Our Father who art in heaven....?

These are the first words of a well know prayer. I was taught these words early on in my life. Little did I know though, that many of the very people who claimed devotion to these words, who posed as "servants of the lord" propagating Catholicism, and who taught us these very words at school, where really members of an institution that has the... I really don't know what to call it, I'm at a loss of words here... the audacity to cover up such disgusting crimes as child abuse and molestation. 

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DUBLIN – After a nine-year investigation, a commission published a damning report Wednesday on decades of rapes, humiliation and beatings at Catholic Church-run reform schools for Ireland's castaway children.

The 2,600-page report painted the most detailed and damning portrait yet of church-administered abuse in a country grown weary of revelations about child molestation by priests.

The investigation of the tax-supported schools uncovered previously secret Vatican records that demonstrated church knowledge of pedophiles in their ranks all the way back to the 1930s.

Wednesday's five-volume report on the probe — which was resisted by Catholic religious orders — concluded that church officials shielded their orders' pedophiles from arrest amid a culture of self-serving secrecy.

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Not a another HOLOCAUST!

  It's odd that we punish the act of putting human beings in gas chambers or ovens but we seem to have no problem doing it with animals. This practice is DISGUSTING and completely REVOLTING.

If animals need to be euthanized for some reason, which I don't support either, unless they are seriously ill and in major pain, or their condition severely deteriorated, injection is the only humane thing to do.

Please help prevent another HOLOCAUST! Click here to sing a petition to stop this horrible practice.

Please pass this on to all those you know who are animal lovers or care about such issues. We need more signatures!  Good karma to you for helping with this!

Dick Chaney's memoirs

Ok so I heard Barack Obama say tonight at the White House Correspondent's Dinner that Chaney was writing a book on his memoirs soon to be titled "How to Shoot friends and Interrogate People". I was on the flooor!!! I thought that was the most hysterical witty comment I've heard in a while. 

Certainly got  a huge laugh from the audience...

He was at the beach with a girl! OMFG

So my grandma who lives in Florida calls me up, and as many grandmas do they say "Niña te tengo un chisme!" ("I have some gossip for you"). "Father Alberto was caught with a girl on the beach and they were KISSING!".  Wow, jajajaja....I started laughing because it seemed so silly, and because the notion that a person, namely a man (as the catholic church does not allow women to be priests) has to choose between loving someone and serve God and the community is quite retarded. For those who don't know who he is, Father Alberto is a Catholic priest down in Miami that apparently has quite a following and a tv broadcast.

I've heard several times before that the real reason why the church instituted celibacy was to be able to keep all the properties and money that belonged to the priest's widows upon their death, and in this way they could increase their fortune and power. They sold people on the idea that in order to be "closer to God" priest needed to practice celibacy and give up all rights to marriage so they could dedicate themselves entirely to their faith and the community. 

Would we ask President Obama to leave his wife and two daughter so he can be closer to his people? so he can better serve our country more completely and without distractions? Should we conclude that he is not dedicated enough because he has to share his love, time and devotion with his family as well as the American people?

The Catholic Church really needs to reform itself. At the very least, they should allow priests the choice, so that those who want to follow celibacy can do that, and those who choose marriage can also do that and neither has to give up doing what they love.

I do have one bone to pick with Father Alberto, because I feel like he tried to have the best of both worlds. 

According to the news, he's know this woman for 10 years. I don't know if that means they've been in a relationship these 10 years, but something tells me, based on the allegations of love he made today in the press, that this is not something new. So why if he knows the Catholic Church does not condone priests marrying or having sexual relationships did he hide this issue. Why wouldn't he give up priesthood in order to marry this woman. He said it himself today "I don't need to apologize for falling in love with a woman..." and I mean... he goes to a BEACH to hang out... come on, it's like he wanted to be caught. Could you have picked a more secluded place where people keep more of their clothes on? I know it must be hard to have to choose between two things that feel right and fulfill you as a human being, and quit your own TV show. But you know...

In any event, another reason why the church should seriously look into this. Maybe if they were allowed to marry they would  not be molesting so many children! 

Panfilo se atreve a decir la verdad!!!

El negro Panfilo dice que lo que hace falta en Cuba es Jama (comida)!

Los palitos que se dio le dieron el valor de decir lo que nadie en Cuba dice. Sugiero que todos los cubanos se den un traguito y salgan a la calle a PROTESTAR! BASTA YA CABALLERO!!!!

Egyptians kill pigs for no reason...

Oh yeah... the swine flu, riiight? Forgot about that one. According to the New York Times, there were no cases of the swine flu in Egypt and no evidence that the pigs had spread the disease.   The funny thins is that it was humans who were the catalysts of this epidemic by their practice of factory farming, which cramps thousands of pigs in small quarters (they do this with chickens as well I believe) creating a breeding ground for disease.

Wouldn't it be more appropriate to stop this practice rather than kill the innocent animals when we are the ones to blame in the first place? Maybe humans should be put in closed quarters all together cramped up like pigs so they can breed diseases ... but well, I guess we can talk about Wall Street some other time...

WE SHOULD CALL IT THE "SHWAN FLU" , THE Stupid Humans Who Abuse Nature Flu"

Cual es tu Mala Leche?

This must be my favorite group right now. I just heard one song thanks to Zurama from "Hamanecer en La Habana" who posted this on Generacion Y's blog. It said "video clip banned by Castro for criticizing the revolution" and THAT caught my attention. The video is form their single "Mala Leche" and the video is quite cute. 

Turns out they are a group of Cubans that apparenlty signed with a Spanish record label and probably live in Spain now, although I'm not sure about that fact.  What I am certain abobut is that they are certainly a "must listen". 

Their sound is very similar to that of Juanes but with more flavor and more social commentaries in their lyrics.