Welcome, Guest.
Please login or register.
Watergate's Chuck Colson Dies AT 80
Rotterdam NY...the people's voice    Rotterdam's Virtual Internet Community     Chit Chat About Anything  ›  Watergate's Chuck Colson Dies AT 80 Moderators: Admin
Users Browsing Forum
Googlebot and 92 Guests

Watergate's Chuck Colson Dies AT 80  This thread currently has 185 views. |
1 Pages 1 Recommend Thread
Admin
April 22, 2012, 5:42am Report to Moderator
Board Moderator
Posts
18,484
Reputation
64.00%
Reputation Score
+16 / -9
Time Online
769 days 23 minutes
Quoted Text
Chuck Colson Dead: Watergate Scandal Figure Dies At 80
By JESSICA GRESKO 04/21/12 09:15 PM ET     

WASHINGTON — He was described as the "evil genius" of the Nixon administration, and spent the better part of a year in prison for a Watergate-related conviction. His proclamations following his release that he was a new man, redeemed by his religious faith, were met with more than skepticism by those angered at the abuses he had perpetrated as one of Nixon's hatchet men.

But Charles "Chuck" Colson spent the next 35 years steadfast in his efforts to evangelize to a part of society scorned just as he was. And he became known perhaps just as much for his efforts to minister to prison inmates as for his infamy with Watergate.

Colson died Saturday at age 80. His death was confirmed by Jim Liske, chief executive of the Lansdowne, Va.-based Prison Fellowship Ministries that Colson founded. Liske said the preliminary cause of death was complications from brain surgery Colson had at the end of March. He underwent the surgery to remove a clot after becoming ill March 30 while speaking at a conference...........................>>>>............................>>>>................http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/21/chuck-colson-dead-watergate-scandal-dies-80_n_1443042.html
Logged
Private Message
senders
April 22, 2012, 6:35am Report to Moderator
Hero Member
Posts
29,348
Reputation
70.97%
Reputation Score
+22 / -9
Time Online
1574 days 2 hours 22 minutes
evil genius.....hahahahahahahahahahahaha


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS

Logged Offline
Private Message Reply: 1 - 1
1 Pages 1 Recommend Thread
|


Thread Rating
There is currently no rating for this thread