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Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts) Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:05 AM Jul 2015

Tweet from Michael Moore about the Pope and Capitalism

Michael Moore ?@MMFlint 17h17 hours ago

But how does he really feel? Pope calls the excesses of capitalism "the dung of the devil." IOW, when Satan s****, it looks like Wall Street

https://twitter.com/MMFlint/status/620242432735625216

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Tweet from Michael Moore about the Pope and Capitalism (Original Post) Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 OP

All I know is, a Pope came thisclose to calling the 1% Satanic shit stains. merrily Jul 2015 #1

The Pope is the titular head of the single wealthiest private entity on the planet. AtheistCrusader Jul 2015 #2

The problem with the titanic(of several)was that it's rudders were too small for fast turns dembotoz Jul 2015 #3

+1,000 malaise Jul 2015 #5

Yes, and I have posted to that effect, including quite recently. merrily Jul 2015 #6

They didn't obtain that wealth the same way though.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #9

I dunno, both seem to be lying to everyone and selling shit AtheistCrusader Jul 2015 #10

I doubt he sees Wall Street as his competition.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #11

And the metaphor is so easy to defend. Android3.14 Jul 2015 #4

Yep. Like the reverse Midas touch. raouldukelives Jul 2015 #7

Polite people prefer ''sulphur.'' Octafish Jul 2015 #8

merrily

(45,251 posts)

1. All I know is, a Pope came thisclose to calling the 1% Satanic shit stains.

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:44 AM

Jul 2015

Cracked down on Vatican bank money laundering, too.

If he could do right by gays and women, I might show up at mass just to be able to drop some bills into the collection plate.

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)

2. The Pope is the titular head of the single wealthiest private entity on the planet.

Reply to merrily (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 05:47 AM

Jul 2015

This one is less ostentatious than Ratzinger, but the gold chair and the red velvet and the five hundred dollar shoes are just locked in various storerooms about the Vatican. It's not gone. The wealth is still there.

dembotoz

(16,860 posts)

3. The problem with the titanic(of several)was that it's rudders were too small for fast turns

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 06:25 AM

Jul 2015

Suspect the church has similar issues

While I trust the church as far as I can throw it....
Some optimization over previous popes

malaise

(269,211 posts)

5. +1,000

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 07:26 AM

Jul 2015

Membership is down - a new approach was needed.

Someone should ask Ratzinger about his role in getting Merkel elected

merrily

(45,251 posts)

6. Yes, and I have posted to that effect, including quite recently.

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 08:08 AM

Jul 2015

Something about a lovely ~~palace~~ residence plus a summer home, albeit currently occupied by a long-term squatter and labor that has taken a vow of poverty.

There was a lot more to the post than that. However, DU's search feature is not cooperating, so I cannot provide a link.

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

9. They didn't obtain that wealth the same way though....

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 01:34 PM

Jul 2015

And these days it seems to take money to be heard.

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)

10. I dunno, both seem to be lying to everyone and selling shit

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #9)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 01:55 PM

Jul 2015

People don't actually need.

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

11. I doubt he sees Wall Street as his competition....

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #10)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 02:01 PM

Jul 2015

However, I bet Wall Street sees him as theirs.

Android3.14

(5,402 posts)

4. And the metaphor is so easy to defend.

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 06:33 AM

Jul 2015

Thank you Pope Francis.

raouldukelives

(5,178 posts)

7. Yep. Like the reverse Midas touch.

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 09:16 AM

Jul 2015

Whatever Wall St gets its hands on soon turns to crap.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)

8. Polite people prefer ''sulphur.''

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 10:24 AM

Jul 2015

In a dramatic speech to the UN in September 2006, Mr Chavez famously described then US President George W Bush as the "Devil".

"The Devil is right at home. The Devil, the Devil himself, is right in the house.

"And the Devil came here yesterday. Yesterday the Devil came here. Right here. (crosses himself) And it smells of sulphur still today.

"Yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, from this rostrum, the president of the United States, the gentleman to whom I refer as the Devil, came here, talking as if he owned the world. Truly. As the owner of the world."

SOURCE: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-20712033

He answers to "Smirko the Sulphurous."

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