Thursday, June 25, 2020
On Law Enforcement Reform And Conservative Intransigence:
This is a further response on social media to the following material:
Seven Ideas For Law Enforcement Reform
The first installments in this series can be read HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE. My words will be in regular font
Shawn, oh, and by the way, I think cops who commit crimes should be themselves
Then what was your objection to the original status?
Shawn, I didn’t make an objection to your original status per se, although I don’t know if I would be 100% onboard with 3every point. Nor do I believe this should be federal issue. States and cities should make those calls.]
You do realize that these are all areas that were aggravated by federal legislation and federal courts right? It makes it very tough to have states and cities make the calls when the feds overrule it anyway. But that is neither here nor there.
Of the seven points listed, which ones do you have a problem with and why?
This is a further response on social media to the following material:
Seven Ideas For Law Enforcement Reform
The first installments in this series can be read HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE. My words will be in regular font
Shawn, oh, and by the way, I think cops who commit crimes should be themselves
Then what was your objection to the original status?
Shawn, I didn’t make an objection to your original status per se, although I don’t know if I would be 100% onboard with 3every point. Nor do I believe this should be federal issue. States and cities should make those calls.]
You do realize that these are all areas that were aggravated by federal legislation and federal courts right? It makes it very tough to have states and cities make the calls when the feds overrule it anyway. But that is neither here nor there.
Of the seven points listed, which ones do you have a problem with and why?
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
On Law Enforcement Reform And Conservative Intransigence:
This is a further response on social media to the following material:
Seven Ideas For Law Enforcement Reform
The first installments in this series can be read HERE, HERE, and HERE. My words will be in regular font.
Apples and oranges? “unelected tin badge wearing authoritah jackoff”
Boy, your cop hatred is as obsessive as I suspected.
When you do not blow cops and place them on an untouchable pedestal, you have a more realist and less fairytale view.
This is a further response on social media to the following material:
Seven Ideas For Law Enforcement Reform
The first installments in this series can be read HERE, HERE, and HERE. My words will be in regular font.
Apples and oranges? “unelected tin badge wearing authoritah jackoff”
Boy, your cop hatred is as obsessive as I suspected.
When you do not blow cops and place them on an untouchable pedestal, you have a more realist and less fairytale view.
Saturday, June 20, 2020
Briefly on Pope Francis and Traditional Spiritual Instruction:
My words will be in regular font.
My words will be in regular font.
he’s repeatedly used words that lend one to think he believes in impanation or consubstantiation..
Only if you presume what he is saying must be unorthodox because he does not use specific words you want him to use or because your judgment is formed by an presuppositional inclination against him. St. Francis de Sales counseled against "people whose judgment is solely formed by inclination; who always think well of those they like, and ill of those they dislike." This principle applies to the words and actions of others. As Fr. Quadrupani noted in an eighteenth century spiritual instruction to devout souls referencing St Francis de Sales:
"Always be ready and willing to excuse the faults of your neighbour and never put an unfavourable interpretation upon his actions. The same action, says St. Francis de Sales, may be looked upon under many different aspects: a charitable person will ever suppose the best, an uncharitable one will just as certainly choose the worst."This principle also made it into the CCC in the section on the eighth commandment and violations thereof (CCC 2478).
can you find similar words before 1965?
It would not matter if I could or could not. But if you want words "prior to 1965" for some arbitrary reason, the words of Quadrupani are from 1795 and the words of de Sales are from 1619.
On Law Enforcement Reform And Conservative Intransigence:
This is a further response on social media to the following material:
Seven Ideas For Law Enforcement Reform
The first installments in this series can be read HERE and HERE. My words will be in regular font.
Shawn, wait a second. You gonna tell me that the assassination of a president, governor, or mayor is not going to be more vigorously prosecuted than a drive-by shooting?
Apples and oranges. There is a qualitative difference between a democratically elected chief executive and some unelected tin badge wearing authoritah jackoff.
Same principle applies, albeit to a lesser extent, to law enforcement for the simple reason that these occupations represent security beyond just themselves.
Geez, the photo from earlier was more on point with you than I thought.
This is a further response on social media to the following material:
Seven Ideas For Law Enforcement Reform
The first installments in this series can be read HERE and HERE. My words will be in regular font.
Shawn, wait a second. You gonna tell me that the assassination of a president, governor, or mayor is not going to be more vigorously prosecuted than a drive-by shooting?
Apples and oranges. There is a qualitative difference between a democratically elected chief executive and some unelected tin badge wearing authoritah jackoff.
Same principle applies, albeit to a lesser extent, to law enforcement for the simple reason that these occupations represent security beyond just themselves.
Geez, the photo from earlier was more on point with you than I thought.
7 Times John Roberts Was A Leftist Hack
Briefly...
1) The clownservatard right were the ones engaging in judicial activism by refusing to sever the mandate in NFIB v Sebilius and instead pretending it could not be severed (which was a lie) all so they could try and strike down an entire statute. This was blatant judicial activism of the sort clownservatards claimed they abhorred. Except it is not true. Because when supposed "conservatives" think they can get away with it, they will curb kick all that talk about originalism and judicial restraint. Hypocrites.
2) This was a basic move of the sort the court often does when there is a case in the pipeline on the same matter awaiting a lower court ruling. That the author sought to use it as one of her examples shows she is really straining to build her list.
3) Now she is bitching about a Roberts' concurrence in a 9-0 court case? Sad and pathetic reaching yet again.
4) The decision here actually was a proper utilization of the Administrative Practices Act. Wilbur Ross' agency screwed up by giving a less than reasonable reason for the addition so it was an example of doing the right thing for the wrong stated reasons. For those who do not give a damn about procedure and only want their chosen end result, they will of course not care.
5) So one complaint she had is during the President Trump impeachment trial, the presiding chief justice refused to engage in right wing political bullshit preferring to focus on the real issue at hand? Yeah, that is such hackery whereas nothing Rand Paul was doing was grandstanding hackish bs? Bitch, please.
6) Gorsuch wrote the opinion and Roberts is being blamed for this one? Boy are we desperate now.
7) Ok, finally we get a legitimate gripe rather than political hackery. What one president puts in place with pure executive authority should be just as easily be removed by another president. So yeah, Roberts blew it on this one.
So of her seven examples, only one really holds water.
Briefly...
1) The clownservatard right were the ones engaging in judicial activism by refusing to sever the mandate in NFIB v Sebilius and instead pretending it could not be severed (which was a lie) all so they could try and strike down an entire statute. This was blatant judicial activism of the sort clownservatards claimed they abhorred. Except it is not true. Because when supposed "conservatives" think they can get away with it, they will curb kick all that talk about originalism and judicial restraint. Hypocrites.
2) This was a basic move of the sort the court often does when there is a case in the pipeline on the same matter awaiting a lower court ruling. That the author sought to use it as one of her examples shows she is really straining to build her list.
3) Now she is bitching about a Roberts' concurrence in a 9-0 court case? Sad and pathetic reaching yet again.
4) The decision here actually was a proper utilization of the Administrative Practices Act. Wilbur Ross' agency screwed up by giving a less than reasonable reason for the addition so it was an example of doing the right thing for the wrong stated reasons. For those who do not give a damn about procedure and only want their chosen end result, they will of course not care.
5) So one complaint she had is during the President Trump impeachment trial, the presiding chief justice refused to engage in right wing political bullshit preferring to focus on the real issue at hand? Yeah, that is such hackery whereas nothing Rand Paul was doing was grandstanding hackish bs? Bitch, please.
6) Gorsuch wrote the opinion and Roberts is being blamed for this one? Boy are we desperate now.
7) Ok, finally we get a legitimate gripe rather than political hackery. What one president puts in place with pure executive authority should be just as easily be removed by another president. So yeah, Roberts blew it on this one.
So of her seven examples, only one really holds water.
Thursday, June 18, 2020
We must always put the best construction that we can upon what we see our neighbour do. In doubtful matters, we ought to persuade ourselves that what we noticed is not bad, but that it is our imperfections that cause such a thought to arise in our minds; that thus we may avoid rash judgments, which are a very dangerous evil, and for which we ought to have a sovereign detestation. In cases clearly wrong, we ought to have compassion for our neighbour, and humble ourselves for his defects as if they were our own, and pray God for his amend ment with the same heart we should for our own, were we subject to the same defects. [St. Francis de Sales]
On Law Enforcement Reform And Conservative Intransigence:
This is a further response on social media to the following material:
Seven Ideas For Law Enforcement Reform
The first installment in this series can be read HERE. My words will be in regular font.
Shawn, I have made no excuses whatsoever for police misconduct. And no, it is not an Animal Farm view of things to believe that violent crimes against law enforcement should be prosecuted with even more vigor. It’s not because they are better than anyone else, but for the reason I state above, that is killing cops makes a community more vulnerable. In other words, to BETTER PROTECT A COMMUNITY!!! Woke Shawn refuses to understand the simple logic of deterrence there.
As far as the death penalty is concerned, you know I’m one of the most pro-death penalty folks around for the capital murder of civilians,
Equality under the law should not be a mindless slogan. But just as leftists love to namedrop Dr. King while not bothering to listen to what he said, folks like yourself pay lip service to the notion of being "a nation of laws" and "equality under the law" to create special exemption preserves for some groups of people. In short, "all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others." In a nutshell: Animal Farm.
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
On Law Enforcement Reform And Conservative Intransigence:
This was a response on social media to the following material:
Seven Ideas For Law Enforcement Reform
My words will be in regular font.
This should be a two way street. 1) If you mouth off to a cop (tell him to fuck off, call him a pig etc.)in the performance of his duties (traffic stops etc.) you should at least spend the night in jail. When I was growing up, a cop whipped your ass if you mouthed off and no one said shit about it. This was especially true with cops in the suburbs.
2) If you try to physically attack a cop on duty, it should be a felony if it isn’t already. If you happen to get a concussion in the process, tough shit!
3) Murder of a police officer should be an automatic federal death penalty-eligible offense. Since we are treating the Tenth Amendment as dead letter, might as well do it in favor of the good guys once in a while.
There is a difference between wanting effective law enforcement that respects the constitutional and civil rights of those they are supposed to serve and blowing the cops while making excuses for inexcusable violations of constitutional and civil rights with an Animal Farm view of things. Maybe someday you will realize this.
This was a response on social media to the following material:
Seven Ideas For Law Enforcement Reform
My words will be in regular font.
This should be a two way street. 1) If you mouth off to a cop (tell him to fuck off, call him a pig etc.)in the performance of his duties (traffic stops etc.) you should at least spend the night in jail. When I was growing up, a cop whipped your ass if you mouthed off and no one said shit about it. This was especially true with cops in the suburbs.
2) If you try to physically attack a cop on duty, it should be a felony if it isn’t already. If you happen to get a concussion in the process, tough shit!
3) Murder of a police officer should be an automatic federal death penalty-eligible offense. Since we are treating the Tenth Amendment as dead letter, might as well do it in favor of the good guys once in a while.
There is a difference between wanting effective law enforcement that respects the constitutional and civil rights of those they are supposed to serve and blowing the cops while making excuses for inexcusable violations of constitutional and civil rights with an Animal Farm view of things. Maybe someday you will realize this.
Monday, June 15, 2020
Seven Ideas For Law Enforcement Reform:
1) Abolish civil asset forfeiture
2) Make falsifying a police report a felony
3) End qualified immunity
4) End no knock warrants
5) End warrantless searches
6) Make intentionally turning off a police body camera to conceal evidence a felony
7) Require at least a year's training for police officers before they are allowed to go armed into a community.
Friday, June 12, 2020
Today is the 19th anniversary of the passing of my father Richard Dunn McElhinney. If readers could offer some prayers for the eternal repose of his soul, I would appreciate it.
Eternal rest grant unto his soul oh Lord and may thy perpetual light shine upon him...May his soul and all the souls of the faithfully departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
Eternal rest grant unto his soul oh Lord and may thy perpetual light shine upon him...May his soul and all the souls of the faithfully departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
Thursday, June 11, 2020
Points to Ponder:
The work of evangelization presupposes in the evangelizer an ever increasing love for those whom he is evangelizing. That model evangelizer, the Apostle Paul, wrote these words to the Thessalonians, and they are a program for us all: "With such yearning love we chose to impart to you not only the gospel of God but our very selves, so dear had you become to us."{1 Thess 2:8; cf. Phil 1:8.} What is this love? It is much more than that of a teacher; it is the love of a father; and again, it is the love of a mother.{Cf. 1 Thess 2:7-11; 1 Cor 4:15; Gal 4:19.} It is this love that the Lord expects from every preacher of the Gospel, from every builder of the Church. A sign of love will be the concern to give the truth and to bring people into unity. Another sign of love will be a devotion to the proclamation of Jesus Christ, without reservation or turning back. Let us add some other signs of this love.
The first is respect for the religious and spiritual situation of those being evangelized. Respect for their tempo and pace; no one has the right to force them excessively. Respect for their conscience and convictions, which are not to be treated in a harsh manner.
Another sign of this love is concern not to wound the other person, especially if he or she is weak in faith,{Cf. 1 Cor 8:9-13; Rom 14:15.} with statements that may be clear for those who are already initiated but which for the faithful can be a source of bewilderment and scandal, like a wound in the soul.
Yet another sign of love will be the effort to transmit to Christians not doubts and uncertainties born of an erudition poorly assimilated but certainties that are solid because they are anchored in the Word of God. The faithful need these certainties for their Christian life; they have a right to them, as children of God who abandon themselves entirely into His arms and to the exigencies of love. [Pope Paul VI: Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Nuntiandi §79 (December 8, 1975) as Quoted in a Rerum Novarum Posting On the Double Effect Principle in Ethical Argumentation (circa December 30, 2004)]
The work of evangelization presupposes in the evangelizer an ever increasing love for those whom he is evangelizing. That model evangelizer, the Apostle Paul, wrote these words to the Thessalonians, and they are a program for us all: "With such yearning love we chose to impart to you not only the gospel of God but our very selves, so dear had you become to us."{1 Thess 2:8; cf. Phil 1:8.} What is this love? It is much more than that of a teacher; it is the love of a father; and again, it is the love of a mother.{Cf. 1 Thess 2:7-11; 1 Cor 4:15; Gal 4:19.} It is this love that the Lord expects from every preacher of the Gospel, from every builder of the Church. A sign of love will be the concern to give the truth and to bring people into unity. Another sign of love will be a devotion to the proclamation of Jesus Christ, without reservation or turning back. Let us add some other signs of this love.
The first is respect for the religious and spiritual situation of those being evangelized. Respect for their tempo and pace; no one has the right to force them excessively. Respect for their conscience and convictions, which are not to be treated in a harsh manner.
Another sign of this love is concern not to wound the other person, especially if he or she is weak in faith,{Cf. 1 Cor 8:9-13; Rom 14:15.} with statements that may be clear for those who are already initiated but which for the faithful can be a source of bewilderment and scandal, like a wound in the soul.
Yet another sign of love will be the effort to transmit to Christians not doubts and uncertainties born of an erudition poorly assimilated but certainties that are solid because they are anchored in the Word of God. The faithful need these certainties for their Christian life; they have a right to them, as children of God who abandon themselves entirely into His arms and to the exigencies of love. [Pope Paul VI: Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Nuntiandi §79 (December 8, 1975) as Quoted in a Rerum Novarum Posting On the Double Effect Principle in Ethical Argumentation (circa December 30, 2004)]
Viganò: Vatican II Marked The Beginning of a False, Parallel Church
Well, it is official: Vigano finally took an objectively manifested schismatic plunge. I knew he eventually would as the pattern leading toward such things was evident. Nonetheless, somehow he avoided going completely over the edge until now. No longer, he is now a manifested schismatic who espouses positions that are proximate to heresy and quite possibly (if drawn to their logical conclusions) heretical.
Anathema sit!
Anathema sit!
Sunday, June 07, 2020
Saturday, June 06, 2020
Twenty years ago today, I made my online writing debut with a sprawling ambitious project. I would like to mark that anniversary by reminding folks not of it but instead by pointing to a similarly ambitious but far more important project that was published this year on Ash Wednesday. Without further ado...
On the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, Obedience, and the Requirements of Faithful Catholics
On the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, Obedience, and the Requirements of Faithful Catholics
Thursday, June 04, 2020
Miscellaneous Musings on "Us" and "Them":
A lot of people live in bubble-like echo chambers comprising of the proverbial Us. Those who do not live in particular chambers are the proverbial Them. All sorts of bad thing or suspicions can and often are imputed to "Them" that would never be presumed to exist among "Us." The various chambers of "Us" or "Them" embrace all religions, creeds, political parties, races, families, countries, etc.
While this sort of instinct could have had some value in the days when information was scarce for survival or other reasons, it should have long ago in our supposedly more civilized age been consigned to obsolescence. At some point, to avoid the insanity of repeating the same mistakes of the past and getting the same results, something has to be done differently. And while plenty of "Us" folks will blame various and sundry "Them", perhaps it is time for all of us to get out of our echo chambers and actually meet some of them. Whomever the particular "Them" happen to be. Racial, religious, political, familial, etc., make it a point to bridge the various divides not just in rhetoric or theoretically but practically and actually. Go outside of your respective bubbles people.
Remember, not all of Them are sinners while all of Us are saints -there are also saints among Them and sinners among Us. We are all people. It is easier to throw rocks from a distance, much harder to get closer and really try to listen, learn, and understand. You can learn something from almost anybody. But when you keep to "your people" (Us) and make no attempts to actually reach out to "those people" (Them), you are not part of a real solution but instead are perpetuating part of the problem.
We have all at one point in time or another, consciously or (probably more often) unconsciously been part of the problem. Even when we thought we were not or even when we were consciously trying to be part of the solution. For those who sought solace in their bubbles, break them and venture out with and seek to listen at least as much as you talk, if not even more so. And those who have been in the fields for a while, work a little harder on this as well. We all can improve in these areas. Let us all strive to move forward and do just that please. [Written May 29, 2020]
A lot of people live in bubble-like echo chambers comprising of the proverbial Us. Those who do not live in particular chambers are the proverbial Them. All sorts of bad thing or suspicions can and often are imputed to "Them" that would never be presumed to exist among "Us." The various chambers of "Us" or "Them" embrace all religions, creeds, political parties, races, families, countries, etc.
While this sort of instinct could have had some value in the days when information was scarce for survival or other reasons, it should have long ago in our supposedly more civilized age been consigned to obsolescence. At some point, to avoid the insanity of repeating the same mistakes of the past and getting the same results, something has to be done differently. And while plenty of "Us" folks will blame various and sundry "Them", perhaps it is time for all of us to get out of our echo chambers and actually meet some of them. Whomever the particular "Them" happen to be. Racial, religious, political, familial, etc., make it a point to bridge the various divides not just in rhetoric or theoretically but practically and actually. Go outside of your respective bubbles people.
Remember, not all of Them are sinners while all of Us are saints -there are also saints among Them and sinners among Us. We are all people. It is easier to throw rocks from a distance, much harder to get closer and really try to listen, learn, and understand. You can learn something from almost anybody. But when you keep to "your people" (Us) and make no attempts to actually reach out to "those people" (Them), you are not part of a real solution but instead are perpetuating part of the problem.
We have all at one point in time or another, consciously or (probably more often) unconsciously been part of the problem. Even when we thought we were not or even when we were consciously trying to be part of the solution. For those who sought solace in their bubbles, break them and venture out with and seek to listen at least as much as you talk, if not even more so. And those who have been in the fields for a while, work a little harder on this as well. We all can improve in these areas. Let us all strive to move forward and do just that please. [Written May 29, 2020]
Monday, May 25, 2020
Waiting for the Barbarians
Why are we all assembled and waiting in the market place?
It is the barbarians; they will be here today.
Why is there nothing being done in the senate house? Why are the senators in session but are not passing laws?
Because the barbarians are coming today. Why should the senators make laws any more? The barbarians will make the laws when they get here.
Why has our emperor got up so early and sits there at the biggest gate of the city
high on his throne, in state, and with his crown on?
Because the barbarians are coming today and the emperor is waiting to receive them and their general. And he has even made ready a parchment to present them, and thereon he has written many names and many titles.
Why have our two consuls and our praetors
Come out today in their red embroidered togas? Why have they put on their bracelets with all those amethysts and rings shining with the glitter of emeralds? Why will they carry their precious staves today which are decorated with figures of gold and silver?
Because the barbarians are coming today And things like that impress the barbarians.
Why do our good orators not put in any appearance and make public speeches, and do what they generally do?
Because the barbarians are coming today and they get bored with eloquent public speeches.
Why is everybody beginning to be so uneasy? Why so disordered? (See how grave all the faces have become!) Why do the streets and the squares empty so quickly, and they are all anxiously going home to their houses?
Because it is night, and the barbarians have not got here, and some people have come in from the frontier and say that there aren’t any more barbarians.
What are we going to do now without the barbarians? In a way, those people were a solution. [C P Cavafy (circa 1904)]
Sunday, May 24, 2020
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