“The Real McCoy”

Editor’s Note:  SGG’s Bishop’s(?) Corner is always a disgustingly disingenuous collage of “S&S” (“Syrup & Sanctimony”), but Dannie’s May 27, 2018 ‘Corner (click here)  was particularly nauseating.  After regaling his Gerties with his usual over-the-top dose of meaningless holy-speak, he finished it off with his usual graphic depictions of his feral cats’ gory exploits – fantastical ravings of a diseased mind.  This got us to thinking: is there really any hope for Dannie?  Will he ever be jostled from his demented dream-world into the world of reality?  We think not.

After more than a half-decade of documenting Dannie's and Tony's misdeeds, their fraudulent “apostolstes,” their parasitic life-style, etc. -- we are coming to the conclusion that those two will never change, but will continue on their crooked course for ever and ever, no matter what we do or say.  And we are also of the opinion that we have said enough – that we have more than proved that these two are imposters – so, why waste our time proving it over and over again?  We think we've already convinced the right audience -- so why waste our time trying to convince the intransigent "hard core"?

Actually, we have better things to do with our time than waste it on these parasites, and perhaps it’s time that we move on to bigger and better things.  (In fact, both we and the folks at Pistrina Liturgica have been coming to this conclusion for the past year or so.)  After all, we have made our point – and, more importantly, it has hit home: both attendance and revenue are down at SGG; and no one (outside the cult-center walls) takes these clowns seriously anymore.  In TradWorld, they are finished – so why should we keep expending our energy embellishing what we've already proved?

That said, we have decided to “wind down” our blog, because, again, we believe that we have “accomplished our mission” and have “proven our point” (and we'd now like to devote more time to our family and friends!).  In what we have written to date, enough has already been documented to forewarn everyone about these imposters – and, as they say, “forewarned is fore-armed.” However, we should point out that our blog will not go away: all that we have posted to date will remain, to serve as a permanent, standing warning against anyone potentially becoming a new victim of these hucksters.

We will not quit just yet, though.  Along with the following article, we have a few more left “in the pipeline” before “running out.” [And -- who knows? -- we may  still occasionally publish even after our official “shutdown” date, if we feel inclined to do so.]  But, for the most part, our thinking is that, again, we've "done enough," and that we think it's about time to "retire."  With that said, here is the first of our remaining "pipeline" articles…

A recent Pistrina Liturgica article (click here) pointed out one of the real “hazards” of Tradistan: the validity of orders – especially regarding one’s lineage.  As PL correctly noted, one cannot always rely on a “priest’s” (or “bishop’s”) lineage being valid, until one investigates the entire “chain” of that lineage.  But one thought that struck us is this: the problem with Tradistan, is that most “clergy” think that their orders are valid, and that it’s “the other guy’s” orders that are suspect – and they in fact typically use this as a “bargaining chip” to convince people to come to them, rather than to that “other guy.”   Most, too, are too proud to admit of any “lineage” defect anyway -- and thus, would not humble themselves to submit to getting conditional orders (which is the easiest and most obvious “fix”).

And in reading PL’s article, another thought that struck us is that “lineage” is not the only litmus test that traddies use for defining “validity,” or for determining who or what is “Catholic.”  Besides lineage as a validation factor, for example, they also try to impose their own private opinions and beliefs (such as sedevacantism) as criteria for defining what (and who) is “Catholic.” (In fact, sedevacantism is fast becoming the “shibboleth of choice” for many traddies.)  And they use these “criteria” to discredit one another, and to define (in their sectarian minds) what “true Catholicism” really is. There is actually a whole laundry list of “no no’s” that they use to condemn one another (and to define "validity"). 

Dannie, for instance, considers anyone going to an “una cum” Mass as “not Catholic” – and a heretic.    Dannie also condemns “Feenyites,” “non-sedes,” the SSPV, anyone who is “Novus Ordo” -- and (LOL!) anyone whom he considers “malformed.”  And the SSPV retaliates by attacking the Thuc lineage, and by calling anyone who attends any of Dannie’s chapels a “public sinner.”  And they both condemn anyone who is SSPX, FSSP, or any part of that “alphabet soup” that they consider verboten (as PL noted in its article).  The “bottom line” is that they’re all at each others throats, condemning, “excommunicating,” and “withholding the sacraments” to whomever they consider “malefactors” or “heretics”  -- as if all these issues were Articles of Faith and were theirs to interpret -- as if they were popes.¹

All of this ultimately leads one to ask the question, “what is real Catholicism, and who are the real Catholics?”  And, ultimately, it begs an even more basic question: Who is saved, and who isn’t?  Only sedes”?  Only this or that “lineage”?   Also, are all Novus Ordo Catholics going to hell?  All Protestants?  What is it actually that one must do to "get saved”?  Does it depend on how much one prays or goes to Mass?  On how many Hail Mary’s or Rosaries one says?  On how many votive candles one lights?  On how many times one attends Dannie’s “show”?  Does one’s “justification” depend, as that Pharisee in Christ’s parable contended, on how many “prescribed prayers” one says, and how much fasting one does?  Are these the real criteria for “justification,” I.e., for salvation?  We think not.

And, notwithstanding the fact that many of these aforesaid things are good practices, they do not constitute the sum total of what being Catholic is all about.  “Being Catholic” is much more than that.  As our Lord explained in the parable about the Pharisee and the publican, it’s not so much about “the letter of the law” and about “saying all the prescribed prayers” as it is about being humble – and about charity. As St. Paul said in his epistle, If I speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.”  And that’s just what many in Tradistan are: “sounding brass” and “tinkling cymbals.”

Like the Pharisee in the parable, Dannie is all about “saying all the ‘prescribed’ prayers” (and, of course, “the Show”) – but what about his charity? Where was his (and Tony’s) charity, for instance, for Terri Schiavo -- or for all those kids brutalized at SGG’s school?  And what about their “Catholic morals”?  What kind of “Catholic moral code,” for instance, condones fornication, and watching porn?  Is that what “Catholicism” is all about?  Again, we think not.

Dannie and Tony are the epitome of that tinkling cymbal – and the epitome of everything that Our Lord railed against in His parable about the Pharisee and the publican. They are Tradistan’s quintessential “Pharisees”: all “letter-of-the-law,” and no spirit.  And, of course, for cultists like Dannie and Donny, their “letter of the law” is whatever they want it to be – and which they (of course) selectively enforce. For them, “the show” constitutes their “Catholicism.”  Catholic morality and principles “take a back seat” in their scheme. Rather, they are, in reality, the antithesis of everything Catholic.  

They are like that Pharisee who once asked our Lord, “Master, which is the greatest commandment in the law?” In answer, our Lord responded, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind.  This is the greatest and the first commandment.  And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”  It’s a simple but powerful formula, but one that -- like that Pharisee -- Dannie, Tony, and the Donster have completely lost sight of.  Instead of “doing unto others as you would have them do unto you,” they do unto others “what they damn well please,” so to speak: “playing pope,” condemning and disparaging their rivals, making up their own “letter of the law” rules (most of which re wrong, and all of which are selectively applied), and (trying to) enforce their own (bogus) “authority.”²

So, whether they ever get themselves “fixed” or not, and no matter what their “lineage” is, people like Dannie, Tony, and Donald Duckmeister will never be Catholic.  By both their words and actions, these lepers have proven that they are not Catholic – and never will be.  They are not “the Real McCoy,” but parasitic imposters, playing at being “Catholic” – and leading souls astray.  Their cult centers are not “oases in the desert,” but the desert itself.  And the sooner that people come to realize this, the better for them – and their souls.

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¹ And that’s their problem: they are not popes.  They haven’t one shred of authority. They have no power and no right to condemn anybody – and yet they do so on a regular basis.   

² Again, they exercise an “authority” that they do not possess -- nor ever will have.  In some cases, they have refused the sacraments to people (either because they were “Novus Ordo,” or – in one case – because they attended an SSPX chapel while on vacation); yet, in other cases (where these “Novus Ordites” were wealthy, or had spouses who were big donors to the cult), Dannie and Tony freely gave them the sacraments. And on several occasions, they have refused absolution to people in the confessional, simply because they suspected them of having committed some “transgression” (of which they have absolutely no proof).  As usual, it’s a matter of “making up their own rules,” and selectively applying them – and ultimately, of course, it’s about MONEY.