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I guess this settles the insane or evil question. - 9/12/2013 4:13:59 AM

DomKen

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Pat Robertson is evil
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/05/mission-congo-pat-robertson-aid-rwanda

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RE: I guess this settles the insane or evil question. - 9/12/2013 4:30:50 AM

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It's generous of you to want to cut him a break, but why can't he be both?

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RE: I guess this settles the insane or evil question. - 9/12/2013 4:58:01 AM

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Ok, Pat Robertson is primarily evil.

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RE: I guess this settles the insane or evil question. - 9/12/2013 5:12:33 AM

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I've said both for some time.

I wonder how many millions he made off blood diamonds as it appears that a vast majority of the flights he funded were for mining equipment.

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RE: I guess this settles the insane or evil question. - 9/12/2013 5:36:02 AM

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Evil, greedy, and corrupt

"But the Virginian authorities declined to prosecute Robertson, describing his misrepresentations as a "blemish". Mission Congo notes that leading state politicians were recipients of large donations from Robertson.

Robertson has been embroiled in mining controversies elsewhere in Africa. He supported the then president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, during that country's civil war without revealing at the time that he had an $8m investment in a Liberian gold mine. Taylor was already indicted by a UN war crimes tribunal at the time and was later convicted of crimes against humanity.

Robertson has consistently denied the accusation of misusing donations and claimed that the Virginia authorities' failure to prosecute effectively cleared him of wrongdoing. He has acknowledged the diamond mining operation but said that it was small scale and produced few gems."

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RE: I guess this settles the insane or evil question. - 9/12/2013 5:49:47 AM

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ORIGINAL: vincentML
Robertson has consistently denied the accusation of misusing donations and claimed that the Virginia authorities' failure to prosecute effectively cleared him of wrongdoing. He has acknowledged the diamond mining operation but said that it was small scale and produced few gems."

Like it is less vile to have diverted charitable donations to a money losing diamond mine.

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RE: I guess this settles the insane or evil question. - 9/12/2013 7:38:31 AM

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I've never fully understood what the crime 'wire fraud' covers.

Please correct me if I am wrong but my feeling is that it includes fraudulent soliciting for money over the airwaves (Wasn't that what caught 'Rev' Bakker for?) and that's its a Federal crime.

If so, why isn't the FBI and/or the DOJ investigating this?

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RE: I guess this settles the insane or evil question. - 9/12/2013 8:29:56 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: tweakabelle

I've never fully understood what the crime 'wire fraud' covers.

Please correct me if I am wrong but my feeling is that it includes fraudulent soliciting for money over the airwaves (Wasn't that what caught 'Rev' Bakker for?) and that's its a Federal crime.

If so, why isn't the FBI and/or the DOJ investigating this?

Because he has friends in very high places.

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