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Umm, if the US healthcare bill annoyed God so much that He set off the Icelandic volcano, what on Earth did we do to deserve having Rush Blowhard set loose amongst us?
If that was enough to incur God’s wrath, what will He do to Australia after the recent Rudd health fix with the premiers — not only socialism, but superimposed layers of it. Only Western Australia will be safe. Australia is truly lucky though – the poor old Americans have Rush, Glen Beck, Sean Hannity etc etc, but we only have Alan Jones.
The Alan Jones that incited ethnic riots? Oh goody, lucky us. Jones should have been jailed for his involvement in the Cronulla riots. He wasn’t because of his pull with Howard. Oh, and given the accuracy of God’s aim lately, he’ll smite Vanuatu again.
but we only have Alan Jones. Maybe so, but you’re still ultimately responsible for Rupert Murdoch, Ken Ham, and Kylie Minogue.
Well, we all saw what happened when I posted that photo of Anna Kournikova in a very skimpy tennis outfit the other day: http://metamagician3000.blogspot.com/2010/04/did-thee-feel-earth-move.html God was supposed to retaliate by sending an earthquake to the Australian east coast, where I live, but instead managed to miss and hit Western Australia. Much as I’m looking forward to boobquake, I dread to think what might happen. If all the atheist and secular grrls in the West flash their boobs (or at least their cleavages) for the day, God might well lob a dirty great meteor at some irrelevant place like Iran or Saudi Arabia. Just something to take into account …
In the UK, we know it’s all Nick Clegg’s fault. For those living in For’n Parts: if you don’t know who Nick Clegg is – he might be our Prime Minister on 7th May after our General Election, so called because that’s when we elect our General. Depends partly on how Clegg does in the mud wrestling, sorry, debating competion with Foggy and Compo.
hmmm. the first paragraph of Pope Gregory’s letter to King Ethlbert reminds me a bit of Clegg’s p.r. The the “don’t panic Captain Mannering” section of it has always made me laugh. “Besides, we would have your Highness know that, as we find in Holy Scripture from the words of the Almighty Lord, the end of this present world, and the kingdom of the saints, which will never come to an end, is at hand. But as the end of the world draws near, many things are about to come upon us which were not before, to wit, changes in the air, and terrors from heaven, and tempests out of the order of the seasons, wars, famines, pestilences, earthquakes in divers places; which things will not, nevertheless, all happen in our days, but will all follow after our days. If, therefore, you perceive that any of these things come to pass in your country, let not your mind be in any way disturbed; for these signs of the end of the world are sent before, for this reason, that we may take heed to our souls, and be watchful for the hour of death, and may be found prepared with good works to meet our Judge. Thus much, my illustrious son, I have said in few words, with intent-that when the Christian faith is spread abroad in your kingdom, our discourse to you may also be more copious, and we may desire to say the more, as joy for the full conversion of your nation is increased in our mind.” http://www.ccel.org/ccel/bede/history.v.i.xxxi.html Rush Blowhard’s repetition of dark age prophecy does not raise the same smile, it’s too close for comfort. When exactly did the medieval world end?
Rush really has jumped on the God train in recent years, hasn’t he? He seemed to be pretty indifferent to the subject until his brother got religion. And, of course, God-talk enhances his reputation among his target audience.
“Maybe so, but you’re still ultimately responsible for Rupert Murdoch, Ken Ham, and Kylie Minogue.” and Alan Jones too. Stop, stop, the shame is too much! [Reminds me – very OT – of a Goon Show episode: Bloodnok: Eccles, where are you? Eccles: Derr, just hiding under this third-class seat, Major. Bloodnok: Owaargh, the shame, the shame! Everyone knows we British only hide under first-class seats.] There, this thread is now officially going in about five different directions. My prediction that WA would be safe now looks a little inaccurate too.