Re: Habemus Papam!
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Sun Apr 24 08:38:41 2005
There's another Schwarzenegger???
art
At Sun, 24 Apr 2005, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
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>Joe,
>
>I was not attaching any value to The Germans or St Rottweiler. I just
>stated a fact :-)-O
>
>And, as we say here in Namibia "George in the Bush" is on his way out
>too :-)-O
>
>And whether 2+2 equals 4 or 5 depends on who's brother is Governor :-)-O
>
>el
>
>In message <a9.72264d8d.2f9bcf24@aol.com>, DoctorJoe@aol.com writes:
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>> I think Rob was being philosophical. On the other hand, we in the US
>> think in terms of politics. So remember, just because "many Germans
>> aren't as conservative" doesn't mean it's a bad thing. There SHOULD be
>> a spectrum of arch-conservative---->flaming liberal and most people
>> fall somewhere in betwe en. The functioning "organism" fluctuates in
>> between the extremes as time goes on.
>>
>> After all, we in the US would agree that there are MANY people in the
>> US who "aren't as conservative" as St. George... uh... I mean
>> President Bush. Just a s a few years ago, there were many Americans
>> who "aren't as ..." ... well, you know ... as President Bubba. The
>> system waxes and wanes as time passes, makin g the country what it is.
>>
>> Joe P.
>>
>> P.S. On the other hand, the Catholic Church, in its claim as the
>> depository and repository for the Truth and Revelation of God, CANNOT
>> swing very far one way or the other like a government. Unless you want
>> to argue that "truth" is simply relative, and that one day 2+2=4, but
>> next week it may =5 and next yea r it may swing back to =3, but on the
>> average it's pretty close to =4. The physics major in me totally
>> rebels at that concept, and the Church does, too. And Benedict XVI
>> has been riding herd on orthodoxy for 24 years or so, so he's ma de
>> some =5 and =3 enemies, no doubt, but will not waver from =4, if you
>> catch my drift. (Of course you catch it - it's obvious, even if you're
>> a liberal artsy major. LOL)
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art fougner, md
"If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."
Lawrence Peter Berra
