On the day after the Blood Moon -it is time to thank our luck stars, for we have a new force in the constellation and now all you need is a telescope or the internet to see how this force can be harnessed. Sunday’s was the fourth appearance of a blood moon over the last two years, in what is known as a tetrad series.Will this be an omen that the ascendancy of Stupidparty will doom all of mankind—or will the forces of Math, Science and Fact and common decency start reviving our chances of survival, of thriving as human beings and protecting our beautiful planet?
Hallelujah – we have a Pope, an Argentinian, an ex-night club bouncer, a Pope who actually has something relevant to say, a Pope who seems to have some grounding in the values of the New Testament, in the values of Jesus Christ.
This new beacon, like a lighthouse, not only shines the spotlight forward onto the oceans of need, but backward onto an establishment that had become bankrupt, irrelevant. The previous incumbent, breaking six hundred years of precedent, resigned because of ill health. This excuse was later amended to say he received some type of message from God. Well, I guess if anyone has a shot at it—but we would hope for some consistency, especially considering that his health one year later seems just fine.
A more plausible explanation: the ever-expanding Vatican scandals, combined with dwindling credibility and the suspect long-term financial outlook of Vatican Venture, Inc. Like any corporation with a plummeting stock price resulting from a faulty product and tainted leadership, the CEO had to step down.
Having righted that sinking Ship, this Pope sets sails right into the heart of the dark forces that threaten the whole of humanity—the forces congregated in the US Congress and on the Supreme Court:
Three Catholic Supreme Court Justices figure that the Pope is not worth their time. Perhaps they were too busy at the supermarket trying to figure out which Koch product would best fit their needs: Would it be “Angel Soft” toilet paper, or “Quilted Northern” toilet paper. Or would “Soft ‘n Gentle” serve me better?
The three people in the most need of guidance on the teachings of Jesus, who most need to be torn away from the hate that can be found in the Old Testament and the hijacked teachings of Jesus—well, when push comes to shove, they have all the answers; but so do we. They are not Catholics, but even worse they are not Christians. Hence we always know what their answers will be, because they are not simply spiritually shallow, they are misogynist tools for the asset strippers who handpicked them for their purposes: to empower laws that are the polar opposite of the teachings of Jesus.
“Speaker John Boehner is a very proud and sincere Catholic, and I think it can’t not have an effect,” said Sheldon Whitehouse [Rhode Island Senator]. “I also think it will change the debate in public because it isn’t just an encyclical that goes up on the Vatican website. Every Catholic school will teach to it. Every Catholic parish will teach to it. Catholic universities will teach to it. It will be a significant force in the community and create very significant ripples.” Those ripples will likely travel well beyond Catholics, who make up about a quarter of the US population. Other conservatives will be influenced by the pope’s message to
o and they are unlikely to be receptive to the conservatives’ attacks.
What message did John Boehner hear?
Pope Francis’ visit to Congress the day before was a “crystallizing moment, for the leader of the House.” Boehner who had had a private face to face with the Pope was clearly moved. I wonder what may have crystallized this moment for Boehner, who was destined to resign shortly after such an epiphany –perhaps if we look at some of the Pope’s own words we can find the answer.
On Misogyny:
“The feminine genius is needed wherever we make important decisions.”
What about the Moochers?
“The measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats those most in need, those who have nothing apart from their poverty!”
What does he to have to say to religious fundamentalists who preach intolerance?
“The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! ‘Father, the atheists?’ Even the atheists. Everyone!”
What does he have to say about being oblivious to growing Income Discrepancy?
“How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock market loses two points?”
What about the gas guzzlers, the frackers, the drill baby drillers, climate deniers, the environmental asset strippers?
“Safeguard Creation,” he said, “because if we destroy Creation, Creation will destroy us! Never forget this! Creation is not a property, which we can rule over at will; or, even less, is the property of only a few. Creation is a gift, it is a wonderful gift that God has given us, so that we care for it and we use it for the benefit of all, always with great respect and gratitude.”
But Pope Francis not only fully understands that the focus on abortion, contraception, homosexuality is destructive; he does not appear to have much time for the fine print either:
“The church has sometimes locked itself up in small things, in small-minded rules,” Francis said. “The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials.”
And finally and most pertinently:
“When we exploit Creation, we destroy the sign of God’s love for us. In destroying Creation, we are saying to God, `I don’t like it! This is not good!’ `So what do you like?’ `I like myself!’ Here, this is sin. Do you see?”
Pope Francis is saying that humanity’s destruction of the planet is a sinful act, likening it to self-idolatry. Let me repeat, to destroy the planet is a sinful act. No, the Pope is not ripping America—he is ripping the sandy foundations of the Stupidparty house, that is made of straw—and the big bad Pope has just huffed and puffed and blown that house down.
Do you see?
On Abortion: A priest may forgive.
Rubio gets a lesson from an adult:
The Exorcism of 16 Stupidparty Faithfuls
OK – let the exorcism begin. Let out all the hate, vent, get it out of your system, and bring it forth for all to see. For while hate and stupidparty remain closeted it cannot be laid bare. Now come out into the sunlight, twist and turn, scream and shout and wriggle it all about and do the hokey pokey and then we can see your views, jot them down, analyze them and prescribe a remedy.
Rush Limbaugh: ” Pope Francis is a “Marxist” On Climate: “The Pope’s Leaked Marxist Climate Rant” Pope Supports Leaving “Everybody … Living Equally In Misery” and that the papal encyclical suggests that rich countries “need to keep giving” money to the poor “until our rich are no longer rich.”
Michael Savage: Pope sounds like he is “Directing Mankind to Worship the Antichrist” and is a “Danger To The World, a “great deceiver”, “stealth Marxist”, “eco-wolf in pope’s clothing”, “directing mankind to worship the Antichrist.” “We are living in global tyranny right now”.
WSJ Columnist Peggy Noonan warned the Vatican might be making a “Mistake” because it “fears being tagged as antiscience and antifact”.
Fox News’ Greg Gutfleld calls the Pope “Marxist,” says he “Could Be On Occupy Wall Street.”
Fox Contributor Andrew Napolitano: Pope wants to “Shame People Into Distributing Wealth” based on “Alleged” Global Warming.
Breitbart Editor: Encyclical [on climate] includes language you would expect from a “16-Year-Old Trotting Out … Formulaic Bilge And Accepted Faux-Wisdom.”
Fox Business’ Stuart Varney “The Pope Is In Alliance” with Obama to “Reshape The World” by “Redistributing The Wealth.”
Climate Denier and blogger Steve Milloy: Encyclical is “Adolescent, Insipid” and Pope is a “People-Hater.”
John Hinderaker Powerline: “The Pope Has No Idea What He’s Talking About.” Breitbart Promoted Climate Denier’s Claim That “Marxists, Global Warming Extremists Control Vatican.” Breitbart promoted the claims of Christopher Monckton, a supposed “expert” for the industry-funded Heartland Institute, in an article headlined, “Climate Expert: Marxists, Global Warming Extremists Control Vatican.”
Jeb!!! Bush!!! “I don’t get economic policy from my bishops or my cardinal or my pope,” Bush said. “I think religion ought to be about making us better as people and less about things that end up getting in the political realm.”
James Inhofe “The pope ought to stay with his job, and we’ll stay with ours,” said the granddaddy of climate change deniers in the US Congress and chairman of the Senate environment and public works committee.
Rick Santorum, a devout Catholic and a long-shot contender for the Republican nomination, told a Philadelphia radio station: “The church has gotten it wrong a few times on science, and I think we probably are better off leaving science to the scientists and focusing on what we’re good at, which is theology and morality.”
GOP Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona, for instance, skipped the Pope’s speech because, Gosar said, Pope Francis has spoken out against climate change and failed to speak out “with moral authority against violent Islam.”
So now we have it. Stupidparty cannot handle simple truths about Jesus, about Christianity. American evangelicals—80% of them are not Christians. You cannot vote for an asset stripping, misogynistic, serial lying Mormon and consider yourself a Christian. What the hell do you think Jesus would have said to the titans of Bain Capital? He lost his temper just once; I bet he could do it one more time.
Jesus cared about the poor, he did not need a weapon, he was not interested in bashing foreigners, minorities, women, abortion or supporting armed insurrection, in fact Jesus is the polar opposite to the Stupidparty in every conceivable way.
Now we have a Pope, who has an interest in returning to the actual teachings of Jesus, and he is sprinkling holy water upon all who are in his wake. In his wake we see the Stupidparty members fizzing and burning, their very souls exploding; hate literally being shred around their aura. Will this destroy them, turning them into eternal wraiths, souls without a home, or will they have a chance at salvation? Can Boehner do some good in his last month; how will he repent?
For if there is a God, god appears to be talking and seemingly he is no longer talking to self-anointed idiots –he has gone to the Vatican and he has started at the top. Perhaps we are today, on the very dawn of the night that was meant to mark the end of the world. The “Blood Moon” brings prophecies of end times, but NASA says not to worry. Perhaps on this dawn we can see the rekindling of good in orderto prevent the end of mankind—a species that threatens to destroy itself as a result of its own stupidity.
such a great man