Please pray for those who will die this day from drug overdose.

Those who will die today from a drug overdose do not know that this is their last day on earth.
Their families - parents, siblings, children, spouses - may be more troubled about this possibility than their family member.

Premature death from substance abuse has become one of the great tragedies of American life today.
Too many in our younger generation - that have been loved and nurtured and that we are depending upon to carry on when we can no longer do for ourselves - are gone too soon.

American society has no answer for this human tragedy at this time.
Pray for those poor souls and for answers to this modern problem.

Amen.

I like the way you think. nt

I am of your Mom's generation, - just a few yrs younger. Also Catholic- convent educated.

Luckily, mine don't use that term, at least in front of me.
However, I wouldn't chastise them if they did. Depending on the circumstances, I might giggle a bit. They're all adults and have made their own decisions about how they live their own lives. Pretty decent, if I say so myself.

As a regular internet (and DU) user, I've seen a lot of scatological language used every day, and am inured to it, though would never vocalize the terms myself.

Their Dad never used unbecoming language either - not because of me. His worst term was an occasional "damn it". It probasbly had to do with the era we were brought up.

Welcome, The Ferret! Hope you'll darken our doors on a regular basis! nt

This law can be changed, and should be changed to a much higher amount.

Either Congress and can change it, or the federal agency which set the limit.

I don't know if United Airlines has directed their staff to stop at $800, or if the staff decided on its own to not go any higher, but that was a huge mistake.

RESIST. nt

Order priests take vows of poverty; diocesan priests do not.

This has been stated here many times.
The rich man who was told he had to give up his worldly possessions did not have to give up, but chose not to give them up.
Jesus said "Blessed are the poor in spirit". Being poor no more makes one blessed than does being rich.

Many of the early Christians lived a communal life - they shared the fruits of their labor, and cared for those unable to produce for themselves - widows, orphans, and presumably, the disabled.

"it appears to many, that Jesus glamorized poverty". - Where and who are these "many"? Sounds like a Trump or Fox statement "People say...; it has been reported...."
Please point to statements of those to whom it is clear that Jesus "glamorized" poverty.

Money is a means to an end; in no way is the accumulation of wealth a laudable end in and of itself.
I always choked a little when I heard Romney and Trump refer to their "success", meaning their wealth, as I've never considered being wealthy the same as being successful. One can be successful while having wealth, but the two words are not interchangeable.

It seems that Williams was quoting from a poem.

The words work in poetry, but not so well on news-type broadcast, while the horror of missiles has just jarred the national conscience.
Seems like Brian Williams was trying to show-off his broad erudition, but the real-life situation made his remarks inappropriate.

One has to wonder what his guest, Malcolm Nance, really thought of Williams comments.

Aftab Pureval came out of nowhere and made a name for himself in his campaign ads.

He made good use of the "Aflac" duck, and it sure caught everyone's eye, and made what would have been considered a strange name into a non-threatening, familiar name.

That, and the incumbent came from a family too entrenched in Hamilton County public offices.
As well as being a presidential year election, bringing Hamilton County Dems to the polls.

A Canadian flag lapel pin also works well. nt