The Scales Lift from My Eyes
Jul. 29th, 2003 06:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
libertangoHave you wondered why Señor Arbusto has been sputtering in his reactions regarding Liberia? You know, sometimes forward, sometimes back?
Well, it may not be because of the sensible reason -- our troops are spread too thinly just now.
No, it may have everything to with... The Lord.
Kinda.
See, it turns out, according to Fortune magazine, that Pat Robertson has an investment in Liberia. A gold mine. Literally.
The idea is, Pat wants to be free from being dependent on donations... So, he's invested $8.4 million in a tract of land that definitely has some gold... and some say has as much as $1.7 billion worth. (Proof that Pat, unlike George, stayed awake during econ classes when each was at Yale.)
Here are some choice Robertsonian quotes from Fortune:
"This man Taylor (the President of Liberia, indicted for war crimes) is not the monster everybody makes him out to be... How dare the [U.S.] President say to the duly elected President of another country, 'You've got to step down.' ... I'm appalled."
"Duly elected," no less.
So, the question of the day -- Will breaking the rice bowl of one of the biggest "Christian Conservatives" get Dubya in hot water with his own party? Or is he just going to be forgiven for yet another stock anti-Republican fuckup because He's Our Boy, as he has so many times before?
Well, it may not be because of the sensible reason -- our troops are spread too thinly just now.
No, it may have everything to with... The Lord.
Kinda.
See, it turns out, according to Fortune magazine, that Pat Robertson has an investment in Liberia. A gold mine. Literally.
The idea is, Pat wants to be free from being dependent on donations... So, he's invested $8.4 million in a tract of land that definitely has some gold... and some say has as much as $1.7 billion worth. (Proof that Pat, unlike George, stayed awake during econ classes when each was at Yale.)
Here are some choice Robertsonian quotes from Fortune:
"This man Taylor (the President of Liberia, indicted for war crimes) is not the monster everybody makes him out to be... How dare the [U.S.] President say to the duly elected President of another country, 'You've got to step down.' ... I'm appalled."
"Duly elected," no less.
So, the question of the day -- Will breaking the rice bowl of one of the biggest "Christian Conservatives" get Dubya in hot water with his own party? Or is he just going to be forgiven for yet another stock anti-Republican fuckup because He's Our Boy, as he has so many times before?
