U.S. Catholic Bishops “See No Evil” in the War Party

The Bush-Cheney Gang has been running the country into the ground the last seven years, while creating a framework for a fascist police state. It has also slaughtered 1.2 million Iraqis and sent 3,867 of our finest sons and daughters to a early grave in an illegal and immoral war. But, you wouldn’t know it from any of the results of the annual conference of U.S. Catholic Bishops. To them, abortion is the greatest evil facing Mankind! Go figure!

Baltimore, MD - They met in one of this city’s swankiest hotels. It’s a Marriott, located on the waterfront, just east of Harborplace, where the per diem rates begin at $260. I just can’t imagine Jesus and the Apostles hanging out at a place like that discussing their soul-awakening agenda. But, there they were--the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, all 220, in their expensive silk suits--holding their annual confab. I think they like the digs, since they were there last year, too. In a way, it is an appropriate site, since they are so much a part of the Establishment. A few of them enjoyed a $55 bottle of wine at a nearby eatery. In closing their proceedings, on Nov. 14, 2007, the clerics issued a few statements. However, there wasn’t one word of criticism that they directed specifically at the evil that is the Bush-Cheney Gang! (1) More..