Time to come back to earth, Ronnie: Bevilacqua was never indicted. The grand jury report to which she refers was itself an exercise in anti-Catholic bigotry in legalistic dress. No other institution was subjected to a similar witch hunt by the D.A.
Not only does Polaneczky vilify the late cardinal, she condemns the church more generally, saying that "in a hierarchy where the sex-abuse cover-up has reached into the uppermost levels, no one is appointed a leader unless he can do such a thing." Such wild speculation is egregiously anti-Catholic.
Marcus Plieninger
Policy Analyst
Catholic League for
Religious and Civil Rights
New York
Philly's a ba-a-a-d town
Mayor Nutter calls for a bounty on the heads of Philly's violent criminals. Citizens call for the end of these "senseless" acts. Actually, these acts are not senseless. They are, in fact, quite sensible and logical . . . to the violent criminal, that is.
Think about it. If you were a drug-dealing, murderous thug, where would you choose to set up operations: Philadelphia or Texas? The choice is clear. You would choose Philly, because the citizens have willingly allowed the local government to disarm them, and make it a crime to own a gun, or to use it to defend yourself, your family, your property or your neighborhoods.
Wake up, Philadelphia. You don't have a crime problem. You have a guts problem. The criminals are just doing what they always do - what comes naturally. The wolves always know where to find the sheep. You better start exercising your Second Amendment rights, Philadelphia, or expect to keep getting sheared.
Stuart Caesar
Philadelphia
