Pat Robertson is no stranger to controversies, and uncomfortably so. He has been called everything from ‘loathsome’ to ‘philanthropist’. The latest in his never ending list of quivering diatribe is his assertion is the people of Haiti are ‘cursed’ because they made a ‘pact with the devil’. His previous such statements include concurring that 9/11 happened because of ACLU, the abortionists, the pagans, the feminists and the LGBT community, and that hurricane Katrina was God’s punishment for America’s sins. Of course, The Onion has been generous enough to have its own additions it this!
One is forced to wonder: why is Pat Robertson saying such things knowing fully well that he is hurting people through his statements and hate? There has to be a logical explanation for it, and I think I have found one. My explanation is based on three important assumptions: (a) Pat Robertson believes that Jesus died for everyone’s sins, (b) he believes that the end times is near, and (c) he is a capitalist.
On October 23rd, 2009, the American Law Institute(ALI) resolved to withdraw Section 210.6 of the Model Penal Code (MPC). The official copy of the resolution (proposed on April 15, 2009) is available here (in PDF). Why is this important? Simply because peeling back the obfuscating legalese reveals that this resolution has effectively demolished the intellectual …
Indeed, TSA is much like the Chihuahua that Jeff Dunham talks about in the opening act of his “Spark of Insanity” tour. The sketch goes something like this [source]: “I figured out size does matter in the canine brain. Bill – golden retriever – very smart animal. When he was a puppy and I had …
January 5, 2010 – 12:43 am
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By Semantic Overload
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Posted in US, humor
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Tagged chihuahua, humor, Jeff Dunham, nigerian, profiling, travel, TSA, US, yemen
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If you needed any evidence at all to convince you that Glenn Beck is an insightful journalist with untarnished ethos, he provides a new one everyday on his self-titled Faux News program. Here is his new one reflecting his acumen on understanding of the health care systems in India and the US.
December 13, 2009 – 2:58 am
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By Semantic Overload
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Posted in US, india, rant, video
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Tagged Glenn Beck, healthcare, india, Narayana Hrudayalaya, rant, sarcasm, US, Wall Street Journal
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