Congressman David Obey

November 28, 2009

Congressman David Obey
First Star Plaza
401 5th Street #406
Wausau, WI 54403-5468

RE: “While the light is left to burn the vilest sinner may yet return.”

Congressman Obey,

I enclose a copy of a letter I sent to your office in Superior, Wisconsin. Who knows? Maybe one of them will get through.

As I mentioned in the first letter it is possible to have your cake and to eat it. The problem for Progressive Congressmen who were/are/shall be Roman Catholics is that you can’t eat it and have it.

I know neither the condition of your soul nor do I know the condition of Congressman Kennedy’s soul.

There are some things I do know.

#1 – For a sin to be mortal 3 things must be present. It must be a grievous matter; there must be sufficient reflection; there must be free consent of the will.
#2 - “Those things that I bind up on earth my Father will bind up in heaven.”

The reason why modern American Liberal politicians are always in need of chiropractic assistance is because of the positions they take trying to square the circle of abortion.

Governor Mario Cuomo, Catholic born, Catholic raised, Catholic educated, gave a speech at a Catholic university.

He said that while he was personally opposed to abortion he could not let his private beliefs trump the law of the land.

About 1000 years ago the Catholic Church, our Church, began to address the constructs of such a statement. Rational thought is based, inter alia, on the Trivium. The Trivium is a three legged stool that is a building bloc of what is called Western Civilization.

If Governor Cuomo had been the Governor of New York in the 1850s he would have no choice but to fill up the trains with runaway slaves. However much he personally opposed slavery he could not permit his private beliefs to supersede the law of the land.

The faulty Logic that enables him to justify abortion would compel him to truss up any anti-Bellum Negroes and send them back to the tender mercies of the slave masters.

[As an aside, my father’s father had two uncles who helped to repeal the Dred Scott decision. Both were members of the Irish Brigade. Both marched line abreast into the Wheat Field at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. One of them is still there “wrapped in his faded coat of Blue”.]

Is your back starting to hurt?

A lot of modern American Liberals find inspiration and direction in the writings of John Rawls. When I first read him I thought he was writing tongue in cheek. Alas, intentional humor is not a strong suit of mALs. They are far too busy trying to find something new to hector us about.

Rawls said in his “A Theory of Justice” that for a law to bee good the benefits must be extended to the most venerable members of society. Those least able to defend themselves must have the law to protect them.

Sometimes some analgesic balm can help. Sometimes not. Try to avoid bending over. Losing weight can help. Maybe some medicinal single malts. Saint Paul, my favorite rabbi, enjoined us to “take a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and other ailments”. Still good advice.

Logic is not a parabolic curve.

The Catholic Church, with all its warts and human imperfections, asks little of its members. The poet said, “Everything”. Your choice is simple.

There are many wonderful Protestant churches that would love to have you as a member. You can sit around humming Kumbaya, singing “We Are the World”, worry about drowning polar bears, grumble at WAL*MART, and try to convince yourself that Hugo Chavez means well and that Cuba, whatever its faults, has universal health care.

I hope the Hound gets to you before the race is over.

God Bless.



Kevin Smith