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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:49 AM Original message |
Folks, Our SOS, HRC is a member of an "elite cell" of The Family. THIS NEEDS ADDRESSING! |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. not nearly one of my biggest concerns |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Have you read the book? heard the interviews? |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
57. Oh FFS, you must NOT have read, or you would know only MEN can be members of "the family" |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 08:46 AM Response to Reply #57 |
76. Marsha Blackburn is a member. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #57 |
83. Apprently that's not true. |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #57 |
88. With their mindset, I would think women are only auxillary members |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #57 |
96. I am quoting multiple sources. If you have information showing they are wrong, then please provide. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Then you haven't read about it....we're talking senators and congressmen. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. I want all the religion out of my government |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. a brief history of cell churches: |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. moved--wrong place. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 06:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
70. I second that...nt |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
3. Interesting |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Sharlet gives an excellent historical analysis of how this group & it's predessors |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I always appreciate |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
49. He touches on the material in Harpers |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. Coe is also spiritual advisor to Chuck Colson |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
6. Coe is also spiritual advisor to Chuck Colson |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
7. Very interesting, and I think everyone should read this book. nt |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. Our President was once a Moonie |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Better stated that an ex-President was once a Moonie, and there is no proof that he |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. It all depends on how you read it |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Ok.. when I read it, it made me think that you were referring to Obama. |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
40. You mean EX-President. n/t |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
63. Yes ex-President |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
9. Oh oh |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Thanks for the cool gif!! |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
11. I was surprised when Bill Maher asked Sharlet about Dems in "The Family", he didn't mention Hillary. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
12. My relationship to HRC was already absolutely re-defined by her vote on the IWR. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Mine too and I didn't vote for her when she ran again for Senator. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
15. I was laughing my ass off until I read the last line and realized you were serious |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. and I assume you are well informed about this group? |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. I assume you've read the OP's sources? |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Why don't you watch this video interview: |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
20. I trust NO ONE in this group to be my president. Makes me glad |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
21. I've known that for awhile. |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
24. Sharlet recounting Coe: "Suppose I hear you rape three little girls. What would I think?" |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
53. I believe it and I plan to read it. I've heard about such cults |
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PuraVidaDreamin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 06:11 AM Response to Reply #24 |
71. just crazy isn't it? They've rewritten any version of the bible to entitle themselves |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
27. This is the result when it is considered impolitic to question religion. |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. It's amazing to me that some here quickly dismiss this w/o wanting to examine |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I'm reading this book soon |
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arthritisR_US (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I'm about half way through it and there serioulsy needs to be a separation of church and state! n/t |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #28 |
82. What is it you want? |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
51. It also tends to enforce a defacto christian litmus test. n/t |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
29. If you can find connections between HRC and Honduras "family" elites.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
32. Ah welcome to the club, been readying the book myself |
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arthritisR_US (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. the correlation between the Nazis and this group is sickeningly scary! n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Yeah, I have to continue readying this, and taking notes |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. pg 142-the real dismantling of the New Deal began as early as 1943 w S Conservative Dems |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I have been doing some serious thinking on this |
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arthritisR_US (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
87. I haven't got that far yet, still reading about Abram Vereide and his |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #87 |
94. especially during the depression-pretty convenient. |
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arthritisR_US (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #94 |
98. good point! the context of the time certainly puts the "depth" of these people |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
52. I'm sorry, but I have to ask |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
37. I'll read the book but with some skepticism. |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Their members where told they were above the law as they were "the new chosen" |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
39. Is there any evidence that she is STILL a member of "the family?" |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
43. I will check out this book. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
44. They probably have her wire-tapped. nm |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
45. Obama just put a fundie at the helm of the National Institutes of Health-is Obama part of the Family |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
46. Oh please, such drama!!! |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. So...The Nation, Mother Jones, TNR, Huff Po, The Atlantic, Harpers as well the the author |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. What documentation other that she attended the Senate Prayer Breakfasts? |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Here's some sources to start with if you care to take your blinders off: |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Actually, the MSNBC article is quite nice. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. The Nation, Mother Jones, TNR, Huff Po, The Atlantic, Harpers...all have published odd theories. |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. May I suggest you read "The Family" Jeff Sharlet gives an excellent historic perspective |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 12:36 AM Response to Reply #56 |
65. Having read a bunch about them: |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
58. Okay here you go |
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waiting (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. I was a part of this group from 1976 to 1982 |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. MUST-READ waiting's REPLY. |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Thank you and welcome to DU. |
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waiting (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Thank you |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Welcome to DU waiting |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 05:29 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. +1 |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #59 |
66. Hugs and welcome to DU |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 07:38 AM Response to Reply #59 |
74. Thank you for sharing your story. So sorry to hear of your family's exploitation. |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #74 |
95. I understand Oliver North is a Family member... |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #59 |
77. Child labor is big in these froups. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
67. Is this 'family' more dangerous than the Bush Crime Syndicate? |
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PuraVidaDreamin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 06:18 AM Response to Reply #67 |
72. They are likely intertwined. |
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arthritisR_US (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #72 |
92. that's my thinking too. n/t |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
69. Oh boy |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
73. (cough) Rev. Wright (cough). |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Rev Wright preaches the "social gospel" Helping those less fortunate rise up |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
78. no it really does not. nt |
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waiting (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. The Fellowship comes across as truly Christian |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. I am aware of what you speak, waiting. |
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waiting (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. I'm glad that you are aware of this |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. You might want to contact the author of "The Family" with your story: |
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waiting (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. I actually already have. |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #85 |
97. Please continue to provide information on this cult to us at DU. The more exposure |
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waiting (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 08:08 AM Response to Reply #85 |
99. Kicking |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 08:10 AM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Waiting-Ever hear/see of Erik Prince involvement w this group? |
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waiting (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. IRS |
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waiting (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #86 |
90. They will use women |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
89. If you think a woman can become a member of a cell, I believe you are mistaken |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
91. I distinctly remember a DU post about her and The Family during the primaries |
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waiting (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. There are separate prayer meeting for the women's group, the wives of the ealthy and the power guys. |
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