Politics - 5 December 2007

Preacher rebuffs Senate spending inquiry
By ERIC GORSKI and RACHEL ZOLL, AP Religion Writers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071206/ap_on_re_us/televangelists_finances;_ylt=AltwA6R8Uf24dA6jU1gO1cNH2ocA


One of six Christian ministries under investigation by a Senate committee is rebuffing inquiries into its spending, challenging the panel's watchdog role over religious groups, The Associated Press has learned.
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Roberts says God forced his resignation
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071129/ap_on_re_us/oral_roberts_scandal;_ylt=AlGVl65D5uuFe.GA2exgLpw7Xs8F

TULSA, Okla. - Richard Roberts told students at Oral Roberts University that he did not want to resign as president of the scandal-plagued evangelical school, but that he did so because God insisted.

Christian school president resigns amid scandal
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071124/us_nm/usa_evangelist_resignation_dc;_ylt=Aonj_0_u3U686TE36LSqsUI7Xs8F

The scandal has included allegations that Roberts, who is also a televangelist, used university funds for an extravagant personal lifestyle.

Oral Roberts University gets $70M pledge
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071128/ap_on_re_us/oral_roberts_scandal_17

Last week, university president Richard Roberts, the son of the school's founder and namesake, resigned. He will remain chairman of the association and be allowed to live in his university-owned home near campus for the time being, said George Pearsons, the regents' chairman.

Roberts and his father will remain "spiritual regents," who cannot vote on university matters. Richard Roberts' wife, Lindsay Roberts, stepped down as a regent about a month ago, Pearsons said.

The younger Roberts and the evangelical university have come under fire since three former professors sued last month, alleging wrongful termination.

The lawsuit includes allegations of a $39,000 shopping tab at one store for Lindsay Roberts, a $29,411 Bahamas senior trip on the university jet for one of Roberts' daughters, and a stable of horses for the Roberts children.

In the days after the lawsuit was filed, the university revealed it was more than $50 million in debt.

2007-12-05 16:15:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

What if some people's hatred of Bush keeps them from the truth?

2007-12-05 16:14:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Come on people...there's a war going on.

2007-12-05 16:05:04 · 15 answers · asked by Grunty O 2

What if Saddam really did have WMDs and trucked them to Syria before we invaded?

2007-12-05 15:52:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-05 15:49:59 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

or do they already know bush is weak and a loser when it comes to intel and he can't get a damn thing right?

i.e. 911 (saudi knew better than bush)

Iraq- Sadam knew better than bush

Iran- sheekamitersacue knows better than bush.

i'll wager N. korea knows better than bush.

I'd even go so far to say that the any nut job smack addict knows something better than bush.

it's just not so tough to be an idiot these days. unfortunately you guys keep believing anything bush says!

2007-12-05 15:49:21 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-05 15:46:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-05 15:44:20 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-05 15:41:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hillary must be REALLY dumb

2007-12-05 15:41:49 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-05 15:35:52 · 19 answers · asked by art a 2

why is there are need for nuclear weapons in America?

2007-12-05 15:26:46 · 18 answers · asked by Neha B 3

2007-12-05 15:19:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

C'mon that was badass

2007-12-05 15:19:39 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-05 15:17:19 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

what if my mom had aborted me? How would it have changed the world?

2007-12-05 15:16:35 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

And why wouldn't you want the company you work for to receive tax cuts so they will be strong and provide for you and your family (and others)for years to come?

2007-12-05 15:12:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just don't agree with his views. His race means nothing.

Certain people like to pull the race card when it suits their purpose. To me, that make them a racist.

2007-12-05 15:00:14 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have this project to do. One of the questions is: What role did Ronald Reagan play during the AIDS breakout. I'm not really sure what happened, but I think that he addressed this problem, but didn't really do anything about it. Tell me if I'm wrong because I'm really not sure.

2007-12-05 14:57:26 · 11 answers · asked by Trinity 1

Obama is also a socialist and a liar. It's true. Why would somebody vote for a person who Jesus wouldn't support?

2007-12-05 14:52:05 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous

It would be a perfect job to serve the great hillary. She needs someone to serve her decaffinated coffe and KrispyKreeme doughnuts, polish her dainty toenails and do her laundry.

I would be honored to have that blessing placed uppon me!

2007-12-05 14:45:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

A few years ago, I heard of a group called the Reagan Legacy Project whose mission was to ensure every U.S. county in had a street or building named after Reagan. They stuck his name on the airport in Arlington,Virginia, and a few years later forced the local transit agency to rename the adjacent Metro station. One idiot congressman from Texas wanted to name a major street in DC after Reagan, but that luckily got shot down quickly, as a Northern Virginia congressman politely pointed out there were plenty of streets in his home district to name after him.

Isn't there something rather Stalinist about naming so many things after one person? Perhaps if they didn't start naming things after him while he was still alive or so soon after his death, I wouldn't think so.

I don't want to hear about what he did--I'm well aware of his policies--but I want to know why conservatives seem to put all their eggs into the Reagan basket.

2007-12-05 14:40:22 · 21 answers · asked by VeggieTart -- Let's Go Caps! 7

if someone in the store would have had a legally concealed weapon and a little courage?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071206/ap_on_re_us/mall_shooting

2007-12-05 14:24:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

That Bushy says he was not made aware Iran halted work toward a nuclear weapon under international scrutiny in 2003 and is unlikely to be able to produce enough enriched uranium for a bomb until 2010 to 2015, a U.S. intelligence reported and he said he didn't know that until last week?

2007-12-05 14:22:15 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-05 14:19:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

ive noticed alot of ppl talk down to ppl ?
now my question is to those ppl that enjoy talking down to ppl

Are you that effected by your lack of importance in the real world, that instead of trying to talk nicely and debate ,like a good number of us try to do ,that you have to ride your high horse in to every question and crap on the asker ?

2007-12-05 14:13:40 · 11 answers · asked by djominous20 5

During the repulsive debauchery in the streets of SF, young children were allowed to watch lewd and laschivious acts.

This happened in Nancy's district. Why does she refuse to condemn it? Where was "Arnold"?

"ZERO" arrests were made and the police were participating.

Where do we draw the line???

2007-12-05 13:50:40 · 8 answers · asked by The prophet of DOOM 5

the entire country

but we wont do it because of the poor ooil companies

2007-12-05 13:46:12 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Women are forbidden to drive, to show their head and to speak in public, and to shake a man’s hand. On television, preachers incite husbands to beat their wives “for their own good”.

Without permission, women cannot even drive a car or change the colour of their clothes, and television preachers warn that women who shake a man’s hand are committing “adultery of the hand”.

In some Saudi cities, a woman cannot even “show her face”, she cannot get married without permission nor can she “remain married if one of her male relatives decides that her husband's lineage is inferior to hers... nor can she sue for divorce without apologizing and paying a fine.” Without permission, she “cannot keep her children after the divorce... hold a senior position in the private or public sectors... annoy her husband, and finally, a woman's voice is considered [a form of] defilement, and she is forbidden to speak in public.”

What say you?

2007-12-05 13:42:55 · 18 answers · asked by Bubba 6

Whats the pupose?

2007-12-05 13:38:43 · 16 answers · asked by The prophet of DOOM 5