What irony those RED STATES, Tex, Ok, NM etc are burning

[opihimoimoi]

Is it because they voted for Pubs like the Gulf States?

EDIT BY DEMAND: :sarcasm:

[salin]

1. I am sure that Pat Robertson...

will be silent on the condemnations on this front. Somehow it is only the wrath of God when the natural disasters hit blue areas that he spews such irrational cr*p. Yet his followers repeat his claims - but are also strangely silent on these other tragedies and don't seem to get that either these tragedies are ALL about God's wrath, or none of them are about God's wrath.

[sybylla]

14. I thought of Pat Robertson the moment I heard of the horrible fires.

I knew he'd step forward and say the fires are their punishment for their sinning ways. :sarcasm:

Ha! Rampaging fires are just an act of nature but a hurricane is god's wrath. Robertson is such an asshat.

[opihimoimoi]

20. LOL, sending Roses and Fine wine....

[carolinalady]

37. Where does Pat live? n/t

[Critters2]

42. Virginia Beach

He once asked people to pray that God turn a hurricane away from Virginia...which would mean it would just hit somewhere else, but that's not his problem!

[NaturalHigh]

2. I'm sick of people who take such joy in our misery.

Do you really think that all the people who have lost their homes voted for Bush? Either you're a really depraved person who enjoys seeing others suffer, or you're incredibly thick-headed.

[opihimoimoi]

5. Who the Hell said I have joy in your misery? Are you a mind reader?

Its a Facetious post for gods sake....cause thats what Pat Robinson, et al does.

[Avalux]

7. You might want to clarify that you're joking then -

because it seems some of the replies don't get it.

[liveoaktx]

9. How about save the facetious when people's lives and homes aren't at stake

[madokie]

15. All the while, I will have to worry my ass off about being burned out

About a month ago we here in mayes county lost 20 plus homes in the grass fires. No one had a chance, they were traveling so fast.

[liveoaktx]

3. I'm tired of these types of comments that gloat at the misfortune

of people who are experiencing natural disasters and tie it into their voting preferences.

Just STOP it.

There are lots of Democrats in these states, including, of course, Texas. And it isn't funny to go outside and smell smoke and wonder if a raging plains wildfire is heading for you.

What makes that kind of comment any better than Pat Robertson or Bill O'Reilly's nutbaggery?

[opihimoimoi]

8. No one is gloating, that is far fetched,

[liveoaktx]

10. Nope. If you think this is a matter for jokes, you don't get it.

[opihimoimoi]

12. THAT DOES IT: I am quiting the DEM Party and switching to the Pubs

[400Years]

40. people are always looking for an excuse to tie their panties in a knot

I take no offense opihimoimoi.

[Quixote1818]

41. Their is no gloating in the OP??? Give me a break

The OP is talking about Irony and how Pat Robertson keeps saying God is going to bring disaster down on places that vote Democrat. So now that Red states are burning guys like Pat Robertson seem strangely quiet.

[sui generis]

4. OY! smilies class at 11:00

edited to accept op's edit.

[IdaBriggs]

6. You should probably put a "sarcasm" indicator in your message.

Yes, it was OBVIOUS, but there are people who haven't had their morning caffeine yet, and they don't get the point that you DON'T think they are "on fire" because of their voting patterns, but are simply drawing attention to the obvious hypocrisy spewed by the right when they declare natural disasters to be part of the "Punitive Punishment Plan" -- the obvious inference about "looks like the fires of hell" isn't apparent to those who would rather chastise your Political Incorrectness.

Again, caffeine is good, and I'm sure they will figure it out eventually, but if you could make it easier on them....? Thanks!

[opihimoimoi]

11. Thank you for the reminder....sending beer and ribs

[IdaBriggs]

35. Not a problem; and thanks for the presents!

High stress levels sometimes mean folks look for someone to beat up on when they are feeling powerless (hence the accusations of "insensitivity" on your part). :eyes:

Its tough times for our peeps these days; good thing there isn't enough evidence to show any truth to all that "crazy" climate change "nonsense" those Liberal Scientists keep spewing. Why, if we all hold a good old fashioned "come to Jeezus" meeting, I'm sure the weather will soon turn back to normal, as Everything Must Be Because of ALL THE SINNING and Stuff.

Heaven forbid increasing levels of pollutions in the atmosphere have anything to do with it -- why, that's just ... just ... demanding the human race take (shudder) RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS!!!! Next we'll have to start FIXING THE PROBLEM instead of blaming GOD!!! (swoon)


NOTE: I'm putting the :sarcasm: indicator on! :)

[liveoaktx]

13. The question isn't about "getting" the joke-it's about empathy

If Morans like O'Reilly and Robertson choose to tell stupid pointless tripe about God or whatever punishing states due to their lifestyle choices, we rightly ridicule them (or avoid them for being fools).

Right now, in Texas, there hasn't been rain for months. The grass and trees are tinder dry, and an action as thoughtless as throwing a cigarette butt out the window could start a prairie fire that is out of control. It's just not funny, and at least until after it RAINS here, maybe people could refrain from the thoughtless Har-de-Har jokes.

[ProfessorGAC]

16. Picking A Nit Here

But, aren't you talking about sympathy. I can't be empathic about it unless i've experienced it too. I can sympathize with a drought stricken area, but unless i lived through it i don't think it's possible for me to empathize.
The Professor

[liveoaktx]

18. No, I was talking about empathy-in a general sense-maybe

that's the problem. The poster has never experienced, perhaps, a natural disaster, that put life, limb and property at risk and so can't relate to those who are going through that right now. I don't think it requires being in a potential raging wildfire situation to have empathy if one has, for example, been through a tornado or hurricane.

Not sympathy. Not asking for someone to feel sorry about this, but to back OFF from the jokes and at least PRETEND that sarcasm here is misplaced.

[ProfessorGAC]

23. I Get Ya!

I thought you were suggesting direct empathy for you, given that you live down there. Now i understand. Like i said, i wasn't arguing, just picking a nit for clarity.
The Professor

[opihimoimoi]

17. I really feel for all those affected by disasters etc. I was in the Fire

Dept for 29 years and know all too well the pain peeps go through. But tell me....did the laughter stop in all of Tex? No it didn't... Peeps find humor even at the Mortuary....subdued but still humor...

Am I laughing at those who lost their homes, jobs, farms, etc...hell no...

The post was to elicit thinking....

[liveoaktx]

21. It may be funny AFTER THERE IS RAIN... it's not funny right now

[madokie]

19. To the south of me right now is about a mile of nothing but grass

some of it waist high and a wind starting to blow and a four lane hyway at the end of it. Nothing funny about fire today from me.

today I worry

[liveoaktx]

24. I'm with you-I have two times this week walked out and smelled smoke

and have seen it in the sky. Two days ago a town in the Texas panhandle burned to the ground. All of it. Yesterday I was in a neighboring town and an entire subdivision there burned to the ground. A fire can start anywhere, anytime, and it won't require a wind to fuel it, but it doesn't help that the prairie winds are blowing fast the last week.

For people who don't live in these states, maybe this is a hilarious point for sarcastic humor. But I wish they would just STOP.

[madokie]

28. Same here

[opihimoimoi]

25. Sending good fortune your way..no one is laughing at a time like this

As a retd Fire Capt:

I hope the grass ends far away from home

Is the house of wood, brick, steel?

Roof?

Water supply?

Closest Fire Dept?

Tractor available to move grass away from home?

Got your precious things packed and ready to flee?

Help from friends neighbors?

Prepare for the worst....

Sending Hope and Best Wishes... Opi

[madokie]

33. I know, I think, everyone knows no one is poking fun at us

It's just it's a touchy subject when we/I may loose most everything we/I have to the whims of the winds and a little spark. No harm done. peace.
But my biggest worry today is nothing other than bush*

[Saturday]

27. I understood

your humor opihimoimoi. If we shouldn't laugh about sad situations then all humor about * would have to stop since he is mentally ill and that is not a subject to be laughed about. I think people need to lighten up. Surely they can understand we are not laughing about them in their peril.

[opihimoimoi]

29. Some peeps take it personal I guess... what can I say?

[Gato Moteado]

32. jeez, that's scary......

....is there anyway you can get a tractor out there to cut that grass down to a low level that wouldn't support a raging fire?

[madokie]

34. No, not really, too many different owners

Not sure that would make much of a difference, but then again it might slow the progression down some.

[IdaBriggs]

36. I thought the poster was making a very clever / not subtle commentary on

hypocrisy, ignorance and stupidity; there was also some nice inference on Spiritual Abuse (to believe this tripe, you have to think "God is an abusive asshole with a big whack-a-mole stick aimed at YOU!!!") as a way of controlling the uninformed / gullible. "Stupid pointless tripe" was nowhere near what I got out of the original post.

But I'm sorry you are under such stress at the moment. Here's a hug, and a quick prayer for rain! :hug:

[Atman]

22. Don't forget, it rained on the Rose Parade for the first time in 50 years

Bush has fucked up EVERYTHING!

[CornField]

26. What irony that I can't wave my magic wand

and have you switch places with my family in OK, TX and NM.

:eyes:

[opihimoimoi]

31. Sorry, only Pat Robertson got the Wand

[Peace Patriot]

30. Stop the condemnation of "red" states to fire, hurricane, flood, drought,

dust bowls and plagues of locusts, until we've gotten rid of our faith-based voting system. Then you may, to your heart's content, condemn them to suffer God's wrath for voting for George Bush. But not before.

Really. We have no idea how the so-called "red" states voted. Eighty percent of the vote was tabulated by two Bushite corporations (Diebold and ES&S), using "TRADE SECRET," PROPRIETARY programming code--code so secret that not even our secretaries of state are permitted to review it--with virtually no audit/recount controls. The war profiteering corporate news monopolies then confirmed this faith-based vote tabulation by "adjusting" their own, independent exit polls (which Kerry won) to "fit" the result of Diebold's and ES&S's secret formulae (Bush won)--late on election day, on everybody's TV screens (after an hourlong "breakdown" of the reporting system)--thus denying the American people major evidence of election fraud, and depriving us of the one election verification tool that we had, that is used worldwide to monitor elections and check for fraud.

I will not concede even Texas and Mississippi to George Bush, until we have restored transparent elections.

[Bridget Burke]

38. Ho Ho. Ha Ha. Hee Hee.

Yes, I know it's a joke. Not a very good one.

[Hubert Flottz]

39. Gawd is dropkicking them????

Prolly!

Pat and Jerry would swear that shit, if it were "blue states" being hit!

Edit...for schpellin'

[peanutbrittle]

43. It's the Indians fault

An old farmers advice:

When pondering as to whether or not it will rain or storm. It is important to remember that the answer is directly proportional to the outcome of the Raindance. :+

[RedEarth]

44. Oh this is fucking great...I just love these types of threads....... see

if you can come up some some more great sarcasm....you're so clever...

[Avalux]

45. Locking.

Unfortunately, this thread hasn't worked out very well. Some who live in the states mentioned are offended, in spite of the sarcasm edit.