“I’m not necessarily saying it’s going to be nuclear. The Lord didn’t say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that.” — Pat Robertson, predicting some sort of attack on the US in the coming year.
I’m just relieved The Lord didn’t say nu-cu-lear.
Robertson has previously predeicted that President Bush would win the 2004 election by a landslide and “that Bush would have victory after victory in his second term.”
Other picks:
- Superbowl winner: Detroit Lions
- World Series: Cubs
- Brittany and K-Fed get back together
Best quote in the story: “I have a relatively good track record,” he said. “Sometimes I miss.”
But you claimed God is your inside source. This means either God isn’t quite as omnipotent and omniscient as you claim or maybe the Supreme Being just likes messing with you.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”
— Mencken
Collateral Damage 