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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 08:35 PM
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"Weather Channel Guy" Yesterday... "Floods in Australia of Blblical Proportions!"
Edited on Fri Jan-14-11 08:36 PM by KoKo
Is the guy who was on with Stephanie Abrams on WC an "End of Time/Doomsayer?" A "Revelations Dancer?"

Thankfully, Stephanie Abrams cut him off...before he had time to spew forth more...

How many of these RW'ers are employed in our Media as "Stealth?" :shrug:
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Richard D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 08:43 PM
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1. Of course . . .
. . ., he could have been referring to Noah.
I've heard the expression used by a lot of people who aren't fundies.
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Motown_Johnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 08:45 PM
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2. Or maybe it is someone who understands the "The Flood" was a regional occurrence
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 08:49 PM
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3. It's just a saying
to exaggerate or emphasize how bad something is. I remember the phrase being used in the movie "Ghost Busters". They're hardly RW fundies.
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Pathwalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 08:52 PM
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4. I don't believe Stephanie would be on with a right-winger, or
that the Weather Channel would hire such a person. I keep the tv on that channel a lot, and the channel is not right wing.
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WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 09:23 PM
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5. Oh please
Edited on Fri Jan-14-11 09:23 PM by WolverineDG
Perhaps he was utilizing a cultural reference, since most people understand what a flood or anything "of Biblical proportions" is--an adjective phrase describing the enormity (not to mention rarity) of the flooding in Australia.

dg
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Violet_Crumble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 09:23 PM
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6. It's a phrase that's commonly used to mean Fucking Huge..
The phrase 'biblical proportions' has been used by the Queensland state treasurer, and he's definately no RW fundy type. It's been used a fair bit in the media as well. It's just a turn of phrase, kind of like how the phrase 'inland tsunami' was used to describe the flash-flood in Toowoomba and surrounding area. It's not meant to be taken literally, but is being used to get across the size and strength of it...
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etherealtruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 09:39 PM
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7. What ....seriously .... ?
The often reflexive response (in this country) of "God bless you", to a sneeze ... does not indicate the person saying it is a zealot .... nor does the phrase "... of biblical proportions" when referencing something well outside the norm
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lamp_shade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 03:19 AM
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8. Hoboy. Another childish hit n run post. Sweet Jesus!
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 07:36 PM
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9. Let me guess, when someone says they're hungry enough to eat a horse, you believe they really will
Edited on Sat Jan-15-11 07:37 PM by Drunken Irishman
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 07:42 PM
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10. What a behemoth of a over-reaction
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 05:29 AM
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11. Oh geesh ... "An ass whipping of biblical proportions" ... Michael Moore said that
I suppose you think he's a "stealth" RWinger! :eyes: :silly:
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NaturalHigh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 01:54 PM
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12. Huh?
Yeah, he was on the Weather Channel to try to convert you. Paranoid much?

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