And Jesus? What would he do?
Stunningly. Stupid.
Pat Robertson, the televangelist asshole, called for U.S. operatives to assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on air Monday.
''You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it,'' Robertson said. ''It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war ... and I don't think any oil shipments will stop.''
Right, so to hell with that inconvenient commandment -- how does it go? "Thou shalt not kill"? Oh yeah, that one.
It's also refreshing to see him being honest enough to insinuate what his real concern is. No, not that Chavez is turning Venezuela into "a launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism." (Earth to Pat: According to the CIA World Factbook -- put out by the CIA, those folks you'd like to have kill Chavez -- Venezuela is, at least nominally, overwhelmingly Catholic. What Muslim extremists there might be would fall into the 2 percent of "other," if that.)
But rather, it's all about oil. And when it comes to Pat, it's always about the Benjamins. Not Jesus. Though love of Jesus and Muslim-hating evidently provide a nice cover for Pat to protect his investments. And, uh, those help to support his televangelism, so that millions of people the world over can hear Pat expound on such Christian concepts as "love thy neighbor," "blessed are the meek," "thou shalt not kill" and "let's assassinate the democratically elected president of a predominantly Christian country so I can make more money in the oil market."
It's the same sort of Christian kindness that led him to speak out against the U.S. government when it tried to oust Liberian President Charles Taylor, a war criminal, because Taylor's ouster would turn over control of the country to "Muslim rebels." Oh, and it'd also jeopardize the sweetheart investment deal Pat had with Taylor in Liberian gold mines. Meek indeed.
(via Joe)
Pat Robertson, the televangelist asshole, called for U.S. operatives to assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on air Monday.
''You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it,'' Robertson said. ''It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war ... and I don't think any oil shipments will stop.''
Right, so to hell with that inconvenient commandment -- how does it go? "Thou shalt not kill"? Oh yeah, that one.
It's also refreshing to see him being honest enough to insinuate what his real concern is. No, not that Chavez is turning Venezuela into "a launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism." (Earth to Pat: According to the CIA World Factbook -- put out by the CIA, those folks you'd like to have kill Chavez -- Venezuela is, at least nominally, overwhelmingly Catholic. What Muslim extremists there might be would fall into the 2 percent of "other," if that.)
But rather, it's all about oil. And when it comes to Pat, it's always about the Benjamins. Not Jesus. Though love of Jesus and Muslim-hating evidently provide a nice cover for Pat to protect his investments. And, uh, those help to support his televangelism, so that millions of people the world over can hear Pat expound on such Christian concepts as "love thy neighbor," "blessed are the meek," "thou shalt not kill" and "let's assassinate the democratically elected president of a predominantly Christian country so I can make more money in the oil market."
It's the same sort of Christian kindness that led him to speak out against the U.S. government when it tried to oust Liberian President Charles Taylor, a war criminal, because Taylor's ouster would turn over control of the country to "Muslim rebels." Oh, and it'd also jeopardize the sweetheart investment deal Pat had with Taylor in Liberian gold mines. Meek indeed.
(via Joe)
posted by Alexander Dubcek | 05:17
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The Daily Show had a great skewering of the conservative talking heads' reaction to Pat's comments -- they showed several on Fox solemnly denouncing his words or brushing them off as the ravings of an old man whose 15 minutes were long up, then followed up with showing who would POSSIBLY invite on as a commentator someone so past his prime politically -- Fox's own Hannity and Colmes, last week.
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