My God, They Killed Santa Claus

Well, I can't help it. They've got him all dressed in red, he looks like Santa Claus without the beard and the reindeer.

Your Wigster is very sad - being Catholic. I think that Pope John Paul II was a good man, even a great man. As a good friend said, he was "a very decent man trying hard to do a very difficult job."

The Pope write several books. It has been pointed out by fellow blogster (and very clever person) Aunt Jenna that the very latest seems to have been written very recently. Perhaps more recently than possible?

Well, maybe he had a Holy Ghost Writer. Get it? Ghost-writer = Holy Ghost. C'mon...

And anyway, he's got fewer post-humerous books out than L. Ron Hubbard.

And one might notice that Rev Jerry Falwell is in hospital - any word in the news about that? Well not much, anyway.

All-around nice guy, the Reverend Billy Graham, is too ill to attend the Pope's funeral. Do you see the news guys camped out in HIS city/state? Oh wait, he doesn't have one, does he? Only the Pope.

I think this is some kind of marketing thing. Gotta be.

Brings back the wayward Catholics all around the globe - "Happy now? You killed the Holy Father with your sinning. Now get yer butt back in church pronto."

Sends a message to all religious fence-sitters. "Hey, look at us! We've got Jesus Cookies! We've got ONE BILLION members! We've got our own CITY/STATE! Dude, this is the religion for you! Catholicism is ready, ready to meet the new millenium, with the religion that fits your lifestyle!"

OK, I could be going overboard here.

Anyway, they started it.

And I'm sorry the Pope has passed away, really.

Dominus Vobiscum,

Wiggy