After the Virginia earthquake, you knew it was just a matter of time before one of the religious right’s odd fear-mongering fanatics started ranting defensively about signs from the heavens; World Net Daily publisher and relentless Birther Joseph Farah is one of the first out of the gate. For some reason known only to Farah, his title alludes to Judy Garland in the Wizard of Oz: Earthquakes and hurricanes, oh my.

Many Americans are scratching their heads today wondering what in the world is going on with a rare earthquake hitting the East Coast to be followed by a hurricane a few days later.

It reminds us that our world can change very quickly.

Things don’t always stay the same.

Occasionally God really does shake things up as a sign to us of the consequences of disobedience and indifference to our Creator.

Yes, I really believe that.

I welcome the ridicule that will inevitably come from a statement like that.

Meanwhile, frequent Glenn Beck guest Joel Rosenberg is pretty sure this means we’re in the last days of man on Earth: RARE EARTHQUAKES SHAKE AMERICAN EAST COAST, ROCKY MTN STATES « Joel C. Rosenberg’s Blog.