New revelations,(no pun intended) were released this week about Republican Senator John Ensign's affair.Apparently his family handed over $96,000" in gifts" to the mistress and her husband.These gifts were in $12,000 increments to avoid I.R.S. taxes. According to Ensign , Sen. Cobourne from Oklahoma encourage him to send millions of dollars to encourage the mistress to not go public.
It also exposed a relationship to "The Family" The Family is a fundamentalist religeous organization that operates "C Street" C Sstreet is a residence in Washington DC that provides housing for 7 Congressmen (including Ensign and Bobourne) at present. Disgraced Govoner Mark Sanford also cited a relationship to The Family and C Street during his recent nauseating confession of his hypochrisy.
The Family is so extreme in "their" interpretation of Christianity as to make Jerry Falwell and Hagee appear as Flame throwing athiest gay lovers. I saw a taped sermon and the despot's are territfying.Their position is that poeple of wealth and power were chosen by God to aquire wealth through power and power through wealth and any action or immoral transgression is acceptable. Murder, genocide or any other means that justifies the end. They endorse the actions of Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot and the like and state that these monsters were to be emulated and methods they used deployed because they were willing to go to any length to reach their objectives. Their philosophy and objectives are totally immoral and wholly un-Christian. I'm not a Christian but I recognize this.
So what? They are a bunch of fundamentalists who believe the aquisition of wealth through power and vice versa reached by any means necessary is acceptable. The believe the wealthy and powerful are chosen by God to to do as the will simply because the are participants who participate.
Here is the problem.This secret society exercises an unknown quantity of influence on 7 Congressman and at least 1 disgraced Govorner. The Disgraced Governor was the Chairman of the Republican Governer's Association. John Ensign was the Chairman of the Republican Senate Policy Commision.
It is safe to assume that Extreme religious fundamentalist exercize some level of influence over lawmakers who control policy in this country. This fundamentalist organization states that any action taken by these wealthy and powerful men is justifiable because God has chosen them.
Over the years I have wondered how Republican politicians could act as they have, Lies to enter an unjust war leading to the deaths of 100,000's No bid contracts to Company formerly owned by Vice President. Domestic spying, Torture. The wealthy elite destroying our financial system and getting bailouts because they were to big to fail,etc,etc.
It all makes sense now. Immoral actions are easy when God says it O.K.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
The marginilzation of the faithfull
This past 4th of July,there was a tea-bag party in Austin Texas. The protest was headlined by speeches from Gov. Rick Perry and Congressman John Cornyn of Texas. They were both booed resoundingly by Republican faithfulls. They were chastised for various positions. Toll roads, stimulas bill support, etc.
I am beginning to see a trend here. Regular people who supported the GOP are starting to blame their leaders for their failures. They are starting to realize that the reason they are out of power and have lost their voice in govornment is because they have been led poorly.
Barack Obama was elected President because the "vast" majority of Americans recognized the failure in leadership of the GOP over the last 8-12 years since they controlled Congress or the presidency. The GOP's policys and positions led to the shrinking of support for ther party.
The GOP faithfull will never support the Dem's agenda but they are starting to realize that Barack Obama did not margialize their voice in govornment, their own elected officials did.
My sincere hope is that supportes of the GOP will decide to elect officials that will see to the real needs of Americans and start to offer real solutions to the problems that we face as a nation.
For example, The health care industry is spending 1.4 million dollars a day to lobby Congress to defeat health care reform. I wonder how this will translate into higher premiums next year for those who are fortunate enough to have heath insurance. Someone has to pay these lobbyist. The shareholders wont. Get out your checkbook.
P.S. Tim the statistic I gave you about Alaska's federal tax benefit was before the stim package. This fact was widely talked about during the election. I'm not bitching about where the money is going. I was pointing out that Alaska's balanced budget can to a large degree be attributed to the fact that the feds have taken the burden in a lot of vital services for Alaska. They are also one of the most impoverished states in the Union. The oil and pipeline companys seem to be doing pretty good though. I can see why she turned down heat assistance. It's so warm up there.
I am beginning to see a trend here. Regular people who supported the GOP are starting to blame their leaders for their failures. They are starting to realize that the reason they are out of power and have lost their voice in govornment is because they have been led poorly.
Barack Obama was elected President because the "vast" majority of Americans recognized the failure in leadership of the GOP over the last 8-12 years since they controlled Congress or the presidency. The GOP's policys and positions led to the shrinking of support for ther party.
The GOP faithfull will never support the Dem's agenda but they are starting to realize that Barack Obama did not margialize their voice in govornment, their own elected officials did.
My sincere hope is that supportes of the GOP will decide to elect officials that will see to the real needs of Americans and start to offer real solutions to the problems that we face as a nation.
For example, The health care industry is spending 1.4 million dollars a day to lobby Congress to defeat health care reform. I wonder how this will translate into higher premiums next year for those who are fortunate enough to have heath insurance. Someone has to pay these lobbyist. The shareholders wont. Get out your checkbook.
P.S. Tim the statistic I gave you about Alaska's federal tax benefit was before the stim package. This fact was widely talked about during the election. I'm not bitching about where the money is going. I was pointing out that Alaska's balanced budget can to a large degree be attributed to the fact that the feds have taken the burden in a lot of vital services for Alaska. They are also one of the most impoverished states in the Union. The oil and pipeline companys seem to be doing pretty good though. I can see why she turned down heat assistance. It's so warm up there.
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