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Re: sympathy for the Haitians
« Reply #15 on: January 14, 2010, 03:35:04 pm »
we're throwing a small benefit dinner at $100/plate, all profits will go to the red cross for haiti. there's always something your specific skills can bring to the table.
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Re: sympathy for the Haitians
« Reply #16 on: January 14, 2010, 03:37:51 pm »
Apparently more than a few people were unaware that when you text that code that you get billed $10. They thought it was one of those "do this and money will be donated" type things.
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Re: sympathy for the Haitians
« Reply #17 on: January 14, 2010, 04:44:46 pm »
Ironically, Robertson is an example of evolutionary natural selection at it's finest.  The dude with the dumb ideas gets more PR buzz, and so gets more dumb viewers who donate money.  Dude's found a damn niche. 

What I want to know is how you go about getting a job as one of Robertson's Ed McMahons?  Dude always goes on air with a sidekick.  He's got female side kicks, male sidekicks, even a distinguished black gentleman sidekick, with grey hair no less!  Whoever does his casting ain't no slouch.
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Re: sympathy for the Haitians
« Reply #18 on: January 14, 2010, 07:54:51 pm »
Evidently too many people flew to Haiti. The airport is jammed to capacity and they are out of jet fuel, so flights from the US aren't even allowed to take off. No phones, no airport, no sea port, and roads jammed with people.
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Re: sympathy for the Haitians
« Reply #19 on: January 15, 2010, 01:05:16 am »
Quote from: lprkn on January 14, 2010, 06:58:33 am
Their pact with the devil, obviously.

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Various prominent, mainline Christian voices have criticized Robertson's remarks, as not only untrue, but untimely and insensitive.

And fuck*ng crazy! Don't forget that it was totally crazy of him to say that! That guy is so insane.
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Re: sympathy for the Haitians
« Reply #20 on: January 15, 2010, 01:07:34 am »
Quote from: miles on January 15, 2010, 01:05:16 am
... untimely and insensitive.

Understatement of the year.
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Re: sympathy for the Haitians
« Reply #21 on: January 15, 2010, 03:02:39 am »
Yeah, 'untimely and insensitive' but they don't have the sack (or the sanity) to say he's outright wrong.
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Re: sympathy for the Haitians
« Reply #22 on: January 15, 2010, 03:32:35 pm »
Quote from: Doc on January 15, 2010, 03:02:39 am
Yeah, 'untimely and insensitive' but they don't have the sack (or the sanity) to say he's outright wrong.
That's not really true. That's the phrasing of whoever put that into wikipedia. One of the citations there says
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Just talked on radio about Pat Robertson's embarrassing comments about Haiti. Theological arrogance matched to ignorance.
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Re: sympathy for the Haitians
« Reply #23 on: January 15, 2010, 05:24:04 pm »
i posted this in the other thread, but its just so perfect for this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A2q60qg0WA
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Re: sympathy for the Haitians
« Reply #24 on: January 16, 2010, 03:06:58 am »
Quote from: JorgeFabregas on January 15, 2010, 03:32:35 pm
That's not really true. That's the phrasing of whoever put that into wikipedia. One of the citations there says

Fair call, I obviously didn't mean all religious people but there's always someone who'll try to play it down the middle by distancing themselves from the bad comments without actually disavowing them.
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Re: sympathy for the Haitians
« Reply #25 on: January 16, 2010, 04:39:24 am »
Rick Warren
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Re: sympathy for the Haitians
« Reply #26 on: January 16, 2010, 09:31:06 am »
>:(
« Last Edit: January 16, 2010, 09:39:50 am by Drygioni »
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Re: sympathy for the Haitians
« Reply #27 on: January 16, 2010, 09:35:11 am »
Socioeconomic Stockholm Syndrome makes people say weird things, Jude, A-CAP means well.

Same thing could be said of myself and my ridiculous mood swings, of course.
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Re: sympathy for the Haitians
« Reply #28 on: January 16, 2010, 09:39:28 am »
Quote from: littlefallsmets on January 16, 2010, 09:35:11 am
Socioeconomic Stockholm Syndrome makes people say weird things, Jude, A-CAP means well.

Same thing could be said of myself and my ridiculous mood swings, of course.

In retrospect I think that was more a post aimed at a lot of people with A-Cap the unfortunate focus.

In retrospect that post will be replaced with a  >:(
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Re: sympathy for the Haitians
« Reply #29 on: January 16, 2010, 09:54:23 am »
Yeah, in retrospect, I'd dial it back too but...

Well, since it was already quoted, the concept is moot.

My apologies for the melodrama, Caps, if not quite the point.

So I'll change the subject.

IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS: flawed masterpiece or normal-type masterpiece?
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