As Hurricane Sandy hits the East Coast with such unprecedented vehemence, right on the eve of the American Election, we all sympathise with the plight of those struck and the deaths caused. For the moment we could say that at least deaths are limited given the vehemence of the storm, but still.

Nevertheless, since there are so many God fearing people in the US, the majority of whom (if not all) are on the conservative Republican side, perhaps they should pause to think a while. Maybe this is a sign, an omen. In years gone by it would be taken as such. And those still professing to be good, wholesome Christians could perhaps wonder about this.

Wall Street, the latter day House of Mammon, was flooded and closed for two days, so far, maybe more. An act of God forcing the closure of a temple of Evil?

They used to hang women in Salem for far less!