Comments for Inside the Beltway Ethics: Two Sets of Rules at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Thu, 23 May 2013 08:08:21 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/inside-the-beltway-ethics-two-sets-of-rules.html#comment-616 I grant you all those points Mr. Coleman but I would also remind you that the Republican Party controlled the House and Senate for most of the last 15 years and the White House for 28 of the last 41 years and the pro-life movement has gotten little. - Megs Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:00:25 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/inside-the-beltway-ethics-two-sets-of-rules.html#comment-611 "For others (mostly liberals), ethics is devoid of moral absolutes." Sadly, sir, your statement is in error. Conservatives have violated "Thou shalt not kill" when convenient; "thou shalt not lie" when convenient; and "thou shalt not steal" when convenient. Your statement is best recast as: "For others (mostly conservatives), ethics means nothing at all." - Joseph T Worker Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:29:07 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/inside-the-beltway-ethics-two-sets-of-rules.html#comment-596 Dear Megs, I sympathize with your loathing of both parties. Party loyalty is for Communists and Fascists. But did the GOP really do nothing? The partial-birth abortaion ban, Mexico City Policy, and limits on embryonic stell cell abuse were not all that was needed, but they were not just sops cynically thown to stupid Christians. Now those have been undone, and worse is to follow, along with more family weakening and secularization. We must all pray, very hard! - Thomas C. Coleman, Jr. Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:52:47 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/inside-the-beltway-ethics-two-sets-of-rules.html#comment-595 Thanks for the kind note Mr. Coleman. I suppose my take on it is I come to this site to learn and reflect on the Church. I loathe both political parties. Neither are in line with the Church's teachings and, if the GOP cared so much about the issue of life, they have had time in office to do something about it. Souter, Kennedy, O'Conner, Harriet.... - Megs Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:13:17 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/inside-the-beltway-ethics-two-sets-of-rules.html#comment-593 Dear Megs, as off-putting as it might be to address politics in this forum, I think it is important, in view of the fact that so many Catholics and Evangelicals drank the Kool-Aid and voted for the Abortion Party, to evaluate the honesty and initegrity of those who promised, as Obama did, to govern by Christian ideas of social justice. I think that considerataion of deceit, hypocrisy, and cynicism in either party is appropriate for Catholics, even if it is downright unpleasant. - Thomas C. Coleman, Jr. Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:08:13 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/inside-the-beltway-ethics-two-sets-of-rules.html#comment-589 David Brooks' column, Ward Three Mentality, published in the 2/3 NYT opined another dimension to the (lack) of ethics and Obaminations now committed in the name of a stimulus bill. The double standard is deeply rooted in envy by the new "management class" now in power. Brooks states: What you must realize, above all, is the rich no longer control the economy and its mores.Ward Three people do, and their rule has just begun. - Karen Iacovelli Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:10:22 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/inside-the-beltway-ethics-two-sets-of-rules.html#comment-588 Ok...and this has what to do with the Catholic Church? I thought this blog was supposed to be about God but we seem to have misplaced the "d" and added a "p." - Megs Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:09:45 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/inside-the-beltway-ethics-two-sets-of-rules.html#comment-587 "Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains." -Jean Rousseau This Enlightenment philosopher believed that man has no natural rights, but must submit to the will of the majority for his own protection. The will of the majoirity trumps the concept of moral virtue. Does this sound more and more familiar? After this came the "Reign of Terror." - William Dennis Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:01:22 +0100