Monday, May 3, 2010

Dear Pat Robertson,

Here's some friendly advice. You blamed Katrina's destruction in New Orleans on the profusion of homosexuality there. Have you ever hung out with Gulf Coast shrimpers, Pat? I have. I wouldn't suggest claiming the same cause for the BP oil spill. At least, not in person.

I blame the persistent Pat Robertson problem on the media. Why do you people keep granting a public forum to someone who is clearly mentally incompetent, insane, or, more than likely, both? Does anyone really give a shit what the man who announced that the Haitian earthquake victims "had it coming" thinks about anything? (That comment, made in January, set the bar for Asshole Of The Year so high that no one else has yet come close.)
Do the world a favor--let the next story you file on Pat Robertson (age 80) be his obituary.

5 comments:

Jim said...

Heard a report on NPR today that may be part of the answer. Seems that part of the brain (of some folks) - that part that is critical and skeptical, shuts down when hearing a charismatic speaker such as a religious deacon type character. So maybe he just knows who is susceptible.

Jim said...

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/03/hearing-prayer-shuts.html

Jim said...

Or maybe this will work:
Hearing prayer shuts off believers' brain activity

anonymouse said...

Wasn't it just a few yrs. ago that Pat claimed to have leg-pressed 1200lbs.? He could kick y'all hippies' asses.

Joe Karson said...

Thanks, Jim.
Good point, anonymouse--we should probably have our national policies set by whoever has the strongest legs.