Although widely regarded, and commonly described, as a leader of the Christian conservative movement, Pat Robertson is first and foremost a political entrepreneur. Several years ago, to the great astonishment and disgust of many supporters, Rev. Robertson casually endorsed Red China's one-child population control policy, which involves compelled abortion and female infanticide. Not surprisingly, at the time he made those comments Robertson was seeking Beijing's permission to expand his media holdings in China.

There are reasons to believe that Robertson's conversion has more to do with mega-bucks than melting thermometers. He is the head of a large corporate conglomerate that includes at least one UN-accredited non-governmental organization (NGO), Project Blessing. And he's certainly canny enough to know about a UN proposal to divert literally trillions of dollars into environmental activism, particularly with reference to the world body's Kyoto Treaty on climate change.

At last January's Davos Economic Summit in Switzerland, the United Nations Development Programme made a proposal to create "an international pollution permit trading system which ... could deliver $3.64 trillion of global wealth," reported the January 30 Independent of London.

That permit trading system would be incomprehensibly lucrative for those interests connected to it — private companies, financial institutions, and various other political constituencies. However, the ticket to board the gravy train for politicians and corporate interests is public and tireless support for the UN's Kyoto framework.

This proposal explains, in large measure, the eagerness of erstwhile scoffers in the global warming crusade. Among the most prominent converts, reported Bloomberg News on April 24, are “Senators Pete Domenici of New Mexico, the chairman of the chamber’s Energy Committee; Mike DeWine of Ohio; and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, as well as Representative Jim Leach of Iowa.” In addition, “U.S. companies including General Electric Co. and Duke Energy Corp. have come out in support of national limits” on “greenhouse gases” such as carbon dioxide.

Also on board, pointed out the wire service story, is a group of 86 Evangelical Christian leaders who “called on the government to curb greenhouse gases.” They include Rick Warren, pastor of California's Saddleback mega-church, best-selling author of the "Purpose-Driven Life" series of books and ministerial tools, and the figure anointed by Time magazine as the most influential contemporary Evangelical leader. Not coincidentally, Warren is also on board for the UN-aligned "One" campaign, which seeks to boost foreign aid for the supposed purpose of Third World debt relief.

Robertson has done well by doing "good." His timely conversion to the green gospel illustrates that his instincts remain as sharp as ever.

Follow this link to the complete article from Reuters, "Pat Robertson Embraces Eco-Gospel"

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyid=2006-08-03T182715Z_01_N03438084_RTRUKOC_0_US-ROBERTSON.xml&src=rss&rpc=22

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