Heat makes Pat Robertson a global warming "convert"

icantstandit · 08-03-2006, 06:15 PM

(Pretty funny, considering he was blaming all of the natural disasters on gays and liberals less than a year ago. Any other Global Warming "converts" here, now that we are experiencing record heat across the globe?)

Heat makes Pat Robertson a global warming "convert"

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Conservative Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson said on Thursday the wave of scorching temperatures across the United States has converted him into a believer in global warming.

"We really need to address the burning of fossil fuels," Robertson said on his "700 Club" broadcast. "It is getting hotter, and the icecaps are melting and there is a buildup of carbon dioxide in the air."

This week the heat index, the perceived temperature based on both air temperatures and humidity, reached 115 Fahrenheit in some regions of the U.S. East Coast. The 76-year-old Robertson told viewers that was "the most convincing evidence I've seen on global warming in a long time."

Last year, Robertson said natural disasters affecting the globe, including hurricanes Katrina and Rita that wrecked the U.S. Gulf Coast, might be signs that the biblical apocalypse was nearing.

The issue has divided conservative Christians.
In October, Robertson, a former Republican presidential candidate, said the National Association of Evangelicals was teaming up with "far left environmentalists" for saying global warming was caused by humans and needed to be mitigated.
Signers of that statement included California mega-church pastor Rick Warren, author of the bestselling "The Purpose Driven Life."

In the late 1990s, Robertson paid at least $300,000 to investigate the revival of an oil refinery east of Los Angeles. The bid was unsuccessful.
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USAMMAFAN · 08-03-2006, 06:22 PM

The Apocalypse Is Near, Repent!

cakewalkbaby · 08-03-2006, 06:26 PM

Hell no. It's freezing where I am.

... probably change my mind in 6 months though.

icantstandit · 08-03-2006, 07:05 PM

And as an FYI, now that global warming is a reality... San Francisco's famous fog was barely here this summer and IT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL HERE!

clmetal · 08-03-2006, 07:12 PM

he has been discredited years ago, so big deal no matter what he says.

I hope the people who bitch about global warming and republicans on this issue actually do something themselves (my bet is very few do shit besides complain)

icantstandit · 08-03-2006, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by cl****l

he has been discredited years ago, so big deal no matter what he says.

I hope the people who bitch about global warming and republicans on this issue actually do something themselves (my bet is very few do shit besides complain)

I drive a Hybrid and I smell my own farts! Does that count?

clmetal · 08-03-2006, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by icantstandit

I drive a Hybrid and I smell my own farts! Does that count?

I recommend you burn the farts for heat in the winter.

If you paid more money for a hybrid, yes, that does count for something

Clam Section · 08-03-2006, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by icantstandit

And as an FYI, now that global warming is a reality... San Francisco's famous fog was barely here this summer and IT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL HERE!

I can vouch for that. It's never sunny in July in San FranGayDisco.

Clam Section · 08-03-2006, 08:24 PM

Now if he'll just STOP with the silly Christain fundamentalist proselytizing...

choycheese · 08-03-2006, 09:45 PM

How can such an idiot have such a big following. Oh wait… religion.