As a sidebar to a story on the religious right, The Independent newspaper from the United Kingdom offers a brief review of some of the incredibly large Evangelical churches that are at the forefront of the movement:

Phyliss Schlafly as economic populist?  Immigration rights lawyer as total labor globalization advocate?  New issues cause new alignments and new divisions in the political realm, and globalization appears to be in the midst of such a political realignment as we speak.  

Evidently, the Jesus who the religious right prays to is more concerned with boycotting Hollywood for releasing Brokeback Mountain than with feeding the hungry or global warming.

Not that we need more examples of Republican corruption; they just keep falling out of the trees.  Take California Republican Congressman (recently reelected) Gary Miller.

According to Missouri Governor Matt Blunt:

The fact that in such a horrific national climate we had such a successful election here in Missouri, really I see as a validation of what we've accomplished. It's a validation that people believe in small government, low taxes, an efficient government, investing in education. They like the improvements they've seen in our state's economy and lawsuit reform and regulatory relief, and they see that in job creation and ... the growth of personal income that's occurring in Missouri.

Ever read a New York Times story reporting gloom and doom about the American economy and wondering if you're missing something? [editor's note: like this sentence is missing something?] Its a common problem for Times readers. But there is a place to go on the web where you can get the real lowdown on the US economy, business, social welfare, government and politics -- the American Enterprise Institute.

+++++++Give the man an A for disclosure, however; the byline includes this description of the author:

It seems that corruption by first family members is the norm rather than exception worldwide.

Literally no comment required to this Rueters snippet from the NY Tiimes:

Well, at least the oblivious little buggers are consistent.  We can tolerate massive government spending in Iraq, but not here, we can countenance public health care in Iraq, but not here, and now........we need a jobs program to stem unemployment in Iraq, but not here.

It doesn't help that (Tony) Snow, though admired for his quick wit, has been lobbing names at his inquisitors. After labeling as "partisan" a question from NBC's David Gregory last week, Snow accused CBS's Jim Axelrod yesterday of asking a "loaded" question; the two men exchanged unpleasant looks. Snow further branded a question by Fox's Bret Baier as "cynical" and one from (CNN's Elaine) Quijano as "facile."

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