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Pat, you are an idiot!

Unless you have been living under a rock, and sometimes I think allot of Americans are, you will know that Pat Robertson has called for the assisination of the Venezuelan president. So the leader of a faction of the largest religious group in the United States has called for the killing of a foreign leader. This is just like a certain faction of the Muslim religion calling for the killing of our president. We were outraged when that happened. And yet there is a certain amount of support for Robertson.
Is this what Christianity and the US is all about? Why not shut him down. Why don't TV stations ban him. Why doesnt the FCC take him off the air (like they did with Howard Stern), Why doesn't the US prosecute him for criminal activity (calling for assisination of a foreign leader is a crime). Pat Robertson has also asked his following to pray for another Supreme Court vacancy. Since they are appointed for life, this is a call for one of them to die.
Isn't it time that thoughtful and intelligent Americans put an end to this false Christian leader, and realize these are ramblings of an enemy to what America is all about.
Let's thank God that there is separation of Church and State. Let's thank God that Pat Robertson is 75 years old and will be gone in my lifetime. Let's pray to God that people will realize that following this idiot is the most insane action one could commit. Let's pray to God that people like Pat Robertson and other so called evangelists are seen for what they actually are - misguided, egomaniacs that believe that somehow they are more important, and more in touch with God than the rest of us.
Looking at it pragmatically, Venezuela is one of the worlds largest oil producers. The cost of gas is $2.61 per gallon on average and looking to go up. History has shown that to effect change in nations, assasination have typically not worked. Not only is Pat Robertson not a Christian (certainly his beliefs are not anything that I have ever learned) he is a terrible statesman.
America already has public relations problems in South America and Central America and this just adds fuel to the fire.
Pat, please dont do us anymore favors. Stop trying to think. You are just hurting us all. And let's see if he is removed from any TV stations as he should be. I bet not.
Again, it is just another case of the US allowing its citizens to do precisely what we critisize other nations do. Just think about it - what if one of Pat Robertson's followers now try to fly a plane into the equivelent of the Venezuelan white house. I guess Venezuela should probably get a coalition together and invade the US.
You might think that is too radical of a thought. After all, in Afganistan, that government supported the people that called for "Death to America". They took money from them. They allowed them to speak to the masses. Oh thats right - so did George W. Bush (check the donations from the Christian right to the republican party). Oh yeah, and the government controls the airwaves through the FCC - so our government does allow him to speak to the masses. Isn't it amazing - we are not that much different from the religious and political radicals that we went to war with.
So when we wonder why people get so dramatic about separation of church and state. Pat Robertson is exactly the reason why.



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