Popetastic

Can I just say, I love all this pope stuff. I attribute part of it to the surely-going-to-hell author Dan Brown, who set Angels and Demons amidst a conclave (literally "with key", because they're locked in). Plus secret meetings are cool, unless it involves Dick Chaney and the oilman from the Simpsons.

Of course, I don't watch cable news, so that probably helped me appreciate all the historic arcana.

What really has me scratching my head was the sadly obvious framing of papal succession as having anything to do with our quaint American left-right brou-ha-ha. I'm almost positive no one thought a new pope might step in and declare God loves fags or that the church thinks abortion is swell [ed. note: this guy thinks so. Of course, he also classifies threats of retribution against public servants as "pointed remarks" -Bil]. How self-centered can we get? This is a global leader, not a UN ambassador. I don't care what the hell American Catholics want. Suck it up. Aren't you supposed to do what God wants, anyway?

So I'm glad Ratzinger was selected. I kind of hope he goes medieval on everyone. "I'm Catholic, but I don't see a problem with the pill." EXCOMMUNICATED! "I'm Catholic, but we have to kill all the Iraqis we can before they get us again, like they did on 9/11." EXCOMMUNICATED! "I'm Catholic, but if a retarded 13 year old kills someone, he should fry, and I'd like to pull the lever." EXCOMMUNICATED!

To hell with you all (literally, this time).