Got this in an e-mail. Pretty funny. 
Shark fishing
>
>
>
>On a tour of Texas, the Pope took a couple of days off to visit the
>coastal
>area for some sightseeing. He
>
>was cruising along the sea wall on Galveston Island in his Pope mobile
when
>suddenly he noticed a
>
>frantic commotion just off shore.
>
>
>
>There was John Kerry struggling frantically to free himself from the
jaws
>of
>a 25-foot shark. The Pope watched horrified as a speedboat raced up
with
>two
>men aboard. One of the men, President George W. Bush quickly fired a
>harpoon
>into the shark's side while Dick Cheney reached out and pulled the
>bleeding,
>semi-conscious John Kerry from the water. Then using baseball bats,
the two
>heroes beat the shark to death and hauled it into the boat.
>
>
>
>Immediately the Pope shouted and summoned them to the beach. "I give
you my
>blessings for your brave actions," he told them. "I heard that there
was
>some bitter hatred between President Bush and John Kerry, but now I
have
>seen with my own eyes that this is not true. "
>
>
>
>As the Pope drove off, President Bush asked Dick "Who was that?" "It
was
>the
>Pope," Dick replied. "He is in direct contact with God and has all of
>God's
>wisdom. " "Well," President Bush said, "he may have access to God's
wisdom,
>but he doesn't know squat about shark fishing... ... . how's the bait
holding
>up?"

Shark fishing
>
>
>
>On a tour of Texas, the Pope took a couple of days off to visit the
>coastal
>area for some sightseeing. He
>
>was cruising along the sea wall on Galveston Island in his Pope mobile
when
>suddenly he noticed a
>
>frantic commotion just off shore.
>
>
>
>There was John Kerry struggling frantically to free himself from the
jaws
>of
>a 25-foot shark. The Pope watched horrified as a speedboat raced up
with
>two
>men aboard. One of the men, President George W. Bush quickly fired a
>harpoon
>into the shark's side while Dick Cheney reached out and pulled the
>bleeding,
>semi-conscious John Kerry from the water. Then using baseball bats,
the two
>heroes beat the shark to death and hauled it into the boat.
>
>
>
>Immediately the Pope shouted and summoned them to the beach. "I give
you my
>blessings for your brave actions," he told them. "I heard that there
was
>some bitter hatred between President Bush and John Kerry, but now I
have
>seen with my own eyes that this is not true. "
>
>
>
>As the Pope drove off, President Bush asked Dick "Who was that?" "It
was
>the
>Pope," Dick replied. "He is in direct contact with God and has all of
>God's
>wisdom. " "Well," President Bush said, "he may have access to God's
wisdom,
>but he doesn't know squat about shark fishing... ... . how's the bait
holding
>up?"