Is it God's Revenge? Global-Warming? Or Both?

[JSt0rm]

I'm a fan of free speech, but a forum isn't obliged to preserve speech at all costs. I would point you to XKCD's take on free speech if you need a reminder of what private companies can and frequently should do!

Its funny how only conservatives around here are demanding safe spaces.

 

[Ackmed]

I'm a fan of free speech, but a forum isn't obliged to preserve speech at all costs. I would point you to XKCD's take on free speech if you need a reminder of what private companies can and frequently should do!

These forums have rules, even in here. It's not all just free speech. The fact that the OP gloats in people's deaths and massive amounts of property loss is not really that surprising. But he watched two movies that made his upset, so it's ok in his mind. People have wished for and gloated over deaths before here and nothing has been done.

 

[sandorski]

The OP's question is interesting because the bulk of Trump's supporters like to make the "God's judgment" argument against Liberals/Others.

 

[JSt0rm]

The OP's question is interesting because the bulk of Trump's supporters like to make the "God's judgment" argument against Liberals/Others.

Oh when we all die out here in cali from a earthquake they will be talking about it being gods wrath.

 

[sandorski]

Oh when we all die out here in cali from a earthquake they will be talking about it being gods wrath.

No doubt.

 

[agent00f]

Posts like these are stupid and counter-productive. You can't even tell if it's a genuine loony or just an asshole who wants to make the other side look bad.

I can only encourage further division/strife and anything else conducive to a divorce of parties with obvious irreconcilable differences.

If the red areas of the country want to call that bluff of the coasts abandoning them: bring it.

 

[Iron Woode]

This is the conservatives idea of free speech.

You are a retard.

"Unleash the irs on liberals" - a retard.

triggered

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I can only encourage further division/strife and anything else conducive to a divorce of parties with obvious irreconcilable differences.

If the red areas of the country want to call that bluff of the coasts abandoning them: bring it.

Watched this thread grow so far, and rather surprised.

That being said, I watched last night during President-elect Asshole's "victory lap" -- spitting in half the nation's face between his token "kum-bay-yah" promises.

Also, yesterday, I was grocery shopping and my store membership card wouldn't go through. The cashier kept pecking away at the cash-register, and before she finally sorted it out, I joked that "I was worried Trump had bought the store chain, and had targeted me for revenge." The woman behind me in the line only "looked like" a possible Trumper, but she wasn't. She had a somber, worried look: "People wouldn't want his s*** on their grocery bags," she said.

And I thought about the polar sentiments in this thread. I wouldn't say I'm gloating, but in the "Pat Robertson" context, it seemed relevant.

That being said, after watching F***stick (This is the respect you're going to get from me from now on, and the language is "presidential" -- "not-PC" just as they wished for) -- I put aside my idea of sending 17 well-polished Lincoln pennies to the Gatlinburg mayor as disaster relief. I'm going to send 17 dollars.

As for the story-line or script I mentioned. I could see someone with a thought in mind to vet distressed red-state automobiles in need of assistance with a trick N-word question.

With the losing answer, he might say "Sir! Do you have birth-certificates for yourself, Marsha Blackburn there and her litter?"
"Wha . . . ? Why?"
"Can you prove you're not visiting my state from outer-space?"

And that's that. Woody-woodpecker. That's all, folks!

 

[buckshot24]

Watched this thread grow so far, and rather surprised.

That being said, I watched last night during President-elect Asshole's "victory lap" -- spitting in half the nation's face between his token "kum-bay-yah" promises.

Also, yesterday, I was grocery shopping and my store membership card wouldn't go through. The cashier kept pecking away at the cash-register, and before she finally sorted it out, I joked that "I was worried Trump had bought the store chain, and had targeted me for revenge." The woman behind me in the line only "looked like" a possible Trumper, but she wasn't. She had a somber, worried look: "People wouldn't want his s*** on their grocery bags," she said.

And I thought about the polar sentiments in this thread. I wouldn't say I'm gloating, but in the "Pat Robertson" context, it seemed relevant.

That being said, after watching F***stick (This is the respect you're going to get from me from now on, and the language is "presidential" -- "not-PC" just as they wished for) -- I put aside my idea of sending 17 well-polished Lincoln pennies to the Gatlinburg mayor as disaster relief. I'm going to send 17 dollars.

As for the story-line or script I mentioned. I could see someone with a thought in mind to vet distressed red-state automobiles in need of assistance with a trick N-word question.

With the losing answer, he might say "Sir! Do you have birth-certificates for yourself, Marsha Blackburn there and her litter?"
"Wha . . . ? Why?"
"Can you prove you're not visiting my state from outer-space?"

And that's that. Woody-woodpecker. That's all, folks!

I am comforted that you are melting down so badly.

 

[agent00f]

I am comforted that you are melting down so badly.

Liberals love to give money to people like this.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I am comforted that you are melting down so badly.

Well, buddy -- I'll say this.

Back in 2001, September 10, three retired UC alums from the '60s were sitting around a campfire in the North Cascades, in serious discussion with speculations about the Future. Driving to Mt. Baker for a circuit hike the next morning, they heard the news on the radio and stopped at the Artist Point ranger station to join the crowd watching the B/W TV. They were stunned and shocked more than anyone else, because -- in the conversation of the previous night -- they predicted the disaster. And as the years unfolded, their other speculative predictions also materialized, provoking more awe.

I don't have any predictions other than this, and it's just a guess.

Your whole country is going to melt down under this "leadership." It's certainly not the country I was born in. We'll need a lot of shovels to dig ourselves out of this toilet.

And Amen.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

I am comforted that you are melting down so badly.

you're such a fucking hack, and a massive pseudo christian

 

[buckshot24]

Well, buddy -- I'll say this.

Back in 2001, September 10, three retired UC alums from the '60s were sitting around a campfire in the North Cascades, in serious discussion with speculations about the Future. Driving to Mt. Baker for a circuit hike the next morning, they heard the news on the radio and stopped at the Artist Point ranger station to join the crowd watching the B/W TV. They were stunned and shocked more than anyone else, because -- in the conversation of the previous night -- they predicted the disaster. And as the years unfolded, their other speculative predictions also materialized, provoking more awe.

I don't have any predictions other than this, and it's just a guess.

Your whole country is going to melt down under this "leadership." It's certainly not the country I was born in. We'll need a lot of shovels to dig ourselves out of this toilet.

And Amen.

I hope you feel better soon.

 

[agent00f]

Well, buddy -- I'll say this.

Back in 2001, September 10, three retired UC alums from the '60s were sitting around a campfire in the North Cascades, in serious discussion with speculations about the Future. Driving to Mt. Baker for a circuit hike the next morning, they heard the news on the radio and stopped at the Artist Point ranger station to join the crowd watching the B/W TV. They were stunned and shocked more than anyone else, because -- in the conversation of the previous night -- they predicted the disaster. And as the years unfolded, their other speculative predictions also materialized, provoking more awe.

I don't have any predictions other than this, and it's just a guess.

Your whole country is going to melt down under this "leadership." It's certainly not the country I was born in. We'll need a lot of shovels to dig ourselves out of this toilet.

And Amen.

He's looking to get a well paid job registering muslims.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

you're such a fucking hack, and a massive pseudo christian

I can remember all the way back to Truman. My generation despised Johnson -- for our superficial understanding of the Vietnam War as prosecuted under his own confusion. You may remember Country Joe and the Fish with their big hit.

Then, there was Nixon. I was so focused on the day-to-day moment that my feelings about Watergate were mild; only later could you connect that burglary with four others and an assassination that took place in the Capital September 20, 1976. By that time, Nixon was long gone.

Ford was just a place-holder. Then Carter -- with Bert Lance and some unfortunate developments, but he has proven to be a good American and a great man.

Reagan was "wait and see." When I was stepping over discharged mental patients on the street after he terminated funding for their care and upkeep, the bad taste in my mouth began to grow three years into the first term.

But I was still mildly indifferent. We just go on with our lives, and the four-year cycle is just something between entertainment and obligation.

My eyes weren't fully open until around 2001, but not because of the 911 attack. I caught up on the reading of many declassified documents. that's the only reason I can attribute to our keen prescience on the night of September 10.

People who enter the coliseum with a pre-determined belief system will never admit either to the failure of collective democratic decisions or their own delusions. They have to come to an understanding on their own. After all, their opinion is just as good as anyone's -- barring further scrutiny of fact and inference, which they may be more comfortable to abjure.

But no two opposing opinions can be right at the same time. They just think, for capturing the whole enchilada, that they are obviously right about everything.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I hope you feel better soon.

Oh. So do I, but I'm not holding my breath.

Your man was a disgusting pig of a sorry human being more than a decade ago with the Apprentice. He was a disgusting pig with the Birther Frenzy. He was a disgusting pig from the beginning of the campaign, and a disgusting pig now during the transition.

What do you think he'll be next year?

Being an asshole may not have anything to do with political belief, and after all -- your man doesn't seem to exhibit any that are believable or identifiable.

He's a disgusting example to our youth -- with his language and his lack of reverence for the Truth. His wife is a disgusting example, both for the New York Post picture of the '90s and her tongue-in-cheek plagiarism.

So what does that make you? Here, we heard all about "special interests" controlling our politics, and your man there has now stocked his cabinet with plutocrats.

As for Romney, we can agree. He was a hypocrite in 2012, and a sycophantic hypocrite now.

But that's about the last thing we'll agree about, barring further developments.

The Carrier deal is just a photo-op moment, transferring badly needed public funds as a bribe to a corporation. We'll likely see more of that.

Whether or not I actually crave misfortune, I am very pessimistic about the next four years. Outright predictions? I don't have any at the moment. If you're so damn sure of a rosy picture, maybe you can describe it, and let the others here attack it like hungry pirannhas.

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By the way, here's the demographic makeup of Gatlinburg. [Check again -- it's either Sevier Co. or Gatlinburg, but not likely a big difference either way]

White 3237 95.71%
African American 5 0.15%
American Indian 19 0.56%
Asian 58 1.71%

 

[Victorian Gray]

I am comforted that you are melting down so badly.

How Christian of you.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

How Christian of you.

An interesting dimension to the discussion, but I realized I could be faced with a paradoxical dilemma.

If I were a church-goer, I wouldn't want to sit in the same church with the chest-thumpers of Trump victory. And if I went to Hell because of that, I'd have an eternity of the same unpleasant company and much more numerous.

Look at the options they had. A sort of Nixon-like figure with a legal and gubernatorial experience set; your moderate voice from the tainted name of Bush; Kasich, who began to have doubts about Trump after a few things Trump had said intersecting the Pope and a ritual of Kasich's church. Even Rubio, who seemed acceptable. I won't belabor the options further, but there were certainly more.

They nominated and elected someone many people would despise with disgust. They would despise him because he'd been in their face since Apprentice. If he'd suddenly revealed himself to the national public at large like Dubya Bush in early '99 or even Obama in '07, we wouldn't be so sure of our profound position on this matter. He's a human being so defective just for his denial of any defect. He's an arrogant, mean-spirited little insect of a man, and it is so obvious that I'm getting daily e-mail from people who complain of heaving their cookies every morning.

They had Obama for eight years. I'm pretty sure of the subliminal motivations to claim he was a "Divider." The only thing that caused the division was their Neanderthal sense of things. And to say that we somehow "made a mistake" in choosing Obama because of his race is probably the most cowardly, character-deficit and vacant idea of this century.

Do unto others? Give 'em a double-canister, boys! They could've provided a candidate we could accept, even if it were impossible to love him. He's probably the most disgusting human being ever to appear on TV, unless you spend a lot of time watching the AHC or History Channel.

 

[buckshot24]

How Christian of you.

Thanks.

 

[highland145]

burning coals....

 

[JSt0rm]

triggered

not really, but keep up those sick burns.

 

[Victorian Gray]

Thanks.

Can you hear that hellhound on your trail?

 

[BonzaiDuck]

burning coals....

I heard at one time that there had been serious drought, and another time that arson was suspected. Any nexus of multiple causation should be easy to grasp.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a gorgeous jewel among those east of the Mississippi. It had been used as location for the film version of Cooper's "Last of the Mohicans" -- Daniel Day Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, RusselI Means, Wes Studi and others. I could either be saddened about the Park, or the folks in Gatlinburg for their devastation and the decimation of that area, the people who work in the Park -- any number of good reasons.

But right now, I have the emotional mood of Wes Studi as Magua the Huron, standing over the dying body of the English General "Gray Hair" -- heart in hand.

 

[highland145]

Good but it surly looks like the rest of your clan needs Pfizer.

 

[agent00f]

Oh. So do I, but I'm not holding my breath.

Your man was a disgusting pig of a sorry human being more than a decade ago with the Apprentice. He was a disgusting pig with the Birther Frenzy. He was a disgusting pig from the beginning of the campaign, and a disgusting pig now during the transition.

What do you think he'll be next year?

Being an asshole may not have anything to do with political belief, and after all -- your man doesn't seem to exhibit any that are believable or identifiable.

He's a disgusting example to our youth -- with his language and his lack of reverence for the Truth. His wife is a disgusting example, both for the New York Post picture of the '90s and her tongue-in-cheek plagiarism.

So what does that make you? Here, we heard all about "special interests" controlling our politics, and your man there has now stocked his cabinet with plutocrats.

As for Romney, we can agree. He was a hypocrite in 2012, and a sycophantic hypocrite now.

But that's about the last thing we'll agree about, barring further developments.

The Carrier deal is just a photo-op moment, transferring badly needed public funds as a bribe to a corporation. We'll likely see more of that.

Whether or not I actually crave misfortune, I am very pessimistic about the next four years. Outright predictions? I don't have any at the moment. If you're so damn sure of a rosy picture, maybe you can describe it, and let the others here attack it like hungry pirannhas.

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By the way, here's the demographic makeup of Gatlinburg. [Check again -- it's either Sevier Co. or Gatlinburg, but not likely a big difference either way]

White 3237 95.71%
African American 5 0.15%
American Indian 19 0.56%
Asian 58 1.71%

They're aware he's a total degenerate, that's why they're voting for one of their own.

They're the same people who talk chastity and even try to force it on everyone else while breeding bastards. Eg. Palin's daughter got preggers due to careless fornicating out of wedlock and they had the gall to celebrate that shit with the same fervor they denounce minorities/gays. I purposely use an example from the good old days of 2012 when it wasn't nearly as bad.