[lbo-talk] Rat Man elected top robed celibate

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>April 19, 2005
>Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany was named the new pope.

The trick now is for Ratso, 78, to stay vertical.  I understand he has been 
fighting a bad cold.  Let's see if his papacy is as influential as that of 
John Paul 1.0 -- a/k/a 31 Days That Shook the World ;-)

Carl