February 22, 2005
DONE BANGING OUR HEARTS AGAINST SOME MAD BUGGER'S WALL:
Transforming 'one soul at a time': George W Bush's faith-based initiatives are destroying the strict separation between religious activities and social service programs. (Don Monkerud, 2/23/05, Asia Times)
In the past four years, Bush has gone around Congress and behind the public's back to spread his faith-based initiatives throughout the government, raising serious issues that the public appears to accept.
And that's the crux of the matter, no? Americans agree with him. Posted by Orrin Judd at February 22, 2005 7:44 AM
Wow, a Pink Floyd reference? You really are getting hip in your dotage. The next thing I know, you'll be smoking weed.
Posted by: Governor Breck at February 22, 2005 9:23 AMGov: Start?
Posted by: John Resnick at February 22, 2005 11:34 AMI thought it was Bluegrass...
Posted by: oj at February 22, 2005 11:45 AMHow are you going around the public's back if they like what they see you are doing? Perhaps the "serious issues" Monkerud cites are really only trivial, sectarian reflexes of the peripheral?
Posted by: Luciferous at February 22, 2005 2:27 PMYou mean Rebuild the Wall?
There's a reggae version of "Dark side of the Moon" out there called "Dub Side of the Moon" that 's not bad, but the best has to be "The Not-So-Bright Side of the Moon" by The Squirrels. Any album with Tortelvis can't be all bad.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at February 22, 2005 2:30 PMThe whole article is bs. It talks about Roger Williams' beliefs as somehow a establishing "strict separation" in the 1630s, without mentioning that he was booted out of Massachusetts, and that Massachusetts had a State Church until the 1820s.
Posted by: Steve at February 22, 2005 2:56 PM