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BlueManFan

(256 posts)
1. Like A Rat On A Sinking Ship
Mon Feb 11, 2013, 01:20 PM
Feb 2013

Pope "Benny the Rat" Rattzinger sees the handwriting on the wall. The Vatican loses its ridiculous statehood, the archives open up, and we see Benny and his thugs have been protecting thousands and thousands of pedo priests, at the expense of tens of thousands of innocent victims. And before y'all flame me about criticizing "the church", I know an organization as big as the RCC is going to have some bad apples. The sin is the shameful cover-up and horrible toll on the victims. Church leaders knew these priests were sexually abusing kids and they obstructed any investigation. If you and/or I know a kid is being abused and do nothing, we commit a crime. So does "the church."

Like A Rat On A Sinking Ship BlueManFan Feb 2013 #1
My cat Benny resents the rat reference in regard to his name. n/t Cleita Feb 2013 #3
Please Extend My Deepest Apology to Benny the Cat BlueManFan Feb 2013 #5
He accepts your apology and even though he's a celibate himself Cleita Feb 2013 #6
Pope Rattzi the Nazi was JP2's hand-picked man to "deal with" the 3P scandals.... Raster Feb 2013 #4
This is Hugh!?! eom Cleita Feb 2013 #2
^^^^ this ^^^^ Coyotl Feb 2013 #11
Love, love, love the graphic!!!! valerief Feb 2013 #7
"celibacy a plus" renate Feb 2013 #8
Don't draw a conclusion yet. Just think about it: Pope Mel Bucky Feb 2013 #9
The celibacy thing? siligut Feb 2013 #16
Did he see this image and realize Coyotl Feb 2013 #10
You forgot: the delicate pointing of the toe.... lindysalsagal Feb 2013 #27
Didn't Nostradamas predict something like this?...........nft plethoro Feb 2013 #12
Very funny rosesaylavee Feb 2013 #13
Sounds to me like someone's paradigm has shifted. defacto7 Feb 2013 #14
Wasn't the Pope chosen by GOD??? sebastianj333 Feb 2013 #15
LOL LiberalLovinLug Feb 2013 #21
You Don't Have to Be Celibate Wolf Frankula Feb 2013 #17
Wolf for Pope! lindysalsagal Feb 2013 #28
Can't be Me Wolf Frankula Feb 2013 #33
I keep thinking at those standards, it'll be Tony Blair, who converted when he left office. freshwest Feb 2013 #43
Celibacy regarding women, children are exceptions of course.. hue Feb 2013 #18
EarlG I do love you! redwitch Feb 2013 #19
The Pope Smokes Dope! Fuddnik Feb 2013 #20
OMG!!! Another heart for YOU, EarlG! calimary Feb 2013 #22
I left the church a log time ago..and shame on the pope for the cover up of april Feb 2013 #23
If you can leave the church, you can leave the entire blame/punishment paradigm, too. lindysalsagal Feb 2013 #30
also known a Ratenzinger ( sp )/who looked the other way w all of the sexual abuses april Feb 2013 #24
Have you considered a career in stand-up? liberaltrucker Feb 2013 #25
You got to add in there "DDF" rightsideout Feb 2013 #26
If They Cannot Find A Qualified Candidate, Will They Outsource the Job? n/t Yavin4 Feb 2013 #29
Maybe the Dali Lama? lindysalsagal Feb 2013 #31
I think that they're going to want someone a little cheaper. n/t Yavin4 Feb 2013 #44
Apparently, he's downsizing from his own golden city to a room in a monastery out back. lindysalsagal Feb 2013 #32
The priest Colbert interviewed said he was going to a nunnery. Can it get weirder? mountain grammy Feb 2013 #41
I know: What's up with that????? lindysalsagal Feb 2013 #45
He's retiring to spend more time with his family. tclambert Feb 2013 #34
... Brought to you by "The Best of Craig's List" Motley Michelle Feb 2013 #35
...This really is not going to look good on his resume.... Motley Michelle Feb 2013 #36
Well his real name wasn't "Ratz"inger for nothing........ Swede Atlanta Feb 2013 #37
I nominate EarlG to be the next Pope. Bjorn Against Feb 2013 #38
Holy Smoke (in the immortal words of my deceased padre)... EarlG, that is brutal !!! WheelWalker Feb 2013 #39
I guess someone is abstaining from covering up for pedophile priests for Lent this year. n/t Bolo Boffin Feb 2013 #40
Ouch! Raster Feb 2013 #46
I think he found that refilling his Viagra prescription was getting really awkward... n/t backscatter712 Feb 2013 #42
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