How Washington Mutual funds Bush and the Religious Right

[Crowdance]

Washington Mutual (affectionately known as WaMu), a banking octopus that has been eating up local banks in my area, is the font of endless funding for its owner, Howard Ahmanson's, campaign against gays and evolution, and for Bush and the institution of a medieval theocracy in the U.S.

In Salon, so you'll need to view an ad to see it: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/01/06/ahmanson/index.html

He's the money behind the drive to constitutionally ban gay marriage, a national drive to install creationism in our science classrooms, and the Anglican Council, which is seeking to divide the Episcopal Church over the issue of homosexuality. He is a heavy-duty support of Bush and other right-wing politicians and "thinkers," including Grover Norquist and Marvin Olasky.

He is a major support of the ideas of R.J. Rushdoony, who had a "vision for a new America in which the church subsumes the federal government and society is administered according to biblical law, or at least his interpretation of it. According to biblical law, he writes, segregation is a "basic principle," and slavery is permitted "because some people are by nature slaves and will always be so." Those who don't comply with Rushdoony's rules -- disobedient children, "pagans," adulterers, women who get abortions, repeat criminal offenders and, of course, homosexuals -- would be executed. Mrs. Ahmanson, who described Rushdoony as "quirky in some ways," qualified his extremism: "To impose the death penalty you need two witnesses. So the number of executions goes down pretty quickly."

Folks, this is very scary stuff; a genuine refutation of all those who want to let the right-wing religious nuts alone. They're not content to be left alone, and they ARE effectively changing our culture, society and economy with their financial advantage. We need to take action against them, to stop them, before it's too late.

[otohara]

1. WaMu - Our Mtg. Payment w/ Up Considerably

when they bought out our original mortgage company. Saying they wanted 2 months of insurance & tax monies in escrow. They are opening up banks here also. Never knew they had banks. Now lots of ads run for banks. This makes me want to refinance w/someone else.

[ithacan]

2. the "religious nuts" are now running the Republican party

That's what's really scary.

See this website for details:

http://www.theocracywatch.org/

[readmylips]

5. Yes, you're right and many republicans are turning away...

from the party. My hubby is one of them, as much as he's a real republican, who choses not to vote. My husband hates all those religious nuts. McCain made a big point of saying how his party has been taken over by Falwell, Robertson and all the religous nuts. But they are not religious, it's simply dirty raw politics. They can hide behind religion, jesus and god to practice their raw politics.

Hope democrats running point this out and bring into our party some of those real republicans.

[ithacan]

6. we don't need to bring them into the Dem party

in fact that might not be good, it would increase pressure to shift right.

Better that these Repubs either not vote, or else decide to fight to take their party back from the fundies!

[burythehatchet]

3. Just from personal experience

Washington Mutual lost a class action lawsuit because of they were improperly impairing good credit. I am about to file a suit against them for the same reason - three years of messed up accounting, countless phone calls, and still they don't give a crap.

In fact, if there are others who have suffered similar indignation with Washington Mutual, please contact me. Maybe we can band together and hit them where it hurts.

[RebelOne]

4. Maybe they're also outsourcing jobs.

This is from www.fuckedcompany.com

Washinton Mutual Bank
Decline in borrowing... Washington Mutual Bank laying off 2,900 people... that's around 7,500 for the year...
When: Dec 18 2003 12:00AM
Company: Washinton Mutual Bank