Extreme Right-Wing Ridiculousness about Haitian Earthquake Relief – Limbaugh and Robertson As Tragicomedians

In the wake of this month’s serious tragedy in Haiti, it’s hard to make light of anything. Lives were lost and a great deal of people are still suffering. Yet, in the face of all this, extreme right-wing personalities simply can;t help but make a sad comedy of themselves.

This week it was Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson. Limbaugh pretty much said Obama was happy about the Haitian tragedy and was opportunistically and enthusiastically using it to gain popularity with blacks (like he needed that). Robertson says the earthquake (and all of Haiti’s other problems) happened to Haiti because they made a deal with the devil to get rid of Napoleoon in the 1800’s.

Now, I don’t like to get too political, especially with comedy, but this felt too absurd and too offensive for me to swallow. I dealt with it the only way I knew how: instead of getting mad, I made fun of them. I decided to leave a comment under the article, nestled amongst all the comments by Rush and Pat’s confused supporters. Maybe I shouldn’t have. Maybe it was inappropriate, but whatever, I did it, so here is the comment I posted:

Hello. I’m Basree Natchanga-Pataroo. My friend call me Basree Natchanga-Pataroo. I know this Rush Limbaugh from when he made comment on the black quarterback Donovan McNabb of team Philadelphia McEagles. He seems to not think that media and public are fair with issue to do with black people’s. Maybe he is part right that what you call white guilt happens, but maybe also he doesn’t willing to buy his dinner from a black man owned store or shoe shops.

This other man, Robertson, believe more in God. He says he knows what is right and wrong, and about the devil. How can he know these things? I know maybe he believes them, but one time my cousin Harir belive one strap of galool tree leaves around his arms could make him fly and he fell down Nattarong Gorge and has dead. Just believe not make it so. So, I think writer here maybe has a point about both man, Rush and Pat. The important is mostly to help all the Haitian who have no food, no water, no peace while these man complain on their show about their own ideas that help no people.

Thank you considerably, B. Natchanga-Pataroo

Politics and humor mix poorly, and tragedy and humor mix even worse so I apologize if this offends anyone nearly as much as Robertson and Limbaugh offended my sense of human decency.

But regardless of how you feel, there are still a lot of people who could use our help. Use your help.

If you have a moment, please consider going to www.hopeforhaiti.com .  It’s not often we can make so big a difference with so little effort, and just a momentary click of a button.

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