It is not that we didn’t expect it. After all, evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson has said many a dumb thing in the past, but his latest opinion on the Haiti earthquake, simply goes way beyond any boundaries of civility, decency, taste and common sense.

Robertson has said and we quote: “Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it,” he said. “They were under the heel of the French … and they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, ‘We will serve you if you’ll get us free from the French.’ True story. And the devil said, ‘OK, it’s a deal,’ Ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after another.”

After 9/11, after Katrina, or after Ariel Sharon’s stroke Robertson was there to explain to the victims and to anyone who would listen why they deserved it.

And they do listen. Pat Robertson is not only one of “our” televangelists, he is also founder and chairman, of The Christian Broadcasting Network, making it very easy to express his opinions.

We always wondered how and why did these “men of God” felt that they “knew” something more that the rest of us, or why do they feel that they are authorized by anyone, particularly God to express their harebrained points of view.

Even though he wasn’t a televangelist, George W. Bush did mention that God told him to invade Iraq. We always thought that was the low point of our presidential history as a whole.

Don’t also forget for a minute that Robertson has also run for the White House at one time…

At the same time, the darling of the conservatives Rush Limbaugh has voiced the opinion that…”We’ve already donated to Haiti “It’s called the U.S. income tax.”

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Much has been said and heard about Tiger Woods crashing his Caddillac Escalade (which, by the way, still belongs to General Motors)  through a fire hydrant and into a tree.

As most of you have also heard, the rumor goes that Tiger’s wife Elin Nordegren after hearing the crash outside their Florida house went to her husband’s aid and smashed the rear window with (what else?) a golf club, to allow him to escape the wreck.

Another rumor says that Elin was the one who scratched Tiger’s face, after hearing news about his affair with Rachel Uchitel – a Manhattan hostess who lost a fiancé in the World Trade Center on 9/11.

Tiger admits on his website that  “As you all know, I had a single-car accident earlier this week, and sustained some injuries. I have some cuts, bruising and right now I’m pretty sore.

This situation is my fault, and it’s obviously embarrassing to my family and me. I’m human and I’m not perfect. I will certainly make sure this doesn’t happen again.”

Woods, who was expected to host and play in the 2009 Chevron World Challenge golf tournament this week, canceled his participation, citing the injuries he incurred in the accident.

Wherever the truth might lie, there is no doubt that Tiger has ceased to be the media virgin he has been up to this point.

And in closing we would like to present another excellent cartoon on the subject by Washington Post’s Tom Toles.

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The claims and counterclaims in this case vary widely, but as it stands, Eric Williamson, of Springfield, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, DC is being accused of indecent exposure.

As a woman, who was walking her 7-year-old son to school tells the story; Williamson has shown himself butt-naked twice through the windows of the house he was living in.

Williamson, in turn says that he just got up and was preparing breakfast in his own house, totally unaware that anyone could see him.

It is also interesting to note that the accusing woman is a wife of a Fairfax County policeman.

Police showed up very quickly. One of the five cops who went into his house reportedly called Williamson a pervert and others looked through his belongings. They left but returned a short time later to take him to the magistrate.

A police spokeswoman would not comment on Williamson’s claim that officers entered his room without a warrant, but she did say “We don’t arrest people for being nude in their house.”

Williamson in turn, says Fairfax County police treated him “like an animal” at his home.

Considering the huge brouhaha about a sex-related show in Saudi Arabia and the sentences of lashes and prison for those involved (apparently now pardoned by King Abdullah), or the stoning and other punishment in Afghanistan and Pakistan, our domestic morals might not seem to be that strict. On the other hand, how does walking naked around one’s own house compare to miles and miles of nude people on many European beaches? Who could be considered more advanced from the cultural and moral point of view, we wonder…

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