Comments on: …and his boy Sherman http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/04/13/and-his-boy-sherman/ America's favorite blog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:05:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/04/13/and-his-boy-sherman/#comment-30224 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:46:10 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/04/13/and-his-boy-sherman/#comment-30224 Chris, The action-figure image made me chuckle. Gotta go back to the 60s for a pope I genuinely admired, and for some reason know only to himself, god did not see fit for John XXIII (I hope I got the name and number correct) to have a chance to establish a solid legacy of progressive Catholicism, although I do know a lot of progressive Catholics, so maybe he did have some lasting impact. To their credit, I gather all of the recent popes have opposed things like the Viet Nam and Iraq Wars, and I guess the preferential option for the poor still holds. Help me out here, Dave von Ebers. Chris,

The action-figure image made me chuckle. Gotta go back to the 60s for a pope I genuinely admired, and for some reason know only to himself, god did not see fit for John XXIII (I hope I got the name and number correct) to have a chance to establish a solid legacy of progressive Catholicism, although I do know a lot of progressive Catholics, so maybe he did have some lasting impact. To their credit, I gather all of the recent popes have opposed things like the Viet Nam and Iraq Wars, and I guess the preferential option for the poor still holds. Help me out here, Dave von Ebers.

]]> by: Dirk's Diary http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/04/13/and-his-boy-sherman/#comment-30192 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:23:51 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/04/13/and-his-boy-sherman/#comment-30192 4-16-08 Dear Diary, You'd think as a cabinet member, I would get a couple of tickets to see the Pope when he came to town, but - Nooooo - Josh Bolton forgot to take care of that little detail and so if we wanted to attend, we were on our own. That is this administration in a nut shell; we can't seem to find our butt with both hands. So I turned to the real center of power in DC - the bureaucrats; specifically Mildred. She had 25 tickets that she was going to scalp at the front gate and use the money for breast enhancements. Out of the kindness of her most generous heart, she let me have two of them.... for $350.00.... each. I guess that was a pretty good deal because I found out later that she was shucking the religious rubes for upwards of $600.00 per ticket. Amazing. Patricia and I arrived just as the program was beginning and we found seats towards the back. We never got closer to the Pope than 150 yards, but even from that distance, there was something about the Pope that just didn't seem right. Just a feeling I had. After the Pope gave his talk at the podium and was sitting down, I thought I heard W say to him, off mic, "Awesome speech!" At least he didn't add "Dude!!!!" at the end of that sentence. Maybe in the future. when people ask me how I served my country, I'll tell them that actually, I was Secretary of the Interior during the Bush <em>41</em> administration. It'll all be over soon. Dirk 4-16-08

Dear Diary,

You’d think as a cabinet member, I would get a couple of tickets to see the Pope when he came to town, but - Nooooo - Josh Bolton forgot to take care of that little detail and so if we wanted to attend, we were on our own. That is this administration in a nut shell; we can’t seem to find our butt with both hands.

So I turned to the real center of power in DC - the bureaucrats; specifically Mildred. She had 25 tickets that she was going to scalp at the front gate and use the money for breast enhancements. Out of the kindness of her most generous heart, she let me have two of them…. for $350.00…. each. I guess that was a pretty good deal because I found out later that she was shucking the religious rubes for upwards of $600.00 per ticket. Amazing.

Patricia and I arrived just as the program was beginning and we found seats towards the back. We never got closer to the Pope than 150 yards, but even from that distance, there was something about the Pope that just didn’t seem right. Just a feeling I had.

After the Pope gave his talk at the podium and was sitting down, I thought I heard W say to him, off mic, “Awesome speech!” At least he didn’t add “Dude!!!!” at the end of that sentence. Maybe
in the future. when people ask me how I served my country, I’ll tell them that actually, I was Secretary of the Interior during the Bush 41 administration.

It’ll all be over soon.

Dirk

]]> by: Chris Harlan http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/04/13/and-his-boy-sherman/#comment-30186 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:53:37 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/04/13/and-his-boy-sherman/#comment-30186 Oh my heavens. Online, NPR offers an etiquette guide on what to do if you meet the pope--when to kiss the ring, when not to kiss the ring, dress nice, genuflect, etc. I know from this site, though, that a slap on the back and the salutation, "Heya, Pope!" must be just about right. It's funny--the squareness of the casing on the popemobile makes him look--in some photos--like an action figure straight from China, still encased in that nasty, hard to open plastic packaging. I wonder if he's got black metal and plastic twisties holding down his feet. Oh my heavens. Online, NPR offers an etiquette guide on what to do if you meet the pope–when to kiss the ring, when not to kiss the ring, dress nice, genuflect, etc. I know from this site, though, that a slap on the back and the salutation, “Heya, Pope!” must be just about right. It’s funny–the squareness of the casing on the popemobile makes him look–in some photos–like an action figure straight from China, still encased in that nasty, hard to open plastic packaging. I wonder if he’s got black metal and plastic twisties holding down his feet.

]]> by: Pope Benny 16 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/04/13/and-his-boy-sherman/#comment-30185 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:04:36 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/04/13/and-his-boy-sherman/#comment-30185 Mein Gott! Security is extremely tight in the land of the free. Tell me does everyone in America wear cheap black suits with white shirts and red ties, sunglasses (at night?) and talk into their sleeve? I don't really understand what's happening. First the agents took me out of the airplane via the baggage chute for security reasons. And then we were whisked away from the plane in a shabby white van with no windows. We drove at high speed for forty-five minutes and stopped in a heavily wooded area. A set of steps led down into a concrete bunker. One of the agents later told me that when the door to the bunker closes, a fake bush swings into position and hides the door nicely. I must say I am more than a little disappointed with my accommodations. We were supposed to be staying at a five star hotel, with foot massagers and vibrating beds. Instead I'm in a large underground room, surrounded by the Secret Service and a huge bank of high tech medical equipment. They say not to worry about all the EKG machines and defibrillators; that they are here for someone named "Angler", who has to come here on a regular basis and get plugged into an energy source. At least the bed is comfortable and the bathroom is clean. They're bringing me a sedative now and I should be sleeping soundly in a couple of minutes. "Welcome to America", indeed. Mein Gott! Security is extremely tight in the land of the free. Tell me does everyone in America wear cheap black suits with white shirts and red ties, sunglasses (at night?) and talk into their sleeve? I don’t really understand what’s happening. First the agents took me out of the airplane via the baggage chute for security reasons. And then we were whisked away from the plane in a shabby white van with no windows. We drove at high speed for forty-five minutes and stopped in a heavily wooded area. A set of steps led down into a concrete bunker. One of the agents later told me that when the door to the bunker closes, a fake bush swings into position and hides the door nicely.

I must say I am more than a little disappointed with my accommodations. We were supposed to be staying at a five star hotel, with foot massagers and vibrating beds. Instead I’m in a large underground room, surrounded by the Secret Service and a huge bank of high tech medical equipment. They say not to worry about all the EKG machines and defibrillators; that they are here for someone named “Angler”, who has to come here on a regular basis and get plugged into an energy source. At least the bed is comfortable and the bathroom is clean. They’re bringing me a sedative now and I should be sleeping soundly in a couple of minutes. “Welcome to America”, indeed.

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/04/13/and-his-boy-sherman/#comment-30184 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:51:35 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/04/13/and-his-boy-sherman/#comment-30184 Is it just me, or is America in the midst of a plague of krok-a-kaka-kopfs in places of importance? Is it just me, or is America in the midst of a plague of krok-a-kaka-kopfs in places of importance?

]]> by: Harold http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/04/13/and-his-boy-sherman/#comment-30183 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:07:26 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/04/13/and-his-boy-sherman/#comment-30183 Oh, boy! I can't wait to hear "The Peabody Award-winning..." added every time the name of the show comes up! Congratulations! Oh, boy! I can’t wait to hear “The Peabody Award-winning…” added every time the name of the show comes up! Congratulations!

]]> by: It's Pat! http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/04/13/and-his-boy-sherman/#comment-30182 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:06:30 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/04/13/and-his-boy-sherman/#comment-30182 Looks like the start of a great campagne, Benny. Good luck. Looks like the start of a great campagne, Benny. Good luck.

]]> by: Dale http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/04/13/and-his-boy-sherman/#comment-30181 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:51:19 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/04/13/and-his-boy-sherman/#comment-30181 McCain just proposed solving the risk-free-consumption-caused, foreign-oil-dependent-war-exacerbated recession by... removing the gas tax???!! Coop, if he loses, I think you´ve got your next candidate for president of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Utilities commission. And if he wins, I´m shooting myself. McCain just proposed solving the risk-free-consumption-caused, foreign-oil-dependent-war-exacerbated recession by… removing the gas tax???!! Coop, if he loses, I think you´ve got your next candidate for president of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Utilities commission.

And if he wins, I´m shooting myself.

]]> by: Jim (OJNTNJ) http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/04/13/and-his-boy-sherman/#comment-30180 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:41:11 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/04/13/and-his-boy-sherman/#comment-30180 Um, "lettered" is the cyberversion of "littered." Yeah, that's the ticket. Um, “lettered” is the cyberversion of “littered.” Yeah, that’s the ticket.

]]> by: Jim (OJNTNJ) http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/04/13/and-his-boy-sherman/#comment-30179 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:39:37 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/04/13/and-his-boy-sherman/#comment-30179 Ann, I believe I was also led to the Pharyngula site from another commenter here. In fact, the floor of the lurker's lounge is lettered with links. It's like cyber-confetti on New Years day. If one believes Jonah Goldberg and the producers of Expelled, it appears that the reeaallly evil people are liberal atheists. They're Nazis-squared. That's like a Nazi times ITSELF! I fear that the end result may involve the Neocons, in order to keep all that NaziFascism from spreading, ordering their complete extermination. Because those folks just don't get irony. Ann, I believe I was also led to the Pharyngula site from another commenter here. In fact, the floor of the lurker’s lounge is lettered with links. It’s like cyber-confetti on New Years day.

If one believes Jonah Goldberg and the producers of Expelled, it appears that the reeaallly evil people are liberal atheists. They’re Nazis-squared. That’s like a Nazi times ITSELF!

I fear that the end result may involve the Neocons, in order to keep all that NaziFascism from spreading, ordering their complete extermination.

Because those folks just don’t get irony.

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