Bear Hunting

[Mayberry]

> On a tour of Alaska, the Pope took a couple of days off to visit
> the mountains for some sight seeing. He was cruising along the
> campground in the Pope-mobile when there was a frantic commotion
> at the edge of the woods. A helpless Democrat, wearing sandals,
> shorts, a "Save the Whales" T-shirt and a Tree Hugger Hat, was
> struggling frantically, thrashing around trying to free himself
> from the jaws of a 10 foot grizzly. 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. Then
> using long clubs, the three loggers beat the bear to death and two
> of them threw it onto the bed of their truck while the other
> 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 loggers and environmental
> activists, but now I've seen with my own eyes that 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 God and has access to all God's wisdom." "Well," the
> logger said, "he may have access to all God's wisdom, but he sure
> doesn't know anything about bear hunting..... By the way, is the
> bait holding up okay or do we need to go back to town and grab
> another one?"