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September 01, 2004

The words of the prophets are written for $14.95

Remember Rael? No, not Rael Dornfest. The French "journalist" and lying clone meister who has been appointed ambassador by the extraterrestials who created life on this planet. In fact, the ET's dictated a book to Rael to set the planet straight. And yet Rael charges $14.95 to buy it. Why haven't the aliens cut Rael down with a laser death beam beam for not posting the whole book for free on the Web? Did Isaiah hold out for foreign rights? Did Ezekial hold on to the film rights? Did Jeremiah run blog ads?...

Posted by D. Weinberger at September 1, 2004 10:24 AM

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I hear the Scientologists' lawyers coming, they've got the exclusive right to exogenesis in cults.

Posted by: Bill Humphries | September 3, 2004 07:37 PM

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