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Initech

(100,080 posts) Tue Aug 18, 2015, 11:41 AM Aug 2015

John Oliver Exposes Prosperity Gospel Hypocrisy And Establishes His Own Tax Free Church

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John Oliver Exposes Prosperity Gospel Hypocrisy And Establishes His Own Tax Free Church (Original Post) Initech Aug 2015 OP

Colbert formed his own super pac and so Oliver forms his own church Gothmog Aug 2015 #1

And John Stewart forms his own farm animal resort. Kablooie Aug 2015 #10

Profitable and Tax-Free: A Great Racket Octafish Aug 2015 #2

That's exactly what it is, good observation! nt haikugal Aug 2015 #4

Hey George Carlin was right - it's a big club and we're not in it. Initech Aug 2015 #5

I loved it! I've watched the show twice already. I want my own church too. Solly Mack Aug 2015 #3

I want to establish myself as a corporation and a church. Initech Aug 2015 #6

Nice! And you could have a theme park called Initech World! Solly Mack Aug 2015 #7

Which would be just a giant farm of cubicles. Initech Aug 2015 #8

lolol! Call it the Maze of Enlightenment. Solly Mack Aug 2015 #9

Gothmog

(145,313 posts)

1. Colbert formed his own super pac and so Oliver forms his own church

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 11:44 AM

Aug 2015

This will be fun to watch

Kablooie

(18,634 posts)

10. And John Stewart forms his own farm animal resort.

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 01:10 PM

Aug 2015

Not as much fun but a pretty cool thing to do.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)

2. Profitable and Tax-Free: A Great Racket

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 11:44 AM

Aug 2015

Ask Pat Robertson. Rupert Murdoch gave him $1.9 Billion for the Family Channel.

http://www.publiceye.org/ifas/fw/9809/empire.html

It's like a "Pass The Loot" club for Old Boys.

haikugal

(6,476 posts)

4. That's exactly what it is, good observation! nt

Reply to Octafish (Reply #2)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 11:54 AM

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Initech

(100,080 posts)

5. Hey George Carlin was right - it's a big club and we're not in it.

Reply to Octafish (Reply #2)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 11:56 AM

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Solly Mack

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3. I loved it! I've watched the show twice already. I want my own church too.

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 11:54 AM

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Initech

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6. I want to establish myself as a corporation and a church.

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #3)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 11:58 AM

Aug 2015

That way I get all the quid pro quo benefits of being a corporation, and I get all the tax free benefits of having my own church.

Solly Mack

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7. Nice! And you could have a theme park called Initech World!

Reply to Initech (Reply #6)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 12:09 PM

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Initech

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8. Which would be just a giant farm of cubicles.

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #7)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 12:17 PM

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Solly Mack

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9. lolol! Call it the Maze of Enlightenment.

Reply to Initech (Reply #8)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 12:20 PM

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