Massive Quake in Pakistan, Mudslides in Guatemala

and rain, rain, rain in D.C. I'm waiting for some "Christian" leader to say how the quake and the mudslides are God's retribution against those people - let's see, in Pakistan it will probably be because they are mostly Muslim and pigheadedly refuse to accept Jesus as their savior and in Guatemala, let's see....what do they do wrong to deserve God's wrath? Nothing is apparent, but I'm sure someone will think of something. And of course, New Orleans is still a wreck because of their sinful ways of living, regardless of the fact that most of the "sinners" are, in fact, Christian. But in D.C., Palau is sure God is not punishing him in any way. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/08/AR2005100801421.html He is just "perplexed" that the first day of his recruitment festival got drowned out, and is sure he'll learn why God did that when he "gets to heaven." I can't help but think that God must be on my side, since in spite of all those prayers everyone supposedly made for the weather to clear, I hoped the Mall would flood, and it did!!! And I'm wondering why he's so sure he's going to heaven, especially when he doesn't trust that God is powerful enough to bring people to an understanding of her/him/it without manipulating them by saving the best band to last, so they have to stay for his preaching if they want to hear it. How lame is that? See, there, God doesn't like that.

In any event, the rain here is, for the most part, over. But in Uganda, people try to get girls to save their virginity by promising them a free university education. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/06/AR2005100602147.html They don't, however, help the girls' families financially, so the girls can afford not to sell themselves to "sugar daddies" who promise to take care of them in exchange for sex. Not marriage, mind you, but sex. And they don't try to change the behavior of men who make these promises. It's all on the backs of teen and pre-teen-age girls to simply remain "good" in the face of overwhelmingly difficult problems of mere survival. Thanks. The promise of a free education is about as useful as the sugar daddy's empty promises to take care of them.

But, hey, let's not dwell on bad news. Let's not really THINK about what we're doing in the world. Let's all go down to the Good Music, Good News festival today. The weather should be better. Hey! Maybe we'll learn whether or not God is behind Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court or if she's really the Devil in disguise. Pardon me, while my neurons short circuit.