Jesus at the Football Match

Jesus Christ said he had never been to a football match. So we took him to one, my friends and I. It was a ferocious battle between the Protestant Punchers and the Catholic Crusaders.

The Crusaders scored first. Jesus cheered wildly and threw his hat high up in the air. Then the Punchers scored. And Jesus cheered wildly and threw his hat high up in the air.

This seemed to puzzle the man behind us. He tapped Jesus on the shoulder and asked: "Which side are you rooting for, my good man?"

"Me?" replied Jesus, visibly excited by the game. "Oh, I'm not rooting for either side. I'm just enjoying the game."

The questioner turned to his neighbor and sneered, "Hmm, an atheist!"

We took him up on this after the game. Was he in the habit of never taking side? I side with people rather than religioins," saod Jesus, "human beings rather than the Sabbath."
-- Anthony de Mello, The Song of the Bird

I wonder if that applies to political campaigns as well?

And This is a Surprise to Anyone?
Kerry Wins Iowa Democratic Presidential Caucuses (Google News Headline)
Did anyone really expect Dean to be the long-term front-runner? If this year is "normal" for politics, we have a long way to go until there is a true front-runner. My guess is still leaning toward Clark or Edwards for no clear-cut reason other than I think that the Democrats will somewhere along the line see that they might have a chance to beat Bush- instead of beating around the Bush. (Sorry. I have been wanting to get that out of my system for a long time.) Just my gut tells me that Clark would be the most likely to mount a strong campaign, and Edwards - no reason, just a hunch. But don't quote me in the fall unless I'm right.

By the way, The Command Post which started off with great blogging coverage of the war in Iraq, has a 2004 Election Page.

Another Wow!

This is from the European Space Agency's Mars Express Orbiter and its first high-res picture from Mars. It is of Valles Marineris, the Grand Canyon of Mars, taken from nearly 300 kilometers above the planet's surface.

Here is the site for the news article.