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Monday, May 16, 2011

Rooting for Rapture

They tell us that devout and carefully vetted Xtians will float off the planet on Saturday, and I'm all for it. It'll wipe out our unemployment problem, taxpaying businesses will be able to move into the abandoned church real estate, and we'll be able to replace half our Legislature with representatives who are better grounded, so to speak. It may also relieve us from letters like Holly Schrader's today.

PS: The word "rapture" derives from the same Latin root as "rape," originally meaning to be carried away. Need I say more?

Update, Saturday: Drat. It appears that either the math was off again, or perhaps the Big Guy in the Sky looked down and decided that we're all gonna have to go through the Tribulation together. (What if you gave a Rapture and nobody qualified?)
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1 comment:

  1. Zig E.May 16, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    I wrote a satirical comment this morning about Holly's letter but of course it was censored. AGAIN. And again I swore I'd stop submitting. Apparently there is a religious bias at the Courier as well. Who would have guessed.

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