9.05.2007

"There's nasty, there's puerile, and then there's Mark Morford's hate mail. Wake the kids!"

One of my favorite newspaper columns to read is by Mark Morford of the San Francisco Chronicle. He's akin to a Lewis Black, but more bitter and left-leaning. Needless to say, his columns (Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4) attract a bit of hate mail from across the country.

Here's a few of the recent gems. I especially love all the letters from "Christians" that obviously have taken the teachings of the Bible to heart.

Since you spend most of your life in never-never land, you might not be aware that you have an appointment to stand before the God of the Bible, and be judged by Him for your sins. And your contempt for God will be on the agenda. Try to enjoy the rest of your miserable, worthless life. Eternity is a long, long time.

I can't believe your audacity. We live in a death culture where people are contracepting, murdering children on a daily basis (abortion), and the world's population is growing eerily older as we speak. There will be no more children to support your sorry bum when you are older. Why?? Because NO ONE is having children!!! There will be no more social security and no more "workers" in your nursing home. Why?? Because you all chose to have no more children. Look at Europe!! The Muslims are taking over because the Europeans are too selfish to have kids of their own!!!!!!
God Bless You.

I can't wait to read your articles once Mitt Romney takes the white house. Honestly, there's nobody on either side of the aisle that can challenge him. i wish there were. it would make for a better election. He's ronald reagan part deux. and guess what dude.....he's MORMON!! oh this is gonna be so great! you are gonna be SOOOOO angry! he's gonna take away all your freedoms mark!! all your freedoms and liberties!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

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5.30.2007

"People like that should be out on the street shouting and hollering with a cardboard sign selling pencils from a cup."

Christopher Hitchens on The Death of Jerry Falwell. I take it that Mr. Hitchens isn't so much a fan of the late Falwell. His rants go a bit beyond what I've included as the headline of this post, by the way, so give it a watch if you have a few spare minutes.

In case you aren't familiar with Hitchens, he's a writer that defies categorization as he is pro-Iraq War, anti-theistic, a former writer for The Nation, and "slightly" pro-George Bush. Here's a snippet from his wiki-entry:

Christopher Eric Hitchens (born April 13, 1949, in Portsmouth, England) is an Anglo-American author, journalist and literary critic. Currently living in Washington, D.C., he has been a columnist at Vanity Fair, The Nation, Slate and Free Inquiry; additionally, he is an occasional contributor to other publications and has appeared regularly in the Wall Street Journal. His brother is British journalist Peter Hitchens.

Hitchens is known for his iconoclasm, anti-clericalism, atheism, antitheism, anti-fascism and anti-monarchism. He is also noted for his acerbic wit and his noisy departure from the Anglo-American political left. He was formerly a Trotskyist and a fixture in the left wing publications of Britain and America. But a series of disagreements beginning in the early 1990s led to his resignation from The Nation shortly after the September 11, 2001, attacks. He is also known for his ardent admiration of George Orwell and Thomas Jefferson, and his iconoclastic criticism of Mother Teresa.

Belated thanks to Brad for this link...

UPDATE: You can also watch Hitchens be obnoxious to the left and flip off Bill Maher's audience. My guess is that he doesn't have friends on either end of the spectrum.

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