Right-wingers divided over God's motivations behind DC snowstorm
December 19, 2009 1:26 pm ET by Brian Frederick
The right-wing noise machine is sure that a snowstorm in December is proof of something, they're just split on what exactly.
Newt Gingrich became the latest to play the ridiculous "it's snowing so global warming must be a hoax" card. Gingrich took to Twitter - where he's been schooled before - on Saturday morning to share a few thoughts about the storm:
newtgingrich As callista and i watched what dc weather says will be 12 to 22 inches of snow i wondered if God was sending a message about copenhagen
newtgingrich After the expanding revelations of dishonesty in climategate having a massive snow storm as obama promises our money to the world is ironic
newtgingrich There is something jimmy carter like about weather service upgrading frrom winter storm to blizzard as global warming conference wants US $
Of course as Media Matters has pointed out ad infinitum, individual storms have nothing to do with human-caused climate change.
But maybe the DC "Snowpocalypse" is a sign of something else. TPM's Brian Beutler wrote Friday night about the complications the storm may have on the health care vote and concluded with this line:
With all these added complications, don't be surprised to hear a new Republican talking point: Even Mother Nature hates health care reform.
RedState editor Erick Erickson responded:
I hate to correct him, but actually the talking point is that God hates the Democrats' health care deform. With funding death panels and abortions, of course the Almighty would send a snow storm or, in Brian's words, a snowpocalypse to shut down Washington.
Oh, and kudos to Tony Perkins and the Family Research Council for organizing the "pray-in." Looks to be working.
So does that mean DC residents should blame God or the Family Research Council for shutting down the city?
Maybe God brought in the snowy white storms to offset the BlackHeartedNess of the Republicons in DC.
Looks like Nelson got his little stipend and is willing to be 60.
Ah, the crying to be heard on Fox tomorrow and the Monday Cystjockys will really be crying in their teacups. It will be the end of the world for Seannie and Rush etc.
And now the Job creation plans unfold and the November hopes of the Cons will be permantently dashed. Unless God unleashes His wrath on election day. That God, such a joker at times.
As an aside, at another site the post was concerning how Liberal PC is destroying the country, my main adversary was incensed when I (purposely) used Xmas...he was irate. Haven't heard from him since I informed him of his Political Correctness.
Wake up, America...! ;>)
Diseases aren't sent by god as a punishment and neither are natural disasters.
You might as well believe its snowing in DC because god wants the Senate to stay in session and won't let them leave until a health insurance reform bill is approved then it will get warm again.
Come to think of it, it may take until spring to work this thing out.
Hmmmm...
No DC residents should just dig out of the snowstorm just like the rest of us who have been through a big storm at one time or another. Then after digging out realize that the right wing crackpots are crackpots in just about everything.
Then again using an isolated storm in this manner would be as stupid as the right wing crackpots saying the snowstorm is proof that global warming isn't occurring. But hey, it makes sense.
Beck does this nightly.
Cold air can't hold as much moisture, so at temps below 0 F, it is a litle harder for there to be enough moisture for it to snow, but there's plenty of moisture at temps of 20 F and above for there to be lots of snow in the mid-Atlantic states during typical winter temps.
And then did you READ the post I made? I swear, it's not rocket science.
Temps can be cold enough for snow not to form.
Colder temps require more lifting to occur in order for snow to fall, since colder air is less able to hold moisture. The ability to snow IS affected by the temperature, as I said. But it's a negligible affect at the temps in the mid-Atlantic states.
The poster tried to claim that it might be "too cold to snow". Under most circumstances, that's just not a true statement, and that's why I posted that it wasn't true.
Your explanations sound reasonable to me.
I used to live in VT, so I've seen it snow in very cold weather. It's more likely to snow more, and heavier, when it's not extremely cold. But it can snow in very cold temps. These can be caused by inversion layers - where it's warmer at higher elevations, than at lower elevations.
No matter what, all storms derive their energy from warm water. They're gigantic heat pumps.
So, anyone claiming a Nor'easter is proof there is no global warming is only looking at 1/2 of the issue. A long-lasting, very powerful nor'easter needs a lot of warm water to power it.
It just makes sense that more frequent, more powerful, and longer lasting nor'easters is an indication the oceans are warming due to ACC.
It is interesting that this is the 2nd major storm to run up the coast of the eastern US this year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nor%27easter
http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/oceanography-book/oceansandclimate.htm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32495552/ns/us_news-environment/
Blue in Texas
And this same god hears the prayers of those praying to deny health care to the poor.
Screw that god and all of his followers.
1. If the snow is so bad that the senators are unable to get home for Christmas, that means God is angry with the Republicans for voting against health care reform.
or
2. If the senators are able to leave Washington to get home for the holidays, that means that God thinks Washington is much better off without the Republicans who voted against health care reform.
There, now we have laid claim to these two stupid ideas (as if God didn't give up on Republicans actually doing the right thing years ago...)
Yes, because the insignificant god they worship wouldn't know what was going on unless they had a prayer circle to inform he/she/it about it.
Hey, 'wingers? My God doesn't need the morning paper or a pray-in to keep up with current events.
Imagine His Facebook and MySpace pages!
Yes, they really can assign the snow storm to Good or Evil, and then claim the exact opposite tomorrow.
Teh stupid, it really, really hurts.
The eighth commandment forbids misrepresenting the truth in our relations with others. This moral prescription flows from the vocation of the holy people to bear witness to their God who is the truth and wills the truth. Offenses against the truth express by word or deed a refusal to commit oneself to moral uprightness: they are fundamental infidelities to God and, in this sense, they undermine the foundations of the covenant.
The fanatical fundamentalists use god's name in vain all the time.
BTW - Using god's name in vain does not mean say god-d#mn. It means using his name for personal gain, or to distort the very meaning of god's commandments. Now, doesn't that commandment make more sense, than just saying "don't swear?"
http://www.amen.org.uk/studies/rhj/3rdcomm.htm
http://www.apuritansmind.com/Tracts%20and%20Writings/NameOfGodInVain.htm
PS - These fanatics can't fool us who've been in their ranks. I am a reformed fundamentalist. I know how these bizzaros think.
Here's an image of a conservative "think tank".
They just stick their heads in, think, then flush.
1) God has, over thousands of years, been less maligned than Obama over less than one
2) God wipes out thousands of people in a fit of rage, Obama does not
3) God requires you to be in the 'correct' church to get His protection, Obama does not
4) Barack Obama really exists, "God" does not
5) Obama = cool and intelligent. God = one moody bitch a bunch of retarded white people made up to control others
BTW: You forgot one: How are God and Barack Obama different?
Barack Obama is the devil.
Dang you people are a desperate bunch.
"You've made a fool of me, so I project my own embarrassment onto others"
Plagiarism? Is that the best you got?
"You used the same technique I did, but better"
And nice too see Mr. Paradox is the typical leftist who doesn't believe in God.
"You've seen no proof, any more than I've seen proof a a pink unicorn, but I don't want proof"
Atta boy.
"Pretend I'm smarter than you, and being condescending to someone who I consider inferior"
"Does this explain why you "compassionate" lefties are in favor of killing babies but against the execution of mass murderers who rape and kill babies?"
"The Right Wing ignored Darfur, and the various 'ethnic cleansings' around the world, while the Left and Center embarassed us, so we say that we are the 'compassionate' ones... except when we actually don't care"
"the typical leftist who doesn't believe in God"
There you go, passing judgment on others like a good fanatical fundamentalist. Did god tell you this, or did you just make this up yourself?
"Barack Obama is the devil"
Yes, he is. And we are his legions of demons. We're coming to get you! First, we have to kill all the babies.
BTW: You forgot one: How are God and Barack Obama different?
Barack Obama is the devil.
Now you are just being petty and child-like.
Way to represent you sides views
You're kidding, right???? Every read the Bible? All the "Thou shalt not's" are just the tip of the iceberg.
Let's start the love in early tonight.
We're pretty happy.
Seems you have some issues that need to be resolved, though.
Maybe you should pray harder.
except if you want to eat pork,labour on the sabbath, mix milk and meat, mix fabrics, sew your crops at certain times, disagree with your father and a couple hundred other restrictions and abominations that people like retird ignore every day. They dont mind picking a few out to keep us in line with though.
What do God and fanatical fundamentalists have in common?
Nothing, come to think of it.
How are God and fanatical fundamentalists Different
1. God hears fanatical fundamentalists, but fanatical fundamentalists claim to hear god, but dismisses what he says.
2. God loves all. Fanatical fundamentalists only love those who fit their narrow-minded view of what a fanatical fundamentalist should be.
3. God only demands to be worshiped once a week. Fanatical fundamentalists feel they need to be worshiped all the time.
4. God asks for only 10 percent of your money. Fanatical fundamentalists put all that money into their own church, then pat themselves on the back for being so "giving."
5. God gives you freedom to live your life as you choose. Fanatical fundamentalists want to tell everyone how to live.
6. God's plan to save us is actually written down for you to read. Fanatical fundamentalists selectively choose what the plan says to serve their own self-interests, but they conveniently leave out these parts: Matthew 22:34-40. Don't know it? Look it up.
And fanatical fundamentalists claim to know the truth. But that nullifies their faith, because faith is a belief in something that has no proof. If you have faith, you don't know for sure. And if you don't know for sure, perhaps someone else can be right about what they believe.
Fanatical fundamentalists are delusional idiots.
Better crank up your prayer requests JeepersFreaks.
A Clean, White Silence.
http://www.mrdrinkwater.com/cartoons/01december-2009/a-clean-white-silence/