Religious Right Note: Ken Blackwell

[Maat]

As far as I'm concerned, I, a believer, am united with both other believes and non-believers in the battle against the influence of the Hardcore Religious Right. I believe the critical first step is educating ourselves (progressives) about "who's who" in the Religious Hardright. "The Arlington Group" is a notorious religious right organization that is modeled after the even more infamous "Council for National Policy."

Look who's a member of the Arlington Group, a group whose members get more time with Senators and Congressman (and the Whitehouse) than the vast majority of interested parties:

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Largely as a result, Blackwell today is the Republican nominee for Ohio governor. He also is a national political figure and a member of the Arlington Group, a by-invitation-only powerhouse organization whose roughly 60 members have direct access to the White House.
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The Arlington Group's co-founders are Wildmon and Paul Weyrich, chairman of the Free Congress Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C. A coordinating committee, it has no formal business structure; its meetings are private and members are prohibited from releasing a membership list, although many have talked openly about their membership.
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060520/NEWS/605200315/1326
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Paul Weyrich has been scheming for at least three decades to swing the country rightward; if you read his history, you will find that he was the one behind the scheme to turn church members into an unrelenting machine for the Hardright (and hence the Republicans). Some preliminary information on him can be found at www.pfaw.org (People for the American Way).

[Taverner]

1. The religious right hate the religious left even more than sec humanists

Seriously, Pat Robertson thinks the Religious Left is an operating cell of Satanism...

[varkam]

2. Pat Robertson also thinks his diet shake tastes...

great. If you've ever had one, you know that at best he is a liar. At worst, he's currently in (and has been for some time) a complete psychotic break from reality.

[tanyev]

6. Bet he's never even tried one.

Just another way to make some money.

[Maat]

4. Member of that cell reporting here for duty ...

:patriot:

[classof56]

3. The name Don Wildmon is enough to raise my hackles.

To think of the influence that whacked-out so-called Christian has within the administration is frightening and infuriating but not surprising, given what I now know about the far-right wing "religious" agenda. They have made a mockery of Christianity and IMHO have done incalculable damage to Christ's gospel. I am waiting for God to give George Bush and his cronies the cosmic smack-down they deserve and I mean in some significant and obvious way, such as that bolt of lightning. I'm assured by fellow believers that God doesn't necessarily work that way, and I'm willing to concede that, though continue to pray it will happen. My faith is not shattered, but seriously unraveled at this point. One believer I know allows as how God is done with this country. Who knew it would be a lying, deceitful "man of faith" that would bring us down so far? Here all these years we've been told it would be the commies...or the homosexuals...or the humanists...

End of rant.

Blessings and let us continue the battle.

Tired Old Cynic

[Maat]

5. Ready to continue on the Fight ..

which requires educating people mostly, and helping think about what they really want to be a part of:

:patriot: .