Leland said -
"Hey, its not really pulpit unless you have a bible thumping Religious
Righter hypocrite standing behind it spouting the End of Day with an
approaching battle of Armageddon, (eg WWIII) at the door.
Regards,
LelandJ"
I think perhaps we're not watching the same news programs ? CNN and it's
subnetworks have been doing special programs since Thursday last week,
giving the 'pulpit boys' time to get the message out. Hagee and his crew
have been rather prolific these last 5 days.
The thing that really bothers me (and I was hoping someone else would put
a stop to it) is that the Religous Right have organzined into a
money-paying organization, taking the time-tested model of Paid Lobbyists
combined with dropping millions of dollars into campaign funds to get the
'proper' attention.
It went even more south as the concept of 'faith-based initiatives'
started becoming reality. You know - the concept of giving federal funds
to a church, who in turn promise to use it for rebuilding communities
locally via drug-rehab programs, work-training programs, etc etc. I had
thought that if most non-religious entities had failed so often in doing
these things, what harm could it have to have it done with a religious
spin? Well, that turned into a pork-barrel project and there was much
debate in the house and senate, and it's not been funded (YEAH!)
Moving during the past 8 years, the Religious Right have funded so many
Republicans in the House and Senate, along with general RNC/P funding, and
they took it in, hook, line, and sinker - to make up that wonderful
'NeoCon' label.
If you guys want to talk about the seperation of Church and State in the
USA, stop the political fundraising going on within the Evangelical
Christian Movement. Anything else seems stupid. Politicians pay
attention to those who pay them campaign funds, and they have been paying
attention for these last 8 years.
Michael Madigan - about your original post:
Alas - thats how it's been - The Zionists have made a solid political
inroad over the last 45-50 years, and have used that same concept of
paying political contribution money to those who they wanted to control,
and then having their special interests protected. But - any other block
does this too - some of the bigger faux paux's were from the Steel
Industry ages past.
In short - its a basic model for getting the attention of any politican -
if you (as a group) want something done, pay yer money and hedge yer bets.
I'd love to see the Religious Right TOTALLY out of the picture, but that
cash machine keeps on sending money out to Politicians, and they keep
taking it, making promises to do things on the RR agenda, and turning
themselves into that NeoCon Republican model that just doesn't work for
this country.
I'm not a bible thumper, and I'm trying to stay non-political, after
becoming an in-the-closet Republican after George Bush became the Governor
of Texas . All I can hope is that someone else can make these same
linkages that I have, and stop the bullsh|t.
Our country was founded on the concept of seperation of Church and State,
and when the Church can buy power , somethings totally busted. I keep the
concept that Religion and Politics are personal, not to be shared with
others as opinions, etc etc, but the progression of events over the last 8
years makes me quite disgusted ..
regards [Bill]
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