Get a hankie ready, this one is top-grade boo hoo material!
This comes via Being Christian:
God Bless that poor woman and the dog. š
Tag: Oklahoma
Disaster Exploitation Redux
First it was the Republicans and now the Democrats are getting into the act.
The Video:
The Story via the Daily Caller:
While many Americans were tuned into news coverage of the massive damage from tornadoes ravaging the state of Oklahoma, Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse took to the Senate floor to rail against his Republican colleagues for denying the theory of anthropogenic global warming.
Whitehouse spent 15 minutes chastising GOP senators and justified his remarks by alluding to states that seek federal assistance in the wake of natural disasters.
āSo, you may have a question for me,ā Whitehouse said. āWhy do you care? Why do you, Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, care if we Republicans run off the climate cliff like a bunch of proverbial lemmings and disgrace ourselves? Iāll tell you why. Weāre stuck in this together. We are stuck in this together. When cyclones tear up Oklahoma and hurricanes swamp Alabama and wildfires scorch Texas, you come to us, the rest of the country, for billions of dollars to recover. And the damage that your polluters and deniers are doing doesnāt just hit Oklahoma and Alabama and Texas. It hits Rhode Island with floods and storms. It hits Oregon with acidified seas, it hits Montana with dying forests. So, like it or not, weāre in this together.ā
Unlike some bloggers who claim to be Independent, I point out when both sides do stupid stuff like this; because it is sick and wrong to exploit a tragic event like this for one’s political agenda. For the record, I do not totally deny climate change; I just happen to think that the science in incomplete and that the whole climate change movement became radically politicized, which I believe personally is harmful. I believe that science is a great thing; but science with a political agenda is dangerous, like unto Nazi propaganda or Soviet propaganda.
Others: Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, americanthinker.com,LeĀ·gal InĀ·surĀ·recĀ· tion, Right Wing News and Rumproast
UPDATED – A perfect example of how not to give the Republican Party a good image to the rest of the Country.
This is weapons grade stupidity:
The tornado damage near Oklahoma City is still being assessed and the death toll is expected to rise, but already Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., says he will insist that any federal disaster aid be paid for with cuts elsewhere.
CQ Roll Call reporter Jennifer Scholtes wrote for CQ.com Monday evening that Coburn said he would āabsolutelyā demand offsets for any federal aid that Congress provides.
Coburn added, Scholtes wrote, that it is too early to guess at a damage toll but that he knows for certain he will fight to make sure disaster funding that the federal government contributes is paid for. Itās a position he has taken repeatedly during his career when Congress debates emergency funding for disaster aid.
Scholtes points out that Coburn was one of 36 Republican senators who voted against disaster funding for Superstorm Sandy in January.
via Coburn Wants Tornado Disaster Aid to Be Offset | The World’s Greatest Deliberative Body.
There are no words. š” None that I choose to print, that is. š”
Also too, This right here is seriously bad. Prayers for all involved. š
Update: HotAir has some excellent video of the tornado that hit down inĀ Oklahoma.
Update #2: American Glob has sad photos from the affected area.
Update #3: Two bloggers that have something to say about this and rightfully so, areĀ The ReactionĀ andĀ Balloon Juice
Update # 4: This is now a huge Memeorandum thread.