Oh by the way, What I learn from having kids

Today was a big day at work as we had the public ribbon cutting of our new facility that we will be moving into. Of course lots of speeches and public officials praising the work that had been done. I invited my wife and homeschooled kids as I thought they may find it interesting and their was free cake and punch. Well, lets just say 25 minutes of speeches involving the term "mitigation" leads an 8 yo at a very adult event to just look up alot and smile at her father.

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Matthew S

Oh, by the way, Things I have learned from having Kids

Today, I learned that in a 3 yo's mind her slipper socks (you know the ones with treads on the bottom for around the house) are in the same class as shoes and flip flops when it comes to outdoor footwear.

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Matthew S

Oh Media, Oh Media, why don't you read what your write?

The Pope did what to him??? Oh ok, the headline just doesn't make sense. The Pope recognized his martyrdom, he didn't actually martyr the austrian.

At times people in the news forget to proofread or don't know enough to know it doesn't make sense.

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Matthew S

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Pope Martyrs Austrian Beheaded by Nazis

via Roman Catholic Church News on Jun 05, 2007

Pope Benedict XVI approved recognition of martyrdom for an Austrian who was beheaded by the Nazis for refusing to serve in Hitler's army, a step toward possible sainthood.

Ten years ago, a Berlin court posthumously exonerated Franz Jaegerstaetter, who was drafted after Germany annexed his native Austria, for refusing to serve in the Nazi army. His request to be excused from regular army service had been denied, and he was ordered executed for treason.

Jaegerstaetter had been the only person in his village to vote against the creation of a so-called 'Greater Germany' shortly after Austria was annexed in 1938. He was beheaded in 1943. Read more

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Oh, by the way...Things I have learned from having kids.

Today was an exciting and scary day for learning. I took my oldest daughter to get her cast off at 0800 this morning. Now, outside of this being early for me (I am a second shifter and that makes it the equivalent of 0100 for me) and not having driven in rush hour traffic in a couple years we had to face something that is scary for a child with a broken limb, the Tickle Machine. The tickle machine is the really noisy saw that cuts through the fiberglass material that makes up the cast without cutting your arm wide open. Mary was so brave today, she was obviously scared and cried but she let the tech take the cast off even though she was crying. Today I learned that crying can be bravery.

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Matthew S

I will call this Scary and I will have nightmares about it

Crap!!! Honestly thats how I feel hearing about. One of these times we may have to draw a line in the sand, stand up and fight. You can mess with me all you want but my kids are sacred.

clipped from http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=narisetti_27_4

despite all the effort and rhetoric about protecting children and their rights, there is a severe shortcoming in the global campaign to protect children: the influence of religion and its continuing contribution to many forms of child abuse all around the world

Such abuse begins with the involuntary involvement of children in religious practices from the time they are born

This gives holy books and scriptures, as well as those who teach them, an early grip on the developing minds of young people, leaving an indelible impression on them. In many cases, most notably in the Catholic Church, this forced and prolonged exposure of children to religious institutions has also been a key factor in the physical, mental, and sexual abuse of children by religious leaders

This early grip is so strong that very few people, once grown, ever get an opportunity to change their minds, despite being exposed to science and rational thinking, or even other religious systems

Sweet Sacrament Thee we Adore

May Jesus enter your heart and find it well prepared my daughter. God Love You, and so do I!!

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Matthew S

Oh by The Way, Things I never knew until I had Kids

A child that is potty training has a very unique bladder. It can sit on the potty for 30 full minutes wanting to go potty and do nothing, however when a delay of less than a minute is encountered when they are away from the potty, it is often too late.

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Matthew S

C.I.N.O.

This is Fr. Triligio's response to the gang of 18 from Capital hill and their all but renouncement of Catholicism. CHT to The Transient Hour. It is shameful, we all are sinners but to stand up and say we don't want you to tell us what to do. That is basically saying we don't want to be part of the group anymore.

Fr. Trigilio's response:

Your letter of May 10th is self-incriminating. While criticizing the Pope for doing his job as supreme pastor, you yourselves betray your own duplicity as Catholic lawmakers. The supreme pastor of the universal church has jurisdiction over every Catholic Christian in the world. Canon Law makes it clear that every baptized Catholic is under the authority of the Church in matters of faith and morals. Hence, when the Roman Pontiff upholds and enforces the Divine Positive and the Natural Moral Laws, he is not interfering with man-made civil law, rather, he is reminding you of its subservience to the higher laws to which it must conform for the common good of all. Canon 1398 states that “a person who actually procures an abortion incurs a latae sententiae excommunication.” Anyone who supports abortion is a formal cooperator in evil while those who ‘personally oppose abortion but uphold a woman’s right to choose abortion’ are material cooperators in evil.

When he was still Cardinal Ratzinger, Pope Benedict sent a letter to the US Bishops in 2004 which said “a Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for holy Communion, if he were to deliberately vote for a candidate precisely because of the candidate's permissive stand on abortion and/or euthanasia.” He also said that Catholic politicians who consistently campaign and vote for permissive abortion and euthanasia laws are formal cooperators in evil and they are “not to present themselves for Holy Communion.” Our words and actions make us worthy or unworthy. Church law merely ratifies our decision by telling us to refrain from Communion when we should not be taking it.

The Pope has the right, the obligation and the duty to enforce the moral law, which is superior to all municipal, state, federal or even international law. The Nuremburg trials proved that when Nazis were convicted of the heinous evil and injustice of genocide despite the apparent civil legality at the time. The government enacted immoral laws which society and decency said should never have been upheld or enforced.Your letter insinuates that the Bishop of Rome is interfering with American jurisprudence. He is not. Pope Benedict is merely reminding Catholic Americans that their first and foremost loyalty is to God and the common good. Any and all civil laws which contradict the Divine and/or the Natural Law are invalid and have no obligation upon anyone. If that were not the case, then slavery, segregation and anti-Semitism would have to be tolerated if some legislature or court upheld laws supporting these atrocities. Thankfully, even the evil of apartheid is finally gone though it had been legal for centuries in South Africa.

Learn from history and remember that it has usually been religious people of faith who have convinced lawmakers and judges that immoral laws must be abolished no matter how ‘constitutional’ they may appear. Our inalienable rights do not come from any document, not even the Constitution nor are they bestowed upon us by any government. The right to life comes from the Creator and once given, it cannot be unjustly taken away. The unborn children murdered by abortion have had no due process yet their civil rights have been denied them. Even though they are in their mother, the unborn are no more ‘property’ than was any slave. No one owns another human being, whether in the womb or out of it.

On the one hand you state “advancing respect for life and for the dignity of every human being is, as our church has taught us, our own life’s mission,” yet you remonstrate the spiritual leader of our one billion member church simply because he reaffirms the innate evil of abortion. How can you advance ‘respect for life’ and the ‘dignity of every human being’ without a complete and total ban on all abortions? Reducing abortions and providing moral alternatives, like adoption, are very laudatory, but they are not enough. All abortions must be outlawed and Roe v. Wade needs to be overturned once and for all. Would abolitionists and African-Americans been satisfied if slavery had merely been ‘reduced’ rather than abolished? Of course not. Though shamefully our nation legalized slavery at one time, limiting and reducing an immoral evil and a civil injustice was not enough.

Even though the Supreme Court issued their infamous Dred Scott and (1857) and Plessy v. Furguson (1896) decisions, slavery and racial segregation remained unjust, evil and immoral, despite their apparent ‘legality’ by the highest court of the land. Likewise, Roe v. Wade (1973) may have ‘legalized’ abortion across the land, but its inherent injustice to the unborn human child remains a moral and civil evil upon our country.Catholics, whether politicians, judges or voters, need to act responsibly. If they give direct and proximate material cooperation in evil, from abortion to euthanasia, then Divine Law, Moral Law and Canon Law say they are ineligible for Holy Communion. You do not need an official excommunication, either. Hopefully, more bishops and pastors will remind their people and enforce this so as to discourage any and all cooperation in these moral evils.

Rev. John Trigilio, Jr.

President, Confraternity of Catholic Clergy

(http://www.catholic-clergy.org/)

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Matthew S

Oh by The way, things I never knew until I had Kids

I never knew you had to make a rule against urinating in a cup and then pouring it behind your sister's dresser. I never knew it but my daughter did.



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Matthew S

Oh by the Way, Things I never knew until I had Kids

Did you know that the lid from a 2-liter bottle of pop will fit perfectly inside the drain of your sink and act as a stopper? My five year-old didn't either.

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Matthew S