Impure Thoughts

All of you who went to Catholic schools knew exactly what I was talking about, didn't you? Remember going to confession on Saturday, trembling in that dark booth and waiting for that screen to slide open. Then you said "Bless me Father, etc..." How the heck did we ever tell someone that we had impure thoughts? And why did we?

Now fast forward to 2007. Our illustrious President and the gnomes in the State Department want to take us to war because the Iranians had impure thoughts. Shame on them. They actually thought about building a nuclear weapon. No matter that their neighbors in Israel had them and don't tell anyone about it (the original kiss but don't tell) but can you imagine that the Iranians actually had such impure thoughts?

I wish someone would explain to me how we could take away the 'knowledge' that the Iranians may have gleaned about making nuclear weapons. Maybe we'll send Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith over there dressed in black with their little flashing memory erasers. That's it. We have the answer. No war, no more sanctions, we can just erase their memories.

If Father Kenny only knew that he could have erased my memory, I might not have had to say all of those Hail Marys.