FAIL Quote of the Day: When even stupid is ashamed of Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh [source: Synthstuff]

From the odious gasbag on yesterday’s broadcast of his radio show:

You know, a couple of days after the health care bill had been signed into law Obama ran around all over the country saying, “Hey, you know, I’m looking around. The earth hadn’t opened up. There’s no Armageddon out there. The birds are still chirping.” I think the earth has opened up. God may have replied. This volcano in Iceland has grounded more airplanes — airspace has more affected — than even after 9/11 because of this plume, because of this ash cloud over Northern and Western Europe. At the Paris airport they’re telling people to head to the train station to catch trains out of France, and when people get to the train station they’re telling people, “There aren’t any seats until at least April 22nd,” basically a week from now. It’s got everybody in a shutdown. Earth has opened up. I don’t know whether it’s a rebirth or Armageddon. Hopefully it’s a rebirth, God speaking.

Yes, folks. He’s actually blaming the Iceland volcano, whose plume has paralyzed air travel over most of Europe, on the passage of healthcare reform.

Other than pointing out that A) it takes a god with a rather dysfunctional sense of humor or irony to punish Europe for the passage of an American bill in the USA, and that B) he’s usurping Pat Robertson’s throne as Interpreter of Random Natural Events as God’s Will in Reaction to Random Human Achievements … there really isn’t all that much left to say about it.

(via @ebertchicago)