Diagnosing Ann Coulter's Affliction
It's true she is an easy target. After all, she makes a living being outrageous. Some days I think she was the one who started the rumors of her being a post-operative transgendered person.
I admit I used to watch her with the same morbid fascination I normally reserve for car crashes, until I realized the woman is sick... as in clinically afflicted. Since we are now at a point where medical diagnoses can be dispensed remotely, let me walk you through the differential diagnosis.
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Pat Robertson: Con-Man and Weather Forecaster
"On a TV show, Pat Robertson said -- and I quote, this is his quote. He said, 'If I heard the Lord right, the coast of America will be lashed by storms this year.' He actually said, 'If I heard the Lord right.' What? You weren't paying attention?"
-- Jay Leno (05/22/2006)
When he's not calling for assassinations of Democratically elected leaders, blaming feminists for 9/11, or doing business with murderous dictators, televangelist Pat Robertson is busy scamming well-intending Americans out of their hard-earned money.
His latest is a particularly egregious offense to our intellect as he positions himself as a would-be 'prophet' of sorts. According to Pat:
"I go away at the end of each year to pray, and if I heard the Lord right about 2006, the coasts of America will be lashed by storms."
Well, duh! How would that make this year any different from any other year?
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