The Pope, a Democrat, and Republican Loggers

unioncountyslayer · September 15, 2006

The Pope took 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 **** with Bush" T-shirt, was screaming while struggling

frantically, thrashing around trying to free himself from the grasp of a

10 foot grizzly.

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 other

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 heard 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

doesn't know anything about bear hunting! By the way, is the bait holding

up, or do we need to go back to Massachusetts and snatch another one?"

OJR · September 15, 2006