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Idiocy, Part 3

by John Cole|  January 6, 200512:36 pm| 10 Comments

This post is in: General Stupidity

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When we say the loony left, we really mean it:

Was the tsunami caused by a bomb?
author: curious
It seems very convenient that the epicenter of the earthquake was in war torn Aceh. Could a bomb or series of bombs on the faultline have caused this huge earthquake/tsunami?
FACTS

Aceh has fought for independence for many years – even before Indonesia became a democracy (AKA US protectorate) a few years ago.

There is oil, a lot of it, in Indonesia.

The US is engaged in military “training” in the region.

80,000 + people in Aceh died in the earthquake.

I’d bet anything that Aceh will suddenly become peaceful and cooperative with the US appointed Indonesian government.

My head hurts. Another reader offers more evidence of the conspiracy:

The key United States military base in the Indian Ocean has been unaffected by the tsunamis which have devastated parts of Asia, The Washington Post has reported.

Diego Garcia, a British territory about 1,500 kilometres south of India, hosts about 3,200 US military personnel and civilian contractors and many US long-range bombers and Navy ships.

Lieutenant Colonel Bill Bigelow, a spokesman for US Pacific Command in Hawaii told the newspaper the US base was apparently safe.

“There are no reports of any damage there,” Lt Col Bigelow said.

This was a Tsunami for OIL! (Via the Belgravia Dispatch)

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  1. 1.

    The Lonewacko Blog

    January 6, 2005 at 3:07 pm

    The highest point on DG is 7′ above sea level. One would tend to think the tsunami would have flooded the whole island. If nothing else it’s curious that there was supposedly no damage there.

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    SPQR

    January 6, 2005 at 5:44 pm

    Curious? So what do you conclude Lonewhacko … that the tsunami was controlled by Karl Rove’s mindrays to dissipate on command?

  3. 3.

    Chris

    January 6, 2005 at 7:51 pm

    I saw somewhere else that the island was not in the direct path of the tsunami, which just might explain no damage.

  4. 4.

    S.W. Anderson

    January 6, 2005 at 9:45 pm

    You know, I once walked past a long since burnt-out-brain street person who was mumbling out loud something about George W. Bush being God’s Chosen One to save America. Much of his babble was incoherent, but that statement was pretty clear.

    I didn’t write a post at Oh!pinion about it

  5. 5.

    Aaron

    January 7, 2005 at 2:33 am

    The deal is that Diego Garcia has a deep trench in front, so the Tsunami doesn’t increase in height much…it just rolls ons by….notice that Bangladesh didn’t get hit much either. You’d imagine 1000’s dead there.

    SPQR are you the guy who posts on Chaon Blog aka Karl’s blog?

  6. 6.

    CadillaqJaq

    January 7, 2005 at 11:28 am

    Halliburton must have been involved because they cleverly left no “fingerprints.”

    Next…

  7. 7.

    Kimmitt

    January 7, 2005 at 11:37 am

    Hey, at least our side aren’t the ones complaining that the US government shouldn’t be sending aid.

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    SPQR

    January 7, 2005 at 11:10 pm

    Aaron, I’ve commented there on occasion. Karl’s sort of a buddy.

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  1. Ipse Dixit says:
    January 6, 2005 at 4:30 pm

    Tsunami For OOOOIIIILLLL!!!!

    The end of the election does not appear to have impeded the lunatic left in their search for the outer…

  2. Horologium says:
    January 6, 2005 at 5:52 pm

    Stingy, my ass

    The US military is spending $6 million per day for tsunami relief in the Indian Ocean nations devastated by the December 26 earthquake. In other words, the armed forces alone have spent almost as much on disaster relief in 10…

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