tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post7503333787464365450..comments2024-03-27T18:13:31.654-04:00Comments on Paco Enterprises: New Year’s Resolutions…For Other PeoplePacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-5275023651774378122008-12-28T21:03:00.000-05:002008-12-28T21:03:00.000-05:00KC: I am thinking of a fascinating essay by the la...KC: I am thinking of a fascinating essay by the late Russell Kirk which deals with the topic of good and evil as treated in a short story. I don't recall the name of the author of the story, although the action takes place during the Spanish Civil War. A priest is being held prisoner by a particularly sadistic commander, who, in a rare moment of guilt, confesses his sins to the priest. It is clear that the commander is a psychopath who has little or no control over his sadism - who "dwells within himself as in a grave", in a striking phrase that I still remember - and the priest grants him the solace of reconciliation, but encourages the commander to pray for death in battle, because it is the only way that his soul will be free of its particular demons. I don't know whether this is theologically sound, but it seemed to make sense in the context of Mugabe and his (apparently) irremediable blood-lust.Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-4495367680196941112008-12-28T20:32:00.000-05:002008-12-28T20:32:00.000-05:00Paco, I'm not absolutely sure, but having had ...Paco, I'm not absolutely sure, but having had some Catholic relatives & now some close friends who are Catholic (& I don't mean Easter & Christmas Catholics, I mean feast days & everything), I believe it's considered wrong to pray for your own death - though in Mugabe's case, The Almighty may agree to make an exception.kchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00515195550774837735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-85742470341795497732008-12-27T23:29:00.000-05:002008-12-27T23:29:00.000-05:00US Democrats: try to rediscover where the centre i...US Democrats: try to rediscover where the centre is, and govern from there. At present you look to be to the left of the Australian Labor Party, which has its roots in socialism and panders to loopy Greens and Human Rights Bondage Fantasists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-61914525237588697732008-12-27T21:22:00.000-05:002008-12-27T21:22:00.000-05:00For Putin: Dude, Russia is a second rate power th...For Putin: Dude, Russia is a second rate power these days. Leave it at that, and take some vacation time to relax, huh? <BR/><BR/>For Congress: Get over yourselves, you ain't the center of the universe. Better yet, resign <I> en masse</I>, and let other people do the job.<BR/><BR/>For Hollywood: Entertain. Don't preach.<BR/><BR/>For Al Gore: You lost in 2000. Get over it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-64262965626555803982008-12-27T20:33:00.000-05:002008-12-27T20:33:00.000-05:00For Joe Biden—please, resolve to hold an unrestric...For Joe Biden—please, resolve to hold an unrestricted monthly press conference because we'll need the comic relief after suffering through the endless weeks of pronouncements from The One. I want to hear more about President Roosevelt using television to address the citizenry about the depression.Zardozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01311471152861034449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-76166574473547111312008-12-27T20:31:00.000-05:002008-12-27T20:31:00.000-05:00My resolution for John McCain: either retire or sw...My resolution for John McCain: either retire or switch parties the way you know you want to and get it over with for godsakes... there's a reaso RINOs are an endangered species...richard mcenroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659450906647134430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-61386141188544211032008-12-27T20:09:00.000-05:002008-12-27T20:09:00.000-05:00My resolution for Caroline Kennedy: Keep attendin...My resolution for Caroline Kennedy: Keep attending charity galas and library fund raisers, dahling, and leave the politics to the down-and-dirty.RebeccaHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113907852048577121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-17913686848861532892008-12-27T19:33:00.000-05:002008-12-27T19:33:00.000-05:00What, nothing for Kevin Rudd? Is he that insignifi...What, nothing for Kevin Rudd? Is he that insignificant?<BR/><BR/>Now I have no reason to keep an eye on him. MehaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com