the rix mix

Spring will be spronging in New Joisey this weekend. It's not even St. Paddy's Day yet. Can't wait to see what pops out. Meanwhile, the President has determined how to best protect our ports here: Pray those terrorists away (or witch- dunk 'em).

Executive Order: Responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security with Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to help the Federal Government coordinate a national effort to expand opportunities for faith-based and other community organizations and to strengthen their capacity to better meet America's social and community needs, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Establishment of a Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at the Department of Homeland Security.

(a) The Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) shall establish within the Department of Homeland Security (Department) a Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (Center).

(b) The Center shall be supervised by a Director appointed by Secretary. The Secretary shall consult with the Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (WHOFBCI Director) prior to making such appointment.

(c) The Department shall provide the Center with appropriate staff, administrative support, and other resources to meet its responsibilities under this order.

(d) The Center shall begin operations no later than 45 days from the date of this order.

Wonder why the fedral guvmint gets larger under a "conservative" president? It's the "Jobs Initiative for Faith-based Bush Supporters." Fits right in with the other Bushite idea that faith-based charities ought to interrogate the poorest-of-the-poor before handing out a meal, clean shirt, or box of diapers, & then rat out their names to the feds. Turned out in this matter that a lot of Catholics & Evangelicals resented having their faith based on what a mere Earthly & ultimately transitory government desired. Fools in Washington D.C. treat Christianity like it's a U.S.A. thing. George W. Bush is a convert to conservative Methodism, which made him a dry-drunk. He went there because he wanted his own ass kicked for being a loser & Daddy's Anglicans wouldn't do it. Good. But when he sobered up he wasn't smart enough to find his way home.