Posted on 04/16/2014 4:05:42 AM PDT by servo1969
Say what you will about former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but don’t you dare accuse of him of being modest.
The New York Times reported Tuesday that Bloomberg plans to spend $50 million of his estimated $31 billion fortune this year to combat the National Rifle Association. Speaking of his advocacy of liberal causes like gun-control and preventing New Yorkers from enjoying “Big Gulp” sodas, Bloomberg told the Times, reportedly with a grin, “I am telling you if there is a God, when I get to heaven I’m not stopping to be interviewed.”
“I am heading straight in,” he went on. “I have earned my place in heaven. It’s not even close.”
In pursuing his self-professed heavenly mission to fight gun rights, Bloomberg says he plans to be ruthless in opposing politicians who refuse to fall in line on the issue.
“They say, ‘We don’t care. We’re going to go after you,’ ” he told the Times, speaking of the NRA. “ ‘If you don’t vote with us we’re going to go after your kids and your grandkids and your great-grandkids. And we’re never going to stop.”
“We’ve got to make them afraid of us,” he reasoned.
But as the Times notes, “Mr. Bloomberg has already spent millions of dollars trying to persuade members of Congress to support enhanced background check laws with virtually nothing to show for it.”
The $50 million dollar commitment, however, takes his anti-gun advocacy to the next level. As a comparison, the Times reports that the NRA spent less than half as much on its gun rights advocacy last year.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/04/15/bloomberg-on-his-liberal-advocacy-ive-earned-my-place-in-heaven-its-not-even-close/#ixzz2z2vokBC7
Is he in for a big surprise!
Good grief, HEAVEN CANNOT be EARNED!
“We’ve got to make them afraid of us.”
I will never be afraid of you, Mikey.
Well, he's got that right! If you aren't certain about the first part of your statement, then the second part is true. It's just not going to be the outcome you expect.
Kind of like Monopoly. Do Not Pass Go. Do not collect $200.
Pardon my ignorance of Judaism, but is he being a bit heretical or is he just trying to speak to the simple people in a term they might understand?
Hey Mikey,
You don’t go to heaven if you don’t believe with all your heart, mind, and soul.
To quote you, “If there is a god....”
It is said that there are no atheists in hell. That’s true....lots of FORMER atheists, but once they meet God at the judgement they then believe.
Hmmm... quite a Christian statement.
Does he believe in Christmas too?
Earned his place has he? What religion is that?
This Malden MA boy is living proof that Massholes proliferate the nation like a fungus. Inflicting their disease wherever they go.
Sorry, Bloomers. You and your bored billionaire antics don’t earn you a spot in heaven.
If Nanny Bloomberg had made the statement as follows, ' “I am telling you if there is Allah, when I get to Mecca I’m not stopping to be interviewed.”, he would bu ducking shoes, hiring security for all the death threats, apologizing profusely and facing a litany of admonishment from the political class - but because his insults deal with Christianity and Christians, crickets.
God shall not be mocked. The lake of fire is ready and waiting for you, Nanny....jump right in.
“I am telling you if there is a God, when I get to heaven I’m not stopping to be interviewed.”
Hey Bloomie, its not an interview. God already knows everything about you.
The ego of these people who think the creator, the Alpha and the Omega, is dependent upon their opinion.
God will have the last Word.
We believe that, but maybe Bloomberg believes he can buy his way in. Hell, he has bought his way into everything else he wants.
Uber arrogance on display. Mikey, I gotta remind you that God is not mocked. You be playing with fire, no pun intended.
Proverbs 16:18 much?
You’re right Bloomy....It’s not even close....
Read Luke 16:19-31. You’ll be exactly where that rich man is. Not only do you think you can just earn your way in—you actually still question if there is a “god”.
You’re a clown and a fool....
Still...I pray for fools like you.
These may help :)
John 14:6
John 6:29
Romans 10:9-10
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