Oil executives were called before Congress Tuesday to explain their record profits of $123 billion last year and the reasons for the high cost of fuel. However, it’s not profits that cause high costs in fuel, says Ron Paul, but a lack of trust in the dollar. [Feature article]
Comment: The bankers and the oil company execs are fiddling while America is burning, with expensive fiddles! What have these economic and political questions got to do with the Faith? Lots. The degeneration of the social order of this nation, caused by dangerous financial brinkmanship and unethical economics, can be prevented by traditional Catholic morals. Too, if/when the catastrophe of a complete bottoming out finally does happen, perhaps it will be the clarion call we need: the Fall of the Empire, the invasion of the Huns, the Infidel at the Gate, etc. — one of those great disasters in history which led to a divine intervention. In short, when our empire falls and new barbarians invade it, perhaps only then will America become Catholic.
