 zizzy says: A journalist's penetrating look at the untold story of christian fundamentalism's most elite organization, a self-described invisible network dedicated to a religion of power for the powerful They are the Family—fundamentalism's avant-garde, waging spiritual war in the halls of American power and around the globe. They consider themselves the new chosen—congressmen, generals, and foreign dictators who meet in confidential cells, to pray and plan for a "leadership led by God," to be won not by force but through "quiet diplomacy." Their base is a leafy estate overlooking the Potomac in Arlington, Virginia, and Jeff Sharlet is the only journalist to have reported from inside its walls. Sharlet's discoveries dramatically challenge conventional wisdom about American fundamentalism, revealing its crucial role in the unraveling of the New Deal, the waging of the cold war, and the no-holds-barred economics of globalization. The question Sharlet believes we must ask is not "What do fundamentalists want?" but "What have they already done?" Part history, part investigative journalism, The Family is a compelling account of how fundamentalism came to be interwoven with American power, a story that stretches from the religious revivals that have shaken this nation from its beginning to fundamentalism's new frontiers. No other book about the right has exposed the Family or revealed ... POP! There has been a sense of a battle going on during the comedy that has been Bush. That battle has been a power struggle between the moneyed groups in America and the world. Those behind Putin, bent rules to keep him there as their servant, Bush - the worst puppet since I made one at primary school, the Jews are always flexing but there is a struggle within, power struggles in oil producing countries (normally with the oil companies and CIA taking a side that will be best for the oil companies), .................... If there is ever going to be a change in thinking it will start in the family. I just bought the book on Amazon so I'll be reading it soon The Family (as well as Nixonland). I'm reserving some judgment until I read The Family. However, this is the kind of story that normally would be labeled conspiracy theory. I've been told that the U.S. is covertly run by a group of wealth families - always has been. I've always been skeptical, but now I'm beginning to wonder. Consider the other conspiracy theories - 9/11 coverup, the infamous assassinations of the 1960s - perhaps the suspicions are true. I'm wondering why The Family has allowed a journalist into their midst. The name alone makes them sounds like a mafia - the Calvin Klein wearing WASP mafia. I've not clipped or commented for a while because I'm traveling. I'm in the U.S. now and reading The Family. Bone chilling. I am in Seattle, where (to my surprise) The Family was founded, but it's roots go back to colonial America: and not Cotton Mather, who would have not abided Bible thumping fundamentalism and revivalists. Just a little bit more to pique interest - the leadership of the Family co-opts the organizing tactics of the Mafia, Hitler, and the Communists (Russian). They are fans of Genghis Khan. They the organizing force behind the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. |
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