Earl Butz, we Need You

The Pope is telling young people to spurn materialism.

I have to ask. Wouldn’t this be more convincing coming from a guy who didn’t live in a palace, wear handmade clothes, fly first class, and get free medical care?

Yeah, yeah. He took an oath of poverty. Give me his deal, and I’ll forego a salary, too. He already has all the things you need a salary to buy.

I thought Al Gore was bad, but at least he hasn’t stuffed his ten-megawatt mansion with Michelangelo sculptures. Yet.