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chaloobi
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 Posted - 10/24/2007 : 04:56:46 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
Originally posted by chaloobi
Originally posted by HalfMooner
Originally posted by chaloobi
No no no. The fires in California are from the Wrath of God. California is caked with sin at it's heart. Burn. Burn damn you.
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Hey! It's Too Soon!
I've got family down in San Diego County. They were burned out a few years back. I've been trying to contact them all day. They are probably safe if at home, as their entire area was razed a few years ago, and the brush is not thick. But knowing them, they are probably helping to evacuate friends and strangers from other areas.
Just to see what a big impact the new fire are having, look here (constantly updated):
http://fireblog.signonsandiego.com/
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Please excuse my insensitivity.
They should find a way to regularly burn out the brush under controlled conditions rather than let nature do it in uncontrolled ways. Assuming it is nature and poor urban planning and not God's wrath. Like New Orleans. Was that God's wrath, like the anti-gambling and smutt people said, or was it poor urban planning and a random storm? Is there a difference?
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I wasn't offended, but just threw in the "too soon" comment as my own comic reference. |
I saw a reference to that in another thread but hadn't read it. I decided to deadpan it just in case.
What they probably need is an army of goats, grazing around settled areas. This is probably related to climate change, as there are not normally such huge fires within 4 years in the same area. So it's probably both poor planning, and God's wrath.
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I've noticed that God HATES poor planning and eventually gets around to punishing those who practice it. And I don't blame Him.
Also, I heard an interview on NPR with some climate specialist who was saying that the US isn't experiencing unusaully high occurances or lengths of drought. He says the one sure thing is that every year theres drought somewhere in the US. The fires are just bad luck, nothing more. But I wonder. Sure seems like a hell of a lot of drought out there these days. I'd be interested to hear some other opinions.
The drop in the Great Lakes water level is interesting. They were saying that with the recent warm winters the lakes haven't been freezing over and the lack of ice cover has resulted in a LOT more evaporation during those dry winter months. (It's also meant a hell of a lot more 'lake effect' snow for down wind coastal communities like Western MI and Western New York.). This phenomenon is of concern to me since I live in Michigan and since the Great Lakes are a pretty important resource, being unique in the world, largest freshwater source, and all that. On the other hand those qualities haven't prevented us from polluting the shit out of them for the last 100 years, so why should I be concerned now? |
-Chaloobi
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 10/24/2007 : 06:48:21 [Permalink]
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We are finally getting a little rain in NC! It's not going to be as much as we need, but right now we'll take anything we can get and hope for more soon.
Brother Harry Hardwick of Landover Baptist has a preached a sermon on the Flaming Pope. Sermon By Brother Harry Hardwick
Friends, normally I would stand up here and preach a sermon, but today I have a news flash directly from Hell. It was so uplifting that I thought I'd share it with you. It reads as such:
Last Sunday night, Pope John Paul II sent a message to his countless mourners via Archangel Michael (who translated the missive into English, the only language understood by True Christians™). John Paul II assured his followers that Hell isn't nearly as bad as he frequently preached it to be. “First, I strongly encourage you to stop fawning all over me or those plaster busts of my head, as though I was some sort of ‘idol,'” the Pope's message said. “I learned the hard way that my countless prayers to Mary and the various saints (particularly Anthony, to help me find all those keys my shaking hands kept dropping) really irritated God, who was apparently serious about those prohibitions on idolatry in the Old Testament. And Jesus, who testified at my brief trial at the Pearly Gates, was obviously not happy that his mother got so much deferential attention from my millions of followers.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 10/24/2007 : 07:01:09 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
We are finally getting a little rain in NC! It's not going to be as much as we need, but right now we'll take anything we can get and hope for more soon.
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I hear tell in some areas in the SE farmers can't even buy hay. We got some rain here near Richmond VA, but don't know how much. We may all be waving from a lake of fire if it doesn't get better. |
I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright-
Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter
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chaloobi
SFN Regular
1620 Posts |
Posted - 10/24/2007 : 07:32:41 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
We are finally getting a little rain in NC! It's not going to be as much as we need, but right now we'll take anything we can get and hope for more soon.
Brother Harry Hardwick of Landover Baptist has a preached a sermon on the Flaming Pope. [quote]Sermon By Brother Harry Hardwick
Friends, normally I would stand up here and preach a sermon, but today I have a news flash directly from Hell. It was so uplifting that I thought I'd share it with you. It reads as such:
Last Sunday night, Pope John Paul II sent a message to his countless mourners via Archangel Michael (who translated the missive into English, the only language understood by True Christians™). John Paul II assured his followers that Hell isn't nearly as bad as he frequently preached it to be. “First, I strongly encourage you to stop fawning all over me or those plaster busts of my head, as though I was some sort of ‘idol,'” the Pope's message said. “I learned the hard way that my countless prayers to Mary and the various saints (particularly Anthony, to help me find all those keys my shaking hands kept dropping) really irritated God, who was apparently serious about those prohibitions on idolatry in the Old Testament. And Jesus, who testified at my brief trial at the Pearly Gates, was obviously not happy that his mother got so much deferential attention from my millions of followers.
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Uh. Is that a joke?  |
-Chaloobi
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
2998 Posts |
Posted - 10/24/2007 : 07:36:28 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by chaloobi
Uh. Is that a joke?
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Yes. Landover Baptist is a parody site of the highest quality. |
by Filthy
The neo-con methane machine will soon be running at full fart. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 10/24/2007 : 08:07:24 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by chaloobi
Originally posted by filthy
We are finally getting a little rain in NC! It's not going to be as much as we need, but right now we'll take anything we can get and hope for more soon.
Brother Harry Hardwick of Landover Baptist has a preached a sermon on the Flaming Pope. [quote]Sermon By Brother Harry Hardwick
Friends, normally I would stand up here and preach a sermon, but today I have a news flash directly from Hell. It was so uplifting that I thought I'd share it with you. It reads as such:
Last Sunday night, Pope John Paul II sent a message to his countless mourners via Archangel Michael (who translated the missive into English, the only language understood by True Christians™). John Paul II assured his followers that Hell isn't nearly as bad as he frequently preached it to be. “First, I strongly encourage you to stop fawning all over me or those plaster busts of my head, as though I was some sort of ‘idol,'” the Pope's message said. “I learned the hard way that my countless prayers to Mary and the various saints (particularly Anthony, to help me find all those keys my shaking hands kept dropping) really irritated God, who was apparently serious about those prohibitions on idolatry in the Old Testament. And Jesus, who testified at my brief trial at the Pearly Gates, was obviously not happy that his mother got so much deferential attention from my millions of followers.
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Uh. Is that a joke?
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I suggest that you hie yourself over to Landover and decide for yourself. It's an, uh, interesting site.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 10/24/2007 : 09:32:21 [Permalink]
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I love the Landover Baptist take!| After weeks of waiting in the Judgment Day line, where Mother Theresa had consoled Salem witch-burners, 1960's Baptist KKK members and Pentecostal child molesters, the nun was whisked to Hell while her audience ascended into Heaven since each of them had at one time or another, sober or otherwise, asked Jesus to enter their lives. |
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
2437 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2007 : 08:22:55 [Permalink]
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Midnight Mooner.....
Where in hell is On Fire For Christ when we really need him?
Really need him to further develop the meaning of that image!
Some day my prints will come! |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2007 : 13:00:38 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by bngbuck
Midnight Mooner.....
Where in hell is On Fire For Christ when we really need him?
Really need him to further develop the meaning of that image!
Some day my prints will come!
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Someone needs the nick, "ToastedByJesus."
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Pope John Paul II waves "Hi!" from Lake of Fire
