September 06, 2005
Trips Down Memory Lane
Going through some earlier posts that I had done at my old blogspot location, I came across this quote from Ãœbermann James Walcott:
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 itsown back and teach us that there are forces greater than our own.THEN he modifies his post with the following:
(THIS HAS PROVEN TO BE MY MOST POPULAR POST AMONG RIGHTWING BLOGGERS. I HAVE COME TO CONSIDER IT MY GIFT TO THEM--OR YOU, IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE ONE OF 'THEM.' WHENEVER A NEW STORM BREWS, I FEEL CONFIDENT YOU WILL RETURN HERE TO QUOTE IT YET AGAIN.AND FOR THOSE OF YOU DISCOVERING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, HOLD ON TO YOUR PHONY INDIGNATION AND LET IT WARM YOU THROUGH THE DARK DAYS AHEAD.
KISSES AND TWINKLING THOUGHTS FROM ME,
JW)"
There have been times when I thought that many liberals expressed faux empathy, certainly Bill Clinton mastered the art with a modest lip bite here and a gently wiped away tear there and don't forget the most famous "I feel your pain" line. But Wolcott is reveling in the post of his celebrating a hurricane that was probably the most destructive act of nature visited on these shores in the history of modern man. A little callous aren't you Jimbo? Still rooting for "Mother Nature" Jimbo?
I'm glad that Jimbo considers his post a gift, cause that makes it so much easier to consider him an ass.
Posted by GM Roper at September 6, 2005 09:25 PM | TrackBackThat's pretty typical of the mentality that places it's own extreme ideology above the needs and suffering of the poor, the weak and the sick who were most impacted by this storm.
I'm sorry to say I've seen even worse stuff than that. A commenter at a lefty blog said that the people of Louisiana and Mississippi deserved to get hit since their states voted for Bush. He refused to send one dime to help, since it was all Bush's fault (both the hurricane and the recovery effort).
I used to think we are all Americans FIRST. But apparently these folks view things differently.
Posted by Mike's America at September 6, 2005 11:44 PM
personally, I'm rooting for bird-flu. much less clean up that way....
Posted by abomb at September 7, 2005 12:45 AM
How typical of the feel-good, compassionate loonies of the left.
*sigh*
Oh, and Mike - SECONDED!
-- R'cat
CatHouse Chat
Posted by Romeocat at September 7, 2005 08:54 AM
I just read his whole post, and realized you didn't even comment on the best part, which is in the final paragraphs.
"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."
Obviously the recent hurricanes wreaking havoc and destruction across the Gulf states (primarily Red States), as well as the Columbia disaster are a direct response from "the gods" to the War in Iraq.
Heaven forbid a Lib make a post about hurricanes without that link.
Posted by Scott at September 7, 2005 09:54 AM
Wait a minute. I thought Bush caused the hurricane with his new secret weapon...
That the oil companies invented....
It's called the Man Made Mother Nature Disaster Creator. And it's all about oil dammit. OIL.
LOL
Posted by Raven at September 7, 2005 04:45 PM
Raven, Raven, Raven. How DARE you impugn the conglomerates. Why, if it wasn't for them, we wouldn't have had the 100 years wars, the War of the Roses, The black Plague, The Inquisition, The Pillage of the Americas, The trashing of anyone connected with Kyoto and, And, AND Sean Penn's boat leaking so he can look like a dork.
;-)
Posted by GM Roper at September 8, 2005 08:15 AM
LOL...GM!! Sean Penn's boat leaked because he blew too much gas while in it LOL. And I also heard that Michael Moore had been in it (and caused a hole due to his weight.)
:)>
I miss you and Mustang. A lot.
Posted by Raven at September 8, 2005 03:16 PM
