Pope Joey’s rap sheet (for those who don't already know)

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http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_3178.shtml


Okay, I’m just giving you a heads-up because he’s arriving today. And as a lapsed member of “The One True Faith” (still its slogan), I want you to know the whole story, so you don’t let this little smiling piranha fool you. First of all, his stage name as pope, as you probably know, is Benedict XVI. Would that be after Benedict Arnold?

Well, the truth is Benedict né Joey Ratzinger grew up in Germany during WW II and was a Hitler Youth. So reports, among others, UNKNOWN NEWS. It was standard fare if you weren’t Jewish. And god help you if you were. Some say Joey resisted the Nazis, but it turns out it was his father who resisted. Resisting, I guess, would be like signing up for martyrdom. So at 14, he got the outfit, shirt, tie, shorts and swastika armband. He looked so cute.

At 16, Joey’s seminary class got the order to work in anti-aircraft batteries (not for flashlights), defending the BMW plant, the people who make one of America’s favorite high-end cars, including the Mini-Cooper (named after Gary Cooper to make it sound American?). Soon after that, Joey and his class defended an aircraft factory, Oberpfaffenhofen, where German jet fighters were turned out.

Joey moved up the ranks, serving in the Germany army. He was drafted in December ’44, stationed near Traunstein, while my dearly departed Uncle Vincent Mazza was sloshing in the horror of the Battle of the Bulge. Joey helped dig anti-tank trenches on the Austrian-Hungarian border. Ah, but at last Joey deserted in the spring 1945, a few months from the end of the war. And my uncle came home with a thousand-yard stare.
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may he falter

[AlCzervik]

1. You should have been here during The Pope Wars, this place was insane.

that and when St. Ronnie died---fucking epic.

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3. I was here

nt

[AlCzervik]

5. lurker or another screen name?

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6. another name

nt

[whistle]

2. Yep!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

4. More recent

backed up with an article from the Guardian

From New Rules, Bill Maher's Real Time


http://www.hbo.com/billmaher/new_rules/index.html

And, finally, New Rule: Whenever you combine a secretive compound, religion and weirdos in pioneer outfits, there's going to be some child-f*cking going on. In fact, whenever a cult leader sets himself up as "God's infallible wing man" here on earth, lock away the kids.

Which is why I'd like to tip off law enforcement to an even larger child-abusing religious cult. Its leader also has a compound. And this guy not only operates outside the bounds of the law, but he used to be a Nazi and he wears funny hats.

That's right. The Pope is coming to America this week, and, ladies, he's single! Now, I know what you're thinking: "Bill, you can't be saying that the Catholic Church is no better than this creepy Texas cult! For one thing, altar boys can't even get pregnant."

But, really, what tripped up the "little cult on the prairie" was that they only abused hundreds of kids, not thousands all over the world. Cults get raided. Religions get parades. How does the Catholic Church get away with all of their buggery? VOLUME, VOLUME, VOLUME!

If you have a few hundred followers and you let some of them molest children, they call you a cult leader. If you have a billion, they call you "Pope."

It's like if you can't pay your mortgage, you're a deadbeat, but if you can't pay a million mortgages, you're Bear Stearns, and we bail you out. And that's who the Catholic Church is, the Bear Stearns of organized pedophilia. Too big to fail.

When the - when the current Pope was in his previous Vatican job as John Paul's Dick Cheney - he wrote a letter instructing every Catholic bishop to keep the sex abuse of minors secret until the statute of limitations ran out. And that's the Church's attitude: "We're here, we're queer, get used to it."

Which is fine. Far be it from me to criticize religion. But, just remember one thing: if the Pope was, instead of a religious figure, merely the CEO of a nationwide chain of daycare centers where thousands of employees had been caught molesting kids and then covering it up, he'd be arrested faster than you can say, "Who wants to touch Mister Wiggle?"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/apr/24/children.childprotection

Pope 'obstructed' sex abuse inquiry

Confidential letter reveals Ratzinger ordered bishops to keep allegations secret

This article appeared in the Observer on Sunday April 24 2005 . It was last updated at 09:58 on April 25 2005.
Pope Benedict XVI faced claims last night he had 'obstructed justice' after it emerged he issued an order ensuring the church's investigations into child sex abuse claims be carried out in secret.

The order was made in a confidential letter, obtained by The Observer, which was sent to every Catholic bishop in May 2001.

It asserted the church's right to hold its inquiries behind closed doors and keep the evidence confidential for up to 10 years after the victims reached adulthood. The letter was signed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who was elected as John Paul II's successor last week.

Lawyers acting for abuse victims claim it was designed to prevent the allegations from becoming public knowledge or being investigated by the police. They accuse Ratzinger of committing a 'clear obstruction of justice'.

Continued at above link

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7. thanks for the additions

nt

[Beregond2]

8. I'm no fan of Benedict,

but I think it's ridiculous to make an issue of his having been a part of Hitler Youth. How many 14 year olds have the independent judgement and courage to stand up to that kind of pressure?

[Zodiak]

9. I think the more pertinent question is:

Do you want to make someone who had that level of Nazi indoctrination the Pope? How about if he had a history in the church of covering up pedophilia?

The man was the worst choice they could have made for Pope.

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10. maybe it wasn't a 'choice'. maybe it was a 'had to or else'

nt