Good Cop, Dumb Cop... errr Bad Cop

O.K. One of my favorite lines from the movie "Full Metal Jacket" was when the Drill Instructor (R. Lee Ermey, who in my opinion deserved the Academy Award for his performance) told "Pyle" after finding his foot locker unlocked, ".... if it wasn't for #^*#* like you, there wouldn't be thieves in this world."

I just read a news story which relates the experience of a police officer who had his food messed with while going through a drive through while in uniform. Should a police officer be able to order food without having to worrry about it being messed with? absolutely! Would a prudent police officer order food from teenage fast food workers assuming that it wouldn't be messed with? Absolutely not!

I hope that the officer wins, it's a horrible thing to have your sandwich spit in. Should a police officer be able to order food without having to worry about spit or worse being put in his food? YES!! That being said, there's a distinct difference between wishful thinking and reality. The reality is that cops can't have a reasonable expectation of receiving uncontaminated food going through a drive thru.

Pyro

A Story That Bears Watching: Follow Up

The National Catholic Register, a weekly periodical, published an interview with Dr. Beckwith in it's latest issue. In it, Dr. Beckwith illuminates some of the story of his conversion and talks about some of the reactions to his conversion. Especially interesting to me are the things he says about the people who convert from one side to another within the different Christian traditions (he basically expressed an idea similar to the one I made in the first blog article I wrote regarding this topic... yea for me!). And his opinion on what Catholics have to learn and gain from Evangelical Christians, namely better and more dynamic preaching in the Parishes.

Pyro.

The Battle

I just read this article and I think all good Christians (Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants) should read it also. If you are Episcopalian it may be a tough read. But I don't think the focus should be on the specific tradition (Episcopalian) that the article is about. All of Christendom has examples of fifth columnists making life Hell for sincere believers. That said, What are those people thinking? Why can't liberals (or conservatives for that matter) use their religion to inform their politics and not the other way around?

Pyro