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Notre Dame/Obama Speech Protest Recap

We will be putting together a brand new podcast with some amazing sound bytes from the protest at Notre Dame this weekend and I believe we will be able to offer some insights into what really happened at the campus, not the scrubbed and edited version that the MSM wants you to see.

I have been out of the loop since this past Thursday night, so I don’t know much about what the coverage has looked like from CNN, MSNBC, ABC and the others, but I can tell you this: I know from first hand experience what it looked and sounded like at the intersection of Angela Blvd. and Notre Dame Ave.

I was able to conduct a half dozens or so interviews and the people had some very thoughtful comments. While the vast majority of the people there were typical middle class Americans, the protest did attract some characters who made for good theater. You will be able to get a much better feel for that on the podcast than I can provide here, so be sure to check out the upcoming segment, it should really be good.

I heard some great speeches while I was there. Dr. Alan Keys was one on the speakers and he had the crowd giving him a couple of standing ovations. Operation Rescue’s Randall Terry gave a fine speech as well.

Then there was the Catholic Church’s version of a rock star, Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life. He spoke with insight and conviction at the Grotto during the alternative commencement. There were so many people there, the exercise had to be relayed on closed circuit TV back to the South Quad, where a football sized field of Catholics had assembled for the Pro Life Mass.

Right after the Mass was over, Air Force One flew right over the South Quad at a altitude of maybe 300 ft. If President Obama was looking out a window for those 10 seconds, he got a real good indication from the size of that crowd how popular his policies are amongst pro life Catholics.

In closing this very brief recap, just let me make this point: We are winning this debate. There are more people who feel the same way we do about respecting human life at all it’s stages than agree that their should be unfettered abortion on demand. The MSM is attempting to keep you in the dark about the size of these gatherings. The Pro Life Mass was so big it took ten priests to distribute the Holy Eucharist. People were on their knees praying for the conversion of the pro abortion activists, cheering for the ads that were put on the projection screen, praying the rosary in front of the Main Gate, with bagpipers playing in the background and police helicopters overhead.

I can’t begin to do justice to all the sights and sounds of the weekend. I hope we can give you a better feel for it on the podcast. I encourage everybody to go to one of these events if one is scheduled anywhere near your town. If it is even half as rewarding as the experience I had at Notre Dame, it will be well worth the time you invest to attend.

~~John Cronin~~

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Some Notre Dame Seniors Say No to Graduation

http://blogs.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2009/05/12/notre-dame-seniors-say-no-to-graduation.aspx

The Brody File

By: David Brody

Because of President Obama’s appearance and speech at Notre Dame this Sunday, some seniors will not attend their own graduation ceremony and instead join a University prayer service on the grounds at Notre Dame. No indication yet as to how many seniors will forgo the graduation ceremony.

The student group behind this effort, ND Response, has made this wild hollywood style video showcasing their displeasure with Notre Dame and the President. I must say the production value is extremely high and I feel like I’m watching a trailer for some sort of hollywood blockbuster movie.

Read below as to what will be taking place this Sunday at Notre Dame:

The meditation, which will be led by Rev. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, is part of a two-day rally that has been officially sanctioned by the university.

The evening of May 16, bishop of the Fort Wayne- South Bend diocese, Rev. John D’Arcy, will lead a candlelight prayer vigil for graduating seniors and their families to pray for an end to abortion and embryo research.

On May 17, Commencement Day, in addition to the meditation ceremony, a large rally will be held on the South Quad of the university, the campus’ main quad, between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Speakers at the rally will include Elizabeth Naquin Border, Notre Dame graduate and former chairman of the board for the Women’s Care Centers in South Bend; Rev. Joseph Raphael, Notre Dame graduate and principal of St. Augustine’s High School in New Orleans; William Solomon, director of the university’s Center for Ethics and Culture; and Chris Godfrey, a Notre Dame law school graduate and former offensive guard for the Super Bowl XXI champion New York Giants.

You know, the Obama faith team worked really hard during the campaign to court Catholic voters and it paid off because Obama won the Catholic vote. It made a difference in swing states like Pennsylvania and others. All along the Obama team knew they had a challenge on the abortion issue but was able to break through because of how candidate Obama lined up with Catholics on other issues like torture, healthcare, climate change, human rights, etc.

Since becoming President, Mr. Obama has made policy that has left himself open to criticism by pro-life Catholics (conscience clause, mexico city, embryonic stem cell research). When the President faces re-election in 2012, the faith team will have an even tougher challenge because with evidence in hand, pro-life Catholics will now mount a full scale offensive against the President.

Moderate Catholic groups are armed for battle too. Will this be a Catholic armageddon of sorts?

By the way, just because some students at Notre Dame take issue with what will happen Sunday, let me provide a little balance here. 23 student groups support the move by Notre Dame and did you know that the Notre Dame valedictorian is an Obama supporter?

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Notre Dame Students Select Father Frank Pavone to Lead Obama-Free Graduation

May 12th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Abortion, Barack Obama, Podcast, Prayer, Pro-life

Father Frank Pavone, Director of Priests For Life, will provide an alternate graduation ceremony for the class of 2009 at Notre Dame this weekend. Students whose conscience won’t allow them to attend a ceremony where the most pro abortion President ever elected will have bestowed upon him an honorary doctors of laws degree, now have a choice. They can choose life, they can choose conscience and they can choose to be faithful to their Church’s moral teaching by voting with their feet and walking to the graduation ceremony where pro life Father Pavone will address their class, rather than walk to the ceremony attended by Obama and the students who chose prestige over principle.

Congratulations to all the hardworking people at NDResponse.com, ProjectSycamore.com and NotreDameScandal.com and to Father Pavone who helped to provide an alternative to the students at Notre Dame who will be a wonderful example to the undergraduates at ND as well as pro life people around the country.

Stay clicked to www.committedtoromney.com because it is our hope to report on the massive protest at Notre Dame this weekend by devoting an entire podcast segment here at CTR.

~~John Cronin~~

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248677/posts

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By: Steven Ertelt

South Bend, IN (LifeNews.com) — Notre Dame students who don’t want to attend a graduation ceremony involving pro-abortion President Barack Obama put together alternate plans. Today, they announced that Father Frank Pavone, the director of Priests for Life, will lead prayer at a pro-life prayer vigil.
The Class of 2009 Vigil for Life will be celebrated at Sunday’s commencement ceremony at the same time as the graduation event.
“In standing with these students, I am standing with the true spirit of Notre Dame: a pro-life spirit, in harmony with human reason and Catholic Faith,” Father Pavone told LifeNews.com on Monday.
“The scandal that has been generated does not represent what Notre Dame is all about,” Pavone added. “It represents a radical betrayal of what Notre Dame is all about.”
Pavone said the scandal has resulted in pro-life Catholics standing up for the teachings of the Catholic Church and wanting to hold the university accountable to them.
“Hundreds of thousands of Catholics, hundreds of priests, and dozens of bishops have called upon Notre Dame to end this scandal by withdrawing its invitation to President Obama,” he said. “The result of that demand is not in our control.”
Pavone told LifeNews.com he thinks pro-life students should exercise their right not to attend the graduation ceremony, where President Obama will give the commencement address and receive an honorary degree.
“One final response to this scandal is fully in the control of each graduating senior: don’t show up. Don’t participate in an event which will only serve to obscure rather than highlight the Church’s pro-life teaching and the true spirit of Notre Dame,” Pavone continued.
“The seniors who do this are manifesting the real meaning of commencement: they are carrying out the witness to truth and service that their hard-earned degrees have prepared them to give in the world,” he added.
Some pro-life students plan to join Pavone for the alternative event, but others plan to conduct their own protest during the graduation ceremonies, ND Response, the pro-life collection of student groups, told LifeNews.com last week.
“It certainly appears obvious from these announced plans that a large or perhaps the sole focus of that response is a boycott,” ND Response indicated. “There also may be other small groups or individuals amongst the 2009 graduates and their guests who have their own ideas about raising the pro-life issue to Mr. Obama inside the Joyce Center.”
The students say they want a focus on peaceful and respectful opposition, especially in light of some of the more in-your-face opposition appearing at their campus in recent days along with the arrest of some pro-life advocates.

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ND Response: Official Video

May 10th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Abortion, Barack Obama, Pro-life

This is the official video from ND Response on the upcoming commencement address by President Obama to the 2009 graduating class of Notre Dame University.

I can’t help but wonder what the President is going to speak about. Family values? Respect for life? I guess those two subjects are off the table.

One thing seems certain. There will be a huge pro life presence on campus the weekend of May 16-17. A presence that shows that a majority of Americans still believe in the sanctity of life and they will hold these values long after President Obama has left the national stage.

~~John Cronin~~

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Weekly Wrap Up

May 2nd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Barack Obama, Peggy Noonan, Terrorism

1. Obama’s Century?

An article in Rueters UK asked this rhetorical question: “Is this Obama’s Century?” They alluded to his personal popularity and his party’s dominance of Congress and with the recently announced intention of justice David Souter to retire, the opportunity to appoint a liberal justice to the Supreme Court who would still be on the bench long after Obama left office. This kind of silliness is to be expected from the Left, after all that is what they do best. But let’s inject a note of realism into the discussion. Congressional elections are coming up in 2010 and unless Obama starts to produce some tangible results from his $multi-trillion spending spree, he will be very lucky to escape being a one term President, much less becoming a towering figure that will dominate American political thought for a century.

2. Free Speech: For Leftists Only

When Miss California gave her opinion of gay marriage about a week ago, we all knew she should immediately fasten her seatbelt, because she was heading into a storm from the moment those words left her mouth. Sure enough the Libs went into high dungeon over the perceived outrage of a young woman simply expressing her opinion on a controversial subject. They are allowed to spew the foulest attacks on any conservative because, after all, it’s their Constitutionally protected right to do so. If a conservative dares to stray from politically correct thought, they will be attacked in the crudest and most personal ways. A women’s liberation advocate on The Factor said Miss California should get a “heart transplant, rather than a breast implant,” another far left loon said something so crude I won’t repeat it here. So there we have it. Vicious personal attacks for expressing an honest opinion, from the same folks who cry foul if any limits on foul speech or pornography are so much as suggested.

3. Al Gore: Global Warming Profiteer

The Left have made careers for over 70 years decrying the alleged exploitation of the “little guy” by Republican “fat cats” and by “Big Oil, Big Steel” and Wall Street. Now we see the spectacle of a liberal tax and spender like former Vice President Al Gore getting mega rich by exploiting the manufactured global warming hysteria. Mr. Gore had an estimated net worth of $2 million when he left office in 2001, which has now grown to an estimated $100 million. He is said to have ambitions to become the first “carbon billionaire.” His intention is to convince the American public to allow themselves to pay job killing and wealth destroying energy taxes in order to enrich himself by taking financial positions in companies that will benefit from “cap and trade” laws that will not only enlarge an already bloated federal bureaucracy, but hamstring energy companies with brutal tax rates and a host of new regulations that will put them in a very dangerous position. In my opinion, the Democrat Party is now the party of the rich, the party of the “fat cats.”

4. Peggy Noonan Takes Leave of Her Senses

In an article written for the WSJ, Peggy Noonan pens an apology piece for Barack Obama and his administration, the same outfit that thinks flying Air Force One low over Manhattan and buzzing the Statue of Liberty is a really great idea.

At a time when Americans by the millions have lost their jobs and their homes, individuals within this administration don’t have a problem with spending $328,000 of the taxpayer’s money on a stupid stunt that could have been photo shopped.

Under these circumstances, one of the hardest jobs in the world must be the task of the White House Press Secretary, who is charged with putting a happy face on whatever the embarrassment du jour happens to be.

Now, seeming determined to come to the rescue of the “Gang Who Can’t Shoot Straight” is someone whose work I used to admire greatly, Peggy Noonan.

I have quoted just a few sentences of her piece, which reads like it might have been written by an Obama speechwriter.

With the news of the “Republican In Name Only,” Arlen Specter, making official what we have long known, namely that he is an opportunist and a lifelong Democrat at heart, it is especially disappointing to hear Ms. Noonan mouthing the liberal party line, to wit, a great party needs to welcome into the fold everyone who wants to join it, regardless of what their philosophy of government is. No, Peggy, that is not what makes a party great.

What defines greatness in a political party is building a platform that will keep America safe and prosperous, protect life from cradle to eternity, expand democracy and keep this country what it has always been, the hope of humanity.

Quoting Ms. Noonan: “A great party allows everyone in, and allows prospective members to self-define. If they say they’re Republicans, they should be welcomed and helped to find a place where they fit. [Editor’s Note: We have just seen this. Arlen Specter has just found a place where he fits: the Democrat Party] A great party has a lot of such places. A great party is expansive. A great party has give.”

5. Military Commissions Back In Style

Now that the Community-Organizer-in-chief has a 100 days experience in the real world, it seems that his self-assured opinion of military commissions to try terrorists has changed dramatically. No longer does this naïve and inexperienced President reject out of hand the wisdom of not trying accused terrorists in our federal court system.

From FOXNEWS:

Continuing the military commissions in any form would most likely prompt sharp criticism from human rights groups as well as some of Obama’s political allies, the paper noted.

But officials who work on the Guantanamo issue say administration lawyers have become concerned that they would face significant obstacles to trying some terrorism suspects in federal courts, the Times said.

“The more they look at it,” an official told the Times, “the more commissions don’t look as bad as they did on Jan. 20.”

Obama previously said the commissions had “been an enormous failure” and during the campaign said he would “reject the Military Commissions Act.”

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CommittedtoRomney Live Chat Tonight, Wed., 4/29 @ 9 PM E

Due to popular demand, the internationally acclaimed CommittedtoRomney.com live chat will be held tonight, Wednesday evening at 9PM Eastern time.

As you know this is the anniversary of President Obama’s first 100 Days in Office. You can post your opinions of his policy proposals in the “comments” section of the blog if you prefer or you can join us on the live chat box that is located at the top of the blog, but on the right margin. It has a blue liner on the top of the box and you will see all the activity going on, just log into the chat and start posting away.

This is a very informal and fun chat, so jump in with your opinions and give us your take on the First 100 Days, good, bad or indifferent.

~~John Cronin~~

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FAA Memo: Feds Knew NYC Flyover Would Cause Panic

Like Rush Limbaugh might say: “Folks, you can’t make this stuff up!” Is there ANY ADULT SUPERVISION in the Obama Whitehouse at all?!?!

~~John Cronin~~

Threatened Federal Sanctions Against NYPD, Secret Service, FBI & Mayor’s Office If Secret Ever Got Out

New York (CBS)—A furious President Barack Obama ordered an internal review of Monday’s low flying photo op over the Statue of Liberty.

Furious Obama Apologizes: “It Will Never Happen Again”

CBS 2 HD has discovered the feds will have plenty to question.

Federal officials knew that sending two fighter jets and Air Force One to buzz ground zero and Lady Liberty might set off nightmarish fears of a 9/11 replay, but they still ordered the photo-op kept secret from the public.

In a memo obtained by CBS 2 HD the Federal Aviation Administration’s James Johnston said the agency was aware of “the possibility of public concern regarding DOD (Department of Defense) aircraft flying at low altitudes” in an around New York City. But they demanded total secrecy from the NYPD, the Secret Service, the FBI and even the mayor’s office and threatened federal sanctions if the secret got out.

What are your feelings on federal officials demanding the NYC flyover be kept secret by the NYPD and the mayor’s office?

“To say that it should not be made public knowing that it might scare people it’s just confounding,” Sen. Charles Schumer said. “It’s what gives Washington and government a bad name. It’s sheer stupidity.”

The flyover — apparently ordered by the White House Office of Military Affairs so it would have souvenir photos of Air Force One with the Statue of Liberty in the background — had President Obama seeing red. He ordered a probe and apologized.

“It was a mistake. It will never happen again,” President Obama said.

The NYPD was so upset about the demand for secrecy that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly vowed never to follow such a directive again and he accused the feds of inciting fears of a 9/11 replay.

“Did it show any insensitivity to the psychic wounds New York City has after 9/11? Absolutely. No questions about it. It was quite insensitive.”

The cost of the frivolous flight was about $60,000 an hour and that was just for Air Force One. That doesn’t include the cost of the two F-16s that came along.

The mayoral aide who neglected to tell Mayor Michael Bloomberg about it was reprimanded.

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Committed to Romney Live Chat Wed., 4/29 @ 9PM Eastern

April 27th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Barack Obama, comMITTedtoromney

Due to popular demand, the internationally acclaimed CommittedtoRomney.com live chat will be held this Wednesday evening at 9PM Eastern time.

As you know this is the anniversary of President Obama’s first 100 Days in Office. You can post your opinions of his policy proposals in the “comments” section of the blog if you prefer or you can join us on the live chat box that is located at the top of the blog, but on the right margin. It has a blue liner on the top of the box and you will see all the activity going on, just log into the chat and start posting away.

This is a very informal and fun chat, so jump in with your opinions and give us your take on the First 100 Days, good, bad or indifferent.

~~John Cronin~~

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Weekly Wrap Up

Here’s our weekly look back on some of the top stories in the news.

 Miss California hits it out of the park

Nearing the end of the Miss America competition, Miss California is asked her opinion on gay marriages. We all know what the politically correct answer is. To her credit, Miss California didn’t bow her knee to the thought police and diplomatically answered that for her and her family, marriage is defined as a union between one man and one woman. It is a sign of the times that this is even controversial, but that is where we are at. On a positive note, it is so encouraging to know that there are people like her out there who choose principals over prizes. She has chosen the highest prize. She didn’t sell out in order to win the competition and receive a fake crown, she has chosen the crown that comes from remaining faithfull to her core beliefs, in spite of the pressure to genuflect to a philosophy that will tear this country apart if it continues to take root. She is a wonderful young woman and I wish her all the best.

 CIA Memos

Here’s a tough question for you. What is President Obama’s position on the possible prosecution of former senior Bush administration officials? If I am following this at all, it is something like this: 1. “I am opposed to prosecuting these officials.” 2. “I am in favor of prosecuting these officials.” 3. “I am opposed to prosecuting these officials.” 4. “Never mind.”

What must be going through the minds of these men and women this weekend as they wonder whether are not the Left is trying to ‘gin up a witch hunt that will wreck their careers and their finances as they are put in the position of spending millions of dollars to defend themselves for doing their duty, after they received guidance from the Justice Department on the legality of their methods.

 My New Pal, the Venezuelan Dictator

Weren’t those heartwarming pictures of President Obama and the South American dictator gripping and grinning? The book exchange, the photo ops. What’s next, shooting hoops with Kim Jong Il?

 Buyer’s Remorse in Massachusetts

Latest polling indicates that the voters of the beautiful state of Massachusetts yearn for the return of former Governor Mitt Romney. It seems that two years of Deval Patrick it more than even the citizens of the bluest of blue states can stomach. We at CTR can feel your pain, but we have first dibs on Gov. Romney for President in 2012. I can give some unsolicited advise to the voters of that state and I only need two words: Jeff Beatty.

 First 100 Days of the Obama Presidency

Winston Churchill had a very famous quote that he used to describe the debt of gratitude owed by Britons to the Royal Air Force during the “Battle of Britain.” He said: “Never in the history of mankind has so much been owed by so many to so few.” I’d like to adapt that quote to Obama and his administration’s First 100 Days: “Never in the course of American history has so much damage been done to so many by so few.”

~~John Cronin~~

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Obama muddles torture message

April 23rd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Barack Obama, Terrorism

During the election campaign conservatives made much of the fact that Obama was as inexperienced lightweight with extensive connections to hard left operatives like Bill Ayers and others like him. People who have made lucrative careers out of hating America. Now, less than 100 days into his administration, the house of cards the liberals have built seems to be on the verge of collapse. POLITICO makes the case that Obama’s policy drift is pleasing no one on either side of the political spectrum.

~~John Cronin~~

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21569.html

By JOSH GERSTEIN & MIKE ALLEN

President Barack Obama’s attempt to project legal and moral clarity on coercive CIA interrogation methods has instead done the opposite — creating confusion and political vulnerability over an issue that has inflamed both the left and right.

In the most recent instance, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair acknowledged in a memo to the intelligence community that Bush-era interrogation practices yielded had “high-value information,” then omitted that admission from a public version of his assessment.

That leaves a top Obama administration official appearing to validate claims by former Vice President Dick Cheney that waterboarding and other techniques the White House regards as torture were effective in preventing terrorist attacks. And the press release created the impression the administration was trying to suppress this conclusion.

The president, who has said he wants to focus on the future rather than litigate the past, also opened himself to distraction and attack by retracting the earlier assurance by top officials that they had no plans to prosecute lawyers for former President George W. Bush who approved the “enhanced interrogation” program.

A Democratic strategist close to the White House said: “The president looked resolute, and like he had threaded the needle perfectly on the substance: The heat from the right was preposterous, and the heat from the left was manageable. But now they look like the scarecrow, pointing in both directions. They got the policy right, but they look confused and beaten down by critics.”

Read more at Politico.com………

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How much more EVIL can we get?


Obama just hammin it up with one of the most America hating people in the world Hugo Chavez. It’s nice to know we’re so nice to our enemies…

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An Excerpt from President Reagan’s Notre Dame Commencement Address

April 11th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Barack Obama, Remembrance, Ronald W. Reagan

Below is a small portion of President Reagan’s commencement address to the graduating class of Notre Dame on May 17, 1981. This was the first public appearance by President Reagan after the attempt on his life in March of that year.

Much has been said of the oratorical abilities of President Obama, but for my money, Ronald Reagan was head and shoulders beyond those abilities. He wasn’t just glib, he was profound.

~~John Cronin~~

By: President Ronald Reagan

For the West, for America, the time has come to dare to show to the world that our civilized ideas, our traditions, our values, are not — like the ideology and war machine of totalitarian societies — just a facade of strength. It is time for the world to know our intellectual and spiritual values are rooted in the source of all strength, a belief in a Supreme Being, and a law higher than our own.

When it’s written, history of our time won’t dwell long on the hardships of the recent past. But history will ask — and our answer determine the fate of freedom for a thousand years — Did a nation borne of hope lose hope? Did a people forged by courage find courage wanting? Did a generation steeled by hard war and a harsh peace forsake honor at the moment of great climactic struggle for the human spirit?

If history asks such questions, it also answers them. And the answers are to be found in the heritage left by generations of Americans before us. They stand in silent witness to what the world will soon know and history someday record: that in the [its] third century, the American Nation came of age, affirmed its leadership of free men and women serving selflessly a vision of man with God, government for people, and humanity at peace.

A few years ago, an Australian Prime Minister, John Gorton, said, “I wonder if anybody ever thought what the situation for the comparatively small nations in the world would be if there were not in existence the United States, if there were not this giant country prepared to make so many sacrifices.” This is the noble and rich heritage rooted in great civil ideas of the West, and it is yours.

My hope today is that in the years to come — and come it shall — when it’s your time to explain to another generation the meaning of the past and thereby hold out to them their promise of the future, that you’ll recall the truths and traditions of which we’ve spoken. It is these truths and traditions that define our civilization and make up our national heritage. And now, they’re yours to protect and pass on.

I have one more hope for you: when you do speak to the next generation about these things, that you will always be able to speak of an America that is strong and free, to find in your hearts an unbounded pride in this much-loved country, this once and future land, this bright and hopeful nation whose generous spirit and great ideals the world still honors.

Congratulations, and God bless you.

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New Website Contrasting Romney with Obama Looking for Posters

April 7th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Barack Obama, Blogging, Blogosphere, Blogs, Mitt Romney

Mike was one of the original posters to CTR when I first joined two years ago. His new site is soliciting people to help him with posting reasons to agree or disagree with Obama on the issues and how Obama’s stands contrast with Mitt Romney’s.

If you have an interest in providing ideas to help Mike catalogue the stands of these two men as we anticipate an eventual political match up in 2012, head on over to Mike’s new site and let him know you’d be willing to help.

~~John Cronin~~

On Apr 6, 5:55 pm, myclob wrote:
> I have created a website meant to contrast Romney with Obama. I would
> like to invite everyone who wants to to help post to the site:
>
> http://r2aadwo.blogspot.com/
>
> Just send me your e-mail address, and I’ll send you an invite…

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Hundreds at Notre Dame Protest Obama’s Commencement Invite

April 6th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Barack Obama, Faith, Fox News, Religion

Kudos to FOX NEWS for giving coverage to yesterday’s Palm Sunday demonstration on the campus of Notre Dame University. Correct me if I am wrong, because I rarely tune into any of the broadcasts of the Old Media, but I am highly doubtful that they are giving any air time to the protests against the scheduled speech by President Obama at ND’s commencement ceremony on May 17.

~~John Cronin~~

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Freedom of Conscience Regulations Under Attack by Obama White House

April 5th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Abortion, Barack Obama, Congress, Pro-life

I just finished watching Fr. Benedict Groeschell on EWTN and his guest was Princeton University professor Dr. Robert George.

They gave me the heads up that we are in the “window of public comments” time regarding legislation to rescind the “freedom of conscience” protection that all pro life medical care providers enjoy as a result of President George W. Bush having re-instated the regulations after they were removed by Clinton.

If you are not familiar with these regulations, they give all medical care providers the option, based on their personal religious or ethical beliefs, to not participate in abortions, whether directly or indirectly.

The protections were first put in place by President Reagan and Obama promised his enablers in Planned Parenthood and other anti life organizations that he would rescind these regulations the first chance he got. We were told that even if the Obama White House didn’t get everything they wanted by getting the infamous FOCA bill passed, they would come back and try to get FOCA passed piecemeal and they are most assuredly attempting to do so.

I’d like to ask everybody that sees this post to call the White House first thing Monday at: 202-456-1111, 9 AM-5 PM Eastern, Mon-Fri. and let the office of the POTUS know that you want these “Freedom of Conscience” regulations kept in place and that you will watching the tally of votes for and against these regulations and that there will be consequences at the ballot box for those legislators who fail to protect the religious and ethical freedoms of people of goodwill.

~~John Cronin~~

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