The Pope visited the rugged mountains of Alaska . . .

The Pope took a couple of days off to visit the rugged
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 and
thrashing around trying to free himself from the grasp
of a 10-foot grizzly. As the Pope watched in horror, 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.

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 doesn't know anything about Grizzly
bear hunting! By the way, is the bait holding up, or
do we need to go back to Massachusetts and get another
one?"