Pope goes to Alaska

[Ranger Ron]

The Pope took a couple of days off to visit the mountains of Alaska for
some sightseeing. 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, semi-conscious Democrat from the
bear's grasp. Then, using long clubs, the three loggers finished off the
bear and two of them threw it into 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?'

[Julieanne]