Um, Yeah...

Commonweal has discovered that the big problem with American Catholicism is that overly rigid young bishops installed by John Paul II are over-obsessed with ending legal abortion to the detriment of other very important things like making sure that we maintain a post New Deal approach federal power. As I'm sure you're aware, the magisterium is dead clear on how a post New Deal government is essential to the moral life. How we lasted the 1900 years from the time of Christ till the New Deal I really can't imagine. Perhaps since God exists in the Eternal Now he slipped up and didn't notice that he allowed a 1900 year dark age to intervene between the light of Christ and the light of FDR...

In other news, Greg Gutfeld over at the HuffPuff raises our awareness regarding the importance of raising awareness or raising awareness of...

If there is anything more important than raising awareness, I AM NOT AWARE of it.

But there are those in America who lack awareness concerning the importance of raising awareness. The worst part: most Americans are unaware that their lack of awareness about raising awareness is what's at fault.

And that's bad.

MEDICAL FACT:According to the Lancet, lack of awareness has contributed to 2.5 billion deaths. But the figure might actually BE HIGHER.“Because most people aren't aware of the link, they can't actually report it and then of course, they end up dead,” says study author Greg Gutfeld. “Research has shown that being aware can save you from any number of bad situations where being unaware could be deadly.”

The underlying philosophical thought behind raising awareness about raising awareness is that more people will be aware if you raise awareness about raising awareness. And that awareness, as any aware layman will agree, is key.