The Christian Mafia

[FOTD]

http://www.talk2action.org/story/2009/8/7/164840/4673

"C Street" and the Military

"Appearing in the full video of Inhofe is a man named Mark Powers, an Assemblies of God missionary hired by Inhofe to be on his staff as his part-time African advisor, while continuing to work for his church. Powers has regularly accompanied Inhofe on his trips to Africa, as have Inhofe's military liaisons, which brings us to a video I found when I was doing a bit of checking into the military personnel who have traveled with Family members."

"As we've been discovering, the web of individuals and organizations connecting the Family and the military, which includes many that I haven't even mentioned here, is far more extensive than we initially realized, and the joint investigation being undertaken by Jeff Sharlet and MRFF is far from over."

[FOTD]

MSNBC's Maddow Show Propels Growing Scandal Over Washington's "Christian Mafia"
By Bruce Wilson

http://www.talk2action.org/story/2009/8/18/111753/325/Front_Page/MSNBC_s_Maddow_Show_Propels_Growing_Scandal_Over_Washington_s_quot_Christian_Mafia_quot_

" This story is certain to continue to generate new revelations on the influence that The Family's elitist, theocratically oriented members have managed to garner both within the Washington DC power establishment but also worldwide. As Family member David Kuo, author of Tempting Faith, has stated, "...the Family's reach into governments around the world is impossible to overstate or even grasp."



  This gang should probably be the subject of a RICO investigation. And with their deep reach into other nations, they might be worth investigation by the State Department and FBI.  Politicians, like Hilary and others, who have attended "prayer breakfast" and other Family events because it seemed like a requirement, will now back off. Let's put the hot, heavy spotlight on them. Sunlight kills germs and repels vampires. The last time religion ruled the world it was called the Dark Ages.

Rachel rocks...no wonder, she works outside of mainstream media....



"Meet The Press" Draws Most Viewers Since April On Maddow's Debut Appearance
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/20/meet-the-press-draws-most_n_264612.html

[FOTD]

Our corrupt Senaturd Coburn:


Paper says Coburn was intermediary for Ensign

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=13&articleid=20091002_13_A4_WASHIN727052

They called a grand jury for Letterman....what's up with this?

"None whatsoever,'' Coburn said in July when asked whether he had discussed some kind of payment to the Hamptons. "I categorically deny that.''

Coburn is a liar and skirted the law.

[Conan71]

Why doesn't the Tulsa World name the source used in the Times story?  Slip-shod journalism. 

And what's the relationship with Letterman's extortion case?  None, dude, none.

[FOTD]

Why doesn't the Tulsa World name the source used in the Times story?  Slip-shod journalism. 

And what's the relationship with Letterman's extortion case?  None, dude, none.

Dood, Sure there is. Immediately, Letterman went to the authorities. Not trustworthy Tom. Coburn lied to the public by not telling us what went on behind the scene. And Coburn too should have told his associates to go to the Feds with what was going on. Bad judgement since the day he was elected. Coburn participated in a scheme to extort money.

[Hawkins]

Its would serve the public well to vote Inhofe out next time around.

He's a career politician and we shouldn't allow any more of this. I have no problem with his stated beliefs, but his ties to this organization are scary.

This was before he made us all the laughingstock of the Nation with his Global Warming comments.

Its time for someone new. Maybe Brad Henry can run against him after he leaves office... I don't know. But something needs to be done to send Inhofe into retirement.

[FOTD]

Republican Senate Sex Scandals Point Back to Secretive Conservative Christian "Family"
By Bill Berkowitz, Religion Dispatches. Posted October 12, 2009.

http://www.alternet.org/politics/143151/republican_senate_sex_scandals_point_back_to_secretive_conservative_christian_%22family%22


"What is C Street currently up to? How do they connect with people's day-to-day concerns, like health care, the economic crisis, Afghanistan and other issues, and how do they affect policy?

The Family would say that it doesn't do policy, and in the strictest sense, that's correct. For years, the confidential memos the Family prepared for members of Congress involved with the group emphasized that the "prayer cells" were not to take action as prayer cells. Rather, boilerplate at the top of every memo read, action should grow out of the relationships formed there. Which is to say, the Family provides a "worldview," fundamentalism re-tooled for the needs of power, and the relationships. What you do next is up to you. That said, the Family does not connect with "people's day-to-day concerns"; they don't care much about the public. But in terms of worldview and action and relationships: "biblical capitalism," laissez-faire, guides the general view of health care (see, for instance, the work of Senator Chuck Grassley and Senator Mike Enzi, two Family men involved in scuttling health care) and the economic crisis (three of the four senators who've voted against all five appropriations bills actually live at C Street: DeMint, Coburn, and Ensign). Afghanistan is a trickier issue. In general, the Family has always fallen on the side of hawkishness and expansionism; but I think some of the wise men of the group see the practical folly of Afghanistan. It's hard to miss.

Will The Family be able to rehabilitate its image? What will it take? Will members continue to feel safe there?

It's taken a hit. That became evident to me this summer as a number of congressmen did every thing they could to distance themselves from the Family. This was especially true of conservative Democrats. Rep. Bart Stupak, who's lived at C Street for seven years, enjoying maid service provided by Christian college girls, counseling younger Family members, and getting discounted rent, now tells the Michigan press that he had no idea where he was; despite boasting to the LA Times in 2002 that the activities of C Street were secret. Rep. Heath Shuler, who at the beginning of the summer seemed to want the word out that he lived in this fundamentalist frat house, refused to confirm or deny his residence there by the end of the summer. My favorite was Senator Mark Pryor. When I interviewed him two years ago, he boasted of his involvement with "the prayer breakfast folks." This summer, his staff told Arkansas press that I'd never spoken to him. When I offered to share the transcript, they backpedaled, simply asking me to stop connecting Pryor with the Family, which he no longer wants anything to do with.

But the Family will survive. It's been around for 70 years. And it has plenty of defenders. Senator Jim Inhofe wants to boast of his involvement. Senator Lindsey Graham rushed to its defense. Rep. Randy Forbes, leader of the congressional prayer caucus, is proud of his association. Rep. Frank Wolf and former Rep. Tony Hall took to the pages of Christianity Today to publish such a disingenuous defense that even USA Today scoffed. But that didn't shake them.

It's taken a hit from its own members, but it's not down and out."

[Conan71]

FOTD, the National Enquirer of the TulsaNow Forum

[FOTD]

That makes CoCo the TNF Comic Book

[Conan71]

That makes CoCo the TNF Comic Book

You know me, anything for a laugh, brother. Although no one is more adept than you about posting funny crack-pot smile

[Red Arrow]

You know me, anything for a laugh, brother. Although no one is more adept than you about posting funny crack-pot smile

That's FOTD's best type contribution.  I disagree with almost everything he posts but a lot of it is funny.

[FOTD]

Wow....Watts, Largent....Oklahoma rocks!!!!

C Street Tied To Proposed Uganda Law: Death Penalty for Gays

http://www.wikio.com/video/2157187

The Secret Political Reach Of 'The Family'

http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=120746516

" But Senator Tom Coburn, who until now had a real reputation for candor and integrity, regardless of what you thought of his political views, has been saying one thing and then another. "

" we discovered that Senator Ensign, for instance, who had claimed that his residence at C Street House was just a purely a personal affair, that there's no political aspect of it, was actually traveling overseas on what he describes on his forms as policy trips on the dime of The Family - as is his housemate, Senator Tom Coburn, also traveling overseas." Coburn's worth tens of millions mind you...


" Senator Coburn a little more candid about what he's doing, he described going to Lebanon - this country torn by religious war for years - and attempting to set up Christian prayer cells in the Lebanese government. Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma was the most blunt about this. Speaking in an interview with a religious right organization, he said he has taken about 20 missionary trips around the world: Africa, Middle East, Eastern Europe. He doesn't actually travel on The Family's dime. He travels on your dime. He uses money from the Senate Armed Forces Committee - travels over to these countries, and especially Uganda, which he says he's adopted. Uganda has a very special role for him. And he says what he's there to do is to, quote, promote the political philosophy of Jesus as taught to him by Doug Coe. It's about as candid as can be."

" It's - I mean when you take your personal religious convictions or political convictions, even, and claim to represent the United States, but, in fact, are representing an organization like The Family as Senator Coburn was in Lebanon, as Senator Ensign has in Jordan and Israel, as Senator Inhofe has in Uganda, you are steering foreign policy away from democratic accountability."

" And in particular, Joe Pitts has been in the news because of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment, was one of the guys who really helped to bring abortion to the forefront to the group, starting in the late '70s, and that's become a concern of a lot of members. And, as you expand outwards over the last couple decades, and you look at the concerns of politicians like Senator Sam Brownback, Senator Jim Inhofe, Senator Tom Coburn, all these guys who are very involved members -you see homosexuality, you see all the culture-war issues taking a place alongside biblical capitalism and this foreign affairs expansionism, and, in fact, merging in The Family's view into one sort of united world view."

This story of religious run a mucks gets juicier and juicier by the week.....People, is this what you want for your country never mind your state?

The Tulsa World seems to be faced with writers block covering up this story or reprinting the facts.

[buckeye]

It's like a pathological compulsion towards mental emesis, checking to see what new and interesting forms are taken by half-digested refuse.

It's a one stop shopping destination as reference for my previous complaint of paranoia, hate-fueled/filled commentary, etc. etc.  Classic.

The political subforums here are so polluted by this unaccountable crap it's barely worth navigating anymore.

[Conan71]

It's like a pathological compulsion towards mental emesis, checking to see what new and interesting forms are taken by half-digested refuse.

It's a one stop shopping destination as reference for my previous complaint of paranoia, hate-fueled/filled commentary, etc. etc.  Classic.

The political subforums here are so polluted by this unaccountable crap it's barely worth navigating anymore.

Nice summary...

[FOTD]

Nice summary...

CoCo, you must quit being so sarcastic.