Pat Robertson's Katrina Cash

**dukedogsmom** · 09-08-2005, 12:11 PM

Article is rather lengthy so I'll put a little here and give you a link.
article | posted September 7, 2005 (web only)

Pat Robertson's Katrina Cash
Max Blumenthal

Every cloud has a silver lining. Hurricane Katrina has devastated New Orleans, leaving thousands dead and hundreds of thousands homeless, and plunging the entire city into chaos. In the hurricane's wake, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its director, Michael Brown, forced out of his former job at the International Arabian Horse Association, with no credentials in disaster relief, have become targets of withering criticism. Yet FEMA's relief efforts have brought considerable assistance to at least one man who stands to benefit from Hurricane Katrina perhaps more than any other individual: Pat Robertson.

With the Bush Administration's approval, Robertson's $66 million relief organization, Operation Blessing, has been prominently featured on FEMA's list of charitable groups accepting donations for hurricane relief. Dozens of media outlets, including the New York Times, CNN and the Associated Press, duly reprinted FEMA's list, unwittingly acting as agents soliciting cash for Robertson. "How in the heck did that happen?" Richard Walden, president of the disaster-relief group Operation USA, asked of Operation Blessing's inclusion on FEMA's list. "That gives Pat Robertson millions of extra dollars."

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http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050919/blumenthal

**momoffuzzyfaces** · 09-08-2005, 01:33 PM

The money doesn't go to Pat Robertson. It goes to Opperation Blessing which is sponsored by the 700 Club. It does relief work around the world including digging water wells in third world countires that have no fresh water in the villages.

It also sends food and supplies to places like Kenya or where it's needed.

That's like saying every tax dollar we pay goes to the President!