The Republican National Convention. A pretty important one, too. Introducing the nominee, Mitt Romney. It’s only after the convention that Romney can actually start spending all of this money that he’s raised, so this convention is very important. It’s a chance to introduce Romney to a lot of people who don’t know him yet. And I noticed that the hurricane center’s track is — and I’m not alleging conspiracies here. The hurricane center is the regime; the hurricane center is the Commerce Department.\Somehow Obama and the Democrats convinced the hurricane center, weather services, and weather experts from all over the world to disregard their own observations and information, including satellite feeds, to go along and ruin the Republican National Convention by tracking the storm to Tampa. But remember, Rush is not alleging a conspiracy.
It’s the government.
It’s Obama.
And I’m noticing that that track stayed zeroed in on Tampa day after day after day. And the Republicans react to it accordingly over the weekend, canceling the first day of the convention. What could be better for the Democrats than the Republicans to cancel a day of this?
….Again, I’m alleging no conspiracy. I don’t want anybody thinking I’m going somewhere with this. I’m just telling you what happened.
I’m sharing with you my thought process, ’cause I know full well that if you give these people the slightest chance and they’re gonna turn this into Katrina and they’re gonna scare the hell out of New Orleans and they’re gonna revive, “Bush doesn’t care about people” and revive all of it. They’re gonna politicize everything ’cause they do it. And now they had the model runs allowing them to do it.
Now they had these model runs allowing them to start scaring the hell out of people in New Orleans and make political connections to Bush.
Nor is it a conspiracy when "these people", once again, persuade the hurricane center, weather services, and weather experts all over the world to collude to skew the election to Obama by tracking the storm to the vicinity of New Orleans, in order to scare the hell out of the people there and remind the US voting public of the Bush maladministration's incompetence after Katrina - a conspiracy of vast proportions, indeed, if it was a conspiracy, but it's not. Exactly what it is, I can't say. Rush will have to tell us.
How gullible can a person be? Apparently, there are no limits if you're intent on finding conspiracies to match your prejudices, and Rush is your man to provide the material. Start with, "Obama did it", and go back from there to find your "proof".
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As far as I recall, the track was never "zeroed in" on Tampa -- Tampa was on the outer portion of the "cone." As the storm moved in, it shifted west.
ReplyDeleteSo you are particularly in my prayer, dear Mimi! The Teapublicans can take care of themselves. Mr. Rush needs to take another chill pill.
Thanks, Tobias. We are still watching and waiting and hoping the storm will not do too much damage wherever it makes landfall. That the storm is not gathering strength quickly is a good sign, though the coastal areas will be flooded by water pushed in from the Gulf, no matter where Isaac lands.
DeleteOne has to keep occupied, and Rush is a distraction.
PS: We are not in the coastal flood zone.
DeleteWell --at least those pesky homosexuals are getting a break from the blame game for a storm.... (sigh)
ReplyDeletemargaret, the president came out in favor of gay marriage, so if you connect the dots in just the right way, teh gays are still to blame.
DeleteOh! why, yes, of course! Whew --glad to know who to blame... I was beginning to think the Repugnicans themselves were responsible for the storm, and that wouldn't do...
DeleteBREAKING: Hurricane Isaac, arriving seven years to the day after Katrina - and 7 is a number of Biblical significance, mind - is "a sure sign that the final judgment for the national sin of America - i.e., teh gay - has arrived."
Deletehttp://joemygod.blogspot.com/2012/08/god-hates-southern-decadence.html
Of course it's our fault. EVERYTHING is our fault. Always.
Ha! And you thought you were off the hook, Russ.
DeleteAnother of the crazies pontificates about god. What about the poor people suffering from drought across a great swath of the country? Are they hosting secret Southern Decadence gatherings?
Didn't God make it not rain in Israel for 7 years one time because they followed a bad king? Probably the fundies would give the same answer to your question, or something like that.
DeleteBTW - I've never been to Southern Decadence, never wanted to go, not even when I was young and more interested in, um, entertainment than I am now.
But ya know Mimi, and I'm sure you do know - considering all the illicit heterosexual jazz that has gone on in New Orleans, and the spilled oceans and oceans of . . . God seems to be a little slow on the uptake there, don't you think?
New Orleans is a lost cause. Too much a mixture of French, Spanish, African, Caribbean, red light districts, ragtime, jazz, voodoo. The Anglo-Saxons came too late to save the city.
DeleteMy own heritage is French, Spanish, English, Cajun, Portuguese, and German. And that's only what I know going back several generations.
It's worse than that. James Carfill conspired with the hurricane saints to send Isaac to New Orleans, thereby ruining the GOP party with the Big Easy party.
ReplyDeleteI meant Carville.
ReplyDeleteAnd why not, Ormonde? Yours is another plausible theory, and I'm sure you're not alleging a conspiracy. And I like your Freudian slip - Carfill.
ReplyDeleteHello there Grandmere Mimi. We met over at Jon's ASBO Jesus site and you told me your tale of dropping your skirt in public http://asbojesus.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/1086/#comment-49918 . I hope you don't mind a cheeky little visit from Godless old me from time to time? I promise not to be (too) naughty!
DeleteSo, to my point: I couldn't help but notice your own wee Freudian slip at the end of the article, namely "Start with, "Obama did it", and go back from there to find your "proof"."
Isn't that what the Theologians have been doing for ever? Though not with 'Obama' as the chief protagonist, of course: That'd just be silly :-)
Ooops, that wasn't meant to be 'anon'. I'll try again but with the 'name/url' option this time. Anyway, c'est moi, l'Acolyte of Sagan.
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Welcome, Godless one. As I see it, theologians don't offer proof of anything. For me, belief or trust in God and/or Jesus is not the result of any theologian's proof. That God is real and present for me seems more likely than not. If you note under my blog title I include the words, "Faith is not certainty so much as it is acting-as-if in great hope."
DeleteBy no means do I mind a cheeky visit from you from time to time if you're not too, too naughty.
But Grandmere (I wish I knew how to get the accent over the 'e'), didn't Aquinas offer his Five Proofs of the existence of God in his Summa Theologica? And modern theologians, whilst not offering proofs, are generally still interpreting and re-interpreting scripture with God or gods as the default position. But I suppose that nowdays it's the YEC and I.D. that favour the 'cart before the horse' method when it comes to explaining natural phenomena.
DeleteBut enough of that, I'll save the serious debating for those who try to push their religion onto others, which I can clearly see is not something you do.
Thank you for the welcome, I'm not one to abuse gracious hospitality and I intend to uphold my promise not to be too naughty.I have to say that your blog sub-title is quite possibly the most refreshingly honest definition of faith that I've come across from a believer, and honesty is something that I can respect, and although I obviously don't share your belief in God, from what I've read of your articles so far I can certainly say that our outlooks on life are very similar, we just credit different sources for them.
AofS, the accent is easy of you want to take the trouble. Hold down the ALT key and type 138 from your numbers on the right of your keyboard (not the numbers at the top). When you release the ALT, you should have a French è with un accent grave.
DeleteAquinas offered his 5 proofs, but I don't accept them. I don't think the existence of God can be proved, but, to me, it seems much more likely that God exists than not.
"Aquinas offered his 5 proofs, but I don't accept them"
DeleteI think I just fell in love!
Thanks for the accent tip; unfortunately I only use a laptop, so no right-hand number pad.
Don't get carried away, AofS. You can't prove that God doesn't exist, either. :-D
DeleteThere's a way to do the accent on a laptop, but it ain't easy. It's a real pain.
Ah, you misunderstood me, Grandmere. I'm well aware that one cannot prove a negative but that wasn't the point of my declaration. It's just that I've never before seen such a concise refutation of Aquinas' Proofs. Getting one's opinion so perfectly understood with such brevity is an artform, one which I have never mastered and cannot help but appreciate in others.
DeleteAofS, I was joking, thus the laughie. I don't think the existence of God can be proved, so I would approach any such claim with enormous scepticism.
DeleteI know you were joking, I wanted to be sure you caught the compliment because that was a line deserving of a place in any Book of Quotations.
DeleteAs for the proof of God - or gods, you have just (unwittingly?) paraphrased my hero, Carl Sagan (by far the most 'spiritually-minded' atheist I never had the pleasure of meeting), when he said "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence", and again it's this no-nonsense scepticism that makes your blog a pleasure to read - even for an infidel :-D
What can I say, AofS? Thank you. Little did I know... And you met your hero Carl Sagan? How lovely.
DeleteI must admit when we studied Aquinas' proofs back in the day, many, long years ago, I bought his arguments. But I moved on. I wonder if my Jesuit professors would have moved on by now, or if they would be disappointed in me.
I would guess that by now your Jesuit professors will have found out the truth for themselves....or not, if you know what I mean (inserts winking smiley here).
DeleteBut I'm distracting you from your more recent articles, so shall we leave this one here?
ps. Sadly, Sagan was the most 'spiritually-minded' atheist I NEVER had the pleasure of meeting, except in his books. I would recommend his posthumously published autobiography 'Billions and Billions' to all; writing so beautiful it even bought tears to this old sceptics eyes.
AofS, thanks for the book recommendation. What I know of Sagan is from the TV series. I much prefer his style as opposed to atheists like Dawkins, Sam Harris, and their ilk.
DeleteHi Grandmère Mimi, I stumbled onto this site while searching for Wounded Bird Records, a record label specializing in reissues of classic country, rock and jazz albums. I really enjoyed reading your postings and interactions on these important issues.
ReplyDeleteOne thing to remember, most of these new Republican candidates are not true conservatives. They support budget cuts in most areas except for military spending. America borrows money from China and irresponsibly spends billions on these wars in the middle east which do not benefit America or its people. Charity starts at home and we should be taking care of our own people and infrastructure right here in America.
Remember, Romney is an ex Democrat who helped write Obamacare aka Romneycare. We must put our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and not these corrupt political parties.
Andrew, I am well aware that the Republicans of today are not conservatives. There isn't a war that they don't love. Right now, some are pushing hard for an attack on Iran, which would surely worsen the already volatile situation in the Middle East. You're quite right that our own people and our own infrastructure are greatly in need of TLC.
ReplyDeleteI put my faith in Jesus, but Jesus expects me to do my part. I'm not in love with the Democratic Party of today, but I believe this election is of great importance. I dread the thought of a Romney/Ryan administration, and I will do all in my power to secure the president's reelection.
Have you seen my weekly reminder?