What do I think? Well it makes me want to sing out loud!
Robertson says that he's The One Oh sure he is, if Armageddon Is your idea of family fun, An' he's got some planned for you!
….
Imagine if you will A multi-millionaire Television Evangelist, Saved from Korean Combat duty by his father, a U.S. Senator
Studied Law -- But is not qualified to practice it Father of a "love child" Who, in adulthood, hosts the remnants Of papa's religious propaganda program
Claims not to be a "Faith Healer", But has, in the past, Dealt sternly with everything from hemorrhoids to hurricanes
Involved with funding for a 'secret war' in Central America
Claiming Ronald Reagan and Oliver North as close friends
Involved in suspicious 'tax-avoidance schemes', (Under investigation for 16 months by the I.R.S.)
Claims to be a MAN OF GOD ; Currently seeking the United States Presidency, Hoping we will all follow him into -- The Twilight Zone
What if Pat gets in the White House, And suddenly -- The rights of 'certain people' disappear Mysteriously?
Now, wouldn't that sort of qualify As an American Tragedy?
(Especially if he covers it up, sayin' " Jesus told it to me !") I hope we never see that day, In The Land of The Free -- Or someday will we? Will we?
Song ~ Jesus Thinks You’re A Jerk Artist ~ Frank Zappa Album ~ Broadway the Hard Way (1988) ************************************************** 01-03-07, 02:03 PM DorianGreyed I saw the program, Koz. (I check in with Pat now and then in case he predict a hurricane or tsunami to hit the St. Louis area.)
Pat also dropped this pearl of wisdom, or something very very close.
"These Evil people will do Evil to the United States because they are Evil."
Well, if you are an Evil person, aren't you supposed to do Evil to somebady? Wouldn't they lose their membership in the Evil organization if they failed to do Evil at least once a year? (I admit that I am unfamiliar with the requirements. The only two organizations I belong to are the NotSoGood Club and the Liberal Left. The NSGC only requires us to say, "Bah, humbug" at Christmas parties, and the only real requirement for the Liberal Left is to make fun of the Right, which is even easier than saying "Bah, humbug" and usually more fun. I tried to join Chavez's Evil Dictators club, but he pointed out that I wasn't a dictator, and also said that I might be an assassin sent by Pat Robertson. Some days, you just can't win.)
Well, I'd like to stay and chat, but I have to run out and check the Mississippi for tsunamis. ************************************************** 01-03-07, 02:14 PM Scotty I think Robertson ought to keep his mouth shut, and DG should break out his surfboard. ************************************************** 01-03-07, 02:40 PM DorianGreyed Nah, I'm safe. Even if all the ice in the world melts, I am above the high tide line. Now DonRant (and Koz) are in a different situation. But Koz has a boat, and Don held a Captain's license, so they should be OK. (But remember that Don's weatherman moved out of Florida, despite proclaiming that there is no global warming.) Besides, surfboards were never my thing. ************************************************** 01-03-07, 04:48 PM Koz DG says:
quote: “But Koz has a boat, and Don held a Captain's license, so they should be OK.”
I have a Captain’s license tooRazz .
In some circles I am known as “Capt. Koz ” Big Grin .
Be afraid DG, be very afraid Eek !
Wink ************************************************** 01-03-07, 05:38 PM coldfuse I am nearly convinced that DG has a lifetime VIP membership in The 700 Club. ************************************************** 01-03-07, 06:53 PM DorianGreyed Very Irritating Person?
(Actually, I would be proud if Robertson thought of me that way. In reality, however, he is highly unlikely to ever even know that I exist. Still, it's nice to have ambitions.) ************************************************** 01-04-07, 03:15 AM FredPuli Does anyone in the US take this man seriously? If so, how many?
We have no Robertson figure in Britain. Our nearest to someone always good for a quote is Jade Goody, a winner on Big Brother (a TV reality show ), who says things like " That's asexual harassment", " A ferret is a bird" , " Saddam Hussein: that's the boxer isn't it ? " [She meant Naseem Hussein] " I had my first birthday when I was one" and " Do they speak Portuganese in Portugal? I thought Portugal was in Spain".
You may notice a difference between the two people. One thing they do have in common is that both have become millionaires on the strength of their statements and, in her case, delightful personality. One difference may be that Jade Goody is utterly innocent in her statements, which are made with endearing charm. She is also quite intelligent though let down (or, rather, made famous) by her sometimes shaky grasp of facts and vocabulary and the occasional malapropism. Or, as she put it " I am intelligent but I let myself down because I can't speak properly or spell" Smile ************************************************** 01-04-07, 11:09 AM DorianGreyed Millions take him seriously, but we really don'y have a national religious figure like your Goody. We do elect them to office now and then, however. ************************************************** 01-04-07, 11:54 AM dance girl
quote: Originally posted by FredPuli: Or, as she put it " I am intelligent but I let myself down because I can't speak properly or spell" Smile
Our equivalent here in north America has to be the Jay Walking feature on The Tonight Show Go to the Christmas IQ quiz. ************************************************** 01-04-07, 04:06 PM FredPuli
quote: Originally posted by dance girl: [QUOTE]Originally posted by FredPuli: Or, as she put it " I am intelligent but I let myself down because I can't speak properly or spell" Smile
What's not to like about Jade Goody...think I might even use the above as a footer for my own posts on here. Wink
Take a look at some other quotes by her. ------------------------ re the link : The idea that East Anglia is "abroad" is appealing to those of us who live in it Big Grin. A lot of Londoners don't know the name of the region though they've heard of the two main counties in it, Suffolk and Norfolk, yet it starts only 40 miles from their city. It sounds foreign to them.
And isn't saying 'my clothes are too thin for me' poetic ? Smile ************************************************** 01-04-07, 04:17 PM dance girl Thought you'd like the East Anglia one Fred..to Londoners everywhere outside the city is abroad!
Better still..I might adopt this as my standard denial to everything I seem to be wrongly accused of..
"Nothing happened but it could all be misconsumed." ************************************************** 01-05-07, 02:28 AM FredPuli
quote: Originally posted by dance girl: Thought you'd like the East Anglia one Fred..to Londoners everywhere outside the city is abroad!
Better still..I might adopt this as my standard denial to everything I seem to be wrongly accused of..
"Nothing happened but it could all be misconsumed."
Misconsumed? Are we sure the President hasn't said it first?
Look, to older Londoners 'South of the River' is abroad, as it is (according to legend)to many cab drivers who illegally try to avoid fares to there because they have little chance of a return fare ("Sorry, mate, I don't go South of the River") Big Grin. My clerk's grandmother was born and brought up in Bermondsey,an area on the South Bank of the Thames near Tower Bridge and the Blackwall Tunnel, and he said that she had never once in her entire life gone north of the river ! In her day the South Londoners had no occasion to cross the Thames because everything they needed from department stores to variety theatres was there. ************************************************** 01-07-07, 12:04 AM newnickname "...the American evangelist adds: 'If you get blown up... you go to heaven; that's the worst that will happen to you.' Makes me think of Osama, waving off a merry band of suicide bombers." observer.guardian.co.uk ************************************************** 01-07-07, 12:42 PM DvdGStwrt The Bible sets out exactly the way to judge a prophet and the exact way on how to deal with a prophet.
They are a Prophet of God if they are 100% correct. If they fail they are to be stoned.
Stoning or the threat there of did two things. Removed false prophets and insured that folk were a little more careful about "predicting" things in the name of God.
I think we need to apply the Bible when it comes to dealing with Folk who espouse to being Men of God.......... ************************************************** 01-07-07, 01:14 PM FredPuli I blame mixing money with religion. It's the Prophet Motive Big Grin. ************************************************** 01-07-07, 01:22 PM juanruiz
quote: Originally posted by FredPuli: I blame mixing money with religion. It's the Prophet Motive Big Grin.
