Satire or parody?

I can't tell... is this letter, currently appearing on the Letters to the Editor page of today's bOregonian, satire, or parody?

Loan company cuts rates

The news industry never ceases to amaze me, as well as our local politicians. The payday loan companies have been demonized and besmirched by the media and politicized by Oregon politicians running for re-election. They don't have time to say anything about the payday loan company that is actually doing something to make the loan companies more equitable for the consumers. My company, PayCheck Advance Northwest, has cut the interest rates nearly in half. That is, we have reduced the annual percentage rate from 521 percent to 312 percent, which is equivalent to $12 per $100 loaned.

Do you think the media or any of the politicians would alert their constituents to the windfall? Not a chance. A normal person would see this as news. I guess if it's not down and dirty, or if it can't get votes, then it's not news. Who is looking out for the people?

RICHARD M. DUVALL, Northwest Portland

You don't suppose that Mr. Duvall is actually sincere, do you?

I'll add a link to the cache or a saved copy of the page for reference after it disappears behind the bOregonian's 14-day firewall.