This is to bizarre for words.

Given that it came via forwarded email, I don’t think it qualifies for our “three days” competition.

On a related note, this BeliefNet article notes that it isn’t just the fundy right that sees divine messges in natural disaster:

Meanwhile, spiritual and political environmentalists say that massive hurricanes such as Katrina, along with the Asian tsunami, are messages from the earth, letting humanity know of the earth’s pain. These hurricanes are caused by global warming, environmentalists say, which are the result of using too much fossil fuel. They see the catastrophic consequences as a kind of comeuppance.

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Stephen O’Leary, a professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California and an expert on the media and apocalypticism, says, “God’s got a two-fer here. Both sides are eager to see America punished for her sins; on one side it’s sexual immorality and porn and Hollywood, and on the other side it’s conspicuous consumption and Hummers.”

Robert F. Kennedy, step up to the plate! Check out this post, which might be an instant Huffington Post classic. After noting that Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour once lobbied for the fossil fuel industry, Kenendy writes:

Perhaps it was Barbour’s memo that caused Katrina, at the last moment, to spare New Orleans and save its worst flailings for the Mississippi coast.

Moralists and environmentalists are racing in a mad-dash sprint to stupid.

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