Year in Pre-Review
We’re approaching the first anniversary of Barack Obama’s inauguration, so you can expect plenty of year-in-review stories. Rachel Maddow prepares us for the “Obama’s a failure” storyline we’re sure to hear from Republicans:
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January 2010
Answered Prayer
The news story:
Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson says Haiti has been “cursed” because of what he called a “pact with the devil” in its history.
The prayer:
Dear Lord, you know I don’t like to ask you for anything. You know I’ve never asked you to do harm to anyone.
Well, I’m asking now. Please, Lord, strike down Pat Robertson with a bolt of lightning. Preferably in broad daylight with lots of witnesses.
I don’t believe Robertson was speaking for You about Haiti, any more than I believed he was speaking for You when he said Ariel Sharon’s stroke was Your vengeance for peace overtures to the Palestinians, or when he said Hurricane Katrina was Your wrath over abortion, or that 9/11 was Your response to secularism in America.
The problem is, he claims to be speaking for You, and some people believe it. It’s not good for us, and it’s not good for You. Some people think, “If that’s what God’s all about, I’m gonna be an atheist.”
One well-aimed bolt of lightning would do a lot to clear up this confusion.
Amen.
The answer:
Do you know who you sound like just now? Pat Robertson.
God, I’m so ashamed.
I Want My…
I was recently telling somebody about this old commercial. I think this is where “I Want My MTV” and other similar slogans got their start.
We spoiled baby boomers are getting old now. Expect “I Want My Poligrip” and “I Want My Hip Replacement” ads any moment now.