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To: combjelly who wrote (318507)	1/3/2007 1:24:33 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574714

"I'm not necessarily saying it's going to be nuclear," he said during his news-and-talk television show "The 700 Club" on the Christian Broadcasting Network. "The Lord didn't say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that." Hmmm.....not nuclear but something like that. Are we talking lots of dynamite or TNT? What's "not nuclear but something like that"? And why can't we have Pat Robertson deported for being a major pain in the butt and for embarrassing God? ******************************************************* Pat Robertson predicts 'mass killing'** January 3, 2007 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. --In what has become an annual tradition of prognostications, religious broadcaster Pat Robertson said Tuesday God has told him that a terrorist attack on the United States would result in "mass killing" late in 2007. "I'm not necessarily saying it's going to be nuclear," he said during his news-and-talk television show "The 700 Club" on the Christian Broadcasting Network. "The Lord didn't say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that." Robertson said God told him during a recent prayer retreat that major cities and possibly millions of people will be affected by the attack, which should take place sometime after September. Robertson said God also told him that the U.S. only feigns friendship with Israel and that U.S. policies are pushing Israel toward "national suicide." Robertson suggested in January 2006 that God punished then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon with a stroke for ceding Israeli-controlled land to the Palestinians. The broadcaster predicted in January 2004 that President Bush would easily win re-election. Bush won 51 percent of the vote that fall, beating Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts. In 2005, Robertson predicted that Bush would have victory after victory in his second term. He said Social Security reform proposals would be approved and Bush would nominate conservative judges to federal courts. Lawmakers confirmed Bush's 2005 nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. But the president's Social Security initiative was stalled. "I have a relatively good track record," he said. "Sometimes I miss." In May, Robertson said God told him that storms and possibly a tsunami were to crash into America's coastline in 2006. Even though the U.S. was not hit with a tsunami, Robertson on Tuesday cited last spring's heavy rains and flooding in New England as partly fulfilling the prediction. © Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. boston.com

To: combjelly who wrote (318507)	1/3/2007 8:22:58 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1574714

CJ, > The Democrats have an opportunity to reshape government as it has been practiced for a long time. It's unlikely that they'll do a damn thing. All they'll do is focus on Iraq and making sure that it continues to be a millstone around the president's neck. Meanwhile, everyone in Congress, Dem and GOP, will continue bringing home the bacon for their constituents. Why? Because (a) Iraq is what got the Dems elected in the first place, and (b) out-of-control spending continues to be blamed on Bush, and I don't expect the Dems to change that perception. Tenchusatsu