{"id":1817,"date":"2010-04-21T16:29:33","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T22:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/?p=1817"},"modified":"2011-05-03T17:02:25","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T17:02:25","slug":"rush-limbaugh-says-that-god-hates-our-new-health-care-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesusneedsnewpr\/2010\/04\/rush-limbaugh-says-that-god-hates-our-new-health-care-bill.html","title":{"rendered":"Rush Limbaugh says that God hates our new health care bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vexedinthecity.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/rush_limbaugh_0213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2010\/04\/limbaugh-volcano-is-gods-response-to-health-care-reform.html\">FOUND HERE<\/a>: <\/strong>&#8220;You know, a couple of days after the health care  bill had been signed into law Obama ran around all over the country  saying, \u201cHey, you know, I\u2019m looking around. The earth hadn\u2019t opened up.  There\u2019s no Armageddon out there. The birds are still chirping.\u201d I think  the earth has opened up. God may have replied.Earth has opened up. I don\u2019t know  whether it\u2019s a rebirth or Armageddon. Hopefully it\u2019s a rebirth, God  speaking.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rush goes on to say&#8230; <em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;This volcano in  Iceland has grounded more airplanes \u2014 airspace has more affected \u2014 than  even after 9\/11 because of this plume, because of this ash cloud over  Northern and Western Europe. At the Paris airport they\u2019re telling people  to head to the train station to catch trains out of France, and when  people get to the train station they\u2019re telling people, \u201cThere aren\u2019t  any seats until at least April 22nd,\u201d basically a week from now. It\u2019s  got everybody in a shutdown.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It makes total sense that God would reveal his opinion about our health care bill by erupting a volcano in Iceland and shutting down air travel all across Europe. I guess he figures that having Rush Limbaugh is enough of a &#8220;volcano&#8221; to pass his judgment onto other people.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe all of this somehow explains the insanity that is the Book of Judges.<\/p>\n<p>I still blame the volcano on the Dove Awards. You never know. \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOUND HERE: &#8220;You know, a couple of days after the health care bill had been signed into law Obama ran around all over the country saying, \u201cHey, you know, I\u2019m looking around. The earth hadn\u2019t opened up. There\u2019s no Armageddon out there. The birds are still chirping.\u201d I think the earth has opened up. 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