Kansans who need to know ...
... will listen to this free download and podcast of Jeff Sharlet, fresh from his lecture in Kansas appeared for over one hour on Rob Kall's Radio Show, Kall is the main man behind the popular Op-Ed News web site!
No big deal, a religious boarding house to congressmen in DC loses it's tax-exempt status as a "church." It's "part of God's plan!"
Several Kansas bloggers and many journalists in the state have either, not reported anything on this story, or have omitted key parts in order to downplay it's significance. The mysterious network of wealthy Christian fundamentalist power brokers, as described in Jeff Sharlet's important book, or the hundreds of thousands of people within Kansas who have been used, manipulated and made to look like fools, worldwide.
The divisive issues over the decades have been many; outrageous support for every war fought since Nixon, the outlawing of abortion by state government restriction, preventing sex education in the public schools, prohibiting free family planning among the poor, denying homosexuals the ability to enter into legal licensed contracts of marriage, censoring evolution from public school science textbooks and the list goes on and on and on.
Many of the "The Family" leaders who claim Kansas as home even think that most ordinary Christian people must follow the "up and out" the wealthy supreme who are successful at "biblical capitalism" and on top of society. In certain aspects they seem to enjoy destroying the Free State legacy of radical abolition and social experiment, by drowning Kanas in a swamp of bigotry and hatred toward the 'least among them.'
No longer "All in the Family" in the C Street church, or among the Kansas elite? Now it doesn't exist, poof!
The Family is not just a large townhouse on C Street, they have many other real estate properties, some very lavish mansions, one as far away as Arlington, Va. called The Cedars.
Contrary to what most Kansas partisan bloggers are reporting The Family is according to Sharlet in his most recent discussion (linked above) is less a cult than the elite leadership of a "social movement" that are in both dominant political parties, Republican and Democratic.
Many reporters discount or do not cite Sharlet when he writes that The Family members refer to themselves as "the Christian mafia" which views political partisan loyalty as an obstacle to dominating the world with their version of religion.
The Family is more than an innocent group leading National Prayer Breakfasts once a year in DC.
The Family does largely owe it's history of power to a Kansan named Frank Carlson.
And most of the Kansas Republican congressional delegation today have been involved in this wealthy secretive Christian network and some are prominent Kansas Democrats. Listen to which Democrats are not only "right-wing" but cutting large-scale deals in telecommunications.
The Family's C-Street House was more than just a cheap place for Kansas congressmen to stay at while "working" in Washington DC.
Click here to listen to this amazing discussion about this secretive organization that spawned a bloody history from Indonesia, Brazil, Somalia, Uganda and the Sudan.
This book should be read by every registered voter in Kansas.
Check out Jeff's blog, where you can get it.
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