Thursday, September 01, 2005
Hurricane Katrina - Why???
Here are some reasons you can find on line:
1. Because God hates homosexuals. From Repent America:
"Southern Decadence" has a history of filling the French Quarters section of the city with drunken homosexuals engaging in sex acts in the public streets and bars...This yearÂs 34th annual "Southern Decadence" was set for Wednesday, August 31, 2005 through Monday, September 5, 2005, but due to massive flooding and the damage left by the hurricane, Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco has ordered everyone to evacuate the city...New Orleans was a city that had its doors wide open to the public celebration of sin. From the devastation may a city full of righteousness emerge...We must help and pray for those ravaged by this disaster, but let us not forget that the citizens of New Orleans tolerated and welcomed the wickedness in their city for so long..."
2. Because God hates abortion, and America allows it. From Columbia Christians for Life as quoted in Salon.com (you'll need to watch the commercial if you don't have a subscription):
"The image of the hurricane ... with its eye already ashore at 12:32 p.m. Monday, August 29, looks like a fetus (unborn human baby) facing to the left (west) in the womb, in the early weeks of gestation (approx. 6 weeks)," the e-mail message says. "Even the orange color of the image is reminiscent of a commonly used pro-life picture of early prenatal development"...the Columbia Christians for Life have an answer for everything. God has already punished California with earthquakes, forest fires and mudslides; New York with 9/11; and Florida with Hurricanes Bonnie, Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne and the early version of Katrina.
** Interestingly, when I tried to find the original version of this press release, I couldn't. Anyone?
I actually have my own theory on this one, too - Y'see, in the 2004 presidential election, most of Louisiana voted for Bush, but New Orleans went overwhelmingly towards Kerry. So maybe this means that God was actually only punishing the city of New Orleans?
3. Because the US government doesn't give a rat's patootie about anything except the war in Iraq. I'm leaning a little more towards this one than the other two. It seems that despite all of the evidence saying New Orleans' levees were in need of serious work, and despite the Army Corps of Engineers telling the federal government that they needed money, the Bush administration did nothing. Well, no, I shouldn't say "nothing" - this article seems to maybe possibly suggest that the President and his people actually made it worse. Have a look at it:
Did New Orleans Catastrophe Have to Happen? 'Times-Picayune' Had Repeatedly Raised Federal Spending Issues
1. Because God hates homosexuals. From Repent America:
"Southern Decadence" has a history of filling the French Quarters section of the city with drunken homosexuals engaging in sex acts in the public streets and bars...This yearÂs 34th annual "Southern Decadence" was set for Wednesday, August 31, 2005 through Monday, September 5, 2005, but due to massive flooding and the damage left by the hurricane, Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco has ordered everyone to evacuate the city...New Orleans was a city that had its doors wide open to the public celebration of sin. From the devastation may a city full of righteousness emerge...We must help and pray for those ravaged by this disaster, but let us not forget that the citizens of New Orleans tolerated and welcomed the wickedness in their city for so long..."
2. Because God hates abortion, and America allows it. From Columbia Christians for Life as quoted in Salon.com (you'll need to watch the commercial if you don't have a subscription):
"The image of the hurricane ... with its eye already ashore at 12:32 p.m. Monday, August 29, looks like a fetus (unborn human baby) facing to the left (west) in the womb, in the early weeks of gestation (approx. 6 weeks)," the e-mail message says. "Even the orange color of the image is reminiscent of a commonly used pro-life picture of early prenatal development"...the Columbia Christians for Life have an answer for everything. God has already punished California with earthquakes, forest fires and mudslides; New York with 9/11; and Florida with Hurricanes Bonnie, Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne and the early version of Katrina.
** Interestingly, when I tried to find the original version of this press release, I couldn't. Anyone?
I actually have my own theory on this one, too - Y'see, in the 2004 presidential election, most of Louisiana voted for Bush, but New Orleans went overwhelmingly towards Kerry. So maybe this means that God was actually only punishing the city of New Orleans?
3. Because the US government doesn't give a rat's patootie about anything except the war in Iraq. I'm leaning a little more towards this one than the other two. It seems that despite all of the evidence saying New Orleans' levees were in need of serious work, and despite the Army Corps of Engineers telling the federal government that they needed money, the Bush administration did nothing. Well, no, I shouldn't say "nothing" - this article seems to maybe possibly suggest that the President and his people actually made it worse. Have a look at it:
Did New Orleans Catastrophe Have to Happen? 'Times-Picayune' Had Repeatedly Raised Federal Spending Issues
# posted by Pedro @ 5:30 PM 
