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holyman

Pope dies; Media loosens belt

Apr 06, 2005 12:11

Maybe you haven't heard (it's recieved so little coverage in the mainstream media), but the Pope died. In what appears to be a period of mourning, the media have taken a vacation from objectivity. The cable news networks have laid a giant wet kiss on the pope's corpse, and interviews of people changed forever by seeing or meeting the pope cram the ( Read more... )

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blanketdream April 6 2005, 17:23:29 UTC

in the name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit. amen!

onesenough April 6 2005, 17:27:29 UTC

+10 points for me for voicing negativity about the Pope on national NPR today

yuppie_scum April 6 2005, 17:36:31 UTC

yeah, but i heard you blew a guy in a public toilet.

just sayin'.

onesenough April 6 2005, 17:41:47 UTC

No, no, no...that was *George Michael*...sheesh, how many times do I have to clarify that?

And, regardless, unless that guy was the pope, I don't see how that's relevant anyway.

yuppie_scum April 6 2005, 19:32:04 UTC

"why not?"-hilary duff.

magictaco April 6 2005, 18:20:45 UTC

I expect nothing but postive reviews when I end my reign as supreme pontiff. (aka when I drop dead.)

luckydan April 7 2005, 00:23:15 UTC

Agreed.

But damn, that chant was cool. I want a CD of it. XD

buggernaut April 7 2005, 00:59:50 UTC

I wish I would have made a slideshow of the progressive anguish of his holiness as shown day by day in the photos that ascended the ranks of my google news feed over the last month.

I thought it was equally ridiculous that we heaped praise on Reagan right in the middle of conflicts with regimes that he had put into power to fight the Godless Communists. I probably repeated this line plenty of times when it happened, but I just want to get that out there again.

A tiny rapture in my pants to read what you've got to say again, Mr. Stephen.