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January 07, 2004Must Read Article in SalonBy Andrew DobbsSalon has a must read article today about Howard Ahmanson, Jr. Ahmanson is to the religious right what Richard Mellon Scaife is to the business right- an extremist with loads of cash who bankrolls various socially conservative movements. I've learned a lot from the article and it comes highly reccomended. Ahmanson belongs to a movement known as Christian Reconstructionism- a theological and political school that holds the idea that America ought to be ruled by Biblical law. This isn't some sort of conservative lip-service to "traditional values"- the founder of this movement, Ahmanson's mentor Rousas John Rushdoony, according to Salon's quotes of his masterwork Institutes of Biblical Law- said that:
Ahmanson's protege was another Reconstructionist- Marvin Olasky, the coiner of the term "compassionate conservativism" and one of the Bush Administration's cheif domestic policy architects. Rushdoony was one of the originators of the policy of "Faith Based Initiatives" and Olasky designed the office established by President Bush for that purpose. For more information that will make the hair on your neck stand up, check out the late Rushdoony's think tank, the Chalcedon Foundation. It is clear that the Bush Administration has based much of its policy on a series of radical movements. Its social policy is designed by those that believe that the Constitution is a Satanic document and that America ought to be a theocracy. It's economic policy is designed by those that believe that the tax burden ought to fall only on earned wages rather than wealth and that regulation of any sort is communist. It's foreign policy is designed by those that openly promote the idea of American Empire. It's overarching philosophies are those that claim elitism and abuse of power as positive goods. Bush is a very dangerous man and if this article does not lead you to fight every waking moment for a new vision in November then nothing probably will. Posted by Andrew Dobbs at January 7, 2004 10:51 AM | TrackBack
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Andrew, thanks for the tip. Here's another article by the same author, also on the general subject of creeping fundamentalism. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0310.blumenthal.html Posted by: Tim Z at January 7, 2004 12:00 PMThe sky is falling...the sky is falling. Some of us are very amused at the chicken little left and their propensity to find the fringe loonys and than try to foist them upon us as just another average Republican. Please produce one article or quote where anybody in the Bush administration puts forth ANY notion of "believe that the Constitution is a Satanic document and that America ought to be a theocracy." Ohhhhh..thats right. Its the very lack of evidence that is the evidence...how very Michael Moore of you. Posted by: Craig at January 8, 2004 04:11 PMneato Posted by: Paris at June 27, 2004 01:33 AMCar Insurance - Used Car Loan Posted by: Car Insurance at September 9, 2004 02:26 AMAuto Loans - Bad Credit Car Loans - Auto Insurance Quotes Posted by: Used Car Loan at September 9, 2004 06:29 PM
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