No freaking out going on here, just disappointed with another set-back in enlisting Catholics in the free-market fight.

I wasn't addressing your earlier comments, I was talking about your replies to Salvatore and JofE.

What the Pope said is important, but you used it as if countering their point when it didn't at all.

Con't. from above

In the statement above you tied the global financial crisis to the lives of the poor getting worse. When you're proven wrong you barely admit it--"I know what you're saying"--and go on to make a point that no one on Ricochet would quibble with and Salvatore and JofE didn't even address. Then you close with:

"Again, if the pope's criticism is that life is more than economics,  citing economic statistics really isn't a reply."

But if the Pope is making an economic point that can be refuted with statistics, it is entirely valid to cite them.

Most important to note is that citing statistics is not in opposition to the Pope's point that life is more than economics. That's a cheap jab that doesn't stand scrutiny, particularly in light of the fact that you were arguing on exactly that basis (Your "global financial crisis" remark) until you were proven wrong. You seem to have formulated that final statement merely to save face.

This isn't my fight, but such disingenuous argument needs to be called out.

This is pure sophistry. The problem being discussed was the Pope's bad economics and you addressed it on these grounds yourself:

"Are we saying that notwithstanding the global financial crisis, the poor's lives are getting better? Then why was the global financial crisis a problem?"

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Seattle Sue, enjoy your glory days because the usefulness of your type is coming to an end. Plug in the replacement, every home will have one!

Off to the glue factory with carbon-based Psychologists.

Larry ahead of the fashion curve.

It's the Kohler Komplexion.

Rubbing my hands in hateful anticipation here.

What?! Who said anything about a video?

You're deleting the Fricosis One, right? Or has this been a big tease?

I'm at the end of my patience. In the sacred text of this post it says, in bold type, ...Fricosis Guy (Deleted).

When is this going to happen? It's really the only reason I keep checking back.

This is very good.

Sorry I haven't been delivering my quota of hate but I'm busy. I'm hitchhiking to Singapore and internet access is a little spotty. Trying to get to JoALTs homeland before the 'Gators decamp.

The pictures of JoAlt will be helpful. Without that, all I know to look for is a Miata rental.

There in the background left, the flamboyant Drum Major?

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More seriously, thanks for your service.

You do look like the dutiful son-in-law. Your hands are folded in your lap. You're wearing that hideous pink/violet shirt she gave you. You're a good little soldier.

"No saki for me mama-san. I only drink healthful water."

What's your wife's phone number? No shenanigans, I just want to talk to her. I'll probably tell her how great you are or something like that.

To be fair to the rest of us though, his avatar says so much it kinda give him an unfair advantage.

For faux-folksiness no one trumps Obama. Instead of a winning lottery ticket, I'll take a nickel for every time he's used the word itself: "Folks".

"the errors are symptoms of an overburdened bureaucracy, not a political conspiracy..."

and Owen says near the end of the linked video that it was miscommunication and careless attention to detail, but "not incompetence".

So it wasn't incompetence due to being overburdened and it wasn't political shenanigans. I guess it was nothing. What a relief!