Sometimes Rush just plain confuses me

It's been awhile since I last complained about Rush so I figure it's ok to take 5 minutes to discuss something he just brought up.

As soon as the show started Rush exhibited glee over the fact that the recent earthquake in Chile did not produce 5 foot high waves to pound the Hawaiian islands. I get that. Thank God nothing bad happened on US soil. But the actual reason that Rush is happy has nothing to do with the welfare of his fellow citizens (big surprise), but in fact it is because this (non) event proves once and for all that you should never trust scientists because they are evil and manipulative.

Which leads me to this conclusion:

Preventative measures taken to avoid potential catastrophes of nature is bad.

Preventative measures taken to avoid potential military (at the cost of billions of dollars and thousands of lives) catastrophes is good.

Rush would have rather that the people of Hawaii had continued on with their lives as if nothing was amiss until the actual moment the wave was sighted.

This is what happens when idiots argue science. Most of what exists in science is theory. There are very few absolutes. However, there would be very few breakthroughs if science had to be absolutely 100% verifiable before being acted upon. That is the world that Rush wants. I just wonder if he would feel the same if those same restrictions were placed on Oxycontin and Viagra.