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SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 11/11/2008 : 06:08:42
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We are all familiar with these putred, theocratic infections within our society, but we usually only see them one or two at a time. That merely gives us a squinting eyeball at a few of them, usually resulting in a little atheistic outrage & amusment on these boards. Here's a brief list & commentary on some of the flotsam at the top of the fundie cesspool. The Top Ten Power Brokers of the Religious Right
By Rob Boston, Church & State Magazine. Posted November 10, 2008.
You might have heard of Pat Robertson and James Dobson, but they're just the tip of the iceberg.
For the past two years, numerous media pundits have been all abuzz over the so-called "death" of the Religious Right. There is one problem, however: Someone forgot to tell the Religious Right.
A recent Americans United study of the finances and influence of the Religious Right shows a movement that is very much alive and kicking. Indeed, our research shows that the nation's leading Religious Right organizations took in more than half a billion dollars over a recent 12-month period. Several of the organizations reported dramatic increases in their budgets; only a few showed a drop.
Financial information was not the only factor we took into account when compiling this list. We also attempted to determine the influence organizations have on the larger political scene. A group can have a modest budget and still cast a long shadow.
Many of these organizations are also well represented in Washington, D.C., and in state capitals. Their lobbyists troll the halls of Congress or state legislatures, in some cases actually helping draft legislation.
For budgetary data, Church & State relied on Internal Revenue Service Form 990, a document that most 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) tax-exempt groups are required to file. In most cases, the figures come from a period spanning the end of 2006 and the beginning of 2007.
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Perhaps I'd been better advised to place this in Politics, because, after all is said and done, these turkeys are little more than cheap politicians with a repressive & even vicious agenda.
In order to be some sembelance of Fair & Balanced(tm) -- yeah, right; that'll be the day! -- I briefly looked for similar, Islamic assholes, but sadly, there's no Internal Revenue Service Form 990 covering those lands that actually are totalitarian, theocratic Gehennas. And we don't seem to have very many outright Islamo-loonies in this country. I'm sure that there are some, perhaps quite a few, but they wisely tend to keep a low profile due to Christian generosity toward the beliefs of others. Which matches their own, tit for tat.
So, set your barf-bucket close by, take a modest drink of liquior, and read on....
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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By their works shall ye know them.
