Pope Francis

How about the pope coming out in support of gays.
Also considering a change to how the church handles divorce and remarriage.
What a guy.
Cant believe he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize.
The committee gave it too early to Obama, with Francis, what are they waiting for?
What a common sense progressive.
Fascinating that this is the guy the bishops voted for yet they have a hard time getting behind him regarding gays.
He is so humble, Bishops live better then him in their expensive mansions.
Pope Francis is the man, the right man in these times.
A future Saint. I have no doubt.
Count this atheist a big fan :-)

Quote: terapined

The committee gave it too early to Obama, with Francis, what are they waiting for?

He's not black? Obama being black was 90%
of the reason he won. A white conservative
could have said the exact same things and
never been considered. The prize committee
is about being PC first and foremost.

Quote: Evenbob

He's not black? Obama being black was 90%
of the reason he won. A white conservative
could have said the exact same things and
never been considered. The prize committee
is about being PC first and foremost.

Actually he won it because he wasn't Bush and he was a liberal. As a liberal he can talk peace but later bomb half a dozen countries and win the prize. Shows a once great institution is just a joke that feeds off the same pop-culture as so much of America. After voting Obama in for it the committee probably fired up their DVRed episodes of Honey Boo Boo.

Quote: AZDuffman

Actually he won it because he wasn't Bush and he was a liberal. .

It was more than that. Clinton was a lib and he
didn't win one. Obama was a black lib, they
had to do it.

Quote: terapined

How about the pope coming out in support of gays.
Also considering a change to how the church handles divorce and remarriage.
What a guy.
Cant believe he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize.
The committee gave it too early to Obama, with Francis, what are they waiting for?
What a common sense progressive.
Fascinating that this is the guy the bishops voted for yet they have a hard time getting behind him regarding gays.
He is so humble, Bishops live better then him in their expensive mansions.
Pope Francis is the man, the right man in these times.
A future Saint. I have no doubt.
Count this atheist a big fan :-)

Count this theist a big fan too!

The Pope is a titular head but is subject to the entrenched factions in the Vatican bureauacracy.

Argentina is on the verge of bankruptcy and defaulted on its currency obligations.

Pope Francis to rent out Sistine Chapel?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-10-20/vatican-blesses-porsche-blocks-plebs-sistine-chapel#comments

The nobel peace prize appears to be offered to things they want to encourage, not what they have done. I have no idea why Obama got his though... it was richly undeserved. Then again, they awarded it to Al Gore for a documentary about climate change, so I await David Attenborough to get one as well for all his long work on educating us about bio-diversity.

Quote: TheCesspit

I have no idea why Obama got his though... .

Sure you do, it's the same reason
Whoopsie Goldberg got an Oscar
for 'Ghost'. The same reason GM
started promoting certain people
to management positions in the 80's
whether they deserved it or not. None
of them earned awards or promotions,
they were in the right place at the right
time.

Quote: TheCesspit

David Attenborough

If ever there was a man who deserved an award. I dunno for what, but I'd make up several just so I could give them to him.