Say “Hail Mary!”
It’s not clear exactly how he ended up in handcuffs or why he feared a medical emergency. Father Donovan was alone in the front room of the rectory.
A spokeswoman for the Diocese of Springfield, Kathie Sass, told the Illinois Times that Donovan’s request for a leave of absence was accepted by Bishop Thomas Paprocki not long after the incident.
For What It's Worth 
And in other news – people continue to move out of blue states to red states. Will the AP, Reuters, Bloomberg, etc find this compelling story…doubtful. Does voting with your feet say anything about your state government, only if its negative and your a republican and that combination is uncommon.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323482504578230082916437000.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTTopStories
Yechhh.
Cobber – this is not political, it is more reflective of the aging of America. 7 “blue” states (CO. DE, DC, NV, OR, VA and WA) saw increases in migration, in WA and OR’s case, quite substantial even with those high taxes and gay marrieds and such. Jesus may smile upon AK, IN, KS, KY, MS, MO, NE and Utah, but their residents do not because all those states had net outmigration, the highest in Indiana.
Where did they go? More than 500,000 people left new York, New Jersey, Michigan and wound up in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas and Arizona. Last I remember, the “oldest” states are these, with Rhode Island the oldest. This isnt the population standing up in solidarity with right-to-work states and no estate tax, its people with achy knees and a love of regular golf moving to somewhere less onerous.
By the way, Florida voted for the Kenyan Muslim Socialist, so does that make it a blue state? If so, your idea falls apart
FF, you lost all credibility with me when you added religion to your rebuttal. Apparently Democrats, while protectors of minority cultures and religions, just cant get enough snarky commentary on christainity.
-Cos Cobber – not practicing organized religion.
PS – FL has been solidly Rep for Gov and wowy zowy – it when 50 to 49 for Obama- doesnt get any slimmer.
Below the states with Democratic Governors. Net Migration – 383k
D
Arkansas 5,484
California -104,093
Colorado 62,296
Connecticut -34,471
Delaware 6,181
District of Columbia 14,170
Hawaii -4,237
Illinois -156,197
Kentucky -1,076
Maryland -7,540
Massachusetts -9,721
Minnesota -15,075
Missouri -28,599
Montana -7,311
New Hampshire -4,340
New York -224,468
North Carolina 72,136
Oregon 24,379
Rhode Island -13,259
Vermont -2,403
Washington 41,085
West Virginia 3,740
And the list of states with Republican Governors. + 383k. I dont have an explaination for the leakage between the two sum totals – probably relocations to US territories.
R
Alabama 1,257
Alaska -1,833
Arizona 48,259
Florida 219,003
Georgia 36,083
Idaho -814
Indiana -24,338
Iowa -3,274
Kansas -14,292
Louisiana 5,965
Maine -1,334
Michigan -93,368
Mississippi -12,392
Nebraska -2,508
Nevada 2,738
New Jersey -103,252
New Mexico -5,298
North Dakota 17,389
Ohio -84,528
Oklahoma 16,360
Pennsylvania -27,647
South Carolina 47,084
South Dakota 6,947
Tennessee 46,619
Texas 290,354
Utah -876
Virginia 22,299
Wisconsin -21,053
Wyoming 5,147
Updated conclusion, the Dems have positive migration traction in Colorado (battleground state / Dem lean), Washington (solidly Dem) and Oregon (solidly Dem). The Republicans have positive migration traction (with more substantive numbers) in Texas, Arizona, Georgia, Florida (Rep lean for Gov), South Carolina.
Not sure what to make of NC. I view that as a toss up state.
Other notably conclusions;
1) the Dems have solid control of the largests net losers NY, IL and CA sans NJ.
2) right to work states have more growth (i’m looking at you midwest and northeast)
3) and yes FF, warm weather continues to win.