Its All in the Physics

We are supposed to take as gospel, scientific theories which are completely unreproducable (ie. evolution).

But along comes a BYU physics professor, who I'm sure, is going to undergo character assassination the likes of which we haven't seen for a long time. His "crime"? He dare question the "Official Story".

The physics of 9/11 — including how fast and symmetrically one of the World Trade Center buildings fell — prove that official explanations of the collapses are wrong, says a Brigham Young University physics professor.
In fact, it's likely that there were "pre-positioned explosives" in all three buildings at ground zero, says Steven E. Jones.
In a paper posted online Tuesday and accepted for peer-reviewed publication next year, Jones adds his voice to those of previous skeptics, including the authors of the Web site www.wtc7.net, whose research Jones quotes. Jones' article can be found at www.physics.byu.edu/research/energy/htm7.html.

"It is quite plausible that explosives were pre-planted in all three (WTC) buildings," BYU physics professor Steven E. Jones says.
Jones, who conducts research in fusion and solar energy at BYU, is calling for an independent, international scientific investigation "guided not by politicized notions and constraints but rather by observations and calculations.

Have you ever thought something in passing, only to see the same theory show up in an article somewhere?
This article reminded me of some things I thought on 9/11:
1) Gee, that building going down looks just like when they demolish one intentionally.
2) If they were trying to do maximum damage by crashing planes into a building, why didn't they try to hit a lower floor? They could have gone into a steep dive, instead of flying level.

In a 9,000-word article that Jones says will be published in the book "The Hidden History of 9/11," by Elsevier, Jones offers these arguments:

• The three buildings collapsed nearly symmetrically, falling down into their footprints, a phenomenon associated with "controlled demolition" — and even then it's very difficult, he says. "Why would terrorists undertake straight-down collapses of WTC-7 and the Towers when 'toppling over' falls would require much less work and would do much more damage in downtown Manhattan?" Jones asks. "And where would they obtain the necessary skills and access to the buildings for a symmetrical implosion anyway? The 'symmetry data' emphasized here, along with other data, provide strong evidence for an 'inside' job."

• No steel-frame building, before or after the WTC buildings, has ever collapsed due to fire. But explosives can effectively sever steel columns, he says.

• WTC 7, which was not hit by hijacked planes, collapsed in 6.6 seconds, just .6 of a second longer than it would take an object dropped from the roof to hit the ground. "Where is the delay that must be expected due to conservation of momentum, one of the foundational laws of physics?" he asks. "That is, as upper-falling floors strike lower floors — and intact steel support columns — the fall must be significantly impeded by the impacted mass. . . . How do the upper floors fall so quickly, then, and still conserve momentum in the collapsing buildings?" The paradox, he says, "is easily resolved by the explosive demolition hypothesis, whereby explosives quickly removed lower-floor material, including steel support columns, and allow near free-fall-speed collapses." These observations were not analyzed by FEMA, NIST nor the 9/11 Commission, he says.

• With non-explosive-caused collapse there would typically be a piling up of shattering concrete. But most of the material in the towers was converted to flour-like powder while the buildings were falling, he says. "How can we understand this strange behavior, without explosives? Remarkable, amazing — and demanding scrutiny since the U.S. government-funded reports failed to analyze this phenomenon."

• Horizontal puffs of smoke, known as squibs, were observed proceeding up the side the building, a phenomenon common when pre-positioned explosives are used to demolish buildings, he says.

• Steel supports were "partly evaporated," but it would require temperatures near 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit to evaporate steel — and neither office materials nor diesel fuel can generate temperatures that hot. Fires caused by jet fuel from the hijacked planes lasted at most a few minutes, and office material fires would burn out within about 20 minutes in any given location, he says.

• Molten metal found in the debris of the World Trade Center may have been the result of a high-temperature reaction of a commonly used explosive such as thermite, he says. Buildings not felled by explosives "have insufficient directed energy to result in melting of large quantities of metal," Jones says.

• Multiple loud explosions in rapid sequence were reported by numerous observers in and near the towers, and these explosions occurred far below the region where the planes struck, he says.

Jones says he became interested in the physics of the WTC collapse after attending a talk last spring given by a woman who had had a near-death experience. The woman mentioned in passing that "if you think the World Trade Center buildings came down just due to fire, you have a lot of surprises ahead of you," Jones remembers, at which point "everyone around me started applauding."
Following several months of study, he presented his findings at a talk at BYU in September.
Jones says he would like the government to release 6,899 photographs and 6,977 segments of video footage for "independent scrutiny." He would also like to analyze a small sample of the molten metal found at Ground Zero.

Thanks, Prof. Jones for having the guts to put out in the public forum what many have been thinking.
The book sounds like a worth while read, but I'm afraid the scientific investigation will go no where.
After all, we can't go around questioning the god of government.

Intellectual Voters

I was surfing around reviewing the results of some of yesterdays elections/votes when I came across this beauty.
Seems the geniuses of Sarasota County, Florida, voted to increase their own taxes and enable the county government to go $250 million deeper into debt (by a margin of 4 -1!), all for the sake of a few parks!

Here's the punchline: They asked one of the supporters of this proposal why he voted for it.

William Montavon and Cheryl Wilson, who cast their votes at the Municipal Auditorium, pointed to the condos going up just across the street from the voting precinct as reason enough to support continuing the tax.

"I voted yes for both points because we need parks," Montavon said. "Just look around you. Sarasota used to be a great town, but now if you're not a developer or making more than $50,000 it sucks for you because you can't afford to live here."

By following his train of thought (however derailed it may be), the only conclusion I can come to is that he 1) thinks housing will become more affordable if he has less money in his pocket, or 2) he is planning on moving into one of these new parks.

There should be a test to demonstrate understanding of the Constitution and our founding principles before someone is issued a Voter ID card. Or at least basic math skills.

Dale Carnegie Wanted

You allege to be a spokesman for what is arguably the most persecuted group of people in history (at least in terms of duration of persecution).
For 4000 years, countries have hated you.
Armies have tried to wipe you out of existence.
Current regimes want to see your country eliminated from the face of the globe.

So what do you choose as your next strategy?
Attack the group that is most defensive of you!

Institutionalized Christianity in the U.S. has grown so extremist that it poses a tangible danger to the principle of separation of church and state and threatens to undermine the religious tolerance that characterizes the country, the national director of the Anti-Defamation League, Abraham Foxman, warned in his address to the League's national commission, meeting in New York City over the weekend.

First off, Abe, there is NO SEPARATION of CHURCH and STATE in the Constitution. Read it and let me know where you find it.

Secondly, Christianity is a product of Judaism (Remember that Carpenter from Nazareth, Jesus? He was Jewish, as were ALL the writers of the New Testament). If the roots are the same, how can the goals be that far apart? Unless, of course, you have totally abandoned your Jewish heritage and are just another mouthpiece for the Secular Humanist movement.

Judgmant Day is going to be SOoo much fun!

Reading, 'riting and WHAT??

If you ever doubted that your childern were considered property of the State, and on loan to you until the state deemed it necessary to take possession, read this.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday against parents who sued their local school district after their elementary-age children were given a sexually charged survey, saying there is "no fundamental right of parents to be the exclusive provider of information regarding sexual matters to their children."

The three-judge panel of the full court further ruled that parents "have no due process or privacy right to override the determinations of public schools as to the information to which their children will be exposed while enrolled as students."

The lower court had ruled against the parents, saying the right "to control the upbringing of their children by introducing them to matters of and relating to sex in accordance with their personal and religious values and beliefs" does not rise to the level of a fundamental right protected by substantive due process.

Translated: Your control over the upbringing of your childern is granted as long as it is consistent with the goals and desires of the State.

RUN, do not walk, to your local public school and withdraw your childern.

Any parent who leaves their child in the State-sponsered Indoctrination System, is no better than a child abuser.

Is it any wonder why home schooling is growing by leaps and bounds?

Thanks, Joe

Joseph Farah, Editor of WND, has finally admitted to the folly of his ways.

I should not have pulled the lever for George W. Bush and I should never have urged others to do so.

Even my wife, who coaxed me to break my vow never to support a candidate who doesn't honor the Constitution, agrees now it was a mistake.

I lost my head. I was not true to the promise in my own book, "Taking America Back," just out in paperback, to avoid supporting the lesser of two evils, to avoid making insidious compromises in electoral politics, to avoid, at all costs, supporting politicians who do not understand and abide by the Constitution.

I didn't support Bush in 2000 for precisely this reason. Asked what he would do if faced with congressional legislation that was clearly unconstitutional, I heard candidate Bush answer with these words, which I shall never forget: "How will I know if a law is unconstitutional?"

On the basis of that remark alone, it should surprise no one that Bush has been a massive failure as president.

You've gotta like someone who says I was wrong, and will hopefully learn from his mistake.

Note how he let emotion dictate his response, instead of principle. BIG Mistake. Living life based on emotion will ALWAYS get you in trouble.

Principles never fail.

Funny how he comprimised himself at the behest of his wife...just like Adam and Eve.

Iraqi Constitution

"In the name of God, the most merciful, the most compassionate," begins the preamble. "We have honored the sons of Adam. We are the people of the land between two rivers, the homeland of the apostles and prophets, abode of the virtuous imams, pioneers of civilization, crafters of writing and cradle of numeration. Upon our land the first law made by man was passed, the most ancient just pact for homelands policy was inscribed, and upon our soil, companions of the Prophet and saints prayed, philosophers and scientists theorized and writers and poets excelled."

Section 1, Article 2 states: "Islam is the official religion of the State and it is a fundamental source of legislation."

Seeing no contradiction between the principles of democracy and the principles of Islam, that statement is followed up by the following two provisions:

* "No law that contradicts the established provisions of Islam may be established."

* "No law that contradicts the principles of democracy may be established."

The constitution also "Guarantees the Islamic identity of the majority of the Iraqi people and guarantees the full religious rights of the all individuals to freedom of religious belief and practice such as Christians, Yazedis, and Mandi Sabeans." There is no mention of Jews.

The constitution also mandates universal government health care and protection of "biodiversity."

This is freedom?
This is what Americans died for?

I'm in the mood for another impeachment.

Tis the Season for Compromise

The snowbirds are beginning to flock back to Florida.
"For Sale" signs are beginning to bloom.
Daytime temps are dipping into the 80's.
All sure signs Autumn is on its way!

Which means Halloween can't be too far behind. *sigh*

Pretty soon the little demons will be dressing up like their favorite full-grown demon.
Yipee! Sorry, but no Origins of Halloween post here. That subject has been done by many. Just Google it and read til your heart's content.

The thing that bugs me is the number of alleged "churches" that hold "Fall Festivals".
All these are is an attempt to sanitize Halloween. The reason? "Oh, we don't want our kids to feel like they're missing out on something."

Missing out on a lousy free bar of candy?!!???
Yeah, I guess if they don't get a Reese Cup, they'll grow up to be another Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer.

If you can't teach your kid to resist a bar of candy when they are 5, how in God's Name do you expect them to learn to resist some sweet young thing that comes their way in high school or college?

All these Fall Festivals do is postpone Parents' Reckoning Day, when they may actually have to parent.

Get a spine.

Here We Go Again!

For those of you keeping score, today begins my second year of Lucid Moments!

I've found it interesting that the longer you do this, the fewer subjects actually hold your interest. I think this is because some things become SO repetitious and predictable. Like Global George, for example. He's a disaster. His Supreme Court picks are a joke. All his policies boil down to expansion of the State and Global Socialism. But I digress.

This is a happy occasion! The second year of you benefitting from my analysis.
Doing my share to make the world smarter, and more dangerous for Lefties!

Some Good News for a Change

Seems there has been ONE benefit to our recent hurricanes:

All the attention focused on home protection after hurricanes Katrina and Rita has increased sales of guns, earthquake insurance and home alarm systems locally. Lock Stock and Barrel manager Gabe Antravious said he attributes about 50 percent of their gun sales since Hurricane Katrina to customers worried about a disaster. A month and a half later, customers are still arming themselves.

"Most people buy one shotgun and a handgun," Antravious said. "If someone breaks into the house, all most people need is to hear the cocking of a shotgun and they're shaking out of there."

"They're arming themselves up," he said.

We saw how "helpful" the police were in New Orleans.

Any movement towards personal responsibility is a good thing.

Bush's Plan is Working!

Seems Global George's rhetoric about the need for women's rights in the New Iraq are already begining to come to pass:

A woman strapped with explosives blew herself up outside an Iraqi army recruiting center in a northern town Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding 30 in the first known attack by a female suicide bomber in the country's bloody insurgency.
The woman, disguised as a man in traditional robes, was standing in line with applicants to join the Iraqi army at the first of three checkpoints outside the center when she detonated explosives hidden under her clothes and packed with metal balls, said Maj. Jamil Mohammed Sadr in Tal Afar.

Equal opportunity AND cross-dressing, all in one swoop!!
Ain't democracy grand?

Nothing Like a Good Conspiracy Theory!

Being inquisitive by nature, and just a wee-bit suspicious, there's nothing like a good conspiriacy theory to get my synapses firing!
Here's a dandy:

A Pocatello weatherman who gained attention for an unusual theory that Hurricane Katrina was caused by the Japanese mafia using a Russian electromagnetic generator has quit the television station. Stevens believes a little-known oversight in physical laws makes it possible to create and control storms using a Cold War-era weapon allegedly made by the Russians in 1976.

Weather Control is not a new idea. Many have written about it for years.
In fact, I have considered the prospect of human creation of hurricanes myself. After all, have you ever noticed that they seem to eminate from the SAME place along the African coast time after time?
Just seems unusual.

Earlier this week, scientists told the Idaho Falls Post Register the theory was bogus.
"It's laughable to think it (Hurricane Katrina) could have been manmade," said Rob Young, a hurricane expert at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C.

A blanket denial by a scientist with no investigation? Isn't science all about investigation? This is reason enough to give the theory some credence.

Anyway, visit Scott at his web site and get those neurons firing!

WaMi's Crystal Ball

Just heard a blurb on the radio that Global George is taking steps to prepare for federal disaster relief in Texas, by moving search and rescue teams closer, having FEMA set up Command Centers in the area, etc.

GUARANTEED, the Left-Liberal response will be, "The only reason he's doing it is because he's from Texas!"

Let's see just how predictable the Left actually is.

They Second the Motion

A few days ago, I briefly commented on Global George's public abandonment of conservatism in his speech before the UN.

That speech, combined with his address to the nation regarding Hurricane relief, has caused others to chime in along the same line of discussion.

Vox Day, in his weekly WND column, foresees the collapse of the Republicans as the party of conservatives.

President Bush's recent speech on his administration's planned long-term response to Hurricane Katrina marked an interesting point in the continued devolution of American conservatism. Whereas his first five years had previously been a strange combination of strategic Wilsonian foreign policy and tactical Keynesian domestic policy, the president managed to make it abundantly clear that in domestic terms, his presidential guiding light is Lyndon Baines Johnson, not Ronald Wilson Reagan.

Real conservatives now understand they have been betrayed – badly – by this fraudulent man. Compassionate conservatism, as it turns out, is simply another name for Great Society liberalism, and not even the Texas swagger is original. Genuinely conservative Republicans are dismayed by the president's unveiling of his core liberalism and rightly fear for the future of a party which has likely seen its high-water mark already.

Pat Buchanan asks the question: "Is George Bush a conservative at all?"

At the United Nations, writes the Washington Post's Colum Lynch, Bush "linked his campaign against terrorism to the anti-poverty agenda advanced by other nations, although he shied away from adopting some of the specific commitments sought by allies."
For one of those commitments, agreed to at the Millennium Summit in Monterey, Mexico, in 2000, was that America should commit 0.7 percent of its GNP to foreign aid.

That would be $100 billion each year from Uncle Sam, sent to Third World regimes, the United Nations and the international aid agencies.
Yet, Bush clearly believes poverty and terror are inextricably tied. "We must help raise up the failing states that provide fertile ground for the terrorists," said Bush, and "change the conditions that allow terrorists to flourish."

But where is the hard historical evidence that people turn to terror because of poverty? Almost all of today's terrorists are young men who could easily make their way in the world. When has any of them blown himself up to demand an increase in foreign aid or to protest the plight of the African poor?

At the United Nations, Bush repeated another of his unproven assumptions. "Bush used his speech," writes the Post's Glenn Kessler, "to explain why ... democracy thwarts the growth of terrorism."

But if democracy thwarts terror, why did terrorists strike Britain, Spain, Russia and the United States? If democracy is the antidote to terror, why was there not one terror attack inside Iraq under the dictator Saddam? Yet, with Iraq free, we can get a dozen terror attacks in Baghdad in a day.

Its a beautiful thing when WaMi, Day and Buchanan write and agree on the same subject.
Take the time to read them both.

Grab Some Reality

On Wednesday, in a speech before the Heritage Foundation, Mass. Govenor Mitt Romney suggested the possibility of wiretapping mosques and monitoring foreign students.

As expected, Muslim groups and the Commies of the Left got their panties in a wad.

Muslim groups and civil libertarians demanded an apology from Gov. Mitt Romney on Friday for his comments about wiretapping mosques and monitoring foreign students. But the governor refused, saying he was only advocating for improved homeland security.
The groups delivered a letter to Romney that said "your desire to wiretap mosques is an affront to the values and principles that make America a great country." The groups include the American Civil Liberties Union and various mosques and Islamic organizations.

Here we have a group of people dedicated to the destruction of non-Islamic life and property. We know that suicide bombers are recruited through radical mosques. Yet we are just supposed to let them be and ignore what's going on. After all, Global George assures us that "Islam is a religion of peace."

However, let a minister of a Christian church DISCUSS politics from the pulpit, and armed IRS agents will be there the next day to close them down.

Anybody detect a problem here?

After the letter was delivered, spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom said the governor would not apologize or retract his comments.

Good for you, Gov. We need to stamp out this cancer of politically-correct speech and get back to the truth.

Global George Is At It Again

Earlier today, President of the United States, Global George, addressed the UN General Assembly.
(A transcript of his speech may be found here.)

Mr. Secretary General, Mr. President, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the privilege of being here for the 60th anniversary of the United Nations. Thank you for your dedication to the vital work and great ideals of this institution.

That opening should eliminate ANY remaining vapor of hope that George is a conservative.

To spread the vision of hope the United States is determined to help nations that are struggling with poverty.

We are committed to the Millennium Development goals. This is an ambitious agenda that includes cutting poverty and hunger in half, ensuring that every boy and girl in the world has access to primary education, and halting the spread of AIDS, all by 2015.
My own country has sought to implement the Monterrey consensus by establishing the new Millennium Challenge Account. This account is increasing U.S. aid for countries that govern justly, invest in their people and promote economic freedom.

Kiss more of your tax money goodbye as Global George buys into more global socialist schemes.

We will fight to lift the burden of poverty from places of suffering, not just for the moment, but permanently. And the surest path to greater wealth is greater trade.

Silly me...all this time I thought the surest path to greater wealth was economic freedom via a free market economy.

The elimination of trade barriers could lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty over the next 15 years.

Kindly explain how this one works. If your country is a hell-hole, you manufacture nothing because your country is engulfed in civil war and you can't grow crops because you live in the friggin desert, how do the absence of trade barriers help you?

By expanding trade, we spread hope and opportunity to the corners of the world and we strike a blow against the terrorists who feed on anger and resentment.

WHAT?? Terrorists are killing people for RELIGIOUS reasons and this goofball thinks lower priced corn will cause them to put down their weapons.

Democracy takes different forms in different cultures, yet all free societies have certain things in common.
Democratic nations uphold the rule of law and impose limits on the power of the state...

If this wasn't so sad, it would be hillarious! As George daily expands the power of the state, he's telling others that freedom limits government. By his own words, I guess that means we are no longer free.

Democratic nations protect private property...

Anybody hear anything about an Eminent Domain controversy lately?

These are just the highlights I found while scanning the transcripts. Go and read the entire speach. If you have ANY understanding of the original intent of our Founders, Global George's global socialism should scare the spit out of you.

Head It Off at the Pass

Let's deal with this one before it becomes the main topic of discussion an the evening news (though its probably been bandied about some already).

Utilizing the classic "Broken Window Fallacy", Dr. Walter Williams proves why Hurricane Katrina (or any other disaster or mishap) is NOT a boon to the economy.

Bastiat wrote a parable about this which has become known as the "Broken Window Fallacy." A shopkeeper's window is broken by a vandal. A crowd formed sympathizing with the man. After a while, someone in the crowd suggested that the boy wasn't guilty of vandalism; instead, he was a public benefactor, creating economic benefits for everyone in town. After all, fixing the broken window creates employment for the glazier, who will then buy bread and benefit the baker, who will then buy shoes and benefit the cobbler, and so forth.
Those are the seen effects of repairing the broken window. What's unseen is what the shopkeeper would have done with the money had the vandal not broken his window. He might have employed the tailor by purchasing a suit. The vandal's breaking his window produced at least two unseen effects. First, it shifted unemployment from the glazier who now has a job to the tailor who doesn't. Second, it reduced the shopkeeper's wealth. Had it not been for the vandalism, the shopkeeper would have had a window and a suit; now he has just a window.

This doesn't even take into account the fact that most of this spending will come from taxes (thats what Federal relief is folks, YOUR money).
This way the misery gets spread around to all.

Parasites of New Orleans

Over at The Intellectual Activist, Robert Tracinski provides an interesting and insightful analysis of the recent events in New Orleans.

What Hurricane Katrina exposed was the psychological consequences of the welfare state. What we consider "normal" behavior in an emergency is behavior that is normal for people who have values and take the responsibility to pursue and protect them. People with values respond to a disaster by fighting against it and doing whatever it takes to overcome the difficulties they face. They don't sit around and complain that the government hasn't taken care of them. And they don't use the chaos of a disaster as an opportunity to prey on their fellow men.

But what about criminals and welfare parasites? Do they worry about saving their houses and property? They don't, because they don't own anything. Do they worry about what is going to happen to their businesses or how they are going to make a living? They never worried about those things before. Do they worry about crime and looting? But living off of stolen wealth is a way of life for them.

This dovetails perfectly with my post of 03Sept2005.
Government is breeding a culture of sub-humans and it needs to be stopped.

Random Thoughts About New Orleans

Preparedness experts have always touted gold as the currency of choice in preparation for disasters or civil unrest. Seems they were mistakenly considering us to be a civilized society. Events in NO have changed that:

Hurricane Katrina has taken the local economy back in time.
Cigarettes and beer will get you far in the barter system ruling these debris-strewn streets. Gasoline is gold, the coveted item that can bring you anything you want.
''This right here can get us the hell out of Dodge,'' said Barbara Winch, holding up about 10 packs of cigarettes. Transportation is also a hot commodity in Waveland’s new economy.

Might want to reconsider what you have in your survival pack.

As Winch sat in front of her printing business Thursday evening just before sundown, the barter economy showed an ability to diversify.

A woman came up with a little bit of food. In return, she would be able to watch television on a set that Winch and her friend had rigged up.

''It’s food and cigarettes for television,'' Winch said. ''Money ain’t no good.''

Imagine being in a disaster and trading FOOD for the opportunity to watch TV!!
Flooding must cause brain damage.

When you depend on government to solve your problems, you get what you deserve: too little, too late, at much too high a price. They had three days warning that this storm was coming and increasing in strength; yet people elected to do nothing and wait for government to take care of them. It is beyond my comprehension how a person can sit and do nothing in the face of impending disaster. If all else fails, walk. And by the looks of the people they showed on the news squawking about the lack of intervention, they could have used the exercise.

Why didn't someone mobilize the thousands of school buses sitting in New Orleans?

Send the refugees to some of those closed military bases. If they were good enough for our soldiers, they're good enough for refugees.

If this is how government reacts to an event of which they have foreknowledge, it just sends shudders of encouragement through the essence of my being thinking of how they will react to completely unforeseen events (like another terrorist attack).

Next time some LeftLiberalSocialistCommie comes up with another gun control plan, remember New Orleans. The bad guys had plenty of firepower and they didn't have to buy it...they just stole it, and without the waiting period with which law-abiding citizens are encumbered.

How Stupid Can You Get?

Now we've got a bunch of nut-ball alleged Christians giving God CREDIT for Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina walloped New Orleans just two days before the annual homosexual "Southern Decadence" festival was to begin in the town, an act being characterized by some as God's work.

Southern Decadence has a history of "filling the French Quarters section of the city with drunken homosexuals engaging in sex acts in the public streets and bars," says a statement from the Philadelphia organization Repent America.

"Although the loss of lives is deeply saddening, this act of God destroyed a wicked city," stated Repent America director Michael Marcavage in a statement. "From 'Girls Gone Wild' to 'Southern Decadence,' New Orleans was a city that opened its doors wide open to the public celebration of sin. May it never be the same."

I'd like one of these clowns to provide Biblical evidence that this is a God-directed event.
Jesus rebuked the storm; was Jesus rebuking God? That would make God schizophrenic. The only schizophrenic thing in sight is this group's theology.

God isn't concerned with nations other than Israel (and I'm not necessarily talking about the "dirt" Israel, but rather the obedient Jews). HE is concerned with individuals.

"Although the loss of lives is deeply saddening, this act of God destroyed a wicked city," stated Repent America director Michael Marcavage in a statement. "From 'Girls Gone Wild' to 'Southern Decadence,' New Orleans was a city that opened its doors wide open to the public celebration of sin. May it never be the same."

Don't you love the way this guy casts aside the loss of life like its acceptable just because New Orleans was destroyed! News Flash jerk: There were probably real Christians in New Orleans who had no control over what went on in the city.
The implication here is that if God really wanted to destroy New Orleans, He's too stupid or inept to do it without all the collateral damage.

One of the things I'm looking forward to in Heaven, is listening to God rebuke people for all the dumb things they blame on Him with which He had nothing to do.

Pass the Half & Half

Hopefully, this will shut up the Food Nazis:

Coffee is likely to contribute far more antioxidants to the British diet than fruit and vegetables.
The evidence comes from the United States where scientists measured the antioxidant content of more than 100 different food items, including vegetables, fruits, nuts, spices, oils and beverages.
Coffee - caffeinated and decaffeinated - emerged as easily the biggest source of antioxidants.

Time to go buy some Snickerdoodle!