Honk for Jesus !

         Perhaps I'll drive by city hall around noontime  to see the

    circus. God bless H.L Mencken ! He had the drooling religious fanatics

    figured out decades ago. They have organized yet another National Day

    of Prayer. I guess that is why bad things happen to good people- even

    their God gets sick of them !

        I read in the Warwick Beacon this morning ( May 7 ) this fatuous

    headline : " Prayer Day aims to cleanse society ". The story is by

    Patrick Luce. I can't blame the reporter for being assigned to interview

    religious crackpots and fanatics - like  Kathy Davenport and  Armand

    Boucher. ( the latter lead an Elmer Gantry type crusade to  rid West

    Warwick of those filthy strip clubs - which I confess I miss )

        Perhaps Mayor Lincoln Chafee will show up to honor this " work

    of the Lord ". There may be a critical vote or two in the pious

    crowd.

           I'll admit our society  is morally confused and I've been doing

    my damned best to straighten it out . But it is not easy, with the

    " brain drain " and all.

         In the Beacon we read the usual drivel from the Jesus Junkies :

    " If people pray together it will make the prayers stronger ". For

    what purpose - to bend the will of the Almighty? It is as if they

    imagine a completely capricious God - in the image of an oriental

    despot. Tyrant that He is, he may give in to the vociferous mob

    or at least His Mother will put pressure on him to DO THE RIGHT

    THING .

           Cynics have been way too polite in their public discussions

    of the " opium of the people " .  Our contempt for them  deserves

    the literary equivalent of the King James Version .

        The latest astronomical news about a vast cosmic event suggest

    that our world could perish in an huge explosion of LAUGHING GAS !

       Perhaps the Creator will have the last laugh, after all .