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phoebe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:33 PM
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Pat Robertson's unChristian comments on Iraqi prisoners
Edited on Thu May-13-04 01:37 PM by phoebe
On his broadcast yesterday - a direct quote
"UN program is a major scandal. Much more than a bunch of prisoners in prison."
Also - " world's obsession with the treatment of prisoners has obscured how Saddam collected billions in oil revenues from the UN oil for food program." (paraphrased here)

He also referred to Najaf's "so-called religious sites" while advocating turning off the water and electricity in Iraq to let the Iraqis swelter in the sun. He also wanted the Palestinians in the Gaza strip to have no access to water or electricity after the deaths of Israeli soldiers promising "good things will come" - whatever the H that means..???


More interesting was his "interview" with Claudia Rossett, formerly on the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal and senior fellow for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy which just happens to have Richard Perle on its Board of Advisors, along with such notables as Gary Bauer and Charles Krauthammer, amongst others.

His "interview" on the corrupt oil for food program
http://cbn.org/CBNNews/News/040513a.asp

Foundation for the Defense of Democracy biography page
http://www.defenddemocracy.org/biographies/biographies.htm

http://www.defenddemocracy.org/about_FDD/about_FDD_show.htm?doc_id=169256&attrib_id=7615

The mission of the Foundation reads in part:

Non-profit and non-partisan, FDD promotes informed debate about policies and positions that will most effectively eradicate the scourge of international terrorism.

In addition, FDD works to improve education about democracies, and to help promote democracy in troubled regions around the globe.

Here's some more info. about the group and its members and funding
http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Foundation_for_the_Defense_of_Democracies

http://rightweb.irc-online.org/org/fdd.php

and a very inflammatory yet informative article
http://www.aljazeerah.info/Opinion%20editorials/2004%20opinions/May/12o/The%20Israeli%20Torture%20Template%20By%20Wayne%20Madsen.htm

any thoughts?

edited for typos and grammar
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:34 PM
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1. Any thoughts? Yeah.
Pat Robertson is out of touch with reality -- the reality we live here on earth.
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DrWeird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:35 PM
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2. Yeah, and he said 9-11 was God's work.
nt
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phoebe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:38 PM
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5. the Foundation was set up 2 days after 911 attack
the articles are very informative..
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Hunter_1253 Donating Member (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:36 PM
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3. In Pat's defense...
he has to be legally insane. How else could someone spout off that crap, live the lie that is his personal life, and then face himself in the mirror without killing himself. Pat needs our help in the form of a room with padded walls.
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physioex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:37 PM
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4. I heard the surround and cut the water of rhetoric yesterday...
I make it a point to watch the first 10 minutes of his show for the "news" the same way I listen to El Drugbo at times. Yea he is just as nutty as all the RW pundits except he hides it in religion. If you watch his show the way I do, watch it over the internet and take up some of his bandwith. Why watch if for free on cable when you can do it on his tab.
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jus_the_facts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:42 PM
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6. Pat OWNS.....an OIL REFINERY.......
....he's only worried about HIMSELF as usual! :eyes:
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phoebe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:48 PM
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8. please elaborate, with links, for DUers who are unaware of this
thanks..
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physioex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:52 PM
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10. No he is in the illegal diamond business....I will get the link in sec EOM
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buddhamama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:55 PM
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14. no, he bought an oil refinery
it was part of his church holdings, i think
the 'church' invested their money in a refinery

i'll try and find the link.
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physioex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:56 PM
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15. I believe you are also correct...apologies
Edited on Thu May-13-04 01:57 PM by physioex
http://www.rickross.com/reference/cbn/cbn3.html

Check out the rest of the site, it's quite interesting read.
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buddhamama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:59 PM
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18. no problem
it's hard to keep up Pat's dirty dealings. :hi:
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jus_the_facts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:57 PM
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16. Here ya go.....
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=pat+robertson+ownership+oil+refinery&btnG=Google+Search
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buddhamama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:58 PM
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17. fortune mag
did a story on Pat and his business holdings

the oil refinery is mentioned
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/articles/0,15114,373597,00.html
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phoebe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 02:10 PM
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21. thanks for links. "Secrets of Financial Prosperity" by Pat in bookstores
Edited on Thu May-13-04 02:24 PM by phoebe
on May 17th. I'm not joking.
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buddhamama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:52 PM
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11. yeah, he was real upset
when his diamond mines were in jeopardy too.
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phillybri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:53 PM
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12. Don't forget, he was a close business ally of Charles Taylor...
Another great guy...:eyes:
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parasim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:47 PM
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7. Thoughts? Here's a thought: he's nuts!
See Holy Pat threaten to nuke the State Department:

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1010-10.htm

(that is one wicked picture, I might add)
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MGKrebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:49 PM
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9. He might be right about the oil for food anyway, but
I wonder who he was selling it to?

"A source in the intelligence community tells me that the U.N. oil embargo of Saddam Hussein was worthless because Iraqi oil was being shipped all these years to a Caribbean island called St. Eustatius, unloaded into onshore tanks and then reloaded into U.S.-bound tanker ships.

The same switcheroo is being done with Iranian oil, I'm told.

Oh, and the source says Washington would rather nobody know about this. "

http://www.nypost.com/business/23936.htm
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phoebe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 02:04 PM
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20. There may be some truth to the corruption in the oil for food program
however, Mr. Robertson's information source - ie the FDD - is highly suspect considering its members,its financing and its agenda.

The title "Foundation for Defense of Democracies" is shameful propaganda. I just wish more people would open their eyes to this kind of simple manipulation.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:54 PM
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13. Pat Robertson: A Sack Of Liquid Pig Shit
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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 02:01 PM
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19. I can't believe this man
has so many followers. What a load of crap.
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LoneStarLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 02:30 PM
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22. The Texiban
Robertson is just another Christian Khomeni, or as I like to refer to his kind of drooling death-worshippers here in Texas, the "Texiban."
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LeahMira Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 02:37 PM
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23. He never disappoints, does he?
You can always count on this individual to come out with the lowest, meanest comments imaginable... surprising only in that he isn't able to come up with anything better than "but Saddam..."
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maggrwaggr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 03:00 PM
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24. the roaches are taking off their human-masks
this is a good thing.

Everybody should be aware that these people are roaches.
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