[Grampa Dave]

There are plenty of too many FReepers on these threads continuing to spread that same lie. 'cui bono' How to implement ‘cui bono’: To implement the principle of ‘cui bono’, you need to ask yourself “who benefits from this?” when trying to figure out why a certain event has happened or will happen in the future. The more someone benefits from the event in question, the more likely they are to be responsible for it.

[nbenyo]

Obama benefited from Hurricane Sandy. That doesn’t mean he caused it.