The Pope took a couple of days off to visit the mountains for some
sight-seeing. He was cruising along the campground in the Popemobile
when there was a frantic commotion just at the edge of the woods. A
helpless Democrat, wearing sandals, shorts, a "Save the Whales" / "Bush
Lied" T-shirt and a tree hugger hat, was screaming while struggling
frantically, thrashing around trying to free himself from the jaws 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 God and
has access to all God's wisdom.
"Well," the logger said, "he may have access to all God's 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 town and snatch another one?"
