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Yes, no, yes, yes, no, yes, yes.

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I was an altar boy, and said my prayers. But, I still managed to tear a knee ligament, crack my ribs, break bones in my wrist and face along with a couple of concussions before my parents made my quit the team. Allen West is full of Santorum.

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There's something happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear.

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Foundering your father, OTOH, is against the law, except in self-defense. It being the inner city, however, enforcement might be spotty.

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football players probably do make for good, compliant slaves

Especially after a few TBIs.

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As a confirmed fantasist myself, I would be very upset to have my images of lovely unicorns and a Firefly revival compared with the vile imaginings in the minds of Republicans.

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Well, if the kid was on the visiting team then it makes sense that Jeebus would smite him, in answer to a prayer by the home team.

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It's official. God has no heart.

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I don't remember...we're a marching band family

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There certainly is "something" about all that prayin': It's a goddamned nearly unlimited source of griftmoneyz.

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Ah, but the Founding Fuckers were such cut-ups! You don't honestly think they meant that, did you? That was just Madison messing with Hamilton's head.

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So, you're saying the prayer worked?

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The take away from Westian logic is not that it happened because nobody prayed hard enough, but because somebody didn't pray hard enough. Coulda been anybody. Everyone who did pray can live the rest of their lives wondering if this terrible thing happened because they had not been devout enough or sincere enough.

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>I was an altar boy, and said my prayers

Did you get molested, or were you not attractive enough?

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Right-wing crazoid Allen West: "We would pray with the pastor before every football game. I don't remember catastrophic injuries. I don't remember anyone getting paralyzed. That says something about the power of prayer" Or the power of concussions.

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That explains his hemorrhoids.

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