Betty Bowers: The Terri Schiavo Show

[Cannikin]

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Dear Fellow Citizens of Jesusland:


Verily, I thought The Swan was bad enough (mainly for its cruel refusal to book Barbara Bush), but this new Terri Schiavo Show is truly America's most crass foray into that siren call for opportunists everywhere -- Reality TV. Perhaps, my exasperation with this abysmal new program is exacerbated by the fact it appears to have been syndicated on every single station.


Meanwhile, the Terri Schiavo of Rome (above), that Polish transvestite the Pope (also know to Jesus and me as the King of the Mary Worshippers) has lost his ability to communicate to such an appalling degree that -- finally! -- his sermons are worth listening to.


I can't help but wonder how many of the Catholic idol worshippers who have been making a "look at how holy I am!" spectacle of themselves by pimping their children for some TV time in front of Terri Schiavo's hospice will be willing to haul their Infant of Prague and Goddess Mary embroidered statuary onto the next Alitalia flight. That way, they can caterwaul in St. Peter's Square after some ambitious Cardinal signals to an obedient, discrete nurse to pull one of those cute little European three-prong plugs on the Pontiff's respirator.

While I watched Operation Rescue mercenaries praying for Mrs. Shiavo on television, I couldn't help but recall Jesus in Matthew 6:5-6:


And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.


But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.



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http://www.bettybowers.com/nl_april2005.html

[LibertyorDeath]

1. Gawd she's good.

The pic's a keeper.

[johnnie]

2. That picture of the Pope

It is almost like he is calling out a bingo game. I wish I was better at Photoshop.

[Cannikin]

3. Kick (the bucket)