# Irene is message from God--Bachmann **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516 "2011-08-29T17:29:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516/21 "2011-08-30T06:04:26Z")
It’s funny how God punishes American cities over issues like gay marriage, but He doesn’t punish, like, Saudi Arabia, for…being Saudi Arabia. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516/22 "2011-08-30T08:37:31Z")
Why is God so mad at Somalia? Or at me, for that matter? ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516/23 "2011-08-30T09:10:06Z")
Because he’s gay and fat and nobody listens to him, **LouisB** ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516/24 "2011-08-30T09:35:52Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > It’s funny how God punishes American cities over issues like gay marriage, but He doesn’t punish, like, Saudi Arabia, for…being Saudi Arabia. Probably because the people who think that God sends natural disasters to punish America are the same sort of people who think Saudi Arabia is a good model for what America should be like. Just replace “Allah and Muhammad” with “God and Jesus”. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516/25 "2011-08-30T11:34:32Z")
It might have more “message from God” cred if it had hit Wyoming in January, instead of, you know, where hurricanes usually hit and near the middle of hurricane season. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516/26 "2011-08-30T13:23:41Z")
I think Bachmann is a message from God, and the message is - stupid people are a bigger threat to humanity than anything the Devil has ever conceived. ---
**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516/27 "2011-08-30T13:49:43Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > It’s just God teasing me by threatening to wipe out our vacation destination next year. Grrr! :mad: Let me see if I understand this, Sam. You live in Thailand and travel all the way to Vermont for vacation? That’s one hell of a haul. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516/28 "2011-08-30T14:18:42Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > Why is God so mad at Somalia? Is God the one who keeps clogging up our kitchen sink? I mean, I’m not complaining or anything, but it sure would explain. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516/29 "2011-08-30T14:26:23Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > I think Bachmann is a message from God, and the message is - stupid people are a bigger threat to humanity than anything the Devil has ever conceived. I concur. Plus, there’s the message of if somebody says that such-and-such is a Divine message, _ignore them_. ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516/30 "2011-08-30T16:37:08Z")
I prefer the messages that come in burnt toast or the topping on a crème brulée. The pious get a sign, and the faithless get a snack. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516/31 "2011-08-30T18:40:03Z")
Why does God only talk to the crazy people? I mean, I think I’m pretty smart but I never would have made the connection between a giant storm and the national debt all by myself. Here I was thinking he was out to punish all those rich folks with beach houses. > [@guizot](#): > > Is God the one who keeps clogging up our kitchen sink? I mean, I’m not complaining or anything, but it sure would explain. Right, using Bachman logic, God is clogging your sink because the US isn’t doing enough to help Somalia. It makes so much sense when it’s explained, why didn’t we see it before? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516/32 "2011-08-30T18:43:05Z")
If God is mad at Washington, why did he pummel the Outer Banks, while leaving DC relatively unscathed. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516/33 "2011-08-30T19:01:32Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > If God is mad at Washington, why did he pummel the Outer Banks, while leaving DC relatively unscathed. “Damn it, missed again.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516/34 "2011-08-30T19:26:36Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > It’s funny how God punishes American cities over issues like gay marriage, but He doesn’t punish, like, Saudi Arabia, for…being Saudi Arabia. Seriously? I’ve been to Saudi Arabia several times and it’s pretty much the model of a shithole, save certain coastal areas that are “okay”. I think their god has been punishing them for many centuries and they just haven’t gotten the message. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516/35 "2011-08-30T19:58:39Z")
God sends tornadoes to the god-fearing South and Midwest. But has there ever been tornado one in the Castro? Nope. Makes you think, doesn’t it. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516/36 "2011-08-30T20:02:22Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > God sends tornadoes to the god-fearing South and Midwest. But has there ever been tornado one in the Castro? Nope. > Makes you think, doesn’t it. Well, SF certainly gets it’s share of earthquakes. . . ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516/37 "2011-08-31T01:03:23Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > She now says her comment was [just a joke](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/62235.html). I think we need a new corollary to Poe’s Law: no statement by Bachmann intended in jest can be easily distinguished from the crazy that normally pours from her mouth. Yeah, right. “Just kidding, haha.” While she nurses her sick thoughts in private. > [@cards](#): > > Let me see if I understand this, Sam. You live in Thailand and travel all the way to Vermont for vacation? That’s one hell of a haul. Heh. Well, we’ll probably pass on Vermont, but we’ve heard it’s nice. Reminds me of when we lived in Hawaii and I had to show my driver’s license to pay with a check one time on a trip to Albuquerque. The shop girl was astounded that people in Hawaii left the islands for their vacations. Same with a Motel 6 clerk in Anaheim. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516/38 "2011-08-31T01:16:30Z")
So what was god telling MN when the bridge collapsed? ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516/39 "2011-08-31T02:16:37Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > So what was god telling MN when the bridge collapsed? “That’ll teach you to elect Michele Bachmann!” ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516/40 "2011-08-31T02:21:32Z")
I know witnessing is frowned upon in MPSIMS, but I can’t resist the temptation to refute Michellle straight from the horse’s mouth, so to speak: > [@](#): > > 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.” > > 3 And when he saw that, he arose and went for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. > > 4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers.” > > 8 And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. > > 9 And he came thither unto a cave and lodged there; and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said unto him, “What doest thou here, Elijah?” > > 10 And he said, “I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, thrown down Thine altars, and slain Thy prophets with the sword. And I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.” > > 11 And He said, “Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD.” And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. > > 12 And after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. (1 Kings 19:2-4, 8-12) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-is-message-from-god-bachmann/594516.md?page=1)