Rush Limbaugh & Pat Robertson: Useless, and Reasons Why

See those two assholes up there? They are two of the most racist, useless, evil, twisted fucks to ever grace an airwave, be it radio or television.

They've had hits in the past such as, "Barack the Magic Negro", ""Pagans, Abortionists, Feminists, Gays and Lesbians Caused 9/11," featuring Jerry Falwell and "Calling for Hugo Chavez's Assassination/Eventual Enslavement of South America as a Whole. Well, now they've done it again.

Rush has decided that not only is Obama using Haiti to boost his credibility with black people, but he went even further yesterday, trying to discourage his listeners from donating to the relief efforts in Haiti, saying that Americans have already donated to relief in Haiti and that it was called the American "income tax." Huh? We'll get back to that in a minute.

On the same side of the coin, crazy old Pat Robertson, who clearly needs to be locked up in a closet in a nursing home somewhere in Siberia so no one ever has to hear his hateful, spiteful, racist, anti-everything tripe again, blaming the earthquake in Haiti on the Haitians. He claims they "made a deal with the devil." In that video, when he says the people of Haiti were "under the heel of the French," what he really means is that, you know, THEY WERE SLAVES! SLAVES, PEOPLE! So, Haiti's in desperate, abject poverty because they had a massive slave revolt. Right? I mean, clearly it's their fault that they have had more hard knocks than little orphan Annie. Give me a break, Pat Robertson.

Now for a history lesson, for both of these mental midgets. Haiti is incredibly important, and it's incredibly unique. Haiti was the first nation in Latin America to gain independence. It was also the first post-colonial black led nation in the entire world. Also, and Pat, you especially should pay attention to this one, it is the only nation in the world whose independence was gained due to a massive slave revolt. The revolution in Haiti resulted in the death of 100,000 black slaves and another 24,000 white colonists in Haiti. If you want to go even further back, Haiti has been suffering longer than any nation in the western hemisphere. Remember where Christopher Columbus, pillager, rapist and overall asshole that he was, landed? Hispaniola, which is the island that contains both Haiti and the Dominican Republic. I'd say if anyone made a deal with the devil it was the white Europeans who came to Hispaniola and set its people on a path of death and destruction. We killed the indigenous population? Well, let's go hoard black people on the coast of Africa and bring them here and make it a slave colony! Great idea, guys. And then, when anything tragic and awful happens to them, we'll pretend we had nothing to do with the founding of this tiny little island nation. Because white people do what they want.

Now as for Rush Limbaugh, he's a different can of worms. Racist and awful, yes, but his comments on this situation are a bit different, although equally horrible. So you don't want Americans to donate to Haiti relief, eh? He asked his caller in that second clip (the one from yesterday) if they wanted their name to be on a White House e-mail list, so Obama could start sending e-mails raising money for his campaign. This is because the caller said that you could go to www.whitehouse.gov (which you can and you should) and donate to the relief effort in Haiti. So his caller was humane and wanted to help. Rush is inhumane and, evidently, a giant conspiracy theorist who thinks we've already done enough for Haiti. I'd say he's partially right on that second point: we've essentially sat by while a neighboring country has devolved into what some call a "5th World" country.

So what do we do about two dicks like Limbaugh and Robertson? Sadly, there's nothing we can do. They have more money and power than that God guy they believe in than most of us ever will, so they can pretty much rule the airwaves as they please. But we can shame them and humiliate them and embarrass them, which is what wretched, evil men like this deserve. It never fails to amaze and anger me that two vile pieces of fecal matter like Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson are allowed to exist while thousands die in a place like Haiti, or in New Orleans, or in China, or in Sri Lanka, or in India, or in Thailand, or in the Maldives, or in Iraq, or in Ethiopia, or in Zimbabwe, or anywhere else in the world. Compassion is the only thing that should exist for people who are harmed by circumstances that they cannot control. Disgust is the only thing that should exist for people like Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson, and anyone else of their ilk who just sit by and let them spout their vile "thoughts."

Now, how can people help? Well, here are five organizations that need as much help as they can get, though there are many, many more. Go here to see a very comprehensive list of organizations that could use your help.

Partners in Health: An organization that is primarily run by Haitians themselves. Their buildings have actually come out of this fairly unscathed and they are helping people with what they have, but they are clearly going to need more to continue their work.

Operation USA: They're appealing for donations of all sizes and also for donations of water purification supplies.

Doctors Without Borders: Obviously important for obvious reasons, and taking whatever you are willing to give.

Direct Relief International: They're committing 1 million dollars in aid response and are coordinating with their partners in Haiti to get help to where it needs to be, especially for the injured. You can also donate.

Orphans International America: They are gathering food, water, whatever they can and they can use whatever help you can offer.

Or, if this seems too complicated, just text "HAITI" to 90999 and that will donate $10 to the American Red Cross. It's that simple.

Prove you're better than the Rushes and Pats in the world and give to any of these organizations or any of the many, many others that are on The Huffington Post link I posted above.