Letter to Pat Robertson
August 25th, 2005
http://www.cbn.com/700club/

Dear Mr. Robertson,

Exactly what part of “Thou Shalt Not Kill” do you not understand?

Sincerely,
Andy Valeri
Dayton, Ohio

P.S. How are things going with Freedom Gold these days? Are your investments doing okay, or have you been seeing diminishing returns since your business partner Charles Taylor had to back out of his commitments to your financial plans, what with being on the run from those pesky international socialist types at the UN and International Criminal Court. Fully unwarranted accusations, I’m sure, that bit about his being involved in war crimes and crimes against humanity and all. Just curious if those diamond mines you were operating with Mr. Taylor in Sierra Leone were still reaping the same profits, particularly since Mr. Taylor hasn’t been on the scene to keep things in line by chopping off the arms of children who wouldn’t fight for him or do the mining work. But at least they’ve been given the generous opportunity of finding the Lord through your missionary efforts via your investments in Freedom Gold.

And that’s a pretty nifty title for your company, too. Freedom Gold. Was that supposed to be your way of honoring the words of James, half brother of Jesus, or was it meant more as an homage to George Orwell?

“Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you!
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in last days.
Indeed, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord.
You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.”
- James; 5, 1-6

Good luck on your day of reckoning, Mr. Robertson. You’re going to need it.