If you've ever smelled a crab that's fresh out of the ocean, you know that they don't naturally have a fresh, crisp aroma. But, if you've ever smelled a crab that had mistaken been stuck in a suitcase and forgotten about for a week, you know that the Government has just declared my building a Disaster Area.You. Have. No. Idea.
And, on a lighter note, Pat Robertson finally apologized, and since the topic of this blog last week was apologies... I went where no person has gone before -- to Pat Robertson's web page -- to get the real deal. (Who knew he has an anti-aging shake that sells at GNC?)At first, Robertson said:
I didn't say 'assassination.' I said our special forces should 'take him out.' And 'take him out' can be a number of things, including kidnapping; there are a number of ways to take out a dictator from power besides killing him. I was misinterpreted by the AP, but that happens all the time.
Here's what he actually said:
If he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think we really ought to go ahead and do it.
I want to be charitable to Mr. Robertson, but that was Clintonian.
Then today, he came out with this apology:
Is it right to call for assassination? No, and I apologize for that statement. I spoke in frustration...
Anyone remember what he said about 9/11 while the World Trade Centers were still smoldering?
I won't repeat it here. But I really wish he would focus full time on his anti-aging cures. I bet they are more effective than his rhetorical skills and tact....
21 comments:
No time to comment, I am rushing to GNC--after I start my PD shakes, I will probably wow you with all my wise comments--so HANG ON!!!
JB
Nancy you are holding out on us. I am so glad I clicked over to "Pat's" website. One I learned that is not even his name. But more importantly (and shame on you) he has "age defying protein pancakes"!!!! Now that's sounds like were in business. Yeah...pancakes.
being an outsider, I can't help but notice the link between churchs and pancakes.
you forgot about a crab in your suitcase? um, Nancy... why did you pack the crab in your suitcase?
Crab in your suitcase? I'm not sure I really wanna know. Ok, maybe. No. I don't. Sorta. Why was it in there? No don't tell me.
Pat Robertson... posted about that fiasco on my own blog, so I won't take up your space. But, wow... how "Christian" of him. Gotta get me some of that "Pat's Diet Shake" though!
ACG,
As a Jew, you may not be familiar with the "pancake breakfasts" that are held are churches all over America. A Christian tradition. NOW, however, we CHristians are gonna start looking awfully good --using Pat's Age Defying Pancakes!
Yet another reason to convert,
Nancy
Okay, ACG and J&O,
Didn't your mother teach you anything? Right next to your toothbrush and your fresh undies, you are supposed to pack sea creatures.
No, it looked just like a shell because it was all hidden up in there. We had collected a hundred crabs while at the beach... But this one was uniquely pretty. Since we couldn't see the crab, we thought it was empty.
But, it wasn't.
It really wasn't.
I am still about to gag.
NJ
I am FAR from a Pat Robertson fan. But I just have to comment on this. So, if we all believe in the right to free speech, why not write instead in support of Pat's right to speak? I find what he said atrocious, but if you are totally in support of the right to speak, doesn't he have the right to verbalize his opinion, similar to Ward Churchill,the Univ of Colorado professor, who called those who died in the Towers during 9/11 "little Eichmann's"? I may believe he should not have spouted those words for all to hear, but I find it sad that a "Christian" is quickly vilified, yet Ward Churchill is being asked to speak at universities across the country.
The real issue, in my book, is regardless of his Christianity, Pat should of grown a backbone and stood by his words, and said "It didn't sound great, but hey, it is what I believe, and I am entitled to my opinion" Instead, he has become the epitomy of spin and tried to redefine what he said. And we wonder why the world is skeptical of Christians.
I am resisting the easy crabs/underwear joke...
I've seen the signs for those pancake breakfasts all over the suburbs... that's the church/pancake connection I was talkin' about.
Dear Anonymous,
Sorry, I didn't mean to indicate that he shouldn't have the RIGHT to speak, but I do feel he reflects badly on Christianity. And that's what bothers me. As a Christian, I'm embarassed at the headlines he generates. I don't think that he should be forbidden to speak. I think, however, that sometimes he should definitely use more discretion.
You may have a valid point that the media treated Churchill with kid gloves compared to our protein pancake king though.
Great comments!
Nancy
I'm all for free speach... but using your non-profit religious entity status to push a business venture is just wrong.
Anon,
That's the thing about free speech. People are free to speak, the rest of us are free to consider whether what they say is correct.
Pat was wrong. Again.
I don't know if the above comment directed to me saying what he did was wrong.
I was not talking about "free speach". I was talking about the illegal activity of promoting ones private for-profit business venture using your non-profit releigious organization. He is free to promote and say what ever he's little heart desires, but if he wants the benefit of tax exempt status, he has to play within the rules.
He can always give up that status and turn his TV program into the church of qvc... can't have it both ways.
ACG,
I think he's famous with nonprofit stuff, but I doubt that protein pancake stuff is selling through his church. I mean, that website is his personal website... And the world does need another diet shake...
NJ
Okay that does it, I am unsubscribing to Pat's email updates. I dont like buckwheat pancales anyway. OTAY?
the issue came up cause he brought up his "food business" on his religious TV show (which is part of the tax except entity)... forget that it is under the blacket of religion... whenever you get a special status, like tax exempt for whatever reason, you can not have the "appearance of inpropriaty" (spelling sucks but you get what I'm saying).
Oooh... I didn't know he used his show to hock his stuff. I bet if you even scratched the surface of his financial empire, it would be shocking.
You preach it, my Jewish sister.
Nancy, a crab? really? I don't know about you anymore. And now your dissing Pat. Excuse me while I delete your e-mail address from my address box...
ShellBell, you are powerless against my charms... You can't resist this blog and my random thoughts on life... Admit it.
Plus, I was dissing him before I knew about the protein pancakes...
Pat's sin wasn't speaking his mind, it was lying about it later. What he said was stupid and, unfortunately for him, revelatory but he certainly has the right to hold that belief and to express it.
Maybe you could send him your suitcase as a comment on his decidedly un-Christian behavior.
JJ,
You wouldn't believe how stupid I am. When I found that stupid shell, it never ocurred to me to just throw it away. AFter all, we'd killed it. We should at least keep the shell.
Anyway, so I threw it in a pot and boiled it. You wouldn't believe the smell. The kids were almost puking.
Then, I took out the shell -- there were little body fragments floating around in the water -- and poured the smelly water down the drain.
THEN, I put the still stinky shell in a mug of cold water.
Then, after all that, I decided to throw it away, deciding it wasn't worth it.
This morning, I was drinking my morning coffee, and was amazed at how I kept smelling that crab.
You guessed it, I was drinking out of the decontamination mug. It had been washed, but not enough. So then I had the taste of it in my mouth...
So gross!
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