Police poised to arrest Jackson

It's about time. Do it. Get it over with. Lock him up before he molests again.

A rumor stomped on: Rome quashes fatima report

This bears printing in its entirety.

welcome to total catholic: A top Vatican official has quashed rumours that the world-famous Fatima shrine is to be turned into a multi-faith pilgrim centre.
Devotees of the revered Portuguese shrine were shocked and dismayed this week at the reports, which a leading UK devotee said would be a “total abandonment” of what the shrine stands for.
But Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, President of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue which has responsibility for such matters, told The Universe directly that the fears were unfounded and he reassured devotees that Fatima would definitely remain a place of prayer centred on Our Lady.
“There is no question of the Fatima sanctuary becoming an inter-faith pilgrimage centre,” said the English-born archbishop. “This is a place of prayer centred on Our Lady, and everyone is welcome.”
Devotees worldwide, including a number of Universe readers, were alerted following the staging of an annual interfaith congress held at Fatima’s Paul VI Pastoral Centre.
The Shrine’s rector Mgr Luciano Guerra reportedly told the Congress that Fatima was set to “change for the better.”
“The future of Fatima, or the adoration of God and His mother at this Holy Shrine, must pass through the creation of a shrine where different religions can mingle,” he said as he addressed Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and Buddhist delegates who had been invited to the event for the first time in the shrine’s 86-year history.
The reports triggered a wave of alarm after being reported in national newspapers in Portugal, where many Catholics were outraged.
The shock waves quickly reached the UK, and Patricia Waters, Promoter of Friends of Fatima, said the plan appeared to a “terrible and total abandonment of everything Our Lady of Fatima stands for.”
Mrs Waters said if the report was to be believed, the Congress was contradicting Our Lady’s teachings as she wanted everyone to return to the Catholic faith.
But Archbishop Fitzgerald said he was present at the meeting and the reports which have caused the alarm had been misconstrued.
He said that the meeting, which he pointed out was organised by the sanctuary itself and not by the Vatican as had been suggested in some quarters, was “part of an ongoing reflection” on the sanctuary’s “inter-religious dimension” in the Church and the modern world.
Archbishop Fitzgerald said “there were no practical conclusions” arising from the meeting.
“It’s not going to change the nature of the sanctuary,” he insisted.
Millions of believers visit the Fatima shrine each year, after Our Lady appeared to three little children in the early part of the 20th century. The Pope has beatified two of the children while the third, Sr Lucia, is still alive.
The shrine is about to undergo a complete reconstruction with a new stadium-like basilica being erected close by the existing one built in 1921.

Dean Calls For New Controls on Business

Attention all Republicans, Libertarians, conservatives, capitalists and businesspeople. This is the enemy and the ideas presented here are why we believe as we do.

I shudder to think what would happen if Dean were elected.

Can't win 'em all.

Note I said these are who you should vote for, but apparently not everyone is heeded my advice. Here are the winners:

BESE 6th District - Polly Broussard
EBR Coroner - Shannon Cooper
Ascension Parish President - Ronnie Hughes
Lafourche Parish President - Charlotte Randolph
Lafourche Parish Council, District 5 - Mark Atzenhoffer
EBR EMS Tax Renewal - YES

Are you as baffled as I am about this election? I kept hearing from Ascension Parish how much they wanted change, and they did elect a Republican Parish President...but they also voted in the single most hostile parish council Hughes could have expected. All of the good guys lost, all but three of the council are aligned with Hughes's predecessor, Harold Marchand. Ronnie Hughes's campaign is over but the real struggle has just begun. This is what happens when the voters get wrapped up in anti-incumbent fever and toss out the good guys already there.

On top of that cluster, Hughes has to deal with a new state Senator in Jody Amedee who is the biggest trail lawyer liberal on God's green Earth. Any Republican who voted for this guy should confess their sins to their State Central Committee member and beg for forgiveness.

It remains to be seen what will become of Eddie Lambert, the man who ousted Juba Diez from his seat, and himself a member of one of Ascension's political establishment families. Knowing how Lambert criticized Juba's fellow legislators for campaigning for him, I wonder just how cold his reception will be in the house come January (forecast: continued chilly). I also know that the new Governess and Juba are tight, a real disadvantage to Lambert. Oops!

Things are certainly brighter in Lafourche Parish where almost the entire council (sans one) and the Parish President have been replaced by good government types and conservatives. The new PP, Charlotte Randolph, is a bright Republican woman with a sense of purpose. She and her allies are a force to be reckoned with.

Finally, there's little I can say about Blanco vs. Jindal that won't be said in the next few days and that hasn't been said already. The end game strategy of the Democrats - to attack Jindal mercilessly in the last week - paid off in spades. Anyone who tells you negative campaigning doesn't work must be from Utah or some state with far less interesting politics. When in doubt, scare the old people.

What will Kathleen do? Hell if I know. She never defined herself. My guess - same old bullshit, bitch about revenues, raise taxes, wonder why no one wants to do business here.

Personally I am disappointed by the whole race. The person who caused this was Mike Foster. He wanted so badly to be the kingmaker. Too bad. He should have concentrated more on being the Republican governor we elected and less on emulating the Democrat ex-governor now sitting in jail.