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Pope Week Part Deux

Yes they've found a new Pope. Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, formerly Pope John Paul II's right hand man and "enforcer" of his edicts (one London paper called him "God's Rotweiler"), and leader of the something of The Holy Inquistion (oh those rascally days of the Inquisition) is now Pope Benedict the XVI.

As Pope's generally choose they're name after a saint they admire and who represents their thinking, I thought it would be good to google St. Benedict. Personally it made me a little leery, as Benedict, while his monks make a fine little liquer, apparently was rather strict and he is the guy who wrote The Rule, which essentially is the manual for monastic life.

Benedict XVI has declared that he is against homosexuality, relativism (the theory that all faiths are equally divine), feminism (yeah that most definitely includes no women as priests), and priests getting married (hence going with the name of the guy who wrote the book on how to live the monastic life).

At least a few reporters have also mentioned that he may also be temporary as 1) "they keep mentioning his age"; he is 78 and 2) that his health is unstable so essentially, the College of Cardinals could really be trying to make another decision while they wait for this guy to die.

IN THE MEANTIME...in what some called an "emotional" meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the vote for John Bolton got delayed AGAIN. Richard Lugar was apparently ready to go, when, after new arguments and info delivered primarily by Democrat Joe Biden, Ohio Republican George Voinovich suddenly spoke up and said, hey, I want more info on this guy...I think it might be good to send a note to Sen. Voinovich (OH) as well as Lincoln Chafee (RI) and Chuck Hagel who decided to back him up and say thank you :)

And ya gotta love an article which starts with "Karl Rove was out of his element..." Yep, Karl Rove (evil genius) found himself at a liberal college yesterday speaking at a lecture series. But of course, what did he talk about? The (screaming backward liberal) media. I should mention that the event turned out much like a Bush "town meeting" as "students were warned in advance...to be polite" *or else! if you think your student loan interest is bad now...bwa ha ha!*

And speaking of people who may not be thinking before they speak, Tom DeLay apparently decided to hit the conservative airwaves yesterday and was quoted as saying "We have the opportunity to set up courts; we can also dismantle and reorganize them." Is that a threat or a promise there, Mr. DeLay? I'm wondering how many moderate republicans were going "ah hell..Tom," when they heard that.

And speaking of people who may have suddenly heard from they're more moderate counterparts, let alone their constituents, Bill Frist is backing off a little on his filibuster ban...a little...but of course, not enough...

In the "things George doesn't want to hear" category, Utah yesterday voted to pretty much knock down various provisions of No Child Left Behind (and of course this news reminded the White House that Texas and Connecticut are suing the government over No Child Left Behind as well...and perhaps other states will join this as well, hmmmmm?) The Red States are fighting back!

And speaking of George and some things he may not want to hear, Katrina vanden Heuvel(say that three times fast) of The Nation, after seeing an article on George's iPod (this is how low they are going to distract folks from looking at his administration - "but he has a cool iPod!"), she decided to make a list of songs that should be on his iPod...and has been taking requests from readers...

So while you are going through your own iPod list (or if you're like me and too poor to have an iPod, your CDs) remember to KEEP E-MAILING!!! E-mail, call, write, fax your friends and family and let them know that YOU are PAYING ATTENTION!!! And as always, pass it on, pass it on, pass it on!

And you might also wanna check out the latest from these groups as, if you're wondering "Well what the hell can I DO, besides rant?"

www.truemajority.org
www.moveon.org
www.codepink.org
www.plannedparenthood.com

Peace --Alex

posted by funkweee @ 2:56 PM