The Pope is leaving, the Pope is leaving....

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

As a non-Catholic, I'm not disposed to always accept everything a Pope does or says.
But this Pope and this his visit to the US have truly impressed me... in very good way.

I agree, he's said some good stuff, but if it truly represented RC Church policy, then excommunicate wouldn't be in the dictionary... or at least noted as archaic.

My only real negative this weekend was in the ridiculous non-justified, over-reaction
of the US Secret Service and all the enforcement entities which now have, in effect,
set a minimum basis for future visits of any/all important leaders
Can you imagine next budget requests bases on their expenditures this year...

I believe that shit was already in place, and not just for heads of state. It's damned if you do, damned if you don't, for security guys. You know they'd be up shits creek without a job, or a recommendation, if some whacko offed the Pope while in the US. They think worst case scenario all the time. The overlap/duplication of the FBI, NSA, CIA, Secret Service, and various police departments, is a huge waste, though.