HEY, YOU! QUIT SHAKING YOUR FIST HEAVENWARD AND COME LAUGH!

Looking for a cure for the constant-CNN blues? Sure, you are. You just don't know it yet.

So come spend Saturday night at the Un-Cabaret! See your favorite comedians go off-script and meander hilariously maybe!

Un-Cabaret
Featuring Beth Lapides, Dave Holmes, Paul F. Tompkins and Greg Fitzsimmons
M-Bar- Fountain/Vine
Saturday, September 10, 8pm sharpish
10 clams, full bar.

Seriously, you can only stay pissed for so long.

"This isn't the time for politics or finger-pointing." Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)

True enough.

So I guess it's a lousy time to point out how many times over the last five years someone has had to go on TV and say those words.

Ugh, what an inappropriate time to remind yourself that one almost never calls for a stop to politics and finger-pointing in reference to a situation that was handled well. It's rarely "Wow, that cake was moist and delicious. This is not the time for politics or finger-pointing."

And you know what? This is absolutely the wrong time to acknowledge that when you hear an endless, deafening, Polyphonic Spree-esque chorus of "This isn't the time for politics or finger-pointing," it's because someone's trying to keep you from doing what you're supposed to do: hold someone accountable when goods and services you paid for- with half your fucking paycheck, in some cases- are inadequate. And possibly start thinking about taking your business elsewhere.

No, indeed- this is the time for lots and lots of this. But when it is time for politics and finger-pointing- and people, the time is coming- let's all clear our schedules.

For lo, I bring to you this day spooky rantings from a total douche:

"Although the loss of lives is deeply saddening, this act of God destroyed a wicked city," stated Repent America director Michael Marcavage. "From 'Girls Gone Wild' to 'Southern Decadence,' New Orleans was a city that had its doors wide open to the public celebration of sin. From the devastation may a city full of righteousness emerge," he continued.

New Orleans is also known for its Mardi Gras parties where thousands of drunken men revel in the streets to exchange plastic jewelry for drunken women to expose their breasts. This annual event sparked the creation of the "Girls Gone Wild" video series.

"We must help and pray for those ravaged by this disaster, but let us not forget that the citizens of New Orleans tolerated and welcomed the wickedness in their city for so long," Marcavage said. "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," Marcavage concluded.

"[God] sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." (Matthew 5:45)

Hold on: God punishes wickedness and perversity with bad weather? Then how come it's 76 degrees and sunny in Los Angeles every single day?