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How much time is Issa spending on those sites every day? Not enough.

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OK, I clicked on Newsmax because I was genuinely interested in the question "Why do Christians get heart attacks?"

Or rather, I was interested in what dingbat explanation Newsmax would offer for the fundamental question of the Problem of Evil.

I didn't get any good answers, so I'm gonna offer some myself.

Newsmax asks: <i>Have you ever considered why so many Christians suffer from heart attacks and other types of heart disease?</i>

Answer: It's due to the toxic combination of batter-fried meat, apoplectic rage, and a deep, sekrit realization that despite all your blind faith and holy virtue, your life is no better than anyone else's, which means God hates you. Sorry about that.

Newsmax notes regretfully: <i>Unfortunately, Christians appear to suffer from the same maladies as nonbelievers or members of other faiths — including often-fatal heart attacks. </i>

I got nothing to add to that; I'm just putting it there and letting it fester and decompose.

Newsmax asks: <i>Does God’s plan for our lives really include medical conditions such as these, or is it God’s will that we maintain gloriously good health? And if so, why doesn’t our faith protect us?</i>

Answer: You are just not faithful enough. Try believing harder, sinning less, and rejecting logic more firmly. Here are some handy shortcuts:

~Find a previously unnoticed vulnerable minority and hate it

~Forego education entirely

~Memorize more Bible verses - ideally, out of context and in no reasonable sequence

~Repeat at mealtimes, right after the Lord's Prayer: "Next week I will buy one of those exercise machines they advertise on TV."

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like your friend.

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Well, this wil feed the outrage machine for a few news cycles. Not to mention let crazy Uncle Lenny send out yet another "government workers are lazy crooks" chain e-mail.

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Up to 6 hours of porn viewing at work? I wonder what this guy/gal does in his/her free time. No, never mind, I really don't want to know.

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Continuing to get paid a salary is "getting bonuses," because Issa never met a fact he wouldn't warp.

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