tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post4526565886465872164..comments2023-10-19T04:46:10.308-05:00Comments on Griper Blade: Hating HaitiWiscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12013881728915462943noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-81900667746134575132010-01-18T15:23:47.735-06:002010-01-18T15:23:47.735-06:00Wasn't Pat Robertson the one who said the Boxi...Wasn't Pat Robertson the one who said the Boxing Day Tsunami was a pointer to the imminence of the Second Coming?<br /><br />Here's a thought: in the long history of Christianity, not one person has ever lost money by betting against the Second Coming.vethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13376500106064052491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-65638255204946826142010-01-18T14:44:50.728-06:002010-01-18T14:44:50.728-06:00Here's a fun fact about Pat's "charit...Here's a fun fact about Pat's "charity".<br /><br /><i><a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050919/blumenthal" rel="nofollow">The Nation</a>:<br /><br />Far from the media's gaze, Robertson has used the tax-exempt, nonprofit Operation Blessing as a front for his shadowy financial schemes, while exerting his influence within the GOP to cover his tracks. In 1994 he made an emotional plea on The 700 Club for cash donations to Operation Blessing to support airlifts of refugees from the Rwandan civil war to Zaire (now Congo). Reporter Bill Sizemore of The Virginian Pilot later discovered that Operation Blessing's planes were transporting diamond-mining equipment for the African Development Corporation, a Robertson-owned venture initiated with the cooperation of Zaire's then-dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.<br /><br />After a lengthy investigation, Virginia's Office of Consumer Affairs determined that Robertson "willfully induced contributions from the public through the use of misleading statements and other implications." Yet when the office called for legal action against Robertson in 1999, Virginia Attorney General Mark Earley, a Republican, intervened with his own report, agreeing that Robertson had made deceptive appeals but overruling the recommendation for his prosecution. Two years earlier, while Virginia's investigation was gathering steam, Robertson donated $35,000 to Earley's campaign--Earley's largest contribution. With Earley's report came a sense of vindication. "From the very beginning," Robertson claimed, "we were trying to provide help and assistance to those who were facing disease and death in the war-torn, chaotic nation of Zaire." </i><br /><br />And hey, if using charitable donations to traffic in freakin' blood diamonds isn't bad enough for you, you can rest assured that a portion of your dollar will go toward <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/robertsons-operation-blessing-now-faith-healings" rel="nofollow">faith-healing</a>.<br /><br />Face it, Pat Robertson is a complete fraud. If you're going to send him money, just save a stamp and light the bills on fire. It'll do just as much good.Wiscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12013881728915462943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-45412039327869976742010-01-18T14:32:36.569-06:002010-01-18T14:32:36.569-06:00Pat Robertson is know for saying stupid things but...Pat Robertson is know for saying stupid things but at least he and his organization are actively raising money for Haiti. How much have you donated?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com