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By Anna North Mar 15, 2011 5:08 PM

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A Timeline Of Wingnut Disaster Explanations

Glenn Beck says maybe — just maybe — the recent earthquake in Japan was caused by people failing to follow the Ten Commandments. Let's take a look back at some other ridiculous right-wing claims about disasters.

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games Jul 18, 2011 0 Infamous 2 is the Post-Katrina Video Game that America Deserves
infamous 2 Jul 18, 2011 0 Infamous 2 is the Post-Katrina Video Game that America Deserves
snapshots Jul 3, 2011 0 The Overgrown Squalor of New Orleans’ Abandoned Amusement Park
disasters Mar 15, 2011 0 A Timeline Of Wingnut Disaster Explanations
demographics Feb 4, 2011 0 Census Data Shows Much Smaller New Orleans Post-Katrina
convictions Dec 10, 2010 0 Three Cops Convicted, Two Cleared in Hurricane Katrina Case
spooky Nov 11, 2010 0 This Abandoned New Orleans Six Flags Is Exactly As Creepy As You’d Expect
aha moments Nov 10, 2010 0 George Bush Tells Oprah How Racism Hurt His Feelings
decision points Nov 8, 2010 0 George W. Bush on Kanye West: “Disgusting”
badvertising Nov 4, 2010 0 Crappy Huggies Ad Jokes About Hurricane Katrina
apocalypse Nov 4, 2010 0 Ominous Abandoned Six Flags Is a Few Zombie Hordes Short of the Apocalypse
egos Nov 3, 2010 0 Kanye West: Interrupting Taylor Swift Was Like Bush Ignoring Hurricane Katrina
worsts Nov 3, 2010 0 Bush Says the Worst Moment of His Presidency Involved Kanye West
modern ruins Aug 31, 2010 0 The hurricane-damaged remains of Six Flags New Orleans
snap judgment Aug 30, 2010 0 New Orleans Commemorates Katrina As Only New Orleans Could
snap judgment Aug 30, 2010 0 First Family Does The Time Warp For Lunch
snap judgment Aug 29, 2010 0 Grand Opening
investigations Aug 28, 2010 0 Hurricane Katrina: Five Years Later, Crimes Still Being Exposed
disasters Aug 27, 2010 0 Happy Anniversary, New Orleans: It’s Michael Brown
pic of the day Aug 24, 2010 0 Like Brand New Orleans
hurricane katrina Aug 24, 2010 0 Brad Pitt is New Orleans’ Ninth Ward Superhero
stormy weather Aug 23, 2010 0 Hurricane Katrina Led To Spike In Divorce Rate
homophobes Aug 11, 2010 0 Your Weekly “Ryan the Real World Homophobe” Update
criminals Jul 14, 2010 0 New Orleans Cops Could Face Death Penalty in Katrina Killings
memoirs Apr 28, 2010 0 Was Laura Bush Poisoned? and other Exciting Questions from Her Memoir
embarrassments Apr 26, 2010 0 Here is the Cover for George W. Bush’s ‘Memoir’
crimes Apr 9, 2010 0 Amnesty International: US Government Violated Human Rights After Katrina
super bowl xliv Feb 8, 2010 0 New Orleans Wins The Weekend
super bowl xiliv Feb 5, 2010 0 Super Bowl Subplot #8: Hurricane Katrina
college football Dec 4, 2009 0 Rich Rodriguez: NCAA Investigation A Lot Like Hurricane Katrina
volunteerism Nov 28, 2009 0 Problems of Brad Pitt: Pretty Lower Ninth Public Housing Pissing People Off?
Media Meltdowns Oct 15, 2009 0 Saints Rebuild New Orleans For Fourth Consecutive Year
investigative journalism Aug 30, 2009 0 The ‘$400,000’ Hurricane Katrina Story: Expensive, Epic
snap judgment Aug 29, 2009 0 The Memory Remains
homeland security Aug 20, 2009 0 Former Bush Admin Official Verifies Crazy Lefty Conspiracy Theory
pic of the night May 15, 2009 0 New Orleans, America
snap judgment May 14, 2009 0 One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
snap judgment May 12, 2009 0 Blanket Coverage
rag trade Mar 30, 2009 0 Naomi Rocks Saris In Mumbai; First American Woman In Space Shilling For Louis Vuitton
view askew Jan 29, 2009 0 Condi Rice Insists That George Bush Cares About Black People
After the Flood Jan 21, 2009 0 When The Levees Broke, People Lost Family Recipes, Too

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