...and Lincolns secretary warned him not to go to the theatre. And Kennedys secratary Lincoln warned him not to go to Dallas. We need a Israel/US coinsidence coin!
http://www.whoi.edu/home/about/currents_v9no3_hurricanes.html
"In the Gulf of Mexico, where Liu has been working in back-barrier freshwater lakes, the geological evidence for hurricanes extends further back into history, though it is somewhat less precise in the storm-by-storm details. “Our records go back about 5,000 years, and we definitely see a long-term cycle,” he notes. From about 5,000 to 3,400 years ago, hurricane patterns in the Gulf Coast were relatively mild. From 3,400 to 1,000 years ago, the region endured a “hyperactive” period. The past 1,000 years have been relatively placid.
“The good news is that we are living in a quiet period,” Liu says. “The bad news is that if we think we have seen too many catastrophic hurricanes coming our way, we haven't seen anything yet.”
So were Indians being punished for not supporting a country they'd never even heard of in the period of hyperactive Gulf of Mexico hurricane activity from 3,400 to 1,000 years ago?
This is the primitivism of which George Will spoke.
WITHIN HOURS??? The Northridge Quake struck January 17th, at 4:31 am, some two weeks later (I'll never forget it). This sounds like Louis Farrakhan math.
I guess its a good thing I'm going to church tomorrow.
Ping.
"January 4, 1994: U.S. Clinton and Assad meet in Geneva, Switzerland calling for Israel to leave the Golan Heights. Within hours the 6.9 Northridge earthquake rocks Southern California, the second most expensive national disaster in history"
Dude plays fast and loose with dates on this one. Northridge quake was January 17. Within hours of Jan 4 I guess. But a whole lot of hours
Let's only worry what they think when it affects their ability and motivation to kill us, directly or indirectly. That goes for Jewish and Arab nations alike.
As it is, both groups deserve attention concerning our image.
Europeans, in contrast, are nutless blowhards, completely lacking in genuine intent to menace but for inconsequential words like my own.
Theodicy is the fancy theological/philosophical term for the attempt to justify the ways, acts, justice and goodness of God in the face of suffering, death and evil to an incredulous jury of humans. We Christians have floated some doozies.
Christian and Hebrew theologians, philosophers and kibitzers for thousands of years have struggled to come up with a plausible defense of God's goodness and power, given the daily reality of evil, because, well, God hasn't really produced an alibi for himself.
Once, at the end of the Old Testament wisdom book of Job, God could have explained it all, but He didn't. God makes a personal appearance out of the whirlwind just as the argument between Job and his so-called friends gets really interesting, meaning the finger finally gets pointed directly at God. God appears dramatically and essentially tells Job that it's none of Job's business why he's suffering and that Job wouldn't understand anyway.
The writer's elaborate, but single, point of the story of Job is that human speculation on such matters is folly at best, and idolatry and heretical at worse. But Job's message and warning don't seem to give us pause.
We Christians today, however well-intentioned, often fall off the horse on one side or the other by speculating with pious platitudes about why some terrible event has occurred. And indeed, all theodicies are pure speculation unless God has directly and specifically revealed His will and purpose to a credible prophet who comes to us with "Thus saith the Lord."
Once the speculation has begun, there's no way to judge it, evaluate it, or refute it because speculation by definition is completely subjective and unverifiable. Unchecked, the likelihood of theological mischief and stupidity is great amongst theodicy speculators.
Theodicies are theological and philosophical La Brea Tar Pits. Once we take the plunge, we're stuck forever, and all of our struggling only sinks us deeper and deeper into the pit. First, we're hit with the question: How can we offer a defense of God that's considered depraved when invoked by humans? Second, once we engage in the parlor game of second guessing God, anything goes.
Marty Lasley
What is funny is they only go back as far as Bush Sr. What about all the other natural disasters that happened before 1991, like the 1906 San Fransisco earthquake. Now I know why Mt.St.Hellens blew up, it was Carter's fault for screwing up Iran.
Just a little to update:
September 12, 2003
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Arab and Non-Aligned nations call on the United Nations Security Council to stop Israel carrying out its threat to expel the head of the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat, from the West Bank. Elsewhere the European Union and Russia describe the Israeli proposal as a 'terrible mistake'. UN General Secretary Kofi Annan calls the Israel's proposed action "dangerous" and "unwise". The Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, who takes over as President of the European Council in January, tells journalists after a summit meeting with French President Jacques Chirac in Paris that he is "shocked" by the Israeli plan and said his government is "totally opposed" to the Israeli plan. The United States Ambassador to Israel meets the Israeli Defence Minister to outline American hostility to the plan.
September 13th, 2003 Category 5 Hurricane Isabel makes a northwestward turn.
Hurricane Isabel was a long-lived Cape Verde hurricane that reached Category 5 status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. It made landfall near Drum Inlet on the Outer Banks of North Carolina as a Category 2 hurricane. Isabel is considered to be one of the most significant tropical cyclones to affect portions of northeastern North
Carolina and east-central Virginia since Hurricane Hazel in 1954 and the Chesapeake-Potomac Hurricane of 1933. Hits NC September 18th..
April 14, 2004 President Bush states:
I welcome the disengagement plan prepared by the Government of Israel, under which Israel would withdraw certain military installations and all settlements from Gaza, and withdraw certain military installations and settlements in the West Bank. These steps will mark real progress toward realizing the vision I set forth in June 2002 of two states living side by side in peace and security, and make a real contribution toward peace.
I am hopeful that steps pursuant to this plan, consistent with this vision, will remind all states and parties of their own obligations under the roadmap.
April 29, 2004 Abu Ghraib photos are released.
August 13, 2004 Hurricane Charley strikes America
August 19 2004
Israel's prime minister, Ariel Sharon, vows to press on with his disengagement plan, despite it receiving another rejection from his Likud party. (BBC)
September 2004 Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Ivan strike the US spawning tornados which left additional damage in their wake Jeanne Karl and Lisa follow within this month.
September 21, 2004 President Bush to the UN- Israel should impose a settlement freeze, dismantle unauthorized outposts, end the daily humiliation of the Palestinian people, and avoid any actions that prejudice final negotiations.
Does the code give identical results in all languages and all versions?
Pick a date in the last 50 years; any date.
I can assemble an impressive list of world disasters for the following few days somewhere in the world no matter what date you pick.
Give me a break!
Ping
"Aw, shucks!"
Bump for later read!