Weather
Dhaka
T: 26C
H: 69%
The Daily Star
Your Right To Know
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Home
Business
Sports
Arts & Entertainment
Travel
Archive
Magazines
The Star
Forum
Star Campus
Rising Star
Star Insight
Today's paper
Front Page
Editorial
Metropolitan
National
International
Op-Ed
Letters
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Letters
Living in luxury at the expense of others
Ted Rudow III, MA, Encina Ave, Palo Alto, CA
Almost all American industries, even non-war industries, are making money at the expense of the poor of other nations of the world. In order to do so you have to rob them, in a sense, to have your plenty, not plenty, but more than enough, I mean far more than you ought to have, more than your share.
They call a commercial war, and it means in order to get my luxury. In other words, I am living in luxury at your expense. America has been living in luxury at the world's expense while other nations are starving. So America lives in luxury while they live in poverty and starvation. You think God's going to bless them? No!
For thy merchants were the great men of the Earth, and by thy sorceries (the deceitfulness of riches and the witchcraft of wealth!) were all nations deceived! (American affluence is the dream of every country the world over, and her luxuries, sins and violence, from her music to her crimes, are imitated by nations around the world!)
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Plutocrats
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/10/24/18724436.php
Plutocrats
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Wednesday Oct 24th, 2012
You know, and after the S&L crisis, for instance, we went in and there were massive criminal investigations. We put 1,000 people in jail. There were no such investigations this time around. So this was just making everybody well again and restoring everybody to the status quo, which I think was a major mistake because it produced precisely the result we're talking about now. It allowed everybody to think that the previous status quo was okay.
The plainest example is Mitt Romney. I mean, you know, if you look at his tax returns, he paid, you know, rates of 14, 13 percent. That's totally normal in this world if you work in a private equity fund. He's not an exception, he's an embodiment. He's an embodiment. In the financial services industry for sure, the very, very rich mostly receive income as capital gains or if they're private equity people, as carried interest.In both of those, the max rate is 15 percent. So people who make $20 million, $30 million, $50 million a year like Mitt Romney. You work in a private equity firm, the money that you earn– so, you invest a little bit of your own money. And the gains that you make on that investment would be treated under any definition as a capital gain taxed at 15 percent. But you also earn money because you are investing on behalf of all of your investors.That money that you earn, it's called carried interest.
Despite how the plutocrats have reacted to Barack Obama, he does not seem to be like FDR, taking on the economic royalists. Barack Obama in many ways is one of them. He is educated the way a plutocrat is educated. He had an opportunity to join the plutocracy. He could very easily right now be a top corporate lawyer. And they know that. He thinks the way they do. He's a technocrat in the accepted manner of the current plutocracy. And I think they like that. I think that's why he had such a strong reception in 2008.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Plutocrats
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Wednesday Oct 24th, 2012
You know, and after the S&L crisis, for instance, we went in and there were massive criminal investigations. We put 1,000 people in jail. There were no such investigations this time around. So this was just making everybody well again and restoring everybody to the status quo, which I think was a major mistake because it produced precisely the result we're talking about now. It allowed everybody to think that the previous status quo was okay.
The plainest example is Mitt Romney. I mean, you know, if you look at his tax returns, he paid, you know, rates of 14, 13 percent. That's totally normal in this world if you work in a private equity fund. He's not an exception, he's an embodiment. He's an embodiment. In the financial services industry for sure, the very, very rich mostly receive income as capital gains or if they're private equity people, as carried interest.In both of those, the max rate is 15 percent. So people who make $20 million, $30 million, $50 million a year like Mitt Romney. You work in a private equity firm, the money that you earn– so, you invest a little bit of your own money. And the gains that you make on that investment would be treated under any definition as a capital gain taxed at 15 percent. But you also earn money because you are investing on behalf of all of your investors.That money that you earn, it's called carried interest.
Despite how the plutocrats have reacted to Barack Obama, he does not seem to be like FDR, taking on the economic royalists. Barack Obama in many ways is one of them. He is educated the way a plutocrat is educated. He had an opportunity to join the plutocracy. He could very easily right now be a top corporate lawyer. And they know that. He thinks the way they do. He's a technocrat in the accepted manner of the current plutocracy. And I think they like that. I think that's why he had such a strong reception in 2008.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Monday, October 22, 2012
Dream?
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/10/22/18724304.php
Dream?
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Monday Oct 22nd, 2012
The American people have been making war and making money their high salaries at the expenses even since then. In fact, almost all American industries, even non-war industries, are making money at the expense of the poor of other nations of the world. In order to do so you have to rob them, in a sense, to have your plenty, not plenty, but more than enough, I mean far more than you ought to have, more than your share.
They call a commercial war, and it means in order to get my luxury. Mit Romey is the poster boy! It's making you poor and starving you to get them. In other words I am living in luxury at your expense. America has been living in luxury at the world's expense while other nations are starving. So America lives in luxury while they live in poverty and starvation. You think God's going to bless them? No!
For thy merchants were the great men of the Earth, and by thy sorceries (the deceitfulness of riches and the witchcraft of wealth!) were all nations deceived! (American affluence is the dream of every country the world over, and her luxuries, sins and violence, from her music to her crimes, are imitated by nations around the world!)
Ted Rudow III, MA
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
The Daily Star
Weather
Dhaka
T: 28C
H: 74%
The Daily Star
Your Right To Know
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Home
Business
Sports
Arts & Entertainment
Travel
IT & Telecom
Science
Advertisement
Print Rates
Online Rates
Classifieds
Sections
Star Health
Star Chittagong
Urban
Environment
English In Schools
LAw & Our Rights
Book Reviews
Strategic Issues
City In Frame
Celebrating Life
Supplements
Archive
Magazines
The Star
Forum
Star Campus
Rising Star
Star Insight
Today's paper
Front Page
Editorial
Metropolitan
National
International
Op-Ed
Letters
Monday, October 15, 2012
Letters
A selfish capitalist!
Ted Rudow III, MA, Encina Ave, Palo Alto, CA
Rep. Paul Ryan at an Atlas Society meeting celebrating Ayn Rand's life in 2005 said that "The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand", and "I grew up reading Ayn Rand and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems are, and what my beliefs are. It's inspired me so much that it's a required reading in my office for all my interns and my staff."
Greenspan was born and educated in New York City, where he earned a BA, MA and, 27 years later in 1977, a PhD in economics. After earning his MA in 1950, Greenspan became an associate of famed philosopher Ayn Rand, author of books "The Virtue of Selfishness," "Atlas Shrugged" and more. Greenspan wrote for Rand's newsletters and authored a chapter for a Rand book. As legend has it, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan was once a member of Ayn Rand's 1960's salon. He was invited guest at Rand's apartment and apparently was close enough to have read her epic "Atlas Shrugged" as it came off her typewriter.
With his selection of Representative Paul Ryan as a running mate, Mitt Romney has told us exactly who he would be as President: a selfish capitalist. A Romney-Ryan White House would elevate selfishness above all else. To understand the values of Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan, it is necessary to understand their intellectual forebear, Ayn Rand. Ms. Rand was one of the most extreme public intellectuals of the twentieth century. As her central creed, she rejected the idea that people in a community should approach each other with charity, compassion, and altruism.
Dhaka
T: 28C
H: 74%
The Daily Star
Your Right To Know
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Home
Business
Sports
Arts & Entertainment
Travel
IT & Telecom
Science
Advertisement
Print Rates
Online Rates
Classifieds
Sections
Star Health
Star Chittagong
Urban
Environment
English In Schools
LAw & Our Rights
Book Reviews
Strategic Issues
City In Frame
Celebrating Life
Supplements
Archive
Magazines
The Star
Forum
Star Campus
Rising Star
Star Insight
Today's paper
Front Page
Editorial
Metropolitan
National
International
Op-Ed
Letters
Monday, October 15, 2012
Letters
A selfish capitalist!
Ted Rudow III, MA, Encina Ave, Palo Alto, CA
Rep. Paul Ryan at an Atlas Society meeting celebrating Ayn Rand's life in 2005 said that "The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand", and "I grew up reading Ayn Rand and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems are, and what my beliefs are. It's inspired me so much that it's a required reading in my office for all my interns and my staff."
Greenspan was born and educated in New York City, where he earned a BA, MA and, 27 years later in 1977, a PhD in economics. After earning his MA in 1950, Greenspan became an associate of famed philosopher Ayn Rand, author of books "The Virtue of Selfishness," "Atlas Shrugged" and more. Greenspan wrote for Rand's newsletters and authored a chapter for a Rand book. As legend has it, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan was once a member of Ayn Rand's 1960's salon. He was invited guest at Rand's apartment and apparently was close enough to have read her epic "Atlas Shrugged" as it came off her typewriter.
With his selection of Representative Paul Ryan as a running mate, Mitt Romney has told us exactly who he would be as President: a selfish capitalist. A Romney-Ryan White House would elevate selfishness above all else. To understand the values of Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan, it is necessary to understand their intellectual forebear, Ayn Rand. Ms. Rand was one of the most extreme public intellectuals of the twentieth century. As her central creed, she rejected the idea that people in a community should approach each other with charity, compassion, and altruism.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Palo Alto Online
Palo Alto Online
Sign up for Express
New from Palo Alto Online, Express is a daily e-edition, distributed by e-mail every weekday.
Sign up to receive Express!
E-mail this topic.
Print this topic.
She rejected
Issues Beyond Palo Alto, posted by Ted Rudow III, MA,
Rep. Paul Ryan as Romney' his vice presidential running mate. At an Atlas Society meeting celebrating Ayn Rand's life in 2005, Ryan said that "The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand", and "I grew up reading Ayn Rand and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems are, and what my beliefs are. It’s inspired me so much that it’s required reading in my office for all my interns and my staff."
Greenspan was born and educated in New York City, where he earned a BA, MA and, 27 years later in 1977, a PhD in economics. After earning his MA in 1950, Greenspan became a 20-year associate of famed philosopher Ayn Rand, author of books "The Virtue of Selfishness,""Atlas Shrugged" and more. Greenspan wrote for Rand’s newsletters and authored a chapter for a Rand book. As legend has it, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan was once a member of Ayn Rand's 1960's salon. He was invited guest at Rand's apartment and apparently was close enough to have read her epic Atlas Shrugged as it came off her typewriter.
With his selection of Representative Paul Ryan as a running mate, Mitt Romney has told us exactly who he would be as President: a selfish capitalist. A Romney-Ryan White House would elevate selfishness above all else. To understand the values of Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan, it is necessary to understand their intellectual forebear, Ayn Rand. Ms. Rand was one of the most extreme public intellectuals of the twentieth century. As her central creed, she rejected the idea that people in a community should approach each other with charity, compassion, and altruism.
Ted Rudow III
Sign up for Express
New from Palo Alto Online, Express is a daily e-edition, distributed by e-mail every weekday.
Sign up to receive Express!
E-mail this topic.
Print this topic.
She rejected
Issues Beyond Palo Alto, posted by Ted Rudow III, MA,
Rep. Paul Ryan as Romney' his vice presidential running mate. At an Atlas Society meeting celebrating Ayn Rand's life in 2005, Ryan said that "The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand", and "I grew up reading Ayn Rand and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems are, and what my beliefs are. It’s inspired me so much that it’s required reading in my office for all my interns and my staff."
Greenspan was born and educated in New York City, where he earned a BA, MA and, 27 years later in 1977, a PhD in economics. After earning his MA in 1950, Greenspan became a 20-year associate of famed philosopher Ayn Rand, author of books "The Virtue of Selfishness,""Atlas Shrugged" and more. Greenspan wrote for Rand’s newsletters and authored a chapter for a Rand book. As legend has it, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan was once a member of Ayn Rand's 1960's salon. He was invited guest at Rand's apartment and apparently was close enough to have read her epic Atlas Shrugged as it came off her typewriter.
With his selection of Representative Paul Ryan as a running mate, Mitt Romney has told us exactly who he would be as President: a selfish capitalist. A Romney-Ryan White House would elevate selfishness above all else. To understand the values of Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan, it is necessary to understand their intellectual forebear, Ayn Rand. Ms. Rand was one of the most extreme public intellectuals of the twentieth century. As her central creed, she rejected the idea that people in a community should approach each other with charity, compassion, and altruism.
Ted Rudow III
Bangladeshi Newspaper
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Home
Front Page
Editorial
Sports
Business
Metropolitan
National
International
Arts & Entertainment
OP-ED
"Right hand of God"
The DailyStar / Letters : 12/09/2012
Ted Rudow III, MA, Encina Ave, Palo Alto, CA
At age 33, Ralph Reed was the Christian Right’s wonder boy. He was anointed in a 1995 Time Magazine cover story as the �right hand of God� for spinning the trust of conservative Christians into political gold. It was Reed who built the Christian Coalition of televangelist Pat Robertson into a powerful arm of the Republican Party.
But Reed fell from grace in 2006 after he was implicated in the biggest Washington scandal since Watergate. His pal and colleague, the lobbyist Jack Abramoff, pleaded guilty to defrauding clients of millions of dollars, some of which had landed in Reed’s pockets as well. The money spigot was now wide open. Abramoff was being paid millions as a lobbyist. Reed was being paid millions to dupe his fellow Christians.
He says he intends to build the 21st century version of the Christian Coalition, with an annual budget of $ 100 million, five million members, full-time lobbyists in all 50 state capitols, and an enormous database.
The pharisaical ultra-conservative, hard-Right support he receives comes largely from a hard-core of misled, fanatically anti-communist, fundamentalist, evangelical, bigoted, self-righteous religious minority, as well as from the vast silent majority, of the indifferent, couldn’t-care-less, self-indulgent, self-satisfied. The fact is these fanatical religionists also consider themselves above the law and the courts and are willing to commit any crime in the name of national, religious or so-called family security!
The Daily Star
thedailystar, thedailystar.com, www.thedailystar.com, thedailystar bangla newspaper, the daily thedailystar, thedailystar online edition, latest news, daily Newspaper, Bangladeshi Newspaper, dailystar Bangladesh
Copyright © 2012, BangladeshNews24.com
All rights reserved
All content and image and logo are the ©copyright by their respective owner
About Us
Contact Us
Privacy Policy
RSS Feed
Home
Front Page
Editorial
Sports
Business
Metropolitan
National
International
Arts & Entertainment
OP-ED
"Right hand of God"
The DailyStar / Letters : 12/09/2012
Ted Rudow III, MA, Encina Ave, Palo Alto, CA
At age 33, Ralph Reed was the Christian Right’s wonder boy. He was anointed in a 1995 Time Magazine cover story as the �right hand of God� for spinning the trust of conservative Christians into political gold. It was Reed who built the Christian Coalition of televangelist Pat Robertson into a powerful arm of the Republican Party.
But Reed fell from grace in 2006 after he was implicated in the biggest Washington scandal since Watergate. His pal and colleague, the lobbyist Jack Abramoff, pleaded guilty to defrauding clients of millions of dollars, some of which had landed in Reed’s pockets as well. The money spigot was now wide open. Abramoff was being paid millions as a lobbyist. Reed was being paid millions to dupe his fellow Christians.
He says he intends to build the 21st century version of the Christian Coalition, with an annual budget of $ 100 million, five million members, full-time lobbyists in all 50 state capitols, and an enormous database.
The pharisaical ultra-conservative, hard-Right support he receives comes largely from a hard-core of misled, fanatically anti-communist, fundamentalist, evangelical, bigoted, self-righteous religious minority, as well as from the vast silent majority, of the indifferent, couldn’t-care-less, self-indulgent, self-satisfied. The fact is these fanatical religionists also consider themselves above the law and the courts and are willing to commit any crime in the name of national, religious or so-called family security!
The Daily Star
thedailystar, thedailystar.com, www.thedailystar.com, thedailystar bangla newspaper, the daily thedailystar, thedailystar online edition, latest news, daily Newspaper, Bangladeshi Newspaper, dailystar Bangladesh
Copyright © 2012, BangladeshNews24.com
All rights reserved
All content and image and logo are the ©copyright by their respective owner
About Us
Contact Us
Privacy Policy
RSS Feed
Bohemia
Metro
SF Station
MetroActive
Boulevards
Santa Cruz Weekly
Bohemian
Letters to the Editor:October 10, 2012
Letters to the Editor:October 10, 2012
Tools
Rep. Paul Ryan as Romney' his vice presidential running mate. At an Atlas Society meeting celebrating Ayn Rand's life in 2005, Ryan said that "The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand", and "I grew up reading Ayn Rand and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems are, and what my beliefs are. It’s inspired me so much that it’s required reading in my office for all my interns and my staff."
Greenspan was born and educated in New York City, where he earned a BA, MA and, 27 years later in 1977, a PhD in economics. After earning his MA in 1950, Greenspan became a 20-year associate of famed philosopher Ayn Rand, author of books "The Virtue of Selfishness,""Atlas Shrugged" and more. Greenspan wrote for Rand’s newsletters and authored a chapter for a Rand book. As legend has it, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan was once a member of Ayn Rand's 1960's salon. He was invited guest at Rand's apartment and apparently was close enough to have read her epic Atlas Shrugged as it came off her typewriter.
With his selection of Representative Paul Ryan as a running mate, Mitt Romney has told us exactly who he would be as President: a selfish capitalist. A Romney-Ryan White House would elevate selfishness above all else. To understand the values of Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan, it is necessary to understand their intellectual forebear, Ayn Rand. Ms. Rand was one of the most extreme public intellectuals of the twentieth century. As her central creed, she rejected the idea that people in a community should approach each other with charity, compassion, and altruism.
Ted Rudow III
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
She rejected
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/10/09/18723394.php
She rejected
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Tuesday Oct 9th, 2012
Rep. Paul Ryan as Romney' his vice presidential running mate. At an Atlas Society meeting celebrating Ayn Rand's life in 2005, Ryan said that "The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand", and "I grew up reading Ayn Rand and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems are, and what my beliefs are. It’s inspired me so much that it’s required reading in my office for all my interns and my staff."
Greenspan was born and educated in New York City, where he earned a BA, MA and, 27 years later in 1977, a PhD in economics. After earning his MA in 1950, Greenspan became a 20-year associate of famed philosopher Ayn Rand, author of books "The Virtue of Selfishness,""Atlas Shrugged" and more. Greenspan wrote for Rand’s newsletters and authored a chapter for a Rand book. As legend has it, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan was once a member of Ayn Rand's 1960's salon. He was invited guest at Rand's apartment and apparently was close enough to have read her epic Atlas Shrugged as it came off her typewriter.
With his selection of Representative Paul Ryan as a running mate, Mitt Romney has told us exactly who he would be as President: a selfish capitalist. A Romney-Ryan White House would elevate selfishness above all else. To understand the values of Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan, it is necessary to understand their intellectual forebear, Ayn Rand. Ms. Rand was one of the most extreme public intellectuals of the twentieth century. As her central creed, she rejected the idea that people in a community should approach each other with charity, compassion, and altruism.
Ted Rudow III, MA
She rejected
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Tuesday Oct 9th, 2012
Rep. Paul Ryan as Romney' his vice presidential running mate. At an Atlas Society meeting celebrating Ayn Rand's life in 2005, Ryan said that "The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand", and "I grew up reading Ayn Rand and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems are, and what my beliefs are. It’s inspired me so much that it’s required reading in my office for all my interns and my staff."
Greenspan was born and educated in New York City, where he earned a BA, MA and, 27 years later in 1977, a PhD in economics. After earning his MA in 1950, Greenspan became a 20-year associate of famed philosopher Ayn Rand, author of books "The Virtue of Selfishness,""Atlas Shrugged" and more. Greenspan wrote for Rand’s newsletters and authored a chapter for a Rand book. As legend has it, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan was once a member of Ayn Rand's 1960's salon. He was invited guest at Rand's apartment and apparently was close enough to have read her epic Atlas Shrugged as it came off her typewriter.
With his selection of Representative Paul Ryan as a running mate, Mitt Romney has told us exactly who he would be as President: a selfish capitalist. A Romney-Ryan White House would elevate selfishness above all else. To understand the values of Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan, it is necessary to understand their intellectual forebear, Ayn Rand. Ms. Rand was one of the most extreme public intellectuals of the twentieth century. As her central creed, she rejected the idea that people in a community should approach each other with charity, compassion, and altruism.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Monday, October 08, 2012
ALEC
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/10/08/18723314.php
ALEC
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Monday Oct 8th, 2012
Political force most of America has never heard of — ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. A national consortium of state politicians and powerful corporations, ALEC presents itself as a “nonpartisan public-private partnership”. But behind that mantra lies a vast network of corporate lobbying and political action aimed to increase corporate profits at public expense without public knowledge.
In state houses around the country, hundreds of pieces of boilerplate ALEC legislation are proposed or enacted that would, among other things, dilute collective bargaining rights, make it harder for some Americans to vote, and limit corporate liability for harm caused to consumers — each accomplished without the public ever knowing who’s behind.
“All of us here are very familiar with ALEC and the influence that ALEC has with many of the [legislative] members,” says Arizona State Senator Steve Farley. “Corporations have the right to present their arguments, but they don’t have the right to do it secretly.” As of August 16, 2012, 70 state legislators have cut ties with ALEC. None of them in California.It also includes politicians who have been featured speakers or who have accepted awards at ALEC meetings. (If you have additional names, please add them with a citation. The names in this original list were verified as of posting.)
Ted Rudow III, MA
ALEC
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Monday Oct 8th, 2012
Political force most of America has never heard of — ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. A national consortium of state politicians and powerful corporations, ALEC presents itself as a “nonpartisan public-private partnership”. But behind that mantra lies a vast network of corporate lobbying and political action aimed to increase corporate profits at public expense without public knowledge.
In state houses around the country, hundreds of pieces of boilerplate ALEC legislation are proposed or enacted that would, among other things, dilute collective bargaining rights, make it harder for some Americans to vote, and limit corporate liability for harm caused to consumers — each accomplished without the public ever knowing who’s behind.
“All of us here are very familiar with ALEC and the influence that ALEC has with many of the [legislative] members,” says Arizona State Senator Steve Farley. “Corporations have the right to present their arguments, but they don’t have the right to do it secretly.” As of August 16, 2012, 70 state legislators have cut ties with ALEC. None of them in California.It also includes politicians who have been featured speakers or who have accepted awards at ALEC meetings. (If you have additional names, please add them with a citation. The names in this original list were verified as of posting.)
Ted Rudow III, MA
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
The Daily Star
Weather
Dhaka
T: 29C
H: 84%
The Daily Star
Your Right To Know
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Home
Business
Sports
Arts & Entertainment
Travel
IT & Telecom
Science
Advertisement
Print Rates
Online Rates
Classifieds
Sections
Star Health
Star Chittagong
Urban
Environment
English In Schools
LAw & Our Rights
Book Reviews
Strategic Issues
City In Frame
Celebrating Life
Supplements
Archive
Magazines
The Star
Forum
Star Campus
Rising Star
Star Insight
Today's paper
Front Page
Editorial
Metropolitan
National
International
Op-Ed
Letters
Literature
Podcast
Life Style
Chittagong
Witness
"Right hand of God"?
Ted Rudow III, MA, Encina Ave, Palo Alto, CA
At age 33, Ralph Reed was the Christian Right's wonder boy. He was anointed in a 1995 Time Magazine cover story as the “right hand of God” for spinning the trust of conservative Christians into political gold. It was Reed who built the Christian Coalition of televangelist Pat Robertson into a powerful arm of the Republican Party.
But Reed fell from grace in 2006 after he was implicated in the biggest Washington scandal since Watergate. His pal and colleague, the lobbyist Jack Abramoff, pleaded guilty to defrauding clients of millions of dollars, some of which had landed in Reed's pockets as well. The money spigot was now wide open. Abramoff was being paid millions as a lobbyist. Reed was being paid millions to dupe his fellow Christians.
He says he intends to build the 21st century version of the Christian Coalition, with an annual budget of $ 100 million, five million members, full-time lobbyists in all 50 state capitols, and an enormous database.
The pharisaical ultra-conservative, hard-Right support he receives comes largely from a hard-core of misled, fanatically anti-communist, fundamentalist, evangelical, bigoted, self-righteous religious minority, as well as from the vast silent majority, of the indifferent, couldn't-care-less, self-indulgent, self-satisfied. The fact is these fanatical religionists also consider themselves above the law and the courts and are willing to commit any crime in the name of national, religious or so-called family security!
Dhaka
T: 29C
H: 84%
The Daily Star
Your Right To Know
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Home
Business
Sports
Arts & Entertainment
Travel
IT & Telecom
Science
Advertisement
Print Rates
Online Rates
Classifieds
Sections
Star Health
Star Chittagong
Urban
Environment
English In Schools
LAw & Our Rights
Book Reviews
Strategic Issues
City In Frame
Celebrating Life
Supplements
Archive
Magazines
The Star
Forum
Star Campus
Rising Star
Star Insight
Today's paper
Front Page
Editorial
Metropolitan
National
International
Op-Ed
Letters
Literature
Podcast
Life Style
Chittagong
Witness
"Right hand of God"?
Ted Rudow III, MA, Encina Ave, Palo Alto, CA
At age 33, Ralph Reed was the Christian Right's wonder boy. He was anointed in a 1995 Time Magazine cover story as the “right hand of God” for spinning the trust of conservative Christians into political gold. It was Reed who built the Christian Coalition of televangelist Pat Robertson into a powerful arm of the Republican Party.
But Reed fell from grace in 2006 after he was implicated in the biggest Washington scandal since Watergate. His pal and colleague, the lobbyist Jack Abramoff, pleaded guilty to defrauding clients of millions of dollars, some of which had landed in Reed's pockets as well. The money spigot was now wide open. Abramoff was being paid millions as a lobbyist. Reed was being paid millions to dupe his fellow Christians.
He says he intends to build the 21st century version of the Christian Coalition, with an annual budget of $ 100 million, five million members, full-time lobbyists in all 50 state capitols, and an enormous database.
The pharisaical ultra-conservative, hard-Right support he receives comes largely from a hard-core of misled, fanatically anti-communist, fundamentalist, evangelical, bigoted, self-righteous religious minority, as well as from the vast silent majority, of the indifferent, couldn't-care-less, self-indulgent, self-satisfied. The fact is these fanatical religionists also consider themselves above the law and the courts and are willing to commit any crime in the name of national, religious or so-called family security!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)