Eisenhower on socialism in Sweden, 1960

At the Republican National Committee Breakfast, Morrison Hotel, July 27:

Only in the last few weeks, I have been reading quite an article on the experiment of almost complete paternalism in a friendly European country. This country has a tremendous record for socialistic operation, following a socialistic philosophy, and the record shows that their rate of suicide has gone up almost unbelievably and I think they were almost the lowest nation in the world for that. Now, they have more than twice our rate.

Drunkenness has gone up. Lack of ambition is discernible on all sides.. Therefore, with that kind of example, let’s always remember Lincoln’s admonition. Let’s do in the federal Government only those things that people themselves cannot do at all, or cannot so well do in their individual capacities. [italics
added]

Navy Yard shooting stark reminder . . .

. . . that we know not the day nor the hour. As do most mass-murder or -catastrophe stories.

Like what Jesus said of the Second Coming: “Of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven.” Same for death, which like Sandburg’s fog crawls on cat feet.

Walk out the door, and there you go. Odds are immensely greater outside some doors than other, predictability varies immensely. Nonetheless, beyond ordinary or even extraordinary precautionary measures, there’s nothing anyone can do about it.

How green are our campuses

U.S. Catholic, probably el supremo among liberal Catholic slicks (magazines), has this for a story in its current issue:

Environmentally conscious college students are changing the climate on Catholic campuses by pushing for more eco-friendly practices. And now their schools are following the course to help preserve the planet. [Italics added]

Really. Like peaches or blueberries, so they last through the winter, I guess. “The planet” won’t last through the coming global winter, or heat wave, whatever. It’s eco-talk by Al Gore followers. Yahoo for today’s students, I guess.

Hysteria? Not quite, but lemming-like behavior for those who know about Climate Change Reconsidered II: Physical Science, compliments of the Heartland Institute, where Chicago’s finest think-tankers offer what’s good for what ails these students.

It has:

Whereas the reports of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warn of a dangerous human effect on climate, NIPCC concludes the human effect is likely to be small relative to natural variability, and whatever small warming is likely to occur will produce benefits as well as costs.

Hmmm.

Another telling quote from the Blatty et al. petition vs. Georgetown

“I have taught at Georgetown for many years. During this time, I have seen the influence of the Catholic Church decrease and secular humanism rise. I find this very disturbing. I have seen the number of times that prayer has been offered in official ceremonies decrease. I have seen pro-abortion groups become louder and louder…

“I have seen the LGBTQ interest group become institutionalized and its members not just be accepted and loved (as they should be), but strengthened in their convictions and vocal in pushing their unhealthy agenda. A ‘Lavender Prom’ was the latest evidence of this, where they were recognized and applauded by the rest of the university. It seems whomever we take money from sets the agenda for Georgetown, no longer the Catholic Church. …This is a sad development, and I long for the Georgetown I came to love years ago.”

– See more at: http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/CatholicEducationDaily/DetailsPage/tabid/102/ArticleID/2538/Shocking-Testimony-in-Georgetown-Canon-Law-Case.aspx#sthash.k8D7cISf.7kyZje04.dpuf

“I have taught at Georgetown for many years. During this time, I have seen the influence of the Catholic Church decrease and secular humanism rise. I find this very disturbing. I have seen the number of times that prayer has been offered in official ceremonies decrease. I have seen pro-abortion groups become louder and louder…

“I have seen the LGBTQ interest group become institutionalized and its members not just be accepted and loved (as they should be), but strengthened in their convictions and vocal in pushing their unhealthy agenda. A ‘Lavender Prom’ was the latest evidence of this, where they were recognized and applauded by the rest of the university. It seems whomever we take money from sets the agenda for Georgetown, no longer the Catholic Church. …This is a sad development, and I long for the Georgetown I came to love years ago.”

– See more at: http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/CatholicEducationDaily/DetailsPage/tabid/102/ArticleID/2538/Shocking-Testimony-in-Georgetown-Canon-Law-Case.aspx#sthash.k8D7cISf.7kyZje04.dpuf

“I have taught at Georgetown for many years. During this time, I have seen the influence of the Catholic Church decrease and secular humanism rise. I find this very disturbing. I have seen the number of times that prayer has been offered in official ceremonies decrease. I have seen pro-abortion groups become louder and louder . . .
 
“I have seen the LGBTQ interest group become institutionalized and its members not just accepted and loved (as they should be), but strengthened in their convictions and vocal in pushing their unhealthy agenda.
 
“A ‘Lavender Prom’ was the latest evidence of this, where they were recognized and applauded by the rest of the university. It seems whomever we take money from sets the agenda for Georgetown, no longer the Catholic Church.  . . .  This is a sad development, and I long for the Georgetown I came to love years ago.”
Corruptio optim pessima. Which as we all know means the bigger they are, the harder they fall.