tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817682567561164198.post3677947731333748319..comments2024-02-20T09:54:37.105-06:00Comments on Talking About Ritual Magick: Wrath of God or Natural Causes?Frater.Barrabbashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11689013897789072360noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817682567561164198.post-46450017827280237682010-01-15T08:06:59.734-06:002010-01-15T08:06:59.734-06:00If there's any "pact with the Devil"...If there's any "pact with the Devil" involved it's the fact that Haiti is still paying off the IMF & Inter-American Development Bank. At present, this represents about 20% of the Haitian GDP.<br /><br />According to some sources the only way to fund the repair will be for them to borrow more money, putting them back into debt levels roughly equivalent to what they suffered under the Duvaliers, when about 80% of the Haitian GDP went to paying off the interest on its international loans.<br /><br />So, in a metaphorical sense, Haiti did make a deal with the devil, which broke its back and kept it crippled for the last 50 off years. And it's going to have to make another one with those same devils to even start recovering from the earthquake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817682567561164198.post-2326900090388724082010-01-15T06:50:08.593-06:002010-01-15T06:50:08.593-06:00Pat Robertson is a disgusting, racist pig. That so...Pat Robertson is a disgusting, racist pig. That someone can use such a horrible tragedy to hawk their ideology is unimaginable. *Naturally* slaves who turn to their ancestral religion and magic to empower themselves and gain freedom would be "making a pact with satan". The subtext here seems to be that slavery is the will of the God, whilst freedom from ones God-ordained white captors requires a pact with the devil. Absolutely revolting.Balthazarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00082560653346684284noreply@blogger.com