US:
> And then there's Tammy Bakker
> Long prepared to meet her Maker
> Make-up dribbling down her face
> Representing the human race
>
> God must be a special sort
> Knowing only the quick retort
> You're in! You're out!
> What's it all about...?
US (Monday Morning Quarterback):
> I'm having second thoughts about my tasteless little jibe at Tammy Faye
> Bakker. Not sure why my taste-meter wasn't working.
I dunno, Ursula, I thought your jingle was pretty funny. Regarding the
apology, it's hard to reconcile the use of the word 'taste' in the same
sentence as Tammy Faye. She got the only reward she ever truly wanted in
this life: fame and money, so I doubt that even if there's an afterlife,
you
could ever touch her. She'd probably read your jingle and say: "Yeah,
right, Ursula, and how much money did you wallow in today? And how much
air
time will your death bring?" That's what matters, after all. For a
sizable
slice of our culture, that's what it's all about. Mockery is a way of
consecrating what's not mocked. Mock away. I do, every day.
But I would like to disassociate myself from your questionable comments
about God's intelligence. Though God's judgments might seem arbitrary at
times, somewhat like the Governor's in "Blazing Saddles", still we must
withhold judgment until all has been unfolded in the End Times. Perhaps
there's inscrutable wisdom at work here that we cannot fathom in our mere
creatureliness. Lest your jabs at God's judgment be seen as seditious, I
ask you to stay out of lightning strike from me for the foreseeable
future.
I'm sure you'll understand that it's nothing personal.
Mike Geary
still believing it's obligatory to laugh
unless God is listening.
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