It is just an NGO like Amnesty International, only with weird headdresses and censers and subpar wine.

Hey, it was good enough for A.J. Soprano and his friends. It should be good enough for you...

No. The Church is an institution established by God to bless my need to stick my penis in another man's ass. End. Of. Story.

Personally, I'm waiting for someone to blame this election for the Pope, on George W. Bush.

My personal prediction: About a week.

When it comes to subpar wine, the Catholics ain't got nothing on us Jews.

You ain' whistlin' dixie on that.

Even FoxNews.com omits "I'd do him" from the options on their new Greta poll.

It takes a special kind of arrogance to believe that there is a God but that His truth has to be subordinate to your personal opinions.

I guess we know which sin the major media struggles with.

When it comes to subpar wine, the Catholics ain't got nothing on us Jews.

Why'd you have to go and bring up that zionist Manischewitz crap? Now I won't be able to sip a nice Merlot all week without thinking of foul judenwein.

this pope's election was blamed on Rove and the neocons within 5 minutes by the moonbats at DU

for all the criticism of this pope, the resounding backlog to it from the critics is "it's all about me"

Hold out on that signing bonus. The Mormons might do better. Cof course then you are supposed to forget all about that wine. And Maureen Dowd's quote for the day 4/20/05 :
"So media big shots are moving away from patriarchal, authoritarian voice-of-God figures, even as the Catholic Church and politics are moving toward patriarchal, authoritarian voice-of-God figures."
The Catholic Church is moving towards. . .aw hell my head hurts.

Actually its good that the clods don't get the Church. That way anything the Church does will be seen as coming out of left field, and shock the hell out of 'em.

B16 is going to draw huge crowds wherever he goes, not because of who he is, but what he is. And that prospect is more frightening to a lib than W winning a 3rd term.

Actually, I'm just shocked and appalled, nay, almost filled (about 80%) with heartache since I found out that being homosexual excludes straight folk from their numbers as a matter of policy.

I think we need to make them realize that straight people can be homosexual too. I may have no desire to nail a guy in the ass, but that sure as hell won't stop me wearing my Gay Pride T-Shirt.

Hate the sinner. Love the sin!

Er, somethin' like that.

Strange that these people don't mind Imams that support the stoning of rape victims and homosexuals, the murder of non-muslims and, well basically a bunch of other 'non-progressive' notions.

I swear these assholes wake up in the morning and find out where the conservatives are standing so they can take the opposite side.

The left talks a great deal about diversity and freedom. And yet they seem awfully angry about any voluntary institution which stubbornly refuses to accept and promulgate their agenda.

This is spot-on, Ace. The Left seems have trouble comprehending what the word "voluntary" means. They also cannot distinguish between the power of persuasion (which respects people's autonomy) and actual force (which does not).

Take communism, for example. If people want to live in a society that has no property, where property is held in common, then they can go do so. Voluntarily Form a commune. Pool your resources. Knock yourselves out.

When confronted with such suggestions, Leftists respond with a kind of stunned confusion, followed by apoplexy.

Personally, I'm waiting for someone to blame this election for the Pope, on George W. Bush.

My personal prediction: About a week.

Bithead, I was looking over the threads at DU yesterday after the announcement. It took less than 45 minutes.

Hold out on that signing bonus. The Mormons might do better.

A-hem. You're preaching to the converted. I like the way those horny sonsabitches think.

Well you wouldn't be paying $3 for a cup of coffee anymore, because mormons don't drink coffee. Its a drug, you know.

But then again, when you have twelve wives...

Actually, Sullivan is being interviewed on radio now and is about to tie in the election of the Pope with Rove. No, this is not a joke.

Can you provide a URL?

http://www2.krla870.com/listen/

I gave the wrong website. He's on KRLA.. Carl Rove... shit...right now...

Sorry about that... Do you have it now..
He's talking about it RIGHT NOW!

Sorry. Thanks, Terri. It's live now but I believe Medved's show is repeated at different times in different markets.

What I've noticed about the left is that when they preach "tolerance" for their beliefs and lifestyles they are, in reality, demanding acceptance.

I don't see anyone from the Catholic Church burning homosexuals at the stake. Nor do I see them beheading women who have had abortions.

But freedom to live according to their own moral convictions isn't good enough for the lefties. They demand official sanction.

I find this to be fascinating. On the one hand, the lefties pretend to flout authority, while on the other they constantly seek its approval and validation. In a way, they behave much like teenagers.

I could have some respect for them if they just shrugged and said, "Fuck what the Pope says. I'll live how I please." I don't think the leftists are able to do this, however, because this thinking runs counter to the leftist mindset that leads them to believe that people are controlled largely by exterior forces.

Once they figure out that they both control and are ultimately responsible for the quality of their lives, they'll ..... well, they'll be Republicans or Libertarians I suppose.

And less bitchy.

"Creeping Papery"

Sounds like a particularly strange form of origami...

Or a great name for a rock band.

Great post. Not sure how to run a trackback on yer site, so I just linked to ya.

Well stated, fer a heathen and all...

The Warden, well said! That is EXACTLY who they act like. Teenagers!

Well, if they don't like it, they can always start their own religion.

I keep re-reading the quote - how is euthanasia going to prevent AIDS?

our "diverse" media cannot view a centuries old spiritual institution, concerned primarily with, you know, salvation and God and Jesus and all that stuff, through any other prism but the nakedly political.

Diversity and freedom are all well and good, so long as your diversity is their "diversity," and you will always be guaranteed the "freedom" to live and worship according to how the liberals and leftists believe is proper.

Great post. Could not have said it better.

Personally, I could have done without the image of the Pope taking "a more welcoming posture towards gays".