Our Pope is ever a fan of Big Brother:
Condemning anti-lockdown protesters, Pope Francis said: “On the other hand, we have an increase in numbers of those who mercilessly profited from the misfortune of others, those who think only about themselves, who protested or complained about certain restrictive measures, unable to accept that not everyone has the same abilities and resources to face the pandemic.
Go here to read the rest. As The Rainmakers noted in the song Government Cheese: They’ll turn us all into beggars ’cause they’re easier to please.
The Pope views government as a benign force battling against evil conservatives. PopeWatch doubts we have had a more misguided Pope for many centuries.
Our misguided Pope is an anti-Pope. By now that should be clear.
I can’t give him a label with certainty, but with equal certainty, neither can I give him blind allegiance nor, a clap of the hands–or send him money with which he plays his brand of politics.
Clergyman live in a very odd economy which runs on donation and endowment income and which is lacking in robust operational measures of competence. They’re not 1/10th as arrogant as the professoriate and other higher ed apparatchiks, but they have an above-the-median tendency to make clueless utterances. In regard to the Pope in particular, no one is dumping functionally arbitrary restrictions on his head of dubious legal validity. (This crisis has been an IQ test for the Governor of Michigan, one she failed).
With all due respect, Governor Karen did not fail her IQ test. Like all her fellow authority-mad arbitrarians, she succeeded wildly in in her aim of controlling the populace. And, it will continue as long as we the people allow it. As far as Bergoglio is concerned, he is merely an occasion of sin these days. Nothing, and I mean nothing, would surprise me anymore. To borrow a phrase, heckuva job conclave, heckuva job.
Man who notably refuses to wear mask condemns those who complain about coronavirus restrictions.
He’s nothing if not predictable.
And the current pontiff’s functional empathy level reminds me of a statement made about Justice William O. Douglas, an old school radical on the bench:
“He’s a man of the people–it’s just that he doesn’t like individual human beings all that much.”
Dale, that reminds me of something Tom Lehrer said in the intro to his song “National Brotherhood Week” on the album “That Was the Year That Was”: “I love mankind. It’s people I can’t stand.” 😂
So much for the preferential option for the poor, since they’re the ones lacking in “abilities and resources to face the pandemic” under lockdown.
At least they have the spiritual comfort of free and easy access to the sacraments to help them get through this ordeal.
Oh wait.
Ernst Schreiber, that was perfectly articulated.
To be honest without the frame of the article I wouldn’t be able to tell that the pope is talking about anti-lockdown protests. It’s too vague. The only thing that hints at it is the “complained about certain restrictive measures” but everything else could refer to any number of things, and even the phrase “certain restrictive measures” hardly narrows things down.
Not a defense of the statement since I think that this sort of vagueness helps no one.
First fear of climate change, then fear of Russia’s stealing the election, then fear of Ukraine, then fear of white supremacists , then fear of COVID..
I’m bored with fear and it’s unseasonable cold in MA.. looking forward to getting back to nice weather fear.
And the current pontiff’s functional empathy level reminds me of a statement made about Justice William O. Douglas, an old school radical on the bench: “He’s a man of the people–it’s just that he doesn’t like individual human beings all that much.”
Douglas ran through four marriages. IIRC, his children were the issue of just one of the four. When their mother died, they didn’t bother to tell him.
His clerks used to have interesting names for Douglas.
I only knew him for some of his more notorious opinions. Now that I’ve read the Wiki article about him, I should perhaps read more. I’m particularly interested in his staunch support for an absolutist 1st amendment jurisprudence. That’s a position I hold.
His personal life appears to be scandalous and making him a Supreme Court Justice at just 40 probably didn’t help him in his family life. All-in-all, it is a life interesting enough to learn more about so thank you.
His personal life appears to be scandalous and making him a Supreme Court Justice at just 40 probably didn’t help him in his family life.
huh? I doubt appellate judges are more industrious than randomly selected professional people. That aside, about 600,000 people are currently practicing medicine. Very few of them will end their lives estranged from their children, much less have a history of bedding down women 20-40 years their junior.
Complete speculation on my part and, having read only a Wiki article about it, I have no legitimate basis for any assertions. I’m just wondering how becoming a Supreme Court Justice at age 40, with very young children and an already estranged wife, would affect someone. I imagine it could be bad. Maybe that’s not the case for him. As I said, I read just a Wiki article.
I’m just wondering how becoming a Supreme Court Justice at age 40, with very young children and an already estranged wife, would affect someone.
His children were 6 and 9. Not sure where you got the idea they were ‘already estranged’. All four are recorded as residing in Silver Spring, Md. in April of 1940. She didn’t stay in Connecticut when he moved to Washington. She’s listed as the person to contact on his draft card, signed 14 Feb. 1942. He offers an address for the family a residence in Silver Spring right on the District line.
A little biographical note from the obituary of the 2d Mrs. Douglas
“Eichholz second marriage, to Supreme Court Justice, William O. Douglas, took Mercedes to places around the world. Ever resourceful, she took a mechanics course at GM to be able to fix the car they drove on a 7,000 mile road trip from Karachi to Istanbul. She also helped edit, as well as photograph, for his books and for the National Geographic. ” I don’t think his Supreme Court gig was all that time consuming.
I acknowledge you have superior knowledge and that my curiosity is based on pure speculation from a Wiki article. It’s an interesting life that sounds like it’s worth my time to read up on. Sorry for wasting your time.
David Spaulding, one of the first things I learned on this blog several years back was that Art Deco likes to belittle people. He/she (?) tried that with me until I nailed them for stating that they didn’t believe factual statements I was making about my own life. If there a block button on this blog, I would have blocked them long ago.
Re: your comment about the impact of being named a justice on the SCOTUS: We have plenty of examples of their arrogance once having gained such a title. And in some cases it appears to get worse the longer they are on the court.
Have a good evening.