Weird how there's no national debt alarmism when it comes to funding weapons/offensive global conflicts

Branding.

"National security" vs "entitlements"

Somebody, please shoot Cardinal Manager Ollie Marmol!

Don't fire him! Shoot him!

OK, I'm only kidding but I am so disgusted at the St. Louis Cardinals that I'm on the verge of softening my hatred for the Chicago Cubs.

Case in point: Cardinal Catcher Wilson Contreras was told to crowd the plate as he was catching so the Cardinals could get more breaks on breaking balls from umpires. Contreras does as he is told and lo and behold, the hitter for the New York Mets clobbers his arm . Contreras is out for six weeks and had surgery to repair a broken arm. To add insult to injury, Contreras was charged with catcher's interference and the batter awarded first base.

That, coupled with the Cardinals hitting about .036 as a team and losing two of the three to the White Sox and on the verge of being swept by the ever loving New York Mets and its time to do something drastic. This season is probably lost but if the Cardinals don't do something soon, attendance at Busch Stadium will look like such baseball mad places as Oakland, Miami or Kansas City.

Bye Ollie -- go back to the A leagues where you might learn some baseball. Take Molizak with you! PLEASE!!!!!!
 

It's not just an Ollie thing. All catchers are doing this.

https://apnews.com/article/mlb-catcher-interference-c3a9d32dab7ea8503dd0f95b935ba109

Mike deserves the job if he wants it.

Somebody, please shoot Cardinal Manager Ollie Marmol!

Don't fire him! Shoot him!

OK, I'm only kidding but I am so disgusted at the St. Louis Cardinals that I'm on the verge of softening my hatred for the Chicago Cubs.

Case in point: Cardinal Catcher Wilson Contreras was told to crowd the plate as he was catching so the Cardinals could get more breaks on breaking balls from umpires. Contreras does as he is told and lo and behold, the hitter for the New York Mets clobbers his arm . Contreras is out for six weeks and had surgery to repair a broken arm. To add insult to injury, Contreras was charged with catcher's interference and the batter awarded first base.

That, coupled with the Cardinals hitting about .036 as a team and losing two of the three to the White Sox and on the verge of being swept by the ever loving New York Mets and its time to do something drastic. This season is probably lost but if the Cardinals don't do something soon, attendance at Busch Stadium will look like such baseball mad places as Oakland, Miami or Kansas City.

Bye Ollie -- go back to the A leagues where you might learn some baseball. Take Molizak with you! PLEASE!!!!!!
   

Goose, the challenge is being all in when taking into account modern politics.    Catholic teachings on life as well as social teachings are consistent.    However, when viewed through a political lens, they are all over the spectrum and seemingly contradictory.  Preferencetial option for the poor, pro immigration AND anti gay marriage?!?    Pro free market AND pro state control guaranteeing the rights of the worker as well as making sure the poor are taken care of?  Because we are also political creatures, we pick and choose the Catholic teachings  that buttress our political thought and disregard the rest.
    I don't claim to have the answer.  I just want us to be self aware before labeling others.   Own your (stuff).

Tower, this is a very good point and something most folks in the secular world and probably most of our bishops just don't get.

The late Cardinal Bernadin of Chicago, for example, spoke of the seamless garment of life. It meant being against abortion, capital punishment, euthanasia and tending to the physical and spiritual needs of all of God's people. Depending on the specific issue, the Cardinal's positions were either wildly conservative or crazy liberal.

We had a friend in Libertyville who once asked my Democratic-focused wife, "how can you be a Catholic and a Democrat?" To which my wife sternly responded, "how can you be a Catholic and a Republican?"

Most of us who are followers of Jesus tend to formulate our politics, at least in part, through the teachings of Scripture. We don't always succeed in getting to where we're prompted by the teachings of Jesus and our church, but dare I say, we try. Last Sunday's Gospel was quite clear in this matter. Jesus told us, "Love One Another!"