Supposedly St. Francis of Assisi had a terrible illness, and emerged with a vision to end his life of debauchery, and take care of lepers.
Similarly, I have been suffering from the flu from hell for the past week and have had an epiphany to stop global warming. Here is my prayer to Gaia
Gaia, chief bitch of the universe
Help me to end imaginary global warming, imaginary acceleration in ice loss, imaginary acceleration in sea level rise, imaginary increases in heat waves, imaginary increases in extreme weather, imaginary increases in drought, and most importantly – tell big tobacco to pay up or else
And grant me the serenity to accept the fact that our government is a bunch of idiots and crooks.
Amen
– PS tell big oil to pay up too
Francis’ namesake is no saint…
“Wherever politics tries to be redemptive, it is promising too much. Where it wishes to do the work of God, it becomes not divine, but demonic.”
-Pope Benedict XVI
The transition from Benedict to Francis is like going from Jefferson to Obama. There is zero consistency in teachings, one is divine, and the other demonic.
The original Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi embodies many of the best spiritual insights. The following version was translated from Italian by Elnath Easwaran, the founder of the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation near Tomalas, CA.
“Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace.
That where there is hatred, I may bring love.
That where there is injury, pardon.
That where there is doubt, faith.
That where there is despair, hope.
That where there is darkness, light.
That where there is sadness, joy.”
“Oh Divine Master,
Grant that I may, not so much seek to be consoled, as to console.
To be understood, as to understand.
To be loved, as to love.”
“For it is in giving that we receive.
It is in pardoning, that we are pardoned.
It is in death of self, that we are born to Eternal Life.”
British Flu ? At least you escaped the Heatwave.
http://news.sky.com/video/1511671/britain-basks-in-july-heatwave
Heathrow Airport Registered A Record July Temperature Of 36.7 Degrees
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/tennis/wimbledon-set-hottest-day-ever-5980686
The current record at SW19 during The Championships stands at 34.6C – a record which has stood for 39 years.
Wimbledon was much smaller 39 years ago, there was a 15,000 seat increase in 2009 alone, and parking lots surrounding the stadium have also enlarged. The temperature increase was only .4C.
The more urbanisation,
The more heat you create,
And it helps the alarmists
Their wild claims to inflate!
http://rhymeafterrhyme.net/have-we-got-you-really-frightened/
Wow. A hot airport in an expanding UHI environment in July. How unusual.
http://blogs.independent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Heathrow-airport.jpg
Can you tell where on this asphalt jungle the temperatures are taken?
Does it matter?