What can wash away my sin...nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Thanks Buckeye.

buckeye-elo@nospam.net wrote:

In our email

ALERT: Bush Orders Homeland Security To Help Religious Groups

by Jeffrey Feldman [Subscribe]

Tue Mar 07, 2006 at 10:44:00 PM PDT

I am still processing this, but it seems that the President of the United
States has just ordered the Department of Homeland Security to do
everything
in its power to help expand religious organizations in this country.

This executive Order just now posted on the White House website, instructs
the DHS to establish a 'Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives'
and orders that center to 'strengthen' the 'capacity' of 'faith-based'
organizations to serve the needs of the country.

So, the President's 3-step plan to protect us from terrorist attacks and
hurricanes appears to be this: (1) Watch hurricanes on TV, (2) Sell the
ports to the UAE, and (3) Funnel money to mega-churches.

Here are the key parts of the order, which you can also see at the White
House website:

For Immediate Release

Office of the Press Secretary

March 7, 2006

Executive Order: Responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security
with Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States of America, and in order 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, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Establishment of a Center for Faith-Based and Community
Initiatives at the Department of Homeland Security.

(a) The Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) shall establish within
the Department of Homeland Security (Department) a Center for Faith-Based
and Community Initiatives (Center).

(b) The Center shall be supervised by a Director appointed by Secretary.
The
Secretary shall consult with the Director of the White House Office of
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (WHOFBCI Director) prior to making
such appointment.

(c) The Department shall provide the Center with appropriate staff,
administrative support, and other resources to meet its responsibilities
under this order.

(d) The Center shall begin operations no later than 45 days from the date
of
this order.

Sec. 2. Purpose of Center. The purpose of the Center shall be to coordinate
agency efforts to eliminate regulatory, contracting, and other programmatic
obstacles to the participation of faith-based and other community
organizations in the provision of social and community services.

Sec. 3. Responsibilities of the Center for Faith-Based and Community
Initiatives. In carrying out the purpose set forth in section 2 of this
order, the Center shall:

(a) conduct, in coordination with the WHOFBCI Director, a department-wide
audit to identify all existing barriers to the participation of faith-based
and other community organizations in the delivery of social and community
services by the Department, including but not limited to regulations,
rules,
orders, procure-ment, and other internal policies and practices, and
outreach activities that unlawfully discriminate against, or otherwise
discourage or disadvantage the participation of faith-based and other
community organizations in Federal programs;

(b) coordinate a comprehensive departmental effort to incorporate
faith-based and other community organizations in Department programs and
initiatives to the greatest extent possible;

(c) propose initiatives to remove barriers identified pursuant to section
3(a) of this order, including but not limited to reform of regulations,
procurement, and other internal policies and practices, and outreach
activities;

(d) propose the development of innovative pilot and demonstration programs
to increase the participation of faith-based and other community
organizations in Federal as well as State and local initiatives; and

(e) develop and coordinate Departmental outreach efforts to disseminate
information more effectively to faith-based and other community
organizations with respect to programming changes, contracting
opportunities
and other agency initiatives, including but not limited to Web and
Internet
resources.

[...]

Sec. 5. Responsibilities of the Secretary. The Secretary shall:

(a) designate an employee within the department to serve as the liaison and
point of contact with the WHOFBCI Director; and

(b) cooperate with the WHOFBCI Director and provide such information,
support, and assistance to the WHOFBCI Director as requested to implement
this order.

Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) This order shall be implemented subject to
the availability of appropriations and to the extent permitted by law.

(b) 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.

GEORGE W. BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

March 7, 2006



So, this new person at the DHS is basically in charge of making sure that
large sums of taxpayer money, that are supposed to be used to protect this
country and keep it safe, actually end up in the hands of organizations run
by James Dobson. And to make sure this operation goes smoothly, this person
at the DHS is supposed to work closely with the person at the White House
whose job it is to make sure that large sumes of taxpayer money ends up in
the hands of organizations run by James Dobson.

In summary...

The President's plan to protect Americans from the hurricanes and
terrorists
who kill Americans at roughly equal success rates--his plan is to (1) sell
the ports to the UAE and then (2) give homeland security to Dobson.

And the President unveils both of these initiatives, of course, not in
major
announcements to the American people--not by standing proudly before the
public and saying, "This is my plan to protect you!" Instead, he sneaks
this information out in the dead of night.

From the yankee towns of Vermont, to the San Francisco Bay--let freedom
ring

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You are invited to check out the following:

The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm

American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm

The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html

[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]

HRSepCnS · Hampton Roads [Virginia] SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/

[Its not just Hampton Roads folks who are members, there are members from
all over the US and a couple from overseas as well]

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. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
. . .
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It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.

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