Conservative Values, Politics
God’s in the White House: In a move that is intended to either a) establish a theocracy in Washington, or b) consign faith-based initiatives to the dustbin of incompetency, yesterday George Bush signed an executive order calling for the establishment of a Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at the Department of Homeland Security.
I am not making this up, here’s the link. The austensible purpose of this order is to “to help the Federal Government coordinate a national effort to expand opportunities for faith-based and other community organizations and to strengthen their capacity to better meet America’s social and community needs.”
Within 45 days from the date of the order, the secretary of DHS, Michael Chertoff, is supposed to appoint a director in consultation with the director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (or WHOFBCI director in White House speak), put together appropriate staff, administrative support, and other resources to meet the center’s responsibilities.
Sounds like crony time!
Bush did end the order with this caveat: “This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by a party against the United States, its agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.”
Well, that’s a relief!
Topics: Conservative Values, Politics
IS THIS NEWS?
THIS IS HOW GEORGE W GOT TO THE WHITE HOUSE, TWICE.
AS LONG WE DO NOT STRONGLY CHALLENGE THE SEPARATION
OF CHURCH AND STATE, THE REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO
USE THE RELIGIOUS CARD FOREVER, ROWE PROVED THEM
THAT CARD BUYS MILLIONS OF VOTES WITH THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE MONEY, GREAT DEAL!.
The ACLU ought to challenge this immediately in court, although with Alito and Roberts in there now, this obviously unConstitutional mandate might just survive.
The right-wing mullahs are taking over!!!
Hi –
Just a note on spelling…”austensible” is not a word. The correct spelling is ostensibly.
If we allow major misspellings in the first paragraph or two, we only encourage the illiterate to read further, and the literate to move along.
The substance however remains troubling to say the least.
Oops…I did it myself!! Ostensible!!!!
Sorry!
i knew those “missionaries” who came to my door looked an awful lot like government types…..
Well, thank the goddess that my religious liberty will finally be protected by faith-based people who have governmental authority to beat infidels with billy clubs and kick them with jackboots.
Oh, wait. *I* am an infidel. Cr@p.