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Faith-Based? No--Religious!

By John - Jul 1st, 2008 at 11:00 pm EDT

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"Faith-based" is a recent invention, an obfuscating piece of doubletalk Orwell wouldn't have been able to imagine for "1984." I didn't like it from Bush (who may have invented it), but I like it less from Obama.

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By Fire Is Born Jul 1st 2008 at 11:04 pm EDT

3. BIG GOVERNMENT. In his North Carolina victory speech, among other things, Sen. Obama uttered the words "We dont need Big Government". Whether you agree with that or not, remind your Republican friends that Pres. Bill Clinton's National Performance Review reduced the federal civilian workforce by 250,000 positions (ones they will consider, rightly or wrongly, to be useless tax-sucking bureaucrats). This makes the last Democratic administration the only presidency since Eisenhower's to leave office with a smaller federal workforce that he started with - again, Bush, Bush, Reagan, Ford, and Nixon notwithstanding. But, the real stones Obama brings to the table on this issue are his formative years on the south side of Chicago, doing meaningful community social work through voluntary, faith-based, non-governmental community organizations, rather than government bureaucracies. Yes, We CAN - rehabilitate the homeless, educate the illiterate, provide day care for single moms, dry out alcoholics, and clean junkies off the dope without buidling perpetual bureaucracies - Obama himself has proven that, through social entrepreneurship. By contrast, John McCain has never drawn a day's pay that didnt come from the public trough, courtesy of your tax dollars (getting fabulously rich by marrying an heiress or taking money under the table from special interests he did favors for doesnt count as 'earning money in the productive sector').

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By Fire Is Born Jul 1st 2008 at 11:05 pm EDT

I totally agree with senator Obama. We must use the proven and existing communal networks to achieve the social goals without using the taxpayer dollars for unnecessary governmental bureaucracy. I dealt with the latter and know the waste.

As a libertarian I applaud this move by Senator Obama. This is a step toward less government. Obama is not a tax-and-spend liberal. In his North Carolina victory speech, among other things, Sen. Obama uttered the words "We don't need Big Government".

My only concern is that ALL religions be considered, especially the indigenous ones, various Native American traditions, all froms of the Old Religion, and those less known, like Sikh or Hindu. In short, this initiative must seek help not only among the mainstream religious circles.

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By Heather Jul 2nd 2008 at 2:36 pm EDT

I agree. Faith-based can be filed in a column along with "weapons of mass destruction program-related activities" -- another mellifluous (cough, cough) term created by the Bush Administration.

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