Boy, is He ever peeved at Greece

Does God have it in for Greece? What did the Italians do to be spared His wrath? Or the French or even, gasp, us Canadians? First He burns a huge chunk of the Greek countryside and then, just to prove He's serious -- really serious -- he shakes up the ancient birthplace of the Olympics with a fair-sized earthquake. What's next? Frogs? Locusts? A crappy olive harvest? What brought on His wrath, the likes of which hasn't been seen since the Nazis plundered the country in the early 1940s. After all, the Greeks have contributed to the world good, giving us souvlaki, Anthony Quinn and those huge pedestal things that adorn the front of rich folks' houses. But still the country smolders as its bakes under ridiculous temperatures, re-igniting, over and over, the biggest "Greece" fire this side of Hell's Kitchen. What makes this especially poignant is the character of the Greek people. Growing up, I had many Greek friends. Their home was their home. They are fun-loving, hard-working people with whom I shared more than one glass of ouzo with. I don't see any rational explanation for the punishment their homeland has been subjected to. I'm guessing He simply woke up one morning and decided Greece is the word. It could very easily have been us...and may still be.