Saturday, May 19, 2007

Mourning in America

The Internet is awash in touching tributes to the late Jerry Falwell. Christopher Hitchens's remains my favorite, but there are plenty of other contenders.

Like this one, by Betty Bowers:
I first met Jerry when he swooped down on Heritage USA to pick Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's bones clean of any easily-liquidated assets and studio equipment. They weren't the first people to be trampled when Jerry smelled money -- or bacon. As I told Tammy at the time, it's downright suicidal to stand between Jerry and a working television camera. After all, Jerry was most TV talk shows' go-to guy when they needed the snaggletooth-hillbilly point of view, a notoriously un-telegenic demographic.
And this one, by Mark Morford, which lets Falwell's words speak for themselves:
"The abortionists have got to bear some burden for [the attacks of Sept. 11] because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way -- all of them who have tried to secularize America -- I point the finger in their face and say, 'You helped this happen.'"

4 comments:

John C. Hathaway said...

Abortion victims: approx. 4,000 children daily.
9/11 victims: approx. 4,000.

To quote Scott Hahn, "In his love, God gives us what we need. In his wrath, God gives us what we want."

The more people alienate themselves from God, the more He allows the Devil to run things.

Ever read the book of Exodus?

Pharaoh killed the first-born of Israel. So God allowed Satan to kill the first born of Egypt.

Anonymous said...

It is hard to find a good snaggle toothed hillbilly to put on network TV. Who will be the new go-to guy? Not Ted Haggard...

Anonymous said...

Tinky Winky demands satisfaction! He is gender neutral and likes tubby toast above all things.

Anonymous said...

Stay on your own blogs you give-regular-christians-a-bad-name, right-wing conservative freak!