HURRICANE HARVEY IS ON THE WAY. FOR NOW WE BELIEVE IT WILL
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.