BE A CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE, COULD BE WINDS OVER 100 MILES PER HOUR

AND HEAVY RAINS, IT'S LIKELY TO HIT TEXAS. LET ME SHOW YOU SOME

PICTURES OF THE HURRICANE, OR AT LEAST SATELLITE PICTURES, THAT

IS A GATHERING STORM, IF YOU WILL, THAT'S THE PATH IT'S

LIKELY TO TAKE, ONE MORE PICTURE HERE, THE LEVEL OF PRECIPITATION

AND THE STRENGTH OF THE STORM, WE DON'T HAVE DOPPLER 4000 HERE,

NOR AM I A WEATHERMAN, WE COULD HAVE BROUGHT IN MARK THOMPSON,

BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT OF MY STORY. THE POINT IS WHETHER THIS

IS GOD DOING IT. NOW, THAT SOUNDS OUTRAGEOUS, RIGHT? BUT I

HEAR FROM CONSERVATIVES ALL THE TIME WHENEVER THERE IS FLOODING

OR A HURRICANE, WHO DO THEY BLAME? TO THEY BLAME

METEOROLOGISTS? NO, AND THAT WOULDN'T BE FAIR EITHER. DO THEY

BLAME CLIMATE CHANGE? OH NO THEY DON'T. THEY USUALLY BLAME PEOPLE

LIKE GAYS, LESBIANS, LIBERALS, AND THEY DO IT IN ONE NATURAL

DISASTER AFTER ANOTHER. SOMETIMES, AND ESPECIALLY IF IT

HITS AREAS WHERE THEY THINK THERE'S A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF

LIBERALS OR GAYS, FOR EXAMPLE WHEN THE HURRICANE HIT NEW

ORLEANS, THERE WERE VERY PROMINENT RIGHT-WING PASTORS IN

THE COUNTRY WHO SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE GAYS IN NEW

ORLEANS. IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF THE OVERWHELMINGLY CONSERVATIVE

VOTERS OF LOUISIANA, NO, DEFINITELY NOT. SO I WAS CURIOUS

TO SEE, THERE'S A HURRICANE COMING THIS SEASON, WHERE IT

WILL HIT, AND WHY GOD IS UPSET. IS IT GOING TO HIT GAY PEOPLE

AGAIN? AND HENCE THE IDEA THAT IT IS DIRECTED TOWARDS THEM

BECAUSE GOD IS ANGRY AT US? LET'S FIND OUT --

IT'S GETTING STRONGER --

IT'S COMING, GUYS. THE STORM IS COMING, IT'S GETTING STRONGER

AND STRONGER. NOW, THERE'S A THEORY OUT THERE THAT AS THE

PLANET WARMS UP THE OCEAN ALSO WARMS UP AND ACTUALLY

INTENSIFIES THE STORMS, HENCE MAYBE GOING FROM A TROPICAL

STORM TO A CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE IS EXACTLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN

DURING CLIMATE CHANGE. YOU CAN'T SAY THAT ANYONE STORMS BECAUSE

OF CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT AGAIN LET'S FOCUS ON WHY GOD MIGHT BE

ANGRY HERE, BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT'S THE REASON, NOT HAVING

ANYTHING TO DO WITH CLIMATE CHANGE --

WAIT A MINUTE --

HUH. HOW IS THAT FOR TWIST? DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING. MAYBE

GOD IS ANGRY AT THE OIL COMPANIES. WHAT DO THEY DO? OH

RIGHT, CREATE CLIMATE CHANGE. CERTAINLY HELPED TO CREATE IT.

IS IT JUST A COUPLE OF COMPANIES? THAT'S CHERRY PICKING

LIKE THE REVERENDS DO ABOUT LGBT PEOPLE WHEN STORMS COME. LET'S

FIND OUT --

THAT'S A GIGANTIC PERCENTAGE OF THE REFINERIES AND JUST A

SMALL LITTLE AREA, JUST THE AREA WHERE THE HURRICANE IS GOING TO

HIT. IS IT COINCIDENCE? OR PERHAPS JUSTICE?

SO THERE'S THE OIL FIELDS GETTING HIT, THE REFINERIES

GETTING HIT, THE CRUDE OIL GETTING HIT -- YOU START CLIMATE

CHANGE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU GET THE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE

CHANGE. WHEN IT HITS EVERYONE ELSE, NO BIG DEAL, IT WAS THE

GAYS WHO DID IT. WHEN IT HITS YOU, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU ARE

CONCERNED. YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR BOTTOM LINE, GAS PRICES

GOING UP, ETC. WHAT ABOUT THE WHOLE WORLD'S BOTTOM LINE? LOOK,

DO I WANT THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS GETTING HURT? ABSOLUTELY NOT, I

DON'T WANT ANYONE GETTING HURT, I DON'T CARE WHO THEY VOTED FOR

OR WHAT THEY DO OR WHAT THEIR JOBS ARE OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE

LINES, BECAUSE WE AREN'T ACTUALLY MONSTERS LIKE THE

RIGHT-WING ARE, LIKE THOSE INSANE FUNDAMENTALIST PREACHERS

ARE. HAVING SAID THAT, MAN, IF THESE WILL COMPANIES -- IT'S NOT

IF -- THEY ARE AN ENORMOUS PART OF THE REASON WHY CLIMATE CHANGE

EXIST IN THE FIRST PLACE, I'M NOT GOING TO SHED A TEAR ABOUT

THE FINANCIAL DAMAGE IT DOES TO THOSE COMPANIES AS THEY HAVE

INFLICTED ENORMOUS FINANCIAL AND HUMAN DAMAGE, OFTEN COSTING

INCREDIBLE AMOUNTS OF LIVES ALL OVER THE WORLD, WITH CLIMATE

CHANGE. THEY PRIVATIZE THE GAINS BUT THEY SOCIALIZE THE LOSSES ON

ALL OF US WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS, WHICH IS THE

WARMING OF THE PLANET. SO THOSE CHICKENS ARE COMING HOME TO

ROOST IN TEXAS OVER THE WEEKEND. I HOPE EVERY HUMAN BEING IS

SAFE, AND BY HUMAN BEINGS I DO NOT INCLUDE MULTINATIONAL

CORPORATIONS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT STARTED CLIMATE CHANGE

IN THE FIRST PLACE.