November 12, 2009
We got answers
Feed me some soft balls and I'll try to knock 'em out of the park. OK? Q. Who is Bishop Tobin? Before yesterday I would have shrugged and said "dunno." Now I know. He is the Bishop (Catholic not Anglican) of Providence, Rhode Island (suburb of Boston), and likely soulmate of Madison's very own Bishop Robert Morlino. The formerly unknown Bishop Tobin is mad as hell that Patrick Kennedy, son of Teddy and Joan, supports a woman's right to choose. The good bishop told Kennedy he should not receive communion in the church and accused Congressman Kennedy of, I'm not making this up, "false advertising" for describing himself as a Catholic (note capital 'C'--lower case for Anglicans.)
Here is the bishop's pastoral message: "If you freely choose to be a Catholic (not Anglican) it means you believe certain things" (list not supplied). Otherwise you should leave the church. The bishop wrote that Kennedy's support of choice is "a deliberate and obstinate act of will that was unacceptable to the Church and (sit down please) "scandalous to many of our members." Ah, I said, that should do it, but he was just warming up. "It's not too late for you to repair your relationship with the church...redeem your public image as an authentic profile in courage." Whoa Nelly.
Good-bye, Bishop Tobin.
Next: Q. Who is Peter Galbraith? Too obvious. Son the great economist and JFK adviser, John Kenneth Galbraith. Peter once described himself as (get this) an unpaid adviser to the Kurds. Freqently on Public TV, he was known as an adviser to Joe Biden, John Kerry and others. A genuine and trusted voice on Iraq. Not so fast. Turns out he was an investor as well and stands to earn more than $150 million from a Norwegian oil company.
Read the story in today's NYT--too delicious for a blog. But catch this, "So, while I may have had an interest, I see no conflict." So sayeth Peter, son of John.
How silly. This info might "fuel Iraqi fears that the Anerican invasion of their country was to take its oil." C'mon! Who would ever believe that crazy talk? Next thing you know people will ask if the Warren Commission was fixed! Yikes.
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Money talks. The most effective way for any bishop to get the message is to no longer contribute to their whims.
Another would be to revoke tax exempt status of any church which lobbies or pressures the political process.
The Tobins and Morlinos are desperate men using desperate means to wield power. For being spiritual leaders, why do they take such delight wallowing in temporal affairs?
-Franz Fripplfrappl | Stoughton, WI | November 12, 2009
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