Article on RR

[ladyinred]

http://www.tylwythteg.com/enemies/farright.html Excerpted from the article:

For years Americans have wondered whether a secret elite really runs the country. The Illuminati? The Establishment? The Mob? The answer is less glamorous and more troubling. Going into the year 2002, influence is available to anyone who can spare, say, a hundred grand to underwrite a few political campaigns.

Below, we will identify the nation's largest political contributors. For the most part, the largest contributors are Conservative foundations. You can check out this list in its entirety. Do some investigative work of your own and dig around.

Most of these people and foundations see their donations as sound investments; in return, they ask for - and receive - generous tax breaks or legislation favorable to their businesses. Read the below information and get a sense of what influence they wield.

The influence of these people is fundamentally at odds with the American ideal of popular government and sparked demands for reform. Reform initiatives have had success at the state level, but the Congress has done next to nothing when it comes to campaign reform. We hope that this article will fuel the fire of those who want their votes to count as much as that of a New York investment banker. Or a camera-shy Cleveland billionaire.

As you shall presently see there is not just one right wing religious conspiracy, but, there are dozens of Right Wing religious organizations and certain Rich donors, who seem to work together on most issues, and wish to determine the moral values and beliefs of everyone else in this country and ultimately the World. How do they do this? By controlling what who think, see, hear and believe. Who do you think owns most of the news media in this country?

Why would these people and organizations do such a thing?

The first obvious reason is that if a corporation can control what you think, see, hear and believe, they can make an awful lot of money at your expense. Of course being the greedy self serving corporate parasites they are, they also will make a number of big blunders and end up in the toilet (spell Enron) These corporations will cause a loss of capital in this country, and fuel the recession by their fiscal mistakes.

There are also people in this world who have a terrible self esteem problem. These people over-compensate for this mental deficiency by convincing themselves that if they can attract enough weak people to them, and gain a large enough following, their self esteem will somehow benefit. They create organizations which are designed to attract emotionally and mentally susceptible individuals who are easily swayed. (Spell Christian Coalition and Pat Robertson. It is rumored that the reason Pat resigned from the Christian Coalition is that he was threatened with an criminal indictement and civil suit, if he didn't.)

Unfortunately, some of these religious leaders have a gift of charisma. They attract enough followers so that their organizations thrive. These people want their member's money, dedication, sacrifice and give little in return. As the leader, they feel that they deserve luxury as a reward for their good works, so they usually buy luxury automobiles, apartments, and homes or mansions for their "Church". Of course they will drive these automobiles and live in these mansions.

[antiochian]

Not a big surprise. The so-called Christian Right downplays its hand in politics (they turn it around and say the liberals have the power and the "decent" folks are the persecuted). We might as well admit that the U.S. is presently a theocracy and has been for some time. God forbid the really crazy extremists get their way, or there'll be Bible police checking in to make sure we say our prayers. I don't think it'll ever come to that, but who knows.

[ladyinred]

personally, I hope not either.