Life's backwards, life's backwards, people turn around...

(Title - lyric from Sinéad O'Connor's Fire on Babylon)

Reading Eschaton comment threads today, and came across the best Pope joke I've heard lately:

"I'm surprised nobody's made the most obvious joke: since we just had a Pope John Paul, the next one should be Pope George Ringo." - Ridnik Chrome

My feelings on the Pope-a-palooza are expressed pretty well by this comment by GWPDA, Irate Scholar:

"See, as a Protestant I can't get really [excited] about something my people said 'so long' to five hundred years ago. But hey! Nice Poping!"

Or maybe not so nice... (I have no idea why I'm so interested in all this, although the round-the-clock Pope coverage on the news probably plays a part in it) - From timesonline.co.uk -

* "He made more enemies among other religions in 2000, when he signed a document, Dominus Jesus, in which he argued: “Only in the Catholic church is there eternal salvation”."
* "His condemnations are legion — of women priests, married priests, dissident theologians and homosexuals, whom he has declared to be suffering from an “objective disorder”."
* And here's the kicker - "He joined the Hitler Youth aged 14, shortly after membership was made compulsory in 1941." (I've been reading different opinions on this point - some say it really was impossible to not do it, that it was common and doesn't meant that he actually supported Hitler, while others say "bull". We'll have to see, I guess.)

Hmm. Y'know, I mentioned in another post that I'm fascinated by the Medieval period, but that doesn't mean that I want to actually live in the Dark Ages. (I know, I'm not Catholic, so what the Pope and the Catholic Church do doesn't affect me directly - but they affect a lot of people who are Catholic and they are definitely a big presence in the world today...)

Why is the world crazy?

On to other news... Yay Democrats! OK, so not a huge thing, but yay anyway! The vote for confirming Bolton as the UN Ambassador is delayed, thanks to some exquisite smack-downs by John Kerry, Joe Biden, and Christopher Dodd. (I didn't actually see this, but I read about it, and can't wait to see it on a replay on C-SPAN). Basically, Richard Lugar wanted to vote anyway, even though they all know that Bolton's an idiot. Then Voinovich said "I don't feel comfortable voting today" and *bam* no vote! Oh yeah! Athenae of First Draft posted a brilliant comment on an Eschaton thread that sums all this up perfectly:

Biden: Kicked Bolton's ass.
Dodd: Kicked Bolton's ass.
Kerry: Put on some sexy glasses, and kicked Bolton's ass.
Voinovich: Boy, this Bolton chap sounds like a douche.
Chaffee: Maybe we shouldn't vote.
Lugar: Fuck all y'all, we're voting.

Can't wait to see The Daily Show tonight. :D I've got American Idol on in the background, waiting for it to end so that House can start. *yay House!* Can't believe that that Constantine guy "sang" (I say "destroyed") Bo Rhap on one of the Idol shows awhile back. It was horrible! The guy's not fit to wash Freddie's leotards, let alone attempt Bo Rhap. I mean, *Bo* *Rhap*. It's not a song for just any eejit to sing, and most definitely not a song to be reduced to being sung on American Idol. Just - no. Uh uh.

Cheery bye, Scarlett

Oh yes - finally got rid of my Josh Groban site. I gave all the files and stuff to a fan online, they set the site up on their site, and thus I have deleted all evidence of Josh Groban from lunaestas.com. Oh yeah! Feels good.


Listening to: Jerusalem - Sinéad O'Connor