Stupidity, False Religion Reigns Supreme In Weird MAGA World

U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Illinois, has some, um,
thoughts on how climate change and God relate. 

Today's rogues gallery takes us to the esteemed U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Illinois, who has some thoughts on climate change.  

Don't we all. 

In a now-viral video, Miller has this to say about climate change: 

"I've even very outspoken about this, it's a sham. The whole climate change is a sham..... First of all, God controls the climate, because he controls the sun, and the sun controls the weather, primarily."

Yeah, the sun is there, so climate change can't exist, apparently. Especially since God put the sun there?  

Physics and climatology and meteorology and all those sciences clearly confuse Miller . You can't expect everybody to be an Einstein, but really, Mary Miller, you can do better. 

Of course there was reaction to Miller, very little of it flattering. Reports MSN:

"Miller's comments about God controlling the weather are receiving a lot of pushback on X. As one replied: 'Tell God to stop warming the Earth ate about 1,000X the natural rate' Another chimes in with criticism of MAGA lawmakers at large: 'This is why they don't want federal government education and private school vouchers.'" 

Several people wondered about Miller's grasp on what God's purpose really is.  Did he not give us brains to pinpoint problems and figure out how to solve them, or should we not bother even trying to do anything since God takes care of it all anyway?

If you believe that, as Miller apparently does, that's just plain laziness. "I'm not going to figure things out on my own, I'll just let God take care of it." In other words, Miller is opting out and making any issues she encounters somebody else's problems.

Or does she think I'm just wasting my own time when I problem enters my life and I use my brain to figure out how to solve it.  And if that's the case, why the hell did he give us humans (well, most of us, anyway) functioning brains?

And what about other supposed "acts of God"?  As one commenter on X asked, "And what is God's great purpose for sending a tornado to a small town in Kentucky or Wisconsin which then levels a church or a school?"

It's God's will to kill students and churchgoers by unleashing tornadoes on them? And don't tell me God is only protecting MAGA "believers."  Red states get plenty of horrible, undeserved weather and climate disasters, too.  

 If you can stand it, here's the video. Click on this link to view, or if you see it in the image below, click on that.  

New Jersey Tornado Witness Is Best Interview Ever

New Jersey tornado witness 
Marilyn Anderson tells a 
reporter what happened in 
best possible way. 

 On Tuesday, a rare February tornado struck Mercer County, New Jersey of all places. And a television reporter got the best interview of her career. 

The tornado damage several apartments, homes and other structures in the area. 

This was an unusual event, being the first February tornado in New Jersey since 1999. The tornado was strong for New Jersey in any season, let alone winter, when tornadoes almost never hit that far north, 

The tornado was rated an EF-2 On the tornado strength scale, with top winds of 115 mph. The scale goes from 0 to 5. It traveled for 5.8 miles, which is on the long side for a Northeastern tornado.

 The tornado hit a populated area and caused quite a bit of damage to apartment buildings, businesses and homes in its 200-yard wide path. 

Given how busy the area hit is, and how strong the tornado was, I'm pleasantly surprised there were no injuries. 

As you would expect, local media swarmed into the tornado zone after the storm passed and began interviewing witnesses. A WABC reporter encountered a woman named Marilyn Anderson who was home with her sister when the tornado struck. 

She gave probably the best and most entertaining weather interview I've seen in ages. It's in the video at the bottom of this post. 

Please note I'm not laughing at Anderson. Not at all. I just think she's absolutely terrific. Her animated personality makes me wish I could go out for drinks with her.  A tornado had just scared the bejeezus out of her and damaged her home, yet she remained so positive and animated as she recounted her story.

I wish everybody had as much joie de vivre as Anderson.   

Here's the video. Click on this link if you don't see the image below. Otherwise, click on the image to view.