Guest Post by Morbo
The response from the fundamentalist Christian nut right over Hurricane Katrina has been strangely muted. The Carpetbagger noted a few examples of real bottom-feeder groups saying insane stuff about the wrath of God, but the major players like Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell have been silent.
Thankfully, we have Pastor Rick Scarborough of Texas. This deranged Falwell wannabee was kind enough to explain the significance of the hurricane in a recent e-mail to supporters:
“One other factor which must be considered: Days before Katrina nearly wiped New Orleans off the map, 9,000 Jewish residents of Gaza were driven from their homes with the full support of the United States government. Could this be a playing out of prophesy (‘I will bless that nation that blesses you, and curse the nation that curses you’)?”
You have to wonder about the god these guys worship. It’s a god who looks down at the planet from his lofty perch in Heaven and says, “Hmmm, I don’t at all like what’s going on in Gaza. I need to do something about that. Now what to do? Hmmm. (Taps his massive foot, strokes his giant white beard.) I know, I’ll smite a bunch of people along the U.S. Gulf Coast with a flood — even though those people had nothing to do with Gaza! That will teach them.”
Elsewhere in his e-mail, Scarborough plugs a conference he is holding in Washington next month. “We will discuss and analyze every aspect of the war on Christianity and Christians, coming from the news media, Hollywood, public education, academia, the judiciary and leftwing activist organizations (like the ALCU and People for the American Way),” Scarborough writes. He goes on to announce, “Confirmed speakers include Senator Sam Brownback, Alan Keyes, Gary Bauer and Phyllis Schlafly.”
Here’s a fun project for someone in the media: Why not call Sen. Brownback and ask if he agrees with his pal Pastor Scarborough that the people of New Orleans got what they deserved because renegade Israeli settlers were forced to leave the Gaza Strip. Any takers?