I am reminded why I hate watching the news…

Seriously, how ignorant can people be? I stopped watching the news because I’m usually not interested in political bickering, the excessive amount of crime in the DC area, or whatever crap they can find to complain about. The one day I turn on the news, some religious conservative is saying that the Haitian people deserved the earthquake because they “made a deal with the devil.” Pat Robertson, ladies and gentlemen. There are some real twats in the world, but I wouldn’t wish total destruction like that on ANYONE and especially not on people who don’t have much to begin with. What a horrible thing to say. ”Right now, Robertson said, ‘the suffering is unimaginable.’” – No shit? But of course, they deserve this…right Mr. Robertson?

It’s easy for a well-off man to say such things because he can go home to his family tonight and sleep in his bed. There are people who slept in the streets next to houses where their family members were buried – the same streets where the bodies of neighbors and countrymen were lined up because there was simply nowhere else for them to go. It would be hard to sleep under those conditions…I just hope it’s harder to sleep with the weight of such words on your mind, Pat.

I don’t believe in Heaven and Hell, but if Hell exists he has surely secured his place in it. You should be ashamed of yourself, sir.

Credit to Google/AFP for the quote, which can be found here: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iX3INESyeqiM9yeUrTNCtT-SYWxg