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December 26, 2011

Padre Steve’s Year in Review and Predictions for 2012: The Best Jibber-Jabber on the Web

Once again it is that time of the year when I look back at the events of the last 12 months and say “that was some year.” And what a year it was. So many things happened at home and … Continue reading →

Stand up to Government Officials that Attempt to Silence Political Dissent and Criticism: Emma Sullivan Stands up for Freedom of Speech

The test of democracy is freedom of criticism. ~David Ben-Gurion I have written about the Freedom of Religion and religious speech a number of times and in doing so have often touched on the broader aspects of the right of Freedom … Continue reading →

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October 22, 2011

Padre Steve’s Arab Spring Articles: Tahir Square to Sirte

It is hard to believe that Moammar Gaddafi is dead and that the people of Libya have thrown off the shackles of his tyrannical dictatorship which caused them and the world so much grief. These are links and brief descriptions … Continue reading →

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October 20, 2011

Gaddafi is Dead so what happens Now?

“We announce to the world that Qaddafi has been killed at the hands of the revolution. It is a historic moment. It is the end of tyranny and dictatorship. Qaddafi has met his fate.” Abdel Hafez Ghoga, spokesman for the National … Continue reading →

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October 18, 2011

The Promise and Peril of Revolutionary Times: A Warning From History

“In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end.” – Alexis de Tocqueville “They who clamor loudest for freedom are often the ones least likely to be happy in a free society.” Eric … Continue reading →

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August 21, 2011

Gaddafi’s Götterdämmerung: The End in Tripoli

A rebel fighter destroys a poster of Gaddafi found in the administration centre after rebels seized full control of Az-Zawiyah [Bob Strong/Reuters] http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/08/201182122425905430.html It appears that the end is near if it has not already come for the regime of … Continue reading →

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May 5, 2011

Living in the Bizzaro Post Osama Bin Laden World: Another Denny Crane Moment for Padre Steve

Note to readers: Another of my Denny Crane moments which seem to be coming more likely, must be the Mad Cow “Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out … Continue reading →

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March 25, 2011

Padre Steve’s Primer on the Muddle East

“When you are up to your arse in alligators it is hard to remember that your mission is to drain the swamp.” Old British Colonial Saying During the dark days of World War Two when Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: arab spring

Padre Steve’s Year in Review and Predictions for 2012: The Best Jibber-Jabber on the Web

Padre Steve’s Arab Spring Articles: Tahir Square to Sirte

Gaddafi is Dead so what happens Now?

The Promise and Peril of Revolutionary Times: A Warning From History

Gaddafi’s Götterdämmerung: The End in Tripoli

Living in the Bizzaro Post Osama Bin Laden World: Another Denny Crane Moment for Padre Steve

Padre Steve’s Primer on the Muddle East

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