seriously, how does this make sense? the old pope was 84 when he died a couple weeks ago. the new pope (ratzinger) is already 78. wouldn't it make more sense to pick someone--i don't know--not already a fucking senior citizen on his last legs? hell, while we're at it, do we need people fawning over a guy who considers "dangers to the faith: sects, ideologies like Marxism, liberalism, atheism, agnosticism and relativism - the ideology that there are no absolute truths"? has the idea of anyone being progressive instead of sticking to the same old hardline shit been lost completely?
and, today is the ten year anniversary of the bombing of the alfred p. murrah building in oklahoma city. it's also the day william jensen cottrell of the ELF has been sentenced to more than 8 years in prison and ordered to pay $3.5 million in restitution for defacing and/or burning SUVs (to the tune of $2.3 million, so i guess that extra 1.2 was for the hurt feelings of all the evil SUV dealers and owners). and, zacarias moussaoui is offering for a second time to plead guilty. a federal judge is evaluating whether he should bother to accept the plea
it's a great day for democracy and freedom and all hail pope benedikt XVI (ratzinger's new name--pope antichrist junior just didn't have the right ring to it)