Monthly Archives: September 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMxriYsoQR0

Bill Clinton and President Obama embrace at the Democratic national Convention last night following a 45-minute speech/endorsement by the former president. Forty five minutes.

He made only a quick reference to his wife, drawing laughter from the crowd as he raised another attribute of Mr. Obama, declaring:
“Heck, he even appointed Hillary!” For Mr. Clinton, the speech dramatized the evolution in his relationship with Mr. Obama, from bitter antagonism to cautious embrace and now a full-throated endorsement. People who know both men do not play down the lingering tension between them, a legacy of the 2008 Democratic primary, when Mr. Obama defeated Mrs. Clinton in a fierce battle that seemed to leave Mr. Clinton more wounded than his wife.

“President Obama beat Hillary Clinton for the nomination,” said Rahm Emanuel, the mayor of Chicago, who worked for both “President Clinton loves his wife. It took him a little longer to get over it; she got a job.”

 

Clinton Delivers Stirring Plea for Obama Second Term (New York Times)

Watch full speech here

The reviews were conducted by the Catholic Church’s own child protection watchdog, the National Board for Safeguarding Children (NBSC). Its chief executive Ian Elliott, (above) who led the reviews, described the findings as “disappointing”.

Maeve Lewis, executive director of the One in Four group, said after publication of the findings yesterday it was “as if certain senior churchmen continue to believe that child protection procedures are optional, and they are above the law of the land”.

She said in some areas of the church it was “as if the Ferns, Ryan, Dublin and Cloyne reports had never happened”.

New Garda inquiry sought into church practices on child safety (Patsy McGarry, Mary Minihan and John Fallon, Irish Times)

 

Yesterday: The Sacred Heart

(Sasko Lazarov/ Photocall Ireland)