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March 2012

March 02, 2012

For Your Lenten Friday Night at the Movies I

Here we are on a Friday night during Lent. So do you know what that...

February 2012

February 25, 2012

Awaiting an Apology from POTUS = Crickets Chirping, and Other HHS Mandate Tidbits

Though I'm on leave, I sheepishly came back aboard the good ship YIMCatholic again to...

February 21, 2012

The Fat Tuesday Funny

'Nuff said? Maybe ya'll need this too...

February 20, 2012

Fr. Leo Gives the POTUS the Finger on the HHS Mandate?

It's Presidents Day here in the U.S., and I'm on holiday. That means I get...

February 17, 2012

Proof that the “Threat” from Iran is real…

They have female ninjas?! This changes everything. Get our Japanese allies on the phone ASAP....

February 14, 2012

The HHS Mandate and the Lord of the Rings

I know. This is a weird title for a post. What does the Lord of...

February 13, 2012

Mail Call! Items From My “In” Basket For Your Consideration

Occasionally, folks send me e-mails with tidbits and requests that I share with readers. It's...

February 13, 2012

“The Kid” Writes the President Again, And the Cradle Still Rocks

You know who I mean, right? Marc Barnes, my 18 year old protégé. Or maybe...

February 11, 2012

FYI, The HHS Mandate Petition Skunked the Competition UPDATED

And here's why: meet the real Freedom of Conscience petition, y'all. Because although the NARAL petition...

February 11, 2012

A Song Dedication to All the Bishops, and Those Standing Up for Religious Freedom

Sorry guys, but after reading the USCCB's response to the ridiculous proposal by Seizure to...

February 09, 2012

And Now for Something Completely Different…

Porpoises are God's way of saying "having fun? We can do that...without motors!" That is...

February 08, 2012

So, About the “Freedom of Conscience” Petition UPDATED

Good news! "The Petition" is now number three on the list of "popular" petitions over...

February 07, 2012

The President Remarks About Our Petition…Bravo Zulu

"I can't believe Frank Weathers brought that petition into my den, and then shot it...

February 03, 2012

Have You Purchased Your Susan G. Komen Pistol Yet? UPDATED

Aw...ain't it cute? OK, file this one under the "Truth is stranger than fiction" category....

February 03, 2012

If You Sign the Petition on the HHS Mandate…

You'll be joining a long line of patriots who have not knuckled under to bullies...

February 02, 2012

Do What Father Zuhlsdorf Commands…

Like a good Jedi. The Empire has conspired to turn the moon into a Deathstar,...

February 01, 2012

A Word From Your Captain: The USCCB Has Noticed The Petition

Via radio transmission from the U.S.S. Freedom of Conscience, Joe Six-Pack, USMC, Commanding Howdy folks....

February 01, 2012

Why God Created the Shotgun

So cool and geeky nano-bot engineers can watch ignorant Marines with high school degrees (and...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

White House Petition Update: Houston…We Need a Faster Ship UPDATED

See that awesome rocket plane above? Twenty-two short hours ago, that was our new ticket...

January 29, 2012

If You Sign the Petition on the HHS Mandate…

Skinner and the Smoking Man will haul you in for questioning. Be afraid. Be very...

January 28, 2012

A Long Time Ago, In a Galaxy Far, Far, Away…

Brought into the present. Is this what it would take for you to consider voting...

January 24, 2012

How to Make A Silk Purse Out of A Sow’s Ear

That's easy. Make an argument that serial marriage makes for a better President. Fox...

January 13, 2012

My Inner Southerner Git’s A Holt of the Laptop. Look Out!

Warning: What you are about to read should be done so with your mind's best...

January 12, 2012

Rodney Dangerfield, For President

Or is it the invisible man? That "person who shall remain nameless" has the 2nd...

January 12, 2012

A Great Idea For Cell Phone Etiquette…

One of the best I've heard, anyway. You know, aside from saying "could you please...

January 12, 2012

Zombies…RUN! To the Theaters, That Is

I have to admit that I enjoy movies that have vast hordes of extras in...

January 09, 2012

Thank God for Truth Telling Fools

Like Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Because nowadays, evidently, only satirical comedy shows can provide...

January 07, 2012

A Quick Primer on Politics, Circa 1936

As Decision 2012 looms before us, and as we are asked by all the candidates...

January 06, 2012

Meet the Big, Bad, Wolf…Dog?! (Because Laughter is Medicine)

Grief causes many reactions. Sometimes violence, usually denial, and when something takes the wind out...

January 06, 2012

Thoughts On Politics From the Bastion of Catholic Social Commentary

Ha! Made you look. Because actually, there is no such thing. If there was, see,...