Whether they are in heaven or on earth, it is still unnecessary to pray to them. Period. No straw man, nothing. It is wrong to pray to another human being, whether dead or alive.
You are either bear baiting or are just not reading what I wrote. In either case you are simply ignorant of the Catholic position, and find it easier to make up facts, and say those are wrong.
That is fine, you don't need me to have a conversation with yourself, but what you are saying is not the Catholic position. Let me know when you understand the doctrinal issue correctly. If all you are going to do is quote Jack Chick, then this is pointless.