God's Plan in OKC

One would go mad if one took the Bible seriously; but to take it seriously one must already be mad

- Aleister Crowley

Yesterday's killer tornado that ripped through an Oklahoma City suburb, killing at this minute according to online death tolls - 51 (including 20 children) will surely today be rationalized by many as being a part of "God's plan". This you see is salve to the woes and wounds of the rubes, and OKC, being the buckle of the bible belt is full of them. The charlatans, swine and run of the mill Republican bullshit pimps will be out in force today even as rescue crews continue to dig bodies out of the rubble. That much you can count on. I wonder if the ghoulish Wayne LaPierre will come out and say something insane like "if only they would have all had guns they could have stopped that tornado" or if Pat Robertson will blame it on America's growing tolerance of homosexuals to distract from the attention of his stamp of approval on adultery and I am sure that it is only a matter of time until Senator James Imhofe will find a way to blame it on Obama. Hell, the oily car-stereo thief Darrell Issa will probably try to convene another inquisition to gin up impeachment material.

Tragedy is what the tornado was, not a part of "God's plan" but it is another example of the increasingly unstable climate and the ever increasing severe weather events of recent years. Despite the millions of dollars spent by filthy capitalist exploiters on anti-climate change propaganda and bogus studies conducted by think tank employed frauds the future is filled with more killer storms so get used to it. Meanwhile, filth like the Koch brothers and the pit traders will find a way to further profit off of the coming catastrophes, that you can bet on. As for God's plan it would seem that with the prevalence of weather disasters in the American south, especially the bible belt perhaps God is more than just a bit pissed off at the foulness, hatred and lies that are a standard for modern American 'Christianity' and has decided to open his own king-sized can of whup ass on the region.

The dead kids are the sort of thing that hits one like a sucker punch, even a cynic like myself. Whether it is God or Adam Lanza the piles of dead little bodies are terrible but all too commonplace in this sad and tragic land circa 2013.

Just my two cents over the morning cup o' joe

EE