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Related: About this forumTYT: Christian Lawmakers Fall For Noah's Ark Scam And Then...
*It might have been a warning sign when he said he'd found Noah's Ark. Ponzi schemes are notoriously attractive at the onset, then look awfully stupid in the rear-view mirror. The latest, in Texas, involves conservative Christian lawmakers and a man who promised outsized profits on energy trading software, milking lawmakers with his alleged Christian bona fides. "I ran into him at a conservative event," state Rep. Bill Zedler told the Dallas Morning News. "What he had said was he was in the Mount Ararat region and they had come up with some stuff. He may have given me a DVD." In essence, they say they put their faith in a man who played at being godly and literally buttered his pitch in bible verse...* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
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TYT: Christian Lawmakers Fall For Noah's Ark Scam And Then... (Original Post)
WhoIsNumberNone
Mar 2014
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DhhD
(4,695 posts)1. How interesting it is that Texas GOPers want to, "Fall," for this or that self compensation
that has to do with the culture of money changing that, Chamber life, gives them (Senate and House Chambers).
packman
(16,296 posts)2. Put their money into the Ark
but, unfortunately, it keep raining and the Ark sank.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)3. K & R !!!
Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)4. Is it wierd I'm not surprized at this?
If I saw this in a movie, I'd be crying "bullshit" and bashing the writers. Cause it's real, I go..yeah, it's rich fundie dipshits.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)5. Always have a DURec for Cenk Uygur.
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tanyev
(42,577 posts)6. Scammers see the faithful as a flock just waiting to be fleeced.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)7. K&R! Way to go, Cenk!