Dear George,
It’s time for Bible study! I’m not talking about that futzy fundamentalist literalization that so often passes for Bible study. I’m talking hard-core Scripture reading, the kind where you fill your lungs with the sacred smoke before you open it, only to have the pages rent asunder as the full meaning of God’s holy word pours over you.
I want to talk about Revelations. We all know that Revelations tells us all about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: War, Famine, Pestilence and Death. What it doesn’t tell you is that there was a fifth horseman who was the advance man for the other four, and he was called Nastiness. Without him, neither of the other four could leave the stable. The Fifth Horseman rides forth in front of the others, pissing venom on all that he passes. And wherever his stream falls, the decency that is the bulwark against the other four withers and dies.
George, your minions are collectively the Fifth Horseman, for in their withered and corrupted souls, their sneering lips and dismissive voices, their eagerness to rush to judgment, the abruptness with which they execute the young and the retarded, their secret prisons and torture chambers, their lies and their overall lust for power is the venomous piss of the Fifth Horseman. They are blessed and hollow shells of humanity who seek fulfillment in the suffering of others.
Listen carefully and you can hear the other four thundering after him. In the dust of their passage, you will achieve your dream of unitary executive power for it thrives best in times of War, Famine, Pestilence and Death.
Your admirer,
Belacqua Jones
8:29:00 PM 
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