Jesus Will Head Gulf Coast Homeland Security

Just when you think bush couldn't do anything weirder...

Bush extends faith-based initiative to Homeland Security

WHITE HOUSE President Bush is extending his faith-based initiative into the Department of Homeland Security.

On the eve of his latest visit to hurricane-ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi, Bush has ordered the department which includes FEMA to remove barriers to funding religious relief efforts.

Many Gulf Coast residents have praised faith-based volunteers as being more effective than the Federal Emergency Management Agency in providing relief and reconstruction. But some churches that fed and sheltered Katrina evacuees have complained of delays in receiving promised reimbursement.

Heavy sigh.

But some churches that fed and sheltered Katrina evacuees have complained of delays in receiving promised reimbursement.

I have an undergraduate minor in Religion from Texas Christian University, and I don't recall reading a single passage in either the Old or New Testaments, wherein "reimbursement for services rendered to the needy" is mentioned.

And a single word in that news story jumps off the page like Lazarus: reconstruction.

What exactly have faith-based organizations "reconstructed?" Are we talking about Habitat For Humanity, which builds one house at a time and depends on the kindness of strangers across the country for its funding? The Salvation Army, which posts its Pray-To-Eat policy proudly?

Something stinks about this "expansion of faith-based initiative into Homeland Security" deal.

I want more information. Somehow, I don't think churches are rebuilding New Orleans' 9th Ward, do you?

So you think you know Delilah?
Judges 16:19-- And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head.