It's Pat!
Let the blogging begin! School ended today at EM, so I now have a bit more time to blog. Tonight I dedicate this blog to everyone's favorite Pat.
Much like Saturday Night Live's version of Pat, I'm not sure exactly what our honoree tonight is either...just old or certifiably insane. If you haven't caught on yet, I'm talking about Pat Robertson. One time Presidential candidate, Christian Coalition advocate, and 700 Club host. In no way am I going to bash religion tonight, just Pat.
Mr. Robertson has a very fine record of entertaining quotes as I will show later, but let's start why this came to mind. Twice in the last week and a half or so, Robertson has made national news because of the following claims:
1. God told him that a tsunami would hit the Northwest United States.
- While I believe in God, I do acknowledge power of prayer, God hasn't
spoken to anyone in quite a long time, unless you want to count David
Koresch and the Branch Dividians. Because of the recent past of God
talking with someone, I'm a little leery of these situations. Even if
God wanted to forewarn us, why not tell someone that can do something
about it? Instead He tells Pat Robertson? Interesting. On the scale
of craziness (1 being low, 10 being high) I gotta to with an 8 or a 9.
2. Just this week, Pat claimed that he can leg press 2000 pounds:
- Excuse me? I did I read that right? 2000 pounds? So 80 year old Pat
Robertson can leg press Barbaro? He can leg press a Toyota? I've got
nothing else to say, except maybe the decimal is in the wrong place...
Scale of craziness: 20.00, representing two things, this is off the
charts crazy AND what he was actually leg pressing.
Another classic from this school year was when Pat suggested we assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. While I don't agree with Chavez politically and having him out of power may prevent future headaches, you don't publicly call for the head of a foreign leader who has never attacked us or anything.
I have done an extensive search for some more of Pat's Greatest Hits (Volume 1) and found these gems. My comments are outside of the quotes.
"Just like Nazi Germany did to the Jews, the liberal media is now doing to the evangelical Christians." - Murdering 6 million of them?
"Lord give us righteous judges...Take control Lord! We ask for additional vacancies on the Supreme Court." - Nothing like wanting John Paul Stevens to die so Pat can choose another Justice...oh wait. He doesn't select them?
To all those with alternative lifestlyes after 9/11: "You helped this happen!" - Osama has been working with the gays?
Okay...that's enough for tonight. There have also been threats to Dover and Orlando for leading ungodly lifestyles. So before we tip our caps to Pat and turn in for the night, let me just show what I think would be a good letter to Pat from the typical Christian.
Dear Pat,
You're not helping
Signed,
Normal Christians
Much like Saturday Night Live's version of Pat, I'm not sure exactly what our honoree tonight is either...just old or certifiably insane. If you haven't caught on yet, I'm talking about Pat Robertson. One time Presidential candidate, Christian Coalition advocate, and 700 Club host. In no way am I going to bash religion tonight, just Pat.
Mr. Robertson has a very fine record of entertaining quotes as I will show later, but let's start why this came to mind. Twice in the last week and a half or so, Robertson has made national news because of the following claims:
1. God told him that a tsunami would hit the Northwest United States.
- While I believe in God, I do acknowledge power of prayer, God hasn't
spoken to anyone in quite a long time, unless you want to count David
Koresch and the Branch Dividians. Because of the recent past of God
talking with someone, I'm a little leery of these situations. Even if
God wanted to forewarn us, why not tell someone that can do something
about it? Instead He tells Pat Robertson? Interesting. On the scale
of craziness (1 being low, 10 being high) I gotta to with an 8 or a 9.
2. Just this week, Pat claimed that he can leg press 2000 pounds:
- Excuse me? I did I read that right? 2000 pounds? So 80 year old Pat
Robertson can leg press Barbaro? He can leg press a Toyota? I've got
nothing else to say, except maybe the decimal is in the wrong place...
Scale of craziness: 20.00, representing two things, this is off the
charts crazy AND what he was actually leg pressing.
Another classic from this school year was when Pat suggested we assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. While I don't agree with Chavez politically and having him out of power may prevent future headaches, you don't publicly call for the head of a foreign leader who has never attacked us or anything.
I have done an extensive search for some more of Pat's Greatest Hits (Volume 1) and found these gems. My comments are outside of the quotes.
"Just like Nazi Germany did to the Jews, the liberal media is now doing to the evangelical Christians." - Murdering 6 million of them?
"Lord give us righteous judges...Take control Lord! We ask for additional vacancies on the Supreme Court." - Nothing like wanting John Paul Stevens to die so Pat can choose another Justice...oh wait. He doesn't select them?
To all those with alternative lifestlyes after 9/11: "You helped this happen!" - Osama has been working with the gays?
Okay...that's enough for tonight. There have also been threats to Dover and Orlando for leading ungodly lifestyles. So before we tip our caps to Pat and turn in for the night, let me just show what I think would be a good letter to Pat from the typical Christian.
Dear Pat,
You're not helping
Signed,
Normal Christians
posted by CKG at
9:53 PM
5 Comments:
Pat Robertson could probably be placed on some medications for his talking to God. Much like George Bush who was told by God to invade Iraq.
From the Seatle Times. My opinions in bold.
In another in a series of notable pronouncements, religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says God told him storms and possibly a tsunami will hit the U.S. coastline, including the Pacific Northwest, this year.
Because storms never hit the U.S. coastline I find this hard to believe. Must be because of the homosexuals in this country.
Robertson has made the predictions at least four times in the past two weeks on his news-and-talk television show "The 700 Club" on the Christian Broadcasting Network, which he founded.
This guy reminds me of Fred Phelps.
At least Pat did get my former blog linked by the DAOU Report last year with his support of killing people.
By
Anonymous, At
8:25 AM
http://cfav.blogspot.com/
This site is satire.
By
Anonymous, At
8:27 AM
Pat's leg presses are helping him get a "jump start" on the rapture. (groan!)
By
Kevin Beck, At
9:54 AM
What, God told me I could leg press a Mac truck if I just believe. You folks just gotta have a little faith in good old Pat.
P.S. I think I will send him that letter you spoke of.
By
Chris Ledgerwood, At
6:36 PM
I agree that Robertson has gone over the edge. I think we're all humans and therefore make mistakes. Pat's mistakes in the form of extremely unrealistic comments are leading to extreme criticism...and perhaps rightly so. He's now entered the "Falwell" category in my book as an "extreme extremist." I disagree with Mr. Hoag in putting Dobson into the same category. Dr. Dobson, in my opinion, speaks loudly on behalf of many Christian beliefs the world has seemingly forgotten. On the flip side, I am somewhat disappointed in Dobson's political rants within the past year or so.
By
Matt Townsley, At
7:35 PM
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