Satire is dead

Yes, I know that's been said before but this time it's really, really true. Really.

Eve's Apple on Tuesday posted the text of what is apparently a serious email from a group called Columbia Christians for Life that claims that Hurricane Katrina was shaped like a 6-week old fetus and was a message from God to "REPENT AMERICA!" Money quote:

Baby-murder state # 1 - California (125 abortion centers) - land of earthquakes, forest fires, and mudslides
Baby-murder state # 2 - New York (78 abortion centers) - 9-11 Ground Zero
Baby-murder state # 3 - Florida (73 abortion centers) - Hurricanes Bonnie, Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne in 2004; and now, Hurricane Katrina in 2005

The email also made pointed reference to the presence of five abortion clinics in New Orleans.

However, it appears there may be something of an internecine struggle among the fanatics: The very next day, Eve's Apple posted a press release from a group calling itself, yes indeedy, Repent America, which opens thusly:

Just days before "Southern Decadence", an annual homosexual celebration attracting tens of thousands of people to the French Quarters section of New Orleans, an act of God destroys the city.

And just in case you thought they were remarking on the coincidence, the group's director declared that "Although the loss of lives is deeply saddening, this act of God destroyed a wicked city," and "May this act of God cause us all to think about what we tolerate in our city limits, and bring us trembling before the throne of Almighty God."

Jonathan Swift is officially irrelevant.

Thanks to Bruce at This is Class Warfare for the link.