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Lars Eighner · Guest

Last week, I had a candidate.

See, I had watched the Pelosi Congress pass appropriation after
appropriation to continue the war that Democrats promised to stop two years
ago. I knew that their protestations of "But Bush would veto anything we
do" were deceptive. Only Congress can appropriate funds. All Pelosi had to
do was stop appropriating money for the war. Bush cannot veto a
non-appropriation. He could not veto up a dime to continue the war.

But last week I had a candidate. I had a candidate of hope and change.

Pelosi and the Democrat Congress couldn't do enough for Bush: more power to
spy on Americans, a statutory basis for the Gitmo kangaroo courts, more
money for the war. Some of this stuff was so repulsive to the Constitution
that even the right-wing Supreme Court had to say "Enough!"

But last week I had candidate. I had change I could believe in.

That was last week.

This week it turns out, that was "faith-based" change and "faith-based
hope."

My candidate decided spying on Americans should entitle companies to
immunity from civil liability. And he decided funding religions is an
appropriate function of government. Just like Bush. Just like McCain.

"Faith"-based funding was the deal breaker. It was the last straw.

Now, you know, they say "But this is a new kind of faith-based funding!"
They say it won't discriminate. They say it won't be use for proselytizing.
But if that were true, why would it be "faith"-based? If you don't want to
discriminate, if you don't want to use government funds to persecute people
your god condemns, if you don't want to proselytize, if you just want to
help people, why don't you set up a secular organization to do that? Pretty
clearly, the point of "faith"-based funding is to provide public resources
for discrimination, for persecution, for proselytizing --- and if that
wasn't the point, it wouldn't have to be "faith"-based.

There is no new kind of faith-based funding. There is no hope. There is no
change. And this election, there is no choice. Bush will get his third
term whether it goes by the name of McCain or Obama.

And this week, I have no candidate.

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Lars Eighner <http://larseighner.com/> usenet@larseighner.com
"There's an old...saying in Tennessee...I know it's in Texas, probably
in Tennessee that says Fool me once...Shame on...Shame on you....Fool
me...Can't get fooled again." --George W. Bush

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