How much is cost of Pope's visit?

It will be interesting to learn the details of what various governments in the USA are paying for the visit of Pope Francis in light of the "separation of church and state" as described in the U.S. Constitution.

To me, the US, state, and local governments should not be paying one penny for the visit, especially since the Vatican finances are so lucrative. The Vatican owns a large amount of real estate in Manhattan alone and much of that real estate is leased.

I'm sure some reporter will soon reveal all the money side of this visit.

Another interesting point for me was a CBS reporter stating that the Catholic denomination is the largest denomination in the U.S. While that is true of the specific Catholic denomination, what is being ignored is that all the other Protestant denominations put together total almost 92% of Christian denominations in this country. With the influx of Hispanics, the Roman Catholic denomination will not be decreasing, since most Hispanics identify with those religious beliefs.

Of course, for Christians, the problem is that the number of "non-affiliated" is rising. These are atheists, agnostics, and people who just don't connect to any specific religious beliefs that are served by a formal denomination.

Personally, I believe that regardless of the number of Catholics or Christians in the U.S., not one penny should be spent by governments in this country to cover the costs of a visit by ANY religious figure. I base my opinion on the wording of the U.S. Constitution, but then that document and framework for this country has been becoming less and less meaningful over the past years.

Visit of Pope Francis

I should be amazed at how mesmerized people are, but I'm not. It is so much easier to put everything in one's life onto the shoulders of another or of God, rather than using one's own brain, will, etc. to manage life well.

There are people who believe the Pope participates in secret rituals at the Vatican in which children are murdered and the hierarchy eat the flesh of those children and drink their blood. It is said this was also a ritual of the Caananites. I don't know, wasn't present at either. But, having read about the rituals, it has been unnerving to see all the small children run to Pope Francis. This ritual story may not be true. But, what if it were? It is just too awful to think about.

I did watch the Welcome at the White House and laughed at all the military when the Pope preaches peace. That was so strange! I wonder what he thought!

At least he has worked on his English so he can read his speech in the language of most Americans.

For a country in which the separation of church and state is so touted, this has been an interesting event!

2015 is my catch-up year. The 9-month tax project I did in Dallas for a businessman there (I caught his bookkeeper embezzling, so cleaned up the mess she made) threw me 9 months off on my own projects, so this year I must update all websites, be sure Paypal buttons are on the relevant websites, re-proof all my published books and sheet music, and publish paperback editions of my books with some sheet music compilations. Lots of work, but worth it.

Cannot believe how long it has been since I've blogged, but on the other hand, I did that 9-month tax project (sometimes 7 days a week and all work in Dallas which was at least 45 minutes each way every day) and after that ended, I've bee trying to catch up my tasks that I ignored for those 9 months. Getting caught up, but not totally YET!

Interview

My ebooks are published at Smashwords and other online retailers (Amazon and others). This year (2014) I need to get busy with marketing and I also want to publish all my ebooks in hardback and paperback formats.

An interview regarding my writing is now available at Smashwords, http://www.smashwords.com/interview/LeeGabor

Blog not working right

May 2013

Since my last posting, which was so long ago, I've been been writing and publishing fiction, non-fiction, and sheet music at Smashwords and Amazon. Smashwords makes ebooks available at a number of other online retailers. I'm trying to finish up my Lee Gabor writings so that I can begin to concentrate on the Lee Masters astrology writings. Also, I'm heavly involved in helpng my son with his business ventures and those do take quite a bit of time.

I simply wanted to write something today in order to keep this blog going.

I've done very little regarding political interests. That is because I think the US is going under and nothing I can say or do at this point is going to help turn the tide.  A friend sent me info that listed the last 16 presidents of the country and the percentage of people close to them (advisors) who had experience in the business industry INSTEAD of experience only in education, community action committees, and non-profits. Fifty percent of more of the advisors to all presidents other than Carter and Obama had business experience. For Carter, 34% had for-profit business experience and, as totally expected by me, Obama's admnistration has 8% with experience in business. To me, regardless of the social ideals, the election of Romney was the only chance America had of the boat turning around and with a healthy economy again, the social ideals could have been tackle. I'll write a lot more about the downfall of America when I do the astrological writing.

Enough said, my purpose has been fulfilled - keeping blog going.