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July 12, 2006
Ken Lay died for our sins?
Today in Houston, Enron’s founder and former CEO Ken Lay had a second memorial service. But not just any memorial service, mind you. It was complete with former mayors collapsing from their defibrillators going off, former presidents and their anti-Semitic lackeys and everything. Former Houston Mayor Bob Lanier was reported to be alert and stable at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital after fainting at First United Methodist Church shortly before today's memorial service for Ken Lay. Kenny Boy didn’t get a defibrilator installed before The Big One hit. Whoopsie! And if that weren’t (warrrrrn't) enough, there was also the local preacher and community activist that was in Ken’s pocket for years, Reverend Bill Lawson of the Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, removed just in time to prevent from being cremated along with the old crook... The Rev. Bill Lawson, pastor of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, likened Lay to James Byrd, an African-American man who was dragged to death in a racially motivated murder near Jasper eight years ago. Whaaaaaaaat? The man died from a heart attack. Nobody tied him to the back of a truck and dragged him across Hell's Half Acre. But that's not enough for Lawson... Lawson, who also spoke at Lay's Colorado memorial service, likened the businessman to President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Jesus — all of whom, the minister said, were wrongly victimized. Kennedy? When did Lay screw Marilyn Monroe? Martin Luther King Jr? Jesse Jackson didn't claim to hear Ken Lay's dying words. Wait... hold on... Ken Lay as Jesus? "The folks who don't like him have had their say. I'd like to have mine ... (Like Jesus Christ) he was crucified by a government that mistreated him." Oh come on now. Are you nuts? The man wasn't anything like Jesus... Jesus Christ: Preached the truth to the faithful. Jesus Christ: Right hand man was Peter, who stuck by him to the bitter end. Jesus Christ: Faced his accusers. Jesus Christ: Had a full head of luxurious, thick hair. Jesus Christ: Supposedly betrayed by Judas, but the Gnostics say they planned it all. Jesus Christ: Killed by the Jews... I mean... um... Roman soldiers. Jesus Christ: "Why hast thou forsaken me?" Jesus Christ: Shoved behind a rock, came back after three days. See? Not like Jesus. |