Michael Pugliese wrote:
>Milwaukee Genesis
>Where George W. Bush's "Faith-Based"
>initiative really comes from
>
>Much has been written about George W. Bush's new
>"faith-based" initiative, but a look behind the curtain
>finds the same old conservative-Republican philanthropies
>and their funding recipients behind the whole movement.
>And most media and pundits have missed the main thrust
>of the faith-based initiative, which is meant to destroy
>public-sector unions, build a Republican patronage system
>in poorer communities of color, and to convince citizens
>that they shouldn't look to their government to provide for
>the "general welfare."
in yesterday's paper, there was a story that because of right-wing
religious opposition to FBI (faith-based initiatives), including that from
Pat Robertson, Dubya had organized a panel to study them (i.e., had tabled
them). The problem is that the religious types (including Marvin Olasky
(sp?), once Dubya's guru) were afraid that the religious organizations
would be corrupted, turning into branches of the government bureaucracy.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
