Pope Benedict & Condaleeza Rice: Jeanne's Take

Jeanne's Original Post

Pope Benedict to Condaleeza Rice, the representative of President Bush: Stuff it, I am on vacation and don't bother me with your "One World Order".

Don't believe it, click here.

Well, I couldn't see anything with the link, but I doubt it matters. It seems to me that if the Holy Father didn't see Condaleeza Rice the message was not delivered with a "Stuff it!". I think the Pope has a bit more class than that.

If you can't understand what is going on, you need to pray to the Holy Spirit and well, LISTEN.

I keep trying, but these posts are just as cryptic as ever. I need a Jeanne to English translator.

Regarding that comment about homeschooling, you hide your heads in the sand and are clueless about what is really going on in society. Don't bother to comment, I reject it. Many of you are influenced by Masons and are the reason why the schools are in bad shape in the first place.

Got that?

No, not completely. I can only assume that she's responding to someone's comments on homeschooling, but what on earth do the Mason's have to do with it? Color me confused. Someone commented on homeschooling (presumably a homeschooler because they're usually the people who tick her off) and she discounts whatever they said because they're likely being influenced by the Masons. Then she turns around and blames those Mason influenced homeschoolers for being the problem with the public schools? How can they be the problem if they're not using them? Maybe we should be glad that the evil, Mason influenced people are leaving. Of course, that's accepting her premise, which I don't. It's my belief that talk of Masons is either a joke, or some weird form of paranoia. I have no idea which.

Keep hiding your head in the sand. You certainly are not listening to the Holy Spirit but a overly scrupulous demonic spirit that is not of God.

How would she know? And regarding what? The Church values homeschoolers. So, that can't possibly be what she means. I love her stream of consciousness, yet at the same time I wish she'd give enough detail that the rest of us could follow along.

There are moments Jeanne is going to remember...

Jeanne's Original Post

What Jeanne doesn't know about homeschooling could fill a small library:

You don't get this with homeschooling. You don't get the diverse fellowship of different kids from all around town. But then again, I had a very diverse neighborhood for a suburb.

Jeanne, seriously, how would you know? Every time anyone on the homeschooling side attempts to dialog with Jeanne, she rejects it, becomes defensive, and is sometimes downright angry.

So, here's my chance to inform, though she may not read it or care.

Jeanne, schools don't guarantee a diverse group of kids unless one lives in a diverse neighborhood.

Homeschooling is not the same as seclusion. Homeschooling provides a number of opportunities to meet diverse groups of people. From local homeschooling support groups to nature classes at the nature center, to homeschooling events, to just being out and about, there are tons of ways for kids to meet people who are different than them. I remember one of my children sitting next to an exchange student from Korea on a plane once. They spent the whole flight talking about cultural differences and similarities. Before we disembarked I even took their picture together.

Jeanne makes so many assumptions about homeschooling that aren't backed up by anything at all. It's hard to take her seriously as an "educated professional" when she continues to speak with such authority on subjects over which she has absolutely no knowledge.

Jeanne Tells Us More About Tampa Florida...

TAMPA...Florida... This is what you are missing. This is what you haven't the guts to do...

If you do come, don't come to B%&*(() and MOAN. We don't care. And if you land from the north end of the airport, the thunderstorms are coming. I live here. You don't, you have to leave.

Okay, to be fair to Jeanne, I always check out her links. Maybe there's more to the story than I think there is from the text. Yet, like Lucy taking the ball from Charlie Brown, I'm always left disappointed.

First of all, I don't want to go to Florida unless I'm getting on a cruise. I know there are wonderful people in Florida, it's just not my state. I have someplace else I go when craving sunshine and beaches. But if I did come to Florida, it wouldn't be to bitch and moan. I wonder why Jeanne assumes it would be a motivating factor for anyone to come to Florida.

Thunderstorms are coming. Whoop-dee-doo. There have been thunderstorms all over the country and people are doing fine most places. Usually they don't make people go home because of a thunderstorm. I do love how Jeanne can talk about how awesome Florida is, then taunt people for not having the guts to come down there (why would people be afraid to go to Florida if it's wonderful), and then she tells us in this post that we can't stay. Her delivery of the last bit being very first grad "this is my spot and you can't be in it, nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah" of her.

Another eloquent example of her writing skill. I can't imagine why I can't find more of her published works...

Jeanne Tells Us What They Do To Homeschoolers In Florida

This is what we do to homeschoolers in Florida. We feed them full of food and put them on this.....

"ha Get sick we don't care."

Yes, another inventive post from Jeanne. Our fine Catholic friend found a You Tube video of a roller coaster and wishes that she could feed homeschoolers full of food and put them on it. Why? So that they'll get sick. After all, as she eloquently points out, she doesn't care. So why blog about it? Well, in my humble opinion it's because she's got some kind of sick hate on for people who make an educational choice for their children that she doesn't think is as good as public school. Kind of a severe hate for such a small difference of opinion, wouldn't you think? Not in JeanneLand!

I'm still surprised that someone who has a degree in journalism can't do little things...like capitalize the first letter of a sentence. I know I bring up her education almost as much as she brings up homeschooling and stay-at-home-mom's. It's just strange to me.

I'll get on the rollar coaster full of food, Jeanne, as long as you're there waiting when I get off...