Not a Lesser of Two Evils

Another big sigh.

That doesn't mean I'm not feeling more disappointment. Yes, Obama needs to move to the center now that the general election is on. Still, there are things that just don't need to be done. First there was his tacit endorsement of the FISA reform bill that granted retroactive immunity to the telecoms. That probably is the most major issue. He also has criticized the SCOTUS decision to ban the death penalty for child rapists. From a practical stand point that is more or less a non-issue. I mentioned those here.

Yesterday he out and out pissed me off. His endorsement of and proposal to expand and reform Shrub's Faith Based Initiatives is out and out wrong. Yes this is coming from an atheist but there's a reason that the founders of this nation wanted a separation of church and state. Any money given by the government to any religious organization allows that organization to spend more money on its religious mission. No matter how you build the spreadsheet to "prove" the gov't money is not used for religious missions, the money all goes into and out of the same pool of cash. See Michael D. at Balloon Juice.