Posted on 09/21/2009 3:49:34 PM PDT by wagglebee
I’m sure if Kmiec came in contact with obummer’s Henry Knox , Knox would convert him on many things for sure.
In terms of ambassadorships, the prestigious ones are to major allies or friendly nations and they generally go to major backers (either financial backers or retired politicians with a lot of influence) of the president, these are to places like the UK, Canada, Germany, France, Australia, Japan, Italy and Spain. These are typically “figurehead” posts as there are long-term foreign service people in the embassies who do the real work.
Ambassadorships to places where relationships can get “dicey” (Russia, China, Mexico, South American countries) or potential “hot spots” (Eastern Europe, Greece, Turkey, South Korea, Israel and the rest of the Middle East, India) and the United Nations generally go to people with extensive foreign policy experience.
Stable countries that are American allies, but not really crucial to American foreign policy go to people like Kmiec in return for their support.
I had heard that Kmiec wanted to be appointed to a Federal Appeals Court bench but Obama wouldn’t do it.
CROMWELL. Sir Richard is appointed Attorney-General for Wales.
THOMAS MORE. For Wales? Why, Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world . . . But for Wales!
He sold his soul for fame and power. Been a story or two written about that over the years. None of them end well.
Does anyone have a good idea what happened to this man? Brain injury? Demonic possesion? Family being held hostage?
I posted the link below in the past cause it seems impossible that it comes from the same person as this obozo supporter.
http://judiciary.house.gov:80/legacy/2187.htm Kmiec Statement re the Origins and Scope of Roe v_ Wade
"But Richard - for WALES?"
It does just jump to mind, doesn’t it? GREAT movie.
I know the ideal of Catholic social teaching is a living wage for the laborer, but how that occurs is a prudential matter, and I don't think Catholic teaching requires that the government, i.e., the taxpayers, pay every one a family wage.
He said Obama asked him something like, "What would cause a mother to contemplate taking the life of a child? It has to be something awful. It has to be a woman without shelter, without insurance, without the next meal on the table."
Maybe, but perhaps it could also be a young woman from a rich family for whom an abortion would be convenient in a society in which abortion is not discouraged in any way.
Oh, PLEASE! Having government do it for you is not what Jesus had in mind, IMO. Governments should not be in the business of leading people to temptation to avoid personal responsibility.
I am reminded of the powerful scene in A Man for All Seasons, the play about the heroic Catholic English Martyr, St. Thomas More. After Richard Rich has perjured himself in order to make it possible to convict Thomas More of treason, the Judge asks Thomas More if he has any questions for the witness. Thomas More notes that Richard Rich is wearing a chain of office and asks what it signifies. He is told that Richard Rich has been appointed Attorney General for Wales. Thomas More then paraphrases the Gospel saying to Richard Rich: “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul, but for Wales?”
http://www.splendoroftruth.com/curtjester/archives/2009/03/but-for-hhs.php
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