OpEd; On Pirates; On Wall Street: On Health Care; Compare and Contrast

Sometime back, our President had a terrible problem with some Pirates---well...they were Somali Pirates, and were intercepting vessels and hijacking them and...well...thumbing their noses at the international navies of the world.

Midst quite a bit of publicity....the US Navy was sent to the rescue, and the sharpshooters took action and knocked the Pirates off in one bold move. It was a bold lesson to be learned for all: When the US governemnt deals with Pirates, they will not tolerate being shaken down, lied to, stolen from etc, etc.

Reel the movie forward----Midst the furor of the AIG bonus scandal, the public erupts with anger at the move of the government to, with a wink and a nod, approve the bonuses to key AIG employees, even as the nation is dealing with the devastation that these employees caused---they are KEY employees? and because they are KEY, even though bad to the bone, we need to keep them in place. Just yesterday it was announced that after all the TWITTER about it, the administration will really not unravel the matrix of greed of Wall Street compensation that has resulted from deregulation, but will rather make some recommendations------One has to ask where all the boldness from the "Pirate Episode" went? Should he have called the Navy to intervene?

Ditto for Health Care-----Ya think the Wall Street pirates are tough? Wait till ya get to those in health care. It's a bad omen. Stay tuned.

Audio; Fr. Kevin Dooley: Trinity Sunday 6/7/2009

Audio; Sermons of Fr. Kevin Dooley: Trinity Sunday; St. Paul's Church: June 7, 2009

Audio: St. Paul's Church; May 24, 2009

Audio: Sermon of the Week: St. Paul's Church, Evansville, Wi; Fr. Kevin Dooley. "Why are you standing there looking at the sky?"

Audio: Mother's Day 2009: Fr. Kevin Dooley's Sermon

Audio: Sermon of the Week: St. Paul's Parish: Evansville, Wi: Fr. Kevin Dooley

Audio: Sermon of the Week: May 3, 2009

Audio: Sermon of the Week: May 3, 2009: Fr. Kevin Dooley; The Story of the good shephard.

Audio: Gospel of the Week: April 26, 2009

Audio; Fr. Kevin Dooley: Gospel of the Week: April 26, 2009; St. Paul's Church, Evansville, Wi.

Audio: Responsorial Psalm: 4/26/2009:

Audiol: St. Paul's Church: 4/26/2009: Responsorial Psalm: "Lord Let your Face Shine on Us."

Audio: Sermon: Fr. Kevin Dooley: 4/21/2009

Audio; Sermon: Fr. Kevin Dooley: Jesus meets the apostles in the upper room...."

Audio: Musical bonus: Responsorial Psalm: 4/21/2009

Audio: Resoponsorial Psalm: 4/21/2009: Give Thanks to the Lord for He is good."

Audio: St. Paul's: 1st Reading 4/21/2009

Audio; St. Paul's Church: First Reading April 21, 2009---a picture of the Early Church--Everyone shared everything; Each had according to his need.

Audio: St. Paul's Church: Easter Vigil 2009

Audio; Easter Vigil: 2009: Fr. Kevin Dooley --Sermon: The Creed is just the beginning---what are you going to do about it is the key----

Reflection: Nixon-Frost--the movie: The magic of full discussion and debate

Last week while I was on location in Minnesota working on a story, I happened to watch the Nixon-Frost movie with some family and friends. As the movie progressed, I began to wonder whether there would be any action---after all, I had grown accustomed to action, and action every minute Bourne style was best for me.

After a scene where Nixon called Frost on the telephone in the middle of the night, the whole movie became pretty intense and things got complicated---you will have to see the movie and get details. After the first several meetings, it appeared that it was going to be victor and vanquished, Nixon over Frost, and winner take all.

Out of the full discussion came a result the viewer of the movie, or at least me, did not expect. Both parties achieved something positive and surprisingly so.

In the final scene, Frost visits San Cemente on a final farewell, and gives Nixon some shoes. That scene provoked some discussion from the family. What's with the shoes? I will leave you to weigh in on that question.

My take on it all is that when a nation, family or community can have a full, fair, free and open discussion the result is one that elevates everybody. Even locally in our community where there has been decades of closed bikering about cetain issues, when a full, open discussion, and a heatly divided one is held, a healing and positive result is attainted. That should not be a surprise...yet it is surprising because the "lets not talk openly about the issues" folks are the majority of us.

Audio: Sermon of the Week: St. Paul's March 15, 2009

Fr. Kevin Dooley; St. Paul's Church, Evansville, Wi; Sermon of the Week; Jesus Throws the Money Changers out of the Temple.

Audio: St. Paul's: Musical Bonus March 15, 2009

Audio; Musical Bonus Responsorial Psalm: Lord You have the words of Everlasting Life" with George Wollinger

Audio: Sermon of the Week: St. Paul's: March 1, 2009

Audio: Sermon of the Week: Fr. Kevin Dooley, St. Paul's Church: First Sunday of Lent.

Audio; St. Paul's: First Sunday of Lent

Audio: Musical Bonus: Responsorial Psalm: First Sunday of Lent: March 1, 2009: Mary Ann sings "To You Oh Lord I lift up My Soul...."

Audio; St. Paul's: 2/8/2009: Fr. Dooley

Sermon of the Week: St. Paul's Church, Evansville, Wi. Fr. Kevin Dooley

Audio: St. Pauls Musical Bonus

St. Paul's Church: 2/08/2009: Responsorial Psalm; George Wollinger: Praise the Lord for he will heal the broken hearted---

Fr. kevin Dooley: 2/1/2009: Return from Vacation

The Prophet in our Midst

St. Paul's: Responsorial Song: Musical Bonus 2/1/2009

"When you hear His voice, Harden Not your heart"-----sung by cantor that sounds like Cat Stephens. Enjoy.