Our Own Usual Suspects

In The Usual Suspects, the 1995 film starring Kevin Spacey, an apparent cripple named Verbal is the lone survivor of a big shoot out involving several groups of criminals. While being interrogated by the police, he weaves a tale of intrigue to explain his presence at the tragedy. At the center of his story is a mysterious Turkish mobster named Keyser Soze, whom no one can really describe and no one has ever caught. Of course, we find out at the end of the movie that Soze never existed (and Verbal is not crippled), in the famous scene where Verbal states, "And like that... *poof*...he's gone."

Seems like we've got our own Keyser Soze in abortion. Take a look at the USCCB's web site.

You will get plenty of affirmation that we really, really, really support immigrants; several articles about Haiti; tons of inside-baseball announcements about new priests, offices, etc etc; and a little bit about the abuse scandals. Oh, and if you're interested in earning your Galling Irony merit badge, plan on attending something called "building unity in diversity" put on by the Cultural Diversity Network Convocation, to be held at Notre Dame, the school who hosted the virulently pro-death President last year and gave him an honorary degree at just about the same time 88 pro-life protesters were arrested for trespassing on the campus (they remain awaiting trial while ND President Father John Jenkins refuses to ask the local prosecutors to drop the charges-- so much for unity).

The recent disastrous health care legislation, wherein abortions will now be funded by pro-lifers? Not a mention.

Why do conservative Catholics consistently feel left out in the cold by our Bishops, or at least the corporate entities like USCCB, while the social justice left consistently gets funding, attention and praise?

Quotient out.