• 29 Aug 2011 at 11:27 AM

This Weekend’s Hurricane Was Apparently God’s Way Of Suggesting We Ease Up On Spending

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Balance that checkbook or next time it’s gonna be a golden shower.

“I don’t know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We’ve had an earthquake; we’ve had a hurricane. He said, ‘Are you going to start listening to me here?’ Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we’ve got to rein in the spending.”

[Daily Intel]

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Comments (45)

  1. 1
    Posted by Long_John_Son | August 29, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    I told you that this extreme weather was the work of God – now we can definitively say that it isn't global warming!

    - Republican Candidate (TX)

  2. 2
    Posted by Biff | August 29, 2011 at 12:13 PM

    As Jeremy Clarkson would say: "Americans don't know anything else but obese"

    - Top Gear fan, CT.

  3. 3
    Posted by Guest | August 29, 2011 at 12:16 PM

    No golden shower tag?

  4. 4
    Posted by BessLevin | August 29, 2011 at 12:19 PM

    If Bachmann had mentioned golden showers, yes. Since the golden shower line came from me, no- I don't repeat myself in tags. House rules.

  5. 5
    Posted by Alpha_Bets | August 29, 2011 at 12:20 PM

    You say 'golden shower' like it's a bad thing…

    - R. Kelly

  6. 6
    Posted by Dennis Gartman | August 29, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    I actually predicted rain this weekend in my friday newsletter, you people should start listening to me too.

  7. 7
    Posted by Bandersnatch | August 29, 2011 at 12:27 PM

    God seems like a chick. Rather than just coming out and saying what's bothering him/her/it, he/she/it wants you to figure it out from only vaguely related actions.

  8. 8
    Posted by Biff | August 29, 2011 at 12:31 PM

    Dude, you and I appear to suffer from the same malady. In my case I got rid of her/it. You should do the same.

  9. 9
    Posted by VonSloneker | August 29, 2011 at 12:39 PM

    I know, right?

    -The Ghost of Rick James

  10. 10
    Posted by nttawwt | August 29, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    Wait- it's not punishment for being stylish?

  11. 11
    Posted by Alt_EST | August 29, 2011 at 12:44 PM

    Hurricane Irene: Brought to You By Goldman Sachs

  12. 12
    Posted by pazzo83 | August 29, 2011 at 12:44 PM

    I guess I'll just have to make the surge worse in Virginia Beach next time.

    - God

  13. 13
    Posted by DingALing | August 29, 2011 at 1:00 PM

    "Boy, that New Jersey flooding is one shitty deal"

    -GS VP

  14. 14
    Posted by The Truth | August 29, 2011 at 1:01 PM

    Or maybe god is doing everything possible to warn us not to give the nuclear codes to Michelle Bachmann?

  15. 15
    Posted by Guest | August 29, 2011 at 1:03 PM

    This broad's crazier than a shithouse rat.

  16. 16
    Posted by Advanced Quant | August 29, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    Is House still on the air? Reruns?

  17. 17
    Posted by Seaman Bodine | August 29, 2011 at 1:13 PM

    ignorant bitch – doesn’t she know hermes son’ stole zeus’ lightning bolt?

  18. 18
    Posted by seaman bodine | August 29, 2011 at 1:15 PM

    ignorant bitch – doesn't she know hermes' son stole zeus' lighting bolt?

  19. 19
    Posted by The firm of ZP&A | August 29, 2011 at 1:16 PM

    Um, it was actually us. Tell that Bachmann biatch to back off.

    - Zeus, Poseidon and Aeolus, Mount Olympus

  20. 20
    Posted by JPM Genius | August 29, 2011 at 1:17 PM

    Our coal traders used to think God only picked on them.

  21. 21
    Posted by guest | August 29, 2011 at 1:17 PM

    ass bag

  22. 22
    Posted by Former Enron Trader | August 29, 2011 at 1:18 PM

    In the good old days you could blame God for everything but now there's all these damn auditors all over the place.

  23. 23
    Posted by Bandersnatch | August 29, 2011 at 1:28 PM

    Wasn't it Poseiden's son?

    - Guy whose daughter made him take her to that movie

  24. 24
    Posted by DingALing | August 29, 2011 at 1:31 PM

    Swing and a miss

  25. 25
    Posted by Merchant Refugee | August 29, 2011 at 1:44 PM

    Even God is scared shitless of us because we are bold, gutsy, and ballsy!

    -Blythe Masters

  26. 26
    Posted by Merchant Refugee | August 29, 2011 at 2:06 PM

    No…not God…just raw incompetence. taking long-term fixed priced coal exposure and forgetting to lock in your freight truly is a "rookie mistake"

    Viva la Energia de Oso!

  27. 27
    Posted by wannabe | August 29, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    This is why I own tons of gold and canned food!!! HAHAHA take that you fiat currency lovers!

    -ZeroHedge blogger

  28. 28
    Posted by Guest | August 29, 2011 at 2:13 PM

    So you're implying that nothing Bachmann says could be considered a golden shower?

    I'm not sure I agree with that…

  29. 29
    Posted by Abe_Froman_ | August 29, 2011 at 2:29 PM

    Haters wanna hate, lovers wanna love
    I don’t even want, none of the above,
    I want to piss on you, yes I do I piss on you
    I’ll pee on you

    -D Chappelle

  30. 30
    Posted by trojan_ | August 29, 2011 at 2:42 PM

    "But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence."

  31. 31
    Posted by Old Testament boi | August 29, 2011 at 2:52 PM

    It's golden CAL!!! , not golden SHOWER, Golden CALF!!

    Always with the wee-wee jokes, oy!

  32. 32
    Posted by Abe Froman | August 29, 2011 at 3:03 PM

    Alone God and Michelle are incredible, together they are unstoppable

  33. 33
    Posted by CurrencyTrader | August 29, 2011 at 4:00 PM

    Bachman = Old Lady yelling at the clouds…

    Literally

  34. 34
    Posted by Guest | August 29, 2011 at 4:10 PM

    New season starts soon with House in jail

  35. 35
    Posted by Guest | August 29, 2011 at 10:14 PM

    except for… other articles?

  36. 36
    Posted by M Taibbi | August 30, 2011 at 12:06 AM

    I'm pretty sure it was GS, actually

    - MTaibbi

  37. 37
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    Context http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2011/08…

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