Star Tribune letter of the day...

[dreamer_easy]

http://www.startribune.com/opinion/letters/81595442.html

Dear Pat Robertson, I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, so I'm all over that action. But when you say that Haiti has made a pact with me, it is totally humiliating. I may be evil incarnate, but I'm no welcher. The way you put it, making a deal with me leaves folks desperate and impoverished. Sure, in the afterlife, but when I strike bargains with people, they first get something here on earth -- glamour, beauty, talent, wealth, fame, glory, a golden fiddle. Those Haitians have nothing, and I mean nothing. And that was before the earthquake. Haven't you seen "Crossroads"? Or "Damn Yankees"? If I had a thing going with Haiti, there'd be lots of banks, skyscrapers, SUVs, exclusive night clubs, Botox -- that kind of thing. An 80 percent poverty rate is so not my style. Nothing against it -- I'm just saying: Not how I roll. You're doing great work, Pat, and I don't want to clip your wings -- just, come on, you're making me look bad. And not the good kind of bad. Keep blaming God. That's working. But leave me out of it, please. Or we may need to renegotiate your own contract. Best, Satan

Comments

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

Rush Limbaugh enters race to the bottom on Haiti. Arghity argh argh wtf argh.

*ahem*

Who is this Robinson of whom you speak? (The answer is probably obvious but alas, my dendrites are still healing.)

[kelemvor.livejournal.com]

This guy. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_Robinson) I once ran a few GURPS RPG sessions for a friend, based primarily on Doctor Who, but the end point of each chapter was set either in Callahan's bar or Lady Sally's place, just to see how it would fit. It did.