The Pope t ook a couple of days off to visit the
mountains of Alaska for some sight-seeing. He was cruising along the
campground in the Pope-mobile when there was a frantic commotion just
at the edge of the woods.
A helpless Democrat, wearing sandals, shorts, a
"Save the Whales" hat, and a "To Hell with Bush" T-shirt, was
screaming while struggling frantically, thrashing around trying to
free himself from the grasp of a 10 foot grizzly bear.
As the Pope watched horrified, a group of Republican
loggers came racing up. One quickly fired a .44 magnum into the bear's
chest. The other two reached up and pulled the bleeding, semiconscious
Democrat from the bear's grasp, then using long clubs, the three
loggers finished off the bear and two of them threw it onto the bed of
their truck while the third tenderly placed the
injured Democrat in the back seat.
As they prepared to leave, the Pope summoned them to
come over. "I give you my blessing for your brave actions!" he told
them. "I overheard there was a bitter hatred between Republican loggers
and Democratic Environmental Activists but now I've seen with my own
eyes that this is not true."
As the Pope drove off, one of the loggers asked his
buddies "Who was that guy?"
"It was the Pope," another replied. "He's in direct
contact with heaven and has access to all wisdom."
"Well," the logger said, "he may have access to all
wisdom but he sure don't know anything about bear hunting! Is the bait
holding up, or do we need to go back to Massachusetts and get another
one?"
