Jesus Made Me Puke -Taibbi

[underpants]

Matt Tiabbi goes undercover in Pastor Hagee's megachurch 3-day reborn weekend

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/20278737/jesus_made_me_puke

This thing is so funny I can't even post any of it without giving it away

Okay there is this

"I cast OUT the demon of handwriting analysis!"

[flvegan]

1. I read this today.

I had to set aside 45 minutes to really sit and enjoy this piece.

[underpants]

5. I can't wait for his book to come out

Taibbi is the best writer out there today. Hands down.

[laststeamtrain]

2. Short passage from the article.

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"Well, uh, OK, then," he said. "Matthew, do you want to tell your story?"

My heart was pounding. I obviously couldn't use my real past — not only would it threaten my cover, but I was somewhat reluctant to expose anything like my real inner self to this ideologically unsettling process — but neither did I want to be trapped in a story too far from my own experience. What I settled on eventually was something that I thought was metaphorically similar to the truth about myself.

"Hello," I said, taking a deep breath. "My name is Matt. My father was an alcoholic circus clown who used to beat me with his oversize shoes."

The group twittered noticeably. Morgan's eyes opened to tea-saucer size.

I closed my own eyes and kept going, immediately realizing what a mistake I'd made. There was no way this story was going to fly. But there was no turning back.

"He'd be sitting there in his costume, sucking down a beer and watching television," I heard myself saying. "And then sometimes, even if I just walked in front of the TV, he'd pull off one of those big shoes and just, you know — whap!"

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I almost died laughing a few times.

[underpants]

4. That was the part I didn't want to give away

his father is actually are reporter on ABC news Mike Tiabbi I think it is

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

3. That is priceless.

The story about his alcoholic clown father is absolutely hysterical. That is one book I have to remember to get when it comes out.