Re: Pat Robertson - Haiti hit by earthquake b/c of their deal w/ Satan
[QUOTE=pdowney;825442]It seems the "Devil" has replied.
[URL]http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/01/the_devil_writes_pat_robertson.html[/URL]
[B]The 'Devil' Writes Pat Robertson A Letter[/B]
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January 15, 2010
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[B]By Frank James[/B]
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune [URL="http://www.startribune.com/opinion/letters/81595442.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DUqEiaDUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU"]published a letter[/URL] from Satan to evangelist Pat Robertson, responding to his comment that Haiti's persistent troubles, including the earthquake, are due to a pact the nation made with Mephistopheles.
Actually, it wasn't Satan who wrote the letter but Lilly Coyle of Minneapolis writing in the persona of the hellish one.
I think she got it down pretty well. What say you?[INDENT]Dear Pat Robertson,[/INDENT][INDENT] 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. [/INDENT][INDENT]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.[/INDENT][INDENT]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"? [/INDENT][INDENT]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. [/INDENT][INDENT]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. [B]Or we may need to renegotiate your own contract.[/B][/INDENT][INDENT] Best, Satan[/INDENT][INDENT]LILY COYLE, MINNEAPOLIS[/INDENT][/QUOTE]
good shit, but that last line really brings it home, lol