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Desmond Tutu: Godfather of Hell
Desmond Tutu has been busy lately. Two weeks ago he wrote an editorial calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons. A week later he joined an international anti-tobacco campaign. Last month he condemned American drones for killing Muslim terrorists. Last summer he denounced a military-themed NBC Reality Show.
A grinning and giggling social butterfly, Tutu is always going somewhere and expressing his opinion on something. One minute he's in Myanmar and the next minute he's weighing in on Bradley Manning. Wait a little longer and there will be a Tutu column, video or letter on climate change, the death penalty or the price of tea in China.
Tutu retired two years ago, but he hasn't slowed down. Instead he has become one of those celebrities who desperately cling to fame long after they should have let go by showing up everywhere and opining on everything.
Not only is Tutu an expert on international taxation and television, but he is obscenely eager to tell every country what they should be doing. You can't go very long without a Tutu column lambasting Sri Lanka or Israel or some other part of the world. Tutu will occasionally even take the time to whack Zimbabwe, but generally has less to say about his own country.