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.
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> A helpless Democrat, wearing sandals, shorts, a "Save the Whales"
hat, and a "Bush Sucks" T-shirt, was screaming while struggling
frantically, thrashing around trying to free himself from the grasp of a 10-foot
grizzly.
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> 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.
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> 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."
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> 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?"
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