# I pit the Pope - What a dope **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 18, 2017, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139 "2017-02-18T07:50:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139/81 "2017-02-19T15:22:08Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Interesting. Perhaps excess bourbon is also partly to blame for the sacking of Washington in the early 21st century. well, Bannon does seem to have a drinker’s nose. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139/82 "2017-02-19T16:21:14Z")
I pit the Pope - What a dope Such a mope - He has no hope Can not cope - It’s always “nope” Such a misanthrope - Really, he’s the antipope! CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139/83 "2017-02-19T17:34:40Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Did they let in Martha & the Vandellas? Sure, but they put on a hell of a great show 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139/84 "2017-02-19T17:36:15Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Presidents depend on intelligence. Both Bush and Obama expended every effort to find Osama, it just so happened that the right intelligence came in on Obama’s watch. Your idiocy has already been commented on, but I must comment on it again. So you live in a delusional world where Bush’s failure to find bin Laden had nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that he had no interest in finding him, and clearly said so several time? Nothing to do with the fact that diverting military resources away from Afghanistan to support his Iraq adventure is what enabled bin Laden to slip away over the border and safely establish himself in Pakistan? Bush on bin Laden, six months after 9/11: Who knows if he’s hiding in some cave or not. We haven’t heard from him in a long time. The idea of focusing on one person really indicates to me people don’t understand the scope of the mission. Terror is bigger than one person. He’s just a person who’s been marginalized. … I don’t know where he is. I really just don’t spend that much time on him, to be honest with you. In 2006: In 2006, conservative Weekly Standard editor Fred Barnes told Hannity’s Fox News that in a recent meeting with Bush, the president had told him “bin Laden doesn’t fit with the administration’s strategy for combating terrorism.” Barnes said Bush told him that capturing bin Laden is “not a top priority use of American resources.” [https://thinkprogress.org/bush-tells-barnes-capturing-bin-laden-is-not-a-top-priority-use-of-american-resources-6c66e9a056dc#.u3liyy6a4](https://thinkprogress.org/bush-tells-barnes-capturing-bin-laden-is-not-a-top-priority-use-of-american-resources-6c66e9a056dc#.u3liyy6a4) Obama, in contrast, made the pursuit of bin Laden a top priority and directed resources accordingly, and took a huge political risk in approving the mission. You don’t get off the hook just because you find the OP embarrassing. We all find the troll embarrassing. My _ **dog** _ finds him embarrassing. You’re still a delusional idiot, or else spectacularly uninformed. Just a lesser troll, which isn’t saying much. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139/85 "2017-02-19T17:36:35Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > The vandals. Were they the ones that left burning bags of dog poop on your steps? or the Goths. Damn kids with that dark stuff on their eyes, always sneaking around burning dog poop on my steps 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139/86 "2017-02-19T17:37:39Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Neither, akshully. Both groups sacked Rome. Also the Gauls, the Ostrogoths, the Normans, a bunch of disgruntled German mercenaries, the French and (possibly) my grandfather. > > I guess what I’m saying is that \*maybe \*the Romans are a bit shit at sieges :). In other words, everybody did it 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139/87 "2017-02-19T17:40:44Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Maybe if the Bush administration hadn’t wasted so many intelligence resources looking for a reason to invade Iraq, he could have found Osama. I think Bush and Darth Cheney - probably more Cheney - wanted to keep Osama alive. A living bogeyman is more useful than a dead one. I don’t think Bush would have thought of that by himself, but Rumsfeld and Cheney and Rove definitely could. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139/88 "2017-02-19T18:52:24Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I pit the Pope - What a dope > Such a mope - He has no hope > Can not cope - It’s always “nope” > Such a misanthrope - Really, he’s the antipope! Would you like to see the pope on the end of a rope? (Do you think he’s a fool?) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139/89 "2017-02-19T21:32:48Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > We all know Blinky and his conjoined twin Pinky are idiots which is why I won’t bother to respond to them. But I can’t let your little dig at Bush pass without comment. You speak as if Obama was some sort of Green Beret who heroically took part in the mission to kill Osama and wimpy Bush was too pathetic to lead his own mission out there. You must realize that this has nothing to do with being pathetic or not pathetic. Presidents depend on intelligence. Both Bush and Obama expended every effort to find Osama, it just so happened that the right intelligence came in on Obama’s watch. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Maybe if the Bush administration hadn’t wasted so many intelligence resources looking for a reason to invade Iraq, he could have found Osama. Doubtful. They were so ineffective at finding a reason for the invasion that he had to have someone make something up. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139/90 "2017-02-19T22:15:37Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > In other words, everybody did it 😃 But the hipsters did it before it was cool. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139/91 "2017-02-19T22:51:39Z")
> [@Blinkyandpinky](#): > > Is this the worst Pope ever or what? > > I’m not sure what their defect is. Perhaps it’s because it’s the first Jesuit Pope or perhaps it’s because it’s the first Pope from the Southern Hemisphere, but this Pope has got some real wacky ideas that are not becoming of a religious leader. Love your neighbor as yourself was a fucking radical idea 2000 years ago and its still a fucking radical idea today. It was so unbecoming a religious leader that the religious leader that spouted that lefty bullshit got crucified. Literally. > [@](#): > > I remember when the Pope criticized walls last year, an obvious dig at Trump, never mind that the Pope is surrounded by huge walls in the Vatican. Why doesn’t the Pope tear down those walls, if he truly practices what he preaches, instead of just being full of crap? Mr. Pope, tear down those walls! Why doesn’t he take in and house a few thousand refugees that he loves so much, and that he suggests that everybody else accept? Catholic charitable activity accounts for a pretty big chunk of the global charitable effort. For example the Jesuit Refugee Service (you know those Jesuit weirdos) has been in Syria dealing with the Syrian refugee problem almost since the beginning. > **[Jesuit Refugee Service](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesuit_Refugee_Service#Internally_displaced_persons_in_Syria)** > > The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is an international Catholic organisation with a mission to accompany, serve, and advocate on behalf of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons, that they may heal, learn, and determine their own future. Founded in November 1980 as a work of the Society of Jesus, JRS was officially registered on 19 March 2000 in Vatican City as a foundation. The impetus to found JRS came from the then superior general of the Jesuits, Pedro Arrupe, who was inspired to actio... > [@](#): > > Bernie Sanders even said in an interview that he believes that the Pope is a socialist like himself, which is of course a horrible thing to be. They killed Jesus for it (among other reasons) so it must be a bad thing. That darn hippie son of God. > [@](#): > > Most recently the Pope has come out in support of leftist climate change and of course he came out with this beauty also: > > “Christian terrorism does not exist, Jewish terrorism does not exist, and Muslim terrorism does not exist. They do not exist,” I think he was saying that the God of all these religions is a God of love. > [@](#): > > The current Pope is obviously delusional, and instead of acting like an apologist for Islamic terrorists, the Pope should quit living in the leftist fantasy land that’s in his mind and join the real world. The sane world. The pope is just a man IMHO. A man (like many other men) that has spent his whole life in service of others and pursuing love and peace. Perhaps that makes him a delusional inhabitant of fantasy land. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139/92 "2017-02-19T23:15:59Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > Sorry did that FACT trigger you? Will you run to your safe space now? Blinkie needs his blankie. > [@](#): > > Why do you hate America? Because America hasn’t given Blinkie his blankie. Why does America hate Blinkie (well, besides the obvious “obnoxious asshole” thing)? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139/93 "2017-02-19T23:52:12Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > Love your neighbor as yourself was a fucking radical idea 2000 years ago and its still a fucking radical idea today. Not really. ISTM that the radical idea was, “You know that fella on the other side of the hill, the one that you call a heathen? Yeah, that one. He’s one of the neighbors that you’re supposed to love as yourself…” ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139/94 "2017-02-19T23:54:21Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > But the hipsters did it before it was cool. and anyone who came after, was just a sell-out 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139/95 "2017-02-20T00:04:39Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Because America hasn’t given Blinkie his blankie. Why does America hate Blinkie (well, besides the obvious “obnoxious asshole” thing)? If America hated obnoxious assholes you would have a different President. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139/96 "2017-02-20T00:18:46Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > If America hated obnoxious assholes you would have a different President. 😛 Now that YOU’ve shown up: you’re the one we need now to fight this imbecile called \*\*Blinky \*\*, you’re the fucking \*Battle \*Pope at least, so please don’t let \*\*Blinky’s \*\*insolence go unnoticed: Smite!, Smash! (Og smash), do anything about it! ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139/97 "2017-02-20T00:28:54Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Now that YOU’ve shown up: you’re the one we need now to fight this imbecile called \*\*Blinky \*\*, you’re the fucking \*Battle \*Pope at least, so please don’t let \*\*Blinky’s \*\*insolence go unnoticed: Smite!, Smash! (Og smash), do anything about it! Nah, arguing with **B&P** is a bit too much like trying to recycle toilet paper. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139/98 "2017-02-20T00:37:45Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > Nah, arguing with **B&P** is a bit too much like trying to recycle toilet paper. Ah, I see, even a Battle Pope chooses his battles wisely. Good on you. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139/99 "2017-02-20T01:22:42Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > Nah, arguing with **B&P** is a bit too much like trying to recycle toilet paper. Amusing aside follows. When I was stationed in Japan, one of my American friends refused to buy the toilet paper from the local Co-op store because it was made from recycled paper. He thought it was recycled from used toilet paper. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139/100 "2017-02-20T01:33:26Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Amusing aside follows. When I was stationed in Japan, one of my American friends refused to buy the toilet paper from the local Co-op store because it was made from recycled paper. He thought it was recycled from used toilet paper. That’s less stupid than this B&P fuckwit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139.md?page=6)