn't want to be a Nazi, but participated unenthusiastically. Of course, he was not a member of the white rose society, just a follower in his own (Hitler Youth). Then he was a chair at a known dogmatic university. There he observed the beginnings of German gay rights, thus began to cling to the more conservative views of his religion. Ideas, I presume, he didn't have when he became chair at a known dogmatic university?

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Men are from California, Women are from New York: Gender Roles in Dating

Kajuana writes Men are from California, Women are from New York :

Californians have a reputation of being rather laid back in their life approach. On the flip-side, New Yorkers have a reputation of being overly aggressive. Women are allegedly the adult representations of sugar and spice and everything nice. Men are the adult representation of snails and puppy dog tails. I think that's the way those sayings go.

In relationships today, all that "sugar and spice and everything nice" crap seems to have been flung over broads' shoulders, out the nearest window, flushed down the drain. Women seem to be all about taking an aggressive stance. "Getting their man" so to speak. Men on the other hand seem more laid back. Men are taking the role of the court-ed while women are stepping up and willingly taking on the role of the court-er. Society is changing. Gender roles are changing. Stars are re-aligning with newly discovered moons.

An excellent discussion is going on. Take a look.


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Pregnancy and IVF

Songbird shares her feelings about a coworker's good news regarding her pregnancy:

I felt such a rush of mixed emotions. I’m so happy for her…who knew that the person sitting right outside my door has been going through the same things I’ve been through. (I don’t know her very well. We only became “neighbors” a few months ago.) Seeing someone else report a successful IVF cycle makes me very hopeful. I also found out that two other women in the office are pregnant. They are all due around the same time that I would have been due. Anyhow, while she was talking, I had to go get some tissue to keep from bursting into tears. I told her that I can relate to what she’s been through.

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She's a Little Cranky Before Coffee

Ever experienced this with a Barista?

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I Pleasure Myself All Day

Please thank Olivia

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A Quick Arts & Crafts Roundup

While bloghopping today, I found a few nice arts and crafts blogs:

Laura's Blog: A blog about cross stitch, knitting, gardening, books, movies, and pets.

Mud Ink: fine arts . Writings . photography . lomography . fine art theory . cultural/social norms/commitments . philosophy . history .

Knit Butterflies: Rants of a 23 y/o newlywed about knitting, crafts, and her cats ;)

Decorative Painting: The Art & Life of Tole & Decorative Painting

Everyday Interests: So many hobbies so little time. Photography, gardening, crafts, geocaching, treasure hunting +.

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Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

Dawn Patrol comments on the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act:

The bill would make it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines to avoid parental-notification laws. "The people of this country don't want the government intruding" in family disputes, Slaughter said.

As Taranto observes, "In fact, this bill would not intrude into family disputes; it does precisely the opposite: It would punish those who intrude into family disputes by helping girls procure abortions without their parents' knowledge."

Dawn Patrol also comments on Terri Schiavo's final hours.

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Remembering Vietnam: April 29, 1975

Women Blogging on Vietnam

Are you posting any Vietnam entries? Send me your entries, please.

Starting the commemoration:

Lintefiniel Musing

Sally Swift

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On Book Banning: Chickenshits, Says Kathy

Kathy at Cake Eater Chronicles has much to say about book banning:

To put it mildly, I despise people who wound ban books because something about a particular book disagrees with their worldview. It is the most cowardly, chickenshitted thing someone could do, in my humble opinion. One suspects that I'm not the only person who feels this way. But am I? In this particular case one would think that there would be a few courageous souls in the Alabama legislature who would show up to decry this action, just on the principle of the thing, even if their worldview agreed with that of the would-be banner.

Apparently not.

Editor's Note: When the time for the vote in the legislature came there were not enough state legislators present for the vote, so the measure died automatically.

{emphasis mine}

They didn't have a quorum. That's why this bill died. Not because anyone had the guts to stand up and decry book banning, but rather because this was the solution that, I suspect, would ruffle the least amount of feathers.

Chickenshits.

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Witch Barred from Giving Invocation in Virginia

Ded Space directs our attention to a case in Viginia where the ACLU has filed a petition for a witch who was told she could not deliver the invocation at a Board of Supervisors meeting because she is not a Judeo-Christian.


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