Irish Trojan in Tennessee

All of God's creatures

By Brendan Loy

The Vatican says it's OK to believe in aliens.

But not gay aliens, presumably. ;)

And in brief tribute to that other madness of March...

By Joe Loy

...a very blessed Saint Patrick's Day to one and All ~ and a reasonably ;> Enjoyable one as well.

:}

Catholics vs. Buddhists?

By Brendan Loy

Notre Dame may have Touchdown Jesus on its side, but USC has the Dalai Lama!

But wait: does that mean we're tarred via guilt-by-association with President Bush? D'oh!

Someone slap this woman

By JLR

Usually I try to ignore Ann Coulter, but I can't ignore this:

... Apparently we Jews need to be "perfected," and America would be better if we were all Christians.  (My favorite quote: "And Falwell himself said that."  Like Jerry Falwell is deserving of the moniker "Falwell himself"). 

Of course, Hitler also saw that Jews needed to be perfected too, but his version of perfection was forced-labor camps and gigantic ovens.

In Communist China, government reincarnates YOU!

By David K.

Are you a Tibetan lama?  Want to re-incarnate?  Better make sure you have all your permits in order!

In a move to tighten its grip on Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism, the Chinese government is attempting to crack down on allowing the traditional searches for reincarnated lamas within Tibet, at least without an official OK from Beijing.  This move seems to be specifically aimed at the leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, who has been living in exile in India since the Chinese occupied Tibet nearly half a century ago.  The Dalai Lama has stated that, should he die while the Chinese still occupy his country, he will be reincarnated outside of Tibet, setting up a possible schism between the Lama in exile and a Chinese-approved Lama from within the country.