Sunday, May 17, 2009
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Notre Dame Prof: I Think Obama Will Do More For Pro-Life Cause Than Any President In History!
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Posted by:
Greg Hengler at
2:54 PM
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Professor of Sociology at Notre Dame (Richard Williams), responds to FOX News contributor, Father Jonathan Morris, who predicts what Obama will say during his speech. Father Morris says Obama is thinking of 2012 and wants to split the Catholic vote. In other words, Obama will do what he normally does when speaking about abortion: pander to both sides (i.e., he will dance a very fine line). We will see if Father Morris' prediction comes true...
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Excellent post. I am sorry to say the likes of Frank will not understand what you have said. |
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Yes, Notre Dame enjoys a $6 billion endowement (pales when compared against Harvard's $29 billion). But, in a few days most people will forget the President's speech. But, few will forget the disobedience of Notre Dame and its President Fr Jenkins. For almost 50 years, Notre Dame has stood above the culture wars and was a Catholic beacon to an otherwise partisan nation. It's identity was (in most people's eyes) Catholic. This identity served them well, both within the Church and from a monetary stand point. Both Hetrodox and Orthodox Catholic families sent their children to Notre Dame, because Notre Dame was different.
Not anymore. Notre Dame now joins Georgetown, Xavier, Gonzaga, Depaul, St Johns, St Louis Univ, Marquette, and San Francisco Univ, has schools that put politics and politcal action first. I live near ND and have seen what Fr Jenkins has wrought since 2005. His allowance of the V-monolgues, as well as the Gay Film Festival shows where Fr Jenkins heart is at. His disobedience in the Obama honors visit indicate how far he is willing to go in order to catch up to Georgetown and Marquette.
No, Notre Dame will not suddenly disappear, but something changed forever. And people realize that. Notre Dame is no longer unique. There will be little Notre Dame can offer a student when compared to other Catholic universities. It will be just another POS school that charges $50,000 a year tuition. As the older alumni die off (those whose loyalties to ND run very very deep), they will be replaced by a more activist alumni who now know they can make ND dance to thier tune.
BTW, money isn't everything. And niether is politics. The standing ovation yesterday was done over the bodies of 40 million dead babies. Notre Dame can now count themselves among those who participate in the murder of the unborn. |
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Over time as the fawning for Obama turns into reality this decision will hurt them even more.
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Let's hope there will be something left other than another Banana Republic! |
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Knowing how university fund raising works you can bet ND will be working hard to turn this around. I am not surprised that 14 million has been pulled already. I am sure that there will be more lost. Personally I think that this was a big mistake on the part of ND. I believe as Obama's policies fail, we continue to have severe financial problems and his foreign policy does not produce the big group hug that Obama expects people will realize that he was not equipped to be president. Over time as the fawning for Obama turns into reality this decision will hurt them even more. |
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14 million dollars was pulled in just two weeks. |
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You two are really stupid. Notre Dame will be turning upside down to make excuses as to why they made this stupid move. Every University is no more than the money they can accumulate. Alumni are their main source of funds. I would bet that the development office at ND is working hard this morning. Remember it is not this young group of fawners that will fund them over the next few years it is those who have been out in the real world. |
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Obama was supposed to be a uniter. He needed to pass on the invite to speak at a place where his ideology doesn't fit. Be like the Klan speaking at a NAACP meeting.
The country is more divided now than ever before. BO needs to realize that there is more responsibility as a POTUS than to fulfill his own personal status. |
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I thought it was Chris Matthews!He needs to get a room with Obama.Tingle,tingle. |
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The next few years will be interesting for ND (and other "Catholic Colleges"). The President and Congress may raise taxes on the rich and limit their ability to donate to things such as colleges. Also if the President and Congress' economic plans don't work, there will be less rich to tax and contribute. Many Catholic Parents may become reluctant to spend the amount of money needed for ND. This has exposed a lot of ignorance on people concerning ND's very limited association with the Catholic Church: Catholic for fund raising purposes only. Many people were not aware of what ND holds most important: $$$. |
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the nutty professor,how can barry do more for pro life.look at his voting record professor.my gosh. |
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Frank,, you really are a ghoul aren't you..do you feed on the blood of the unborn? There's nothing funny about torturing and executing the smallest American citizens.
Remember this, Hitler began with the unborn, graduated to the "useless eaters"..those were the disabled and mentally challenged and the
elderly..then he got around to the Jews, and then Christians who resisted his tyranny. O did I mention that among the 'useless eaters' were the homosexuals?
Do you think you are safe? No one is safe when there is a person occuying the White House that has a messiah complex and doesn't like to be
resisted. O his words were syrupy and smooth but they were empty lies..he has NO intention of
'common ground' on anything in his agenda.
So chuckle away, Frankie..history has been known to repeat itself. |
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Obammy gets an A for abortion.
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University funding comes primarily from those who become sucessful after graduation. Two problems now for Notre Dame. First under the financial guidelines Obama is proposing many of those will not be able to be so sucessful in the future.
Also many who currently give are offended. Most of the money comes from the working man. Marty is quite right. I predict they will lose millions of future donations. I guess Obama could probably pass some stimulus for them as well. |
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Burns the candle at both ends. Yes, Pres., Obama wants to have it both ways. While he talks remorseful, on the abortion issue, his actions belie his words. Quote, "I don't want to punish the girls with a baby who want an abortion" and he easily signs a bill that allows an aborted vulnerable live birth to slowly suffer and die alone! What kind of leadership is that to set a
Pro Choice agenda, knowing how heart breaking and offensive it is to true christians who follow the teaching of their Lord, Jesus Christ.
Further, shame on the N.D Univ., leaders who would so honor a President who stands against the Catholic doctrine, faith and practice on the crucial right to life issue! Shallow hypocrites
to say the least, Amen |
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Gloat if you will but as the old saying goes,
"there's none so blind as those who will not see."
I agree with Fr. Morris, the evil O is campaigning for 2012, in fact he's never not campaigned. We watched some of the ceremony,
and the nauseating kiss up intro by Jenkins..
Joshua said to the Israelites..Choose ye this day whom ye will serve..as for me and my house we will serve the Lord." Fr. Jenkins chose to follow a man instead of God, as did many others who approve of this person occupying the White House. Those of us who know, whether we are protestant or Catholic, who know what GOD says
know that sooner of later GOD will require a stand for Him.
When ancient Israel went after false gods and sacrificed their children to them (and make no mistake, abortion is child sacrifice for many of the same reasons the ancients made their children 'walk through the fire.") GOD caused all kinds of grief to come upon them..and we
are no different..we are already on the cusp of His judgement..hang on, it's gonna get worse til we repent as a nation. |
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All the way to the edge!
"Here lies a tumbled god,
his fall was not a small one!
We did but build a pedestal,
a narrow and a tall one!"
-- Frank Herbert
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Notre Dame is funded by the working man...the working man is pro-life and conservative and its been reported that working men are going to keep $14M not give it to Norte Dame. |
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These guys have probably shot themselves in the foot. They depend on alumni for support. I think that some of the support may be very slow to come after today. |
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