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.
>
> A helpless Democrat, wearing sandals, shorts, a 'Save the Whales' hat, and a
> 'To Hell with Bush' T-shirt, was screaming while struggling frantically,
> thrashing around trying to free himself from the grasp of a 10 foot grizzly
> bear.
>
> 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 third 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 heaven and
> has access to all wisdom.'
>
> 'Well,' the logger said, 'he may have access to all wisdom but he sure don't
> know anything about bear hunting! Is the bait holding up, or do we need to
> go back to Massachusetts and get another one?'

Lee