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Robertson repeatedly supported former President of Liberia Charles Taylor in various episodes of his 700 Club program during the United States' involvement in the Second Liberian Civil War in June and July 2003. Robertson accuses the U.S. State Department of giving President Bush bad advice in supporting Taylor's ouster as president, and of trying "as hard as they can to destabilize Liberia."[16]
Robertson was criticized for failing to mention in his broadcasts his $8,000,000 (USD) investment in a Liberian gold mine.[17] Taylor had been indicted by the United Nations for war crimes at the time of Robertson's support.
Robertson has also been accused of using his tax-exempt, nonprofit organization, Operation Blessing, as a front for his own financial gain, and then using his influence in the Republican Party to cover his tracks. After making emotional pleas in 1994 on The 700 Club for cash donations to Operation Blessing to support airlifts of refugees from Rwanda to Zaire, it was later discovered, by a reporter from The Virginian-Pilot, that Operation Blessing's planes were transporting diamond-mining equipment for the Robertson-owned African Development Corporation, a venture Robertson had established in cooperation with Zaire's dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko, whom Robertson had befriended earlier in 1993. According to Operation Blessing documents, Robertson personally owned the planes used for Operation Blessing airlifts.
In 1993, Mobutu was denied a visa by the U.S. State Department after he sought to visit Washington, D.C. Shortly after this, Robertson tried to get the State Department to lift its ban on the African leader.
I can't be the only one who thought this was a Neo-Nazi Philanthropic Society at first glance.
I sometimes forget the Swastika is older than Hitler. And not German at all.
Got to admit, that's what I thought when I saw it linked from the Red Cross wiki page. I actually had a moment where my brain went "wait a minute, what's an old asian guy doing supporting white supremacists?".
Robertson repeatedly supported former President of Liberia Charles Taylor in various episodes of his 700 Club program during the United States' involvement in the Second Liberian Civil War in June and July 2003. Robertson accuses the U.S. State Department of giving President Bush bad advice in supporting Taylor's ouster as president, and of trying "as hard as they can to destabilize Liberia."[16]
Robertson was criticized for failing to mention in his broadcasts his $8,000,000 (USD) investment in a Liberian gold mine.[17] Taylor had been indicted by the United Nations for war crimes at the time of Robertson's support.
Robertson has also been accused of using his tax-exempt, nonprofit organization, Operation Blessing, as a front for his own financial gain, and then using his influence in the Republican Party to cover his tracks. After making emotional pleas in 1994 on The 700 Club for cash donations to Operation Blessing to support airlifts of refugees from Rwanda to Zaire, it was later discovered, by a reporter from The Virginian-Pilot, that Operation Blessing's planes were transporting diamond-mining equipment for the Robertson-owned African Development Corporation, a venture Robertson had established in cooperation with Zaire's dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko, whom Robertson had befriended earlier in 1993. According to Operation Blessing documents, Robertson personally owned the planes used for Operation Blessing airlifts.
In 1993, Mobutu was denied a visa by the U.S. State Department after he sought to visit Washington, D.C. Shortly after this, Robertson tried to get the State Department to lift its ban on the African leader.
How does someone become that brilliantly evil anyway? I mean, I look down on him, but at the same time I know I could never achieve what he did even if I was amoral enough to consider it.
How does someone become that brilliantly evil anyway? I mean, I look down on him, but at the same time I know I could never achieve what he did even if I was amoral enough to consider it.
1. Be the son of someone rich, influential, and conservative.
2. Be entirely horrible in everything that you do
3. Live a life of fabulous wealth and enonormous prestige.
If 500 Swedes hadn't died in the tsunami I can bet that only like >90% less of the monetary aid would've been sent from here.
This is the exact mentality that happens with this.
"Well at least it was some third world country not some place important."
Exactly. It's a sad fact.
"Look I'm not saying we shouldn't help these people out, but we don't exactly get nuclear scientists from Haiti. Plus isn't there a heroes character from haiti? Has that show not killed enough careers? Must it kill actual people?"
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I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
The sad thing is, Beck doesn't even believe the shit he says.
There is absolutely zero proof he doesn't. People try and ply that bullshit to make it seem like he's reasonable. If he was reasonable he would quit his job for being forced to say such retarded shit.
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I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
McCarthy will always have a section in US history textbooks. Thankfully, it will always be a rather negative chapter, despite what people like Ann Coulter would like.
McCarthy will always have a section in US history textbooks. Thankfully, it will always be a rather negative chapter, despite what people like Ann Coulter would like.
McCarthy will always have a section in US history textbooks. Thankfully, it will always be a rather negative chapter, despite what people like Ann Coulter would like.
If anything to teach us history so we don't repeat it again. Since we basically relived the Salem Witch Trials.
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I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
The sad thing is, Beck doesn't even believe the shit he says.
There is absolutely zero proof he doesn't. People try and ply that bullshit to make it seem like he's reasonable. If he was reasonable he would quit his job for being forced to say such retarded shit.
It's been my impression that although he is rather right wing, he exaggerates everything for the ratings. He's spent, what, three years as a political commentator? Before that, he was a top 40 DJ known only for his stunts used to raise up controversy and boost ratings. He's doing the exact same thing now, only applied to the political arena. He's an evil man who's sold his soul for fame, money, and power over the teabaggers. But I don't think he's as insane as he appears on TV.
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I can't be the only one who thought this was a Neo-Nazi Philanthropic Society at first glance.
I sometimes forget the Swastika is older than Hitler. And not German at all.
totally worth reading this v
Got to admit, that's what I thought when I saw it linked from the Red Cross wiki page. I actually had a moment where my brain went "wait a minute, what's an old asian guy doing supporting white supremacists?".
Man did you see that video where Conan fucked a leno like... Oh right at work. Or that funny Ferguson video...
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Yes but we can't actually stop J from posting, he is the interweb.
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How does someone become that brilliantly evil anyway? I mean, I look down on him, but at the same time I know I could never achieve what he did even if I was amoral enough to consider it.
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It's sad but that's the way it works.
If 500 Swedes hadn't died in the tsunami I can bet that like >90% less of the monetary aid would've been sent from here.
ewwww
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1. Be the son of someone rich, influential, and conservative.
2. Be entirely horrible in everything that you do
3. Live a life of fabulous wealth and enonormous prestige.
I'm sorry we couldn't fit more food on this plane
you'll just have to make do with the few bags of rice we were able to transport
also, can someone give me a hand with these giant crates of diamonds?
This is the exact mentality that happens with this.
"Well at least it was some third world country not some place important."
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Exactly. It's a sad fact.
Humans just weren't built to feel anything for people half way across the world living lives entirely disconnected from their own.
I embrace this fact, although horrible.
"Look I'm not saying we shouldn't help these people out, but we don't exactly get nuclear scientists from Haiti. Plus isn't there a heroes character from haiti? Has that show not killed enough careers? Must it kill actual people?"
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I understand these are words but not ones that should ever go together.
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horribly
not being sarcastic
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Of course, it was a South Park episode about a controversial issue, so 80% of was still pretty retarded/
Him and Glenn Beck will be mourned nationwide. More so then people who actually deserve such mourning.
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Same here. I had a coworker mention that he's a big fan of Limbaugh and my initial uncontrollable reaction was to laugh.
Luckily we're able to get along despite these differences and he never brings up his political views unless someone inquires so it wasn't awkward.
I hope to god he's found dead of a heart attack with a screaming 18 year old male, and everything is quite clear that homosexual sex was going on.
I would rather him have no legacy left behind when he goes. That everything he did and said gets left in the dust bin of history.
Actually, give it a couple hundred years and that may actually occur.
There is absolutely zero proof he doesn't. People try and ply that bullshit to make it seem like he's reasonable. If he was reasonable he would quit his job for being forced to say such retarded shit.
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I doubt it will take that long
Joseph McCarthy's the only demagogue I can remember off the top of my head from the last 50 years, and he had a lot more power than Rush
McCarthy is regarded as a patriot by republicans.
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And in a hundred years he'll be a footnote in a textbook, moreso than he is now.
Doubtful, though in a hundred years the canid could rule our planet, we just don't know.
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right
I'm saying, I doubt Limbaugh will
If anything to teach us history so we don't repeat it again. Since we basically relived the Salem Witch Trials.
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It's been my impression that although he is rather right wing, he exaggerates everything for the ratings. He's spent, what, three years as a political commentator? Before that, he was a top 40 DJ known only for his stunts used to raise up controversy and boost ratings. He's doing the exact same thing now, only applied to the political arena. He's an evil man who's sold his soul for fame, money, and power over the teabaggers. But I don't think he's as insane as he appears on TV.