"Joy and pleasure are as real as pain and sorrow and one must learn what they have to teach. . . ." -- Sean Russell, from Gatherer of Clouds

"If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right." -- Helyn D. Goldenberg

"I love you and I'm not afraid." -- Evanescence, "My Last Breath"

“If I hear ‘not allowed’ much oftener,” said Sam, “I’m going to get angry.” -- J.R.R. Tolkien, from Lord of the Rings

Thursday, January 30, 2014

This Is Too Good To Let Pass

It's nice to know that we here in the good ol' US of A don't have a monopoly on religious freaks. The idiocy can be found in the UK as well. This story is from a couple of weeks ago. From David Silvester, a councillor in Britain's far-right UK Independence Party:

The scriptures make it abundantly clear that a Christian nation that abandons its faith and acts contrary to the Gospel (and in naked breach of a coronation oath) will be beset by natural disasters such as storms, disease, pestilence and war.

I wrote to David Cameron in April 2012 to warn him that disasters would accompany the passage of his same sex marriage Bill.

But he went ahead despite a 600,000-signature petition by concerned Christians and more than half of his own parliamentary party saying that he should not do so.

Now, even as Cameron sheds crocodile tears on behalf of destitute flooded homeowners, playing at advocate against the very local councils he has made cash-strapped, it is his fault that large swathes of the nation have been afflicted by storms and floods.

Well, that had to get a reaction, so sure enough, someone started a Facebook campaign which as of now is approaching 15,000 "likes" while sales of the song have put it within forty sales of breaking into the top 20.

So, in honor of David Silvester and screwballs everywhere, let us present The Weather Girls:

(By the way, that song was one of the first on my YouTube favorites list.)











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