You knew this was coming

Televangelist Pat Robertson has a good idea about why Israel's 77-year-old prime minister had a massive stroke this week: God smited Ariel Sharon after he dared to offer some Israeli real estate to the Palestinians as part of a peace deal.

Meanwhile, people in Orlando, Fla., and Dover, Pa., still have yet to suffer the divine vengeance that Robertson predicted they would receive for acceptance of homosexuality and improper voting in a school board election, respectively.

Robertson's rhetoric aside, best wishes to Sharon for a recovery, however unlikely it may be. His incapacity looks to be a serious blow to the Mideast peace process.