Apr 04, 2006 00:42
According to a June 2, 1999 article in The Virginian-Pilot,[11] Taylor had extensive business dealings with televangelist Pat Robertson. According to the article, Taylor gave Robertson (who also had business dealings with Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire) the rights to mine for diamonds in Liberia's mineral-rich countryside. According to two airplane pilots who reported this incident to the state of Virginia for investigation in 1994, Robertson used his Operation Blessing planes to haul diamond-mining equipment to Robertson's mines in Liberia, despite the fact that Robertson was telling his 700 Club viewers that the planes were sending relief supplies to the victims of the genocide in Rwanda. The subsequent investigation by the state of Virginia concluded that Robertson diverted his ministry's donations to the Liberian diamond-mining operation, but Attorney General of Virginia Mark Earley blocked any potential prosecution against Robertson.
This is what i know, we made a pact to always keep it revolutionary. Malcom X, call him what you will, teaches that all revolutions are landbased, and from what i observe i find it to be pretty damn right. I figure the best thing to do is become self sufficient off the land in North Africa and see where that leads us. Because we all know any stateside attempt would end in peacenik hippy tree hugging, not that that isn't great.
I know, let's all go to college so we don't end up like gangstalicous grampa.