Catholic Church? Not our job - get the government to help the poor.

What am I not understanding?

Once again, Catholic Mission Councils across Texas will meet at a conference. The theme is how the government must be pushed to help the poor. Huh?

How is pushing the government to help the poor the goal of Mission? This is not spreading the Gospel.

The largest Mission Council attending the gathering is the Galveston/Houston Diocesan Mission Council. The Bishop's decades old order forbidding parishes to conduct any mission trips in the Mexican Border cities and town continues to exist! (Honduras, Guatemala are safer than Mexico's border?)

Jesus NEVER encouraged followers to demand that the government help the poor. He instructed His followers to do so.

The Catholic Mission leaders will gather to discuss strategies for pushing the government to do what they should be doing.

When church leaders get involved in politics they always forget their real job and ignore what Jesus said. How sad.

Poor Starbucks

I almost feel sorry for Starbucks, but I don’t.

Attorneys are salivating at the prospects of the lawsuits. Every homeless person, teenager, gang banger, and armed robber knows that they can sit in Starbucks all day and no matter what happens, they will win!

A wino, stinking of urine and picking her nose sits in Starbucks all day long. Someone, we don’t know who, used the ladies’ room and puked on the floor. Maybe explosive diarrhea is also involved. Will Starbucks call the police? Will the responding officer simply issue a summons? If Starbucks asks the woman to leave, will there be protests and lawsuits? Are they picking on her because of her color?

Mutt and Jeff, two local hijackers, sit in Starbucks knowing that it is unlikely police officers will visit and knowing they will not be asked to leave, even though customers complain about these obvious thugs. I wonder how many Starbucks a pair of gunmen can rob in a single day?

Local gangsters need a place to hang-out that is unlikely to make them leave. They need a place where cops will not bother them. Hmm. Where can they go?

Black activists know that the lily white Starbucks company would be a great plae to loiter all day. Oh please, ask us to leave. Please!

Business people know that being in Starbucks is not very safe. Gang-bangers, robbers, militant protesters from minority groups, gays, transgenders, and the homeless have taken over the place. The homeless really love Starbucks. Great locations for begging and cleaning up after a hard day of asking those going into Starbucks for some money. “Come on! If you can spend $5 on a cup of coffee, you can afford to give me more than just a buck!”

I almost feel sorry for Starbucks, but I don’t!

America?

Reporter to Ms. C.

"Should people be sent to jail over illegal immigration?"

Ms. C. to reporter,
"Absolutely! Whoever is responsible for creating situations where a man feels that his only option for a life for his child is to flee everything he knows and risk his very life to go to the United States, should be jailed."

Instead, we blame the victims. But the bigger problem is we have lost compassion. While some still are capable of empathy (a feeling), fewer are capable of compassion, which requires action.

Millions support attitudes akin to those of Germans in the late 1930s. Blame a group for our problems. Lock the group up. Deport the group.
Many comments on the Yahoo website suggest shooting men, women, and children that are suspected of illegally crossing our border. Many suggest locking up judges that rule against our own strongman leader. Many suggest we need no Congress or Courts that disagree with their leader.

Is this America?

Feel Safe: Relief is on the way

I used to blame the 24/7 world news cycle for our exaggerated fears and concerns. “We read about a murder in Australia and lock our doors and worry.” 

Well, I was wrong.

Here are the stories in my local newspaper today.

• Dad gets 50 years for killing stepdaughter
• 9-year old girl shot in both legs
• Teenager indicted in death of jailer
• Son, teen indicted in mother’s death
• Bail set for suspect in transgender killing
• 3 charged in trafficking of 14-year old girl

The good news was that we will all be safer because ICE will be conducting raids to arrest families who are subject to civil immigration orders requiring them to leave the United States.

This is much better than focusing on gangs, drug dealers, human smugglers, or people with outstanding criminal felony warrants. I feel safer already.