Yesterday, Tribune Media Services announced that they would begin test syndicating the Huffington Post starting Monday, and we quietly wept. Then we realized that, by golly, the growth of Arianna Huffington's Dorky SlumberParty might actually be for the good of mankind! After all, the Tribune syndication will hopefully spread Greg Gutfeld's wisdom to our nation's "finer" news outlets, thus instructing otherwise ignorant souls on how to trap, torture, and bury fellow HuffPosers such as David Corn and Harry Shearer.

After the jump, we've got Arianna's letter to her minions, in which she conspiratorially cackles the about the proliferation of HuffPo wickedness and somehow likens it all to a Whitman Sampler.

Dear [insert HuffPo blogger name here] —

We're delighted to let you know that we have agreed to partner with Tribune Media Services, which runs one of the largest newspaper syndicates in the country, to distribute select postings from huffingtonpost.com to newspapers across the globe.

The plan is to pick three or four of our most interesting postings each day, and turn them into a "Whitman Sampler" column — thus bringing the best of our online conversation into the mainstream media. We'll begin to pilot the program in the first half of June.

Proceeds from this agreement will be split equally, with 50 percent going to the Huffington Post and the other 50 percent divided among those whose posts are selected by Tribune. You can choose to have your checks sent to you by providing us with your preferred mailing information or donated to one of the charities we've chosen to support — the Robin Hood Foundation or the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

As you know, one of the goals of this endeavor is to have an impact on the national conversation. This relationship with Tribune will allow us to greatly expand and enhance that impact.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about this.

All the best

Arianna