James Wolcott: Grade A Idiot
Imagine, if you will, a person who watches his TV set and just WAITS to see the lives of thousands of Americans ruined… high death tolls, widespread destruction, world’s turned upside down. Imagine the grinch-like smirk that he’d wear as he saw the wreckage and grief-stricken faces. Now imagine this is not some terrorist in the Middle East, not some Euro-weenie in France, but an American. An “author.”
The person that you’re thinking of, in that case, is James Wolcott — the fool who, in this article talks about how he wishes that the hurricanes would destroy the US.
I root for hurricanes. When, courtesy of the Weather Channel, I see one forming in the ocean off the coast of Africa, I find myself longing for it to become big and strong–Mother Nature’s fist of fury, Gaia’s stern rebuke. Considering the havoc mankind has wreaked upon nature with deforesting, stripmining, and the destruction of animal habitat, it only seems fair that nature get some of its own back and teach us that there are forces greater than our own.
There are a lot of things you could call the man, but none of them would be flattering. Of course, we see exactly what KIND of moron this guy is with this little closing:
Hurricane Frances also has a heraldic quality. Camille Paglia observed on Salon in February, 2003 that the explosion of the Columbia shuttle on the eve of the war on Iraq was a “stunning omen,” one that would make a Roman general think twice. A catastrophe strewing death, fire, and human remains across Bush’s home state of Texas was inauspicious to our undertaking; and so it has proven to be. Frances is the second hurricane to afflict Florida, home of brother Jeb, in rapid succession.
The gods are not pleased.
Yeah, that’s the ticket. The “gods” are not pleased. What an asshat.
Wow, that’s some of the stupidest shit I’ve heard in a while. How do you find these people?
“Considering the havoc mankind has wreaked upon nature with deforesting, stripmining, and the destruction of animal habitat, it only seems fair that nature get some of its own back…”
So, hurricanes don’t rip through forests and destroy animal habitats? I don’t recall humankind ever waging a war against weather, or even forests or animals for that matter. Yet weather has some beef with us and the animals. What did we do?
“…courtesy of the Weather Channel…”
Hmmm, so he uses his television powered by electricity likely brought to him through a process which he would likely describe as harmful to nature, just so he can be amused by nature’s attack on mankind? Perhaps a tornado will form on top of his house, built with wood from nature’s forests, so that nature can reclaim what he has stolen from it.
I’m stunned by these “God-freaks” to think that “God” actually cares about something as insignificant as us people, or the Presidential election, to decide to punish a certain section of people - not just a large population of democrats, but also people who may or may support Satan (I mean W) but SIMPLY LIVE THERE.
Those religious freaks in the Press simply frighten me.
I suppose the leftist “gods” were inflicting retribution when kids were murdered at the Russian school in Beslan.
Well, I agree that God doesn’t really care about the Presidential election–there’s plenty for Him to not like about both parties–but I do think God cares about people. A lot of awful things happen in our earthly lives. Otherwise we’d be in heaven, not on earth.
“A lot of awful things happen in our earthly lives. Otherwise we’d be in heaven, not on earth. ”
So are you saying that god put us on earth so that awful things could happen to us?
No…but bad things happening are a part of earthly life. God didn’t want it to be that way when He first put us here.
So you are saying that god is a flipflopping being. He didn’t want it to be that way but now it is that way.
Or are you saying that god has no control over what happens to us on earth?
Neither…Adam and Eve disobeyed God and made evil part of our existence. One day Jesus will return and there will be a new heaven and earth, with no suffering.
So you are saying that god holds a grudge.
FYI I am a church goer but I do love to play devil’s advocate.
Y’all are killing me.
I could always tell another ryans story.
OR… hurricanes are just part of God’s earth’s weather system, and not any form of personal retribution. Seriously, some people think WAY too highly of themselves.
To Eric: Next time you go to church, read the Bible. What Bacon is saying is that we were separated from God, and that separation caused the Earth to become a slightly more inimical place. The reason God doesn’t fix the problem with a wave of His hand is because He gave us a thing called “free will”. We have to solve the problem our ancestors created and the problems we’re all born a part of ourselves. In essence, God is the very opposite of a flipflopping being; He cares so strongly about the free will He gave to us that He won’t force a solution upon us. What He has done, however, is give us Jesus. What you do with that gift is up to you.
To James Wolcott: What about the dinosaurs? All they did was stand around and fart, yet they got wiped off the face of the planet. Then again, the farting may have been what caused nature to get angry. You know, methane gas and all.