Priest On Party Balloon Flight Missing

Search Off Brazilian Coast For Missing Cleric Who Went Airborne For Charity

(AP)  Rescuers reached a cluster of brightly colored party balloons floating in the ocean off Brazil's coast Tuesday but did not find the Roman Catholic priest who had been using them in a bid to set a flight record.

Rev. Adelir Antonio de Carli remained missing after lifting off from the port city of Paranagua on Sunday strapped to hundreds of helium-filled balloons. He was also wearing a helmet, aluminum thermal flight suit, water proof coveralls and parachute and was seeking to break a record for the longest time in-flight with party balloons.

He planned to use the money raised in his attempt to break the 19-hour record to fund a "spiritual" rest-stop for truckers in Paranagua, home to Brazil's largest grain port.

De Carli was reported missing about eight hours after taking off when he lost contact with port authority officials.

The cluster of yellow, orange, pink and white balloons was seen Tuesday night, floating intact in the sea off Brazil's southern Santa Catarina state near de Carli's last contact point, according to a photograph posted on Sao Paulo's UOL news Web site.

Authorities reached the cluster of balloons late Tuesday but the priest was not there, Globo TV said.

"Given his physical condition and the equipment he was carrying, I would say there is an 80 percent chance that he is still alive," said Johnny Coelho, commander of the Penha Fire Department.

De Carli, who has taken jungle survival and mountain climbing courses, was carrying enough drinking water and cereal bars to stay alive for at least five days, Coelho said, suggesting the priest may be adrift in the ocean or resting on a beach or forest-covered mountain along the coast.

The priest, an experienced skydiver, also had a GPS device, satellite phone and buoyant chair with him, Coelho said.

"He last used the phone and GPS on Sunday at 8:45 p.m. to let the Navy know his location," Coelho said. "We haven't heard from him since."

The priest embarked on a similar adventure on Jan. 13, when he used 600 balloons to carry him on a four-hour, 17,390 foot-high voyage from the town of Ampere to neighboring Argentina, where he landed safely.

Parishioners at his Sao Cristovao parish maintained a vigil for de Carli Tuesday, confident he would be found.

[tbweb]

I alway said Geraldine Ferraro did not say anything wrong or untrue, and did not
deserve to be called a racist.
She was just the wrong color to say it..

It proved to be true when black BET, Johnson president said the same thing, no one
called him a racist.

White America has lost their Equal Rights and Freedom of Speech..we lost them to
bullies like Al Sharpton..
It is time we stood up to bullies like him and say enough.

Posted by nanging3 at 12:04 AM : Apr 24, 200,,,

Geraldine Ferraro''s problem was she said it as a member of Hillary Clinton''s team, not as a neutral observer! That was the difference and it mattered because her opinion was tainted.

[incog-nito]

titletrack: It''s been a very interesting conversation. So long.

[titletrack]

incog-nito - fair enough. Later

[nanging3]

I alway said Geraldine Ferraro did not say anything wrong or untrue, and did not
deserve to be called a racist.
She was just the wrong color to say it..

It proved to be true when black BET, Johnson president said the same thing, no one
called him a racist.

White America has lost their Equal Rights and Freedom of Speech..we lost them to
bullies like Al Sharpton..
It is time we stood up to bullies like him and say enough.

[nanging3]

OBAMAS CHURCH ??
have you read this?%u2026%u2026%u2026.this is what his church teaches to his daughters on
Sundays%u2026%u2026%u2026.these are the writings of James Cones - you can look it up - Jeremiah
Wright preaches from these writings%u2026%u2026

%u201CBlack theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the
goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people,
then he is a murderer and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is
to kill gods who do not belong to the black community. Black theology will
accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white
enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in black power which is the
power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at
their disposal. Unless God is participating in his holy activity, we must reject
his love.%u201D

[nanging3]

THAT IS SO SAD..I HOPE THEY FIND HIM ..UNLESS IT WAS FATHER PFLEGER, THAN IT IS NO LOSS..

Petition For Removal of Priest Michael Pfleger


CHECK HIM OUT..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffHlGgsezyo

THAN SIGN AT:

PETITION AT:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/removable-of-father-michael-pfleger


"In a message on the church''''s website, Pfleger says he believes that "we are
called by God to build this church in a world filled with division, alienation
and racism in order that we may be a witness to the world that it is possible
and that the love of God is stronger than the hate of Satan."


He is a disgrace to the Catholic church and its sacrements and everything that
is holy.

He condones and incites criminal behavior and calls for the breaking of the ten
commandments.

He promotes known radical hate mongers.

Example below of just one of his many escapades, also please view the interview
video attached.

''''Snuff'''' the Gun Shop Owner, Priest Says
An Illinois gun-rights group says it plans to complain to the Catholic Church
after a Chicago priest at the weekend appeared to call for the murder of a
suburban gun shop owner.

go to petition to see more....

[incog-nito]

I can tell you that there is none, but I have the feeling you won''t believe me anyway. I can tell you that we have a lot in common, but you''ll probably think that''s just liberal *********. Besides, what fun is it if there no bad guy to bash, right? So, I will definitely think about this and get back to you when I come up with something.

[titletrack]

incog-nito - I''d rather toe the incog-nito line. Who is at the top of your hate list?

[incog-nito]

titletrack: Seeing that you are a good judge of human character, I suspect that you have a very good idea of who to hate. In fact, I''m quite sure of it. So I won''t insult your intelligence by presuming to tell you what to do.

[titletrack]

sort of like asking someone: "Why do you hate America?"

Some people are very good at making assumptions about others, then judge them based on those assumptions. But you''''re not one of them, I''''m sure.

Posted by incog-nito

I meant groups of people, not countries. Which are the ones that are OK to hate?

[incog-nito]

titletrack: ... sort of like asking someone: "Why do you hate America?"

Some people are very good at making assumptions about others, then judge them based on those assumptions. But you''re not one of them, I''m sure.

[titletrack]

You have a knack of imputing things on others that are not there. Very clever.

Posted by incog-nito

I just want to know how to become a good progressive. Know which groups are OK to hate. I figured you could help.

[incog-nito]

titletrack: You have a knack of imputing things on others that are not there. Very clever.

[titletrack]

incog-nito

Who else do wish were dead?

[excoachken]

On the last cell phone call, he was singing,"Fly Me to the Moon."

[nothappyatall]

LOL, maybe he was rapturated!

Maybe he was shark bait, buoyant chair GPS and all! YUMM!!

Let''''s throw a party!

Looks like HIS party is OVER!!!

Wonder if he inhaled some helium and if his voice sounded all girlish when he screamed as the sharks got his legs...

Nothing beats a great pair of LLEGS!

[nothappyatall]

"This priest is completely gay, check out the bio www.theSPAMMERSavirus.com

Posted by Danahart3"

There''s that VIRUS site again, reporting as spam now.

[incog-nito]

incog-nito = At least you admit you are a hater. Peace

Posted by titletrack at 10:12 PM : Apr 23, 2008

Not really. I just find humor in strange things. It doesn''t matter if a Dem or Repub is president. But if you think I''m a hater, that''s fine too.

[titletrack]

incog-nito = At least you admit you are a hater. Peace

[incog-nito]

titletrack: Trust me, you have plenty of hate. You know it. Now relax a little. Hope you feel better soon.