Tragedy Strikes and the Sciencebloggers begin the mourning process..

Tammy Faye dies.......And I can't bring myself to work up even the tiniest bit of sympathy. She was a con artist who built an empire by fleecing the ignorant and the credulous, selling them religious snake oil with a side order of stupidity. She sold them the absurd pretense that she was a servant of God when, in reality, she was a slave to wretched excess, greed and hypocrisy. She built a life of lavish wealth on the backs of the poor and the desperate. She married a con man in Jim Bakker, then dumped him when he went to prison (she should have been in the next cell) and married another con man who eventually did time in prison himself for bankruptcy fraud. One can only conclude that the world is a slightly better place today by her absence. And if people like her are going to heaven, I'll take a one way ticket to hell please.

My eyes are dry and clear - It's a personal tragedy that Tammy Faye has died, but someone else will have to let their mascara run. She and her husband bilked thousands of people, lied lied lied, perpetuated superstitious myths, lived lives of gag-inducing hypocrisy, and wallowed in outrageous self-pity when their empire of corruption crumbled. I'm sorry she lived a wasted and deluded life, but beyond that…good riddance.  It's a good thing I'm traveling today and will have to miss the sanctimonious, dishonest media accolades.

.....Okay, now tell us how you really feel.  Seriously, don't hold back.