Lent

Yesterday, several coworkers were walking around with black smudges on their foreheads. "Is it Ash Wednesday already?" I asked.
"You're a bad Catholic," was the reply. She then offered to butt heads.

So, I started thinking about Lent and sacrifice and Jesus Christ, with predictable results.

Catholic theology teaches that Jesus sacrificed Himself to open the Gates of Hell so we could all go to Heaven. Self-sacrifice. Martyrdom. Dying for a higher ideal.

GWB would do well to do the same for us. I'm sure there'll be a line of volunteers to crucify him. I'll be the first in line to buy a cross bearing GWB's crucified likeness. Crown of Thorns optional.

Honestly, to believe in something so strongly that one is willing to die for it? What is GWB willing to die for? Ask yourself that. He is apparently not willing to die for the United States of America. While his peers, John Kerry, John McCain, and thousands of unnamed veterans put themselves in harms way during the Vietnam War, GWB was in the Air National Guard, safe. I would never say that flying fighter planes is without risk, but it is certainly less risky to fly those same planes over the cotton fields of Alabama than the rice patties of Vietnam.

GWB was not ready to risk death for America, but is happy to send thousands of brave American soldiers to Iraq. Instead of contemplating the Mystery of the Rosary this Lent, I shall contemplate the Mystery of the American People's Willingness to Elect a Fraud