Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for June 09, 2022

Ah, yes. That great American tradition: scamming. Like PT Barnum put so succinctly: There’s a sucker born everyday. Especially in the US.

Considering when this was probably written, Dr. Gene Scott would’ve been a better bet…AND more entertaining!

Give it time. The government will eventually want to see some results.

Oh, goody. Now Oral can buy a new jet and a yacht.

My family used to go to Oral Roberts’ tent revivals in Oklahoma City in the Fifties.

Rich people don’t fall for religious scams. They believe their wealth has made them into God, and they don’t need any other.

Did you contribute to Rectal Roberts?

Why does Opus have different shoe soles in panel one and panel four? And why does the magazine magically change from panel two to panel three?

You didn’t!! (How could you??)

Didn’t Oral Roberts have his broadcast tower struck by lightning?

Joel Osteen told me my greed is what God wants for me.

Milo is hardly a fit one to be preaching “values”! He wouldn’t know values if he were drowning in a sea full.

Opus, on the other hand, is lovably and scam-ably gullible….

I think Oral found a fish, well a fishy penguin.

I still remember the time when Oral Roberts claimed God would “call him home” if he didn’t raise a few million dollars by some deadline. The Onion did a great parody of it in their book Our Dumb Century: “God Kills Oral Roberts For Fundraising Shortfall”.