[CTRL] clergy abuse - Michigan, California
-Caveat Lector- scroll Three Michigan priests removed - Vatican rules leaders -- 2 of them local -- can't minister after child sex abuse allegations. 9/16/05 By Kim Kozlowski / The Detroit News "The Vatican has removed three more local priests from ministry and prohibited them from wearing their clerical garb or presenting themselves as priests following allegations of child sexual abuseOver a 50-year period, the Archdiocese of Detroit reported that 63 priests and deacons sexually abused 116 victims. The diocese paid $1.4 million in settlements and counseling costs." http://www.detnews.com/2005/religion/0509/16/B01-317125.htm 2 Calif. dioceses to pay $42m in abuse claims By Jennifer Coleman, Associated Press 6/30/05 Sacramento "Two Catholic dioceses in Northern California agreed yesterday to pay more than $42 million to settle 41 clergy sex abuse claims, resulting in the dismissal of all but one lawsuit. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento agreed to pay $35 million to 33 victims just ''two minutes" before a jury trial was set to begin in one of the cases yesterday, attorney Larry Drivon said at a news conferenceAlso yesterday, the Diocese of Santa Rosa announced it will pay $7.3 million to eight plaintiffs. The Sacramento plaintiffs will receive payments ranging from $400,000 to $4.2 million, Drivon said. The agreement settles all pending sex abuse lawsuits against the Sacramento diocese." http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/06/30/2_calif_dioceses_to_pay_42m_in_abuse_claims/ Diocese settles last suit on abuse - $750,000 deal raises total paid or promised to victims to nearly $20 million 9/16/05 By Guy Kovner - the Press Democrat "Santa Rosa's Roman Catholic Diocese announced Thursday the settlement of the last sexual abuse lawsuit filed against it, agreeing to pay $750,000 to a man who said he was abused by a former Rohnert Park priest. The settlement brings to an end a painful four-decade chapter in diocese history as 10 lawsuits filed in 2002 and 2003 were settled for a combined $11,365,000, the diocese said. In all, the diocese has paid or promised to pay dozens of victims nearly $20 million since 1990." http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050916/NEWS/509160303/1033/NEWS01 www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=""ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Today Is Constitution Day (Sept. 17) (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- Remember:More people have died in Ted Kennedy's car than have died in United States Commercial Nuclear Power plant operations visit my web site at http://www.info-quest.org Visit my energy page at http://www.info-quest.org/Energy.html Check out the latest on the anwr drilling project http://www.anwr.org visit my blog at http://info-spectrum.blogspot.com My ICQ# is 79071904 See the Pledge of alleginace to the flag that the 9th circuit court of appeals doesn't want you to say. for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.info-quest.org/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 15:54:41 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: www.jail4judges.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Today Is Constitution Day (Sept. 17) J.A.I.L. News Journal __ Los Angeles, California September 17, 2005 __ Mission Statement JNJ Library PayPal Support Federal J.A.I.L. FAQs What?MeWarden? www.SouthDakotaJudicialAccountability.org Today Is Constitution Day (September 17) The Constitutional Convention of 1787 lasted nearly four months, fraught with debates, discussions, and compromise. From May 25, 1787 until the signing of the final draft on September 17, 1787, every issue was on the table, every word was scrutinized. The United States Senate has placed the following on their website, www.Senate.gov, The United States celebrates Constitution Day on the 17th of September. On that day in 1787, thirty-nine delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia signed the Constitution of the United States. Among the important consequences of that action was the creation of the United States Senate. This would not have been possible without the Great Compromise reached one month earlier, which established the basis of representation in the Senate and House of Representatives, ending a dispute between the large and small states. New Hampshire adopted the Constitution on June 21, 1788, becoming the necessary ninth state to ensure the document's ratification. The following September, the Pennsylvania legislature elected William Maclay and Robert Morris, the first United States senators chosen under the new Constitution. In 2004, Senator Robert C. Byrd introduced and the Senate passed legislation to establish a yearly celebration of 'Constitution Day.' The following is written by Dorothy Robbins, [EMAIL PROTECTED], who serves in California J.A.I.L. as an Associate JAILer-In-Chief, (AJIC). SEPTEMBER 17, 1787 Two hundred years ago today Our Founding Fathers paved the way For government by We the people. Today we celebrate the signing Of the document combining Self-government and government by principle. To Franklin, to Hamilton and to Washington, To the Pinckneys, to Morris and to Madison we owe a debt of gratitude-- Yes, and to those who pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor-- To Hancock, Rodney, Sherman, Witherspoon and more, who paid those vows with faith and fortitude. Hail to the Constitution of the U.S.A. And to the God whose law we must obey And thus ensure our union's preservation; Hail to the men of sterling character Past, present, future--you who are standing here-- Pledged to Liberty's perpetuation. Let us pray : To God who brought us safe thus far: Keep safe the red, blue, white, the stripe, the star; Keep safe our Constitution--word and phrase; Keep safe our liberty, our conscience, right to praise; Keep true good men whose labors shall not fail To keep intact our Constitution--and prevail! To thee, our Constitution Maker, Keeper, praise! To thee, our Guardian God, our thanks we raise! PLEDGE TO THE CONSTITUTION I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: WHOSE form and spirit are derived from the Holy Scriptures in order to guarantee those God-given rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights, and thereby to secure to me and to my posterity LIFE, LIBERTY, and PROPERTY AND, in the pursuit of these ends so limits the functions of civil government as that these rights cannot be abrogated by unprincipled men. I WILL EVER UPHOLD AND DEFEND it against all who would seek to undermine, subvert, or destroy it, AND, to this end, as a sacred trust from those who first uttered these words, I PLEDGE MY LIFE, MY FORTUNE AND MY SACRED HONOR, trusting in that same Divine Providence in whom our fore-fathers put their reliance. Amen. by Dorothy Robbins?'93 J.A.I.L.- Judicial Accountability Initiative Law - www.jail4judges.org Contribute to J.A.I.L. at P.O. Box 207, N. Hollywood, CA 91603 See our active
[CTRL] Sept 17....pay no attention to this day......
-Caveat Lector- Pay No Attention to This Day by Harry Browne September 17, 2003 This day isnt important. There are far more significant days in the year: Labor Day, when we pretend to care about other peoples jobs while frolicking at the beach. Election Day, when we pretend were making a difference by voting. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Susan B. Anthony Day, when we pretend to be politically correct. Memorial Day, when we pretend that we live in a free country because of all the people who were killed in the governments senseless wars. Flag Day, when we pretend the government is America. Veterans Day (formerly Armistice Day, when we pretended that World War I made the world safe for democracy). National Teachers Day, when we pretend our children are getting an education. Earth Day, when we pretend that making the government more powerful will make the environment cleaner. United Nations Day, when we pretend to believe all those inane statements about world peace. Today doesnt seem to come anywhere near those days in importance. You see, today is supposed to be Constitution Day. And no one really cares about the Constitution anymore. What It Was The Constitution was supposed to spell out what government can do and what it cant do. The governments few legal functions are listed in Article 1, Section 8. It was a revolutionary document, in that no government in history had ever had its duties and restrictions so carefully defined. Despite frequent violations of the Constitution by the government, the document did its job reasonably well for the first hundred years making America the freest country in history. As late as 1887, when Congress passed a bill providing federal relief to drought-stricken Texas farmers, Grover Cleveland vetoed it, saying, I can find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution. But that was about the last gasp for limited, Constitutional government. Because the Constitution wasnt self-enforcing, it depended on the good intentions of politicians something Thomas Jefferson specifically warned against in 1798 when he said, In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution. Michael Cloud put it more succinctly in recent years: The problem isnt the abuse of power, its the power to abuse. So long as the politicians have the power, theyll abuse it. And the Constitution was intended to prevent the politicians from getting the power to abuse. The Transformation But by the end of the 1800s, too many Americans had lost their fear of government and politicians. The introduction of government schools had made it almost certain that most children would never learn the importance of binding down government with the chains of the Constitution. And so government was transformed in the public mind from a necessary-but-dangerous evil into the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else, as Frdric Bastiat described it. More and more, the Constitution became a political toy, to be tossed about, invoked, ignored, or misrepresented whatever suited a given politicians agenda at any given moment. The income tax amendment in 1913 hammered the final nail into the coffin of limited, constitutional government. Now the politicians had not only the authority, but also the unlimited revenue, to do whatever they wanted. It seems very, very unlikely, for example, that Americans would have been dragged into World War I if the government hadnt had the unlimited revenue to finance it. Even the Bill of Rights which eliminates all ambiguity by spelling out specific things the government may not do was relegated to second place behind the needs of politicians. By the first World War, the Supreme Court had decided that the words Congress shall make no law . . . dont really mean that Congress shall make no law . . . They mean only that the government must have a compelling interest in doing something. Not surprisingly, the government employees on the Court almost always decide that the government does have a compelling interest. Where Do We Go from Here? Those conservatives who still care about the Constitution say that it should be taught in the schools. As though government employees will emphasize the original purpose of the Constitution in restraining government. Instead, theyll give snap quizes on such weighty questions as How many years in a Senators term? or Who appoints the Supreme Court justices? If the American people are to learn the importance of limited, Constitutional government, we have to teach them ourselves. But people arent interested in academic lectures on constitutional government. Theyre far more interested in their own lives and rightly so. Thats why repealing the federal income tax is our best tool. We can offer them the reward of
