[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Is there a time when maybe we will actually stop spending? It is getting ridiculous.

[George from New England]

Bush can just close his eyes and get re-elected. This is great stuff!

[breakem]

Our government inaction.

[ambrose]

Bush is a Fiscal Conservative Ping.

[ohioWfan]

Solving the problems in marriages and the families will go a long way to solving the overall problems in our society.

If there is ANYTHING worth spending money on, IMO, it is this.

[Eowyn-of-Rohan]

So, is this money coming out of the Bush family coffers?

[bvw]

Dr Wade F. Horn, the assistant secretary of health and human services for children and families:

"This initiative will not force anyone to get or stay married. The last thing we'd want is to increase the rate of domestic violence against women."

In other words, in the most obvious reading of Dr. Horn's own words: "Marriage, in and of itself, increases domestic violence against women."

Not exactly the attitude to have going into a program designed to encourage marriages. Sorry, Mr. Bush, until that mindset is changed a FedGov program to encourage marriage may ruin more than it helps. It's like having the State Department pursue our national interest in foreign policy.

[little jeremiah]

Homosexual Agenda ping - marriage defense spending - this article is kind of confusing.
A. Too much spending. Why the heck should the federal gov't get into the counseling business???
B. Beating around the bush - just get the marriage amendment rolling and be done with it.

(IMHO)

If anyone wants on or off this ping list, inform me!
(it's usually a rather busy one)

[Salvation]

God bless President Bush.

We all need to support this program even if it is with only $5.00 or our encouragement.

[ETERNAL WARMING]

Will this guy EVER stop spending? My God..every week it's something else!

[Mulder]

What a freakin' joke.

And this was supposed to be the year that William Jefferson Bush was going to slow down the wild spending.

[u-89]

For months, administration officials have worked with conservative groups on the proposal, which would provide at least $1.5 billion for training to help couples develop interpersonal skills that sustain "healthy marriages."

The proposal is the type of relatively inexpensive but politically potent initiative that appeals to White House officials at a time when they are squeezed by growing federal budget deficits.

"A lot of conservatives are very pleased with the healthy marriage initiative."

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Republican government, conservative groups = federal program to teach the people interpersonal skills - on the cheap of course. Aren't you glad the Democrats aren't in control?

[microgood]

Rarely do government programs actually accomplish their goal. And the unintended consequences are usually worse than the original problem.

The people that will run this programs are the same ones that work in Planned Parenthood. Bureaucrats are specific type of person with a distorted view of the world, and especially these days do more harm than good. They will probably blow most of the money on Superbowl adds.

[Theo]

I know one of the people quoted in this piece, Wade Horn, "assistant secretary of health and human services for children and families." Cool. I developed and managed his organization's website, fatherhood.org ; I haven't worked on it for a couple of years, so don't blame me if it looks bad now. :-)

On one hand, the family is the foundation of the country. On the other hand, our government is sure spending a lot of our money....

[Diddle E. Squat]

"Mawwiage"

[Hank Rearden]

My copy of the Constitution doesn't authorize this.

Maybe I've got one of the old, first editions.

[kingu]

Let's see... 1.5 billion, and of course, no federal program will ever be shut down. I'm sure glad that every Rat in the race is ten times as worse, else I'd be sorely tempted.

[over3Owithabrain]

In the last few years, some liberals have also expressed interest in marriage-education programs. They say a growing body of statistical evidence suggests that children fare best, financially and emotionally, in married two-parent families.

Gosh, libs, ya think? Thanks for coming to the party, oh, about 6 thousand years late...

[sixmil]

As long as it is conservative social engineering, I am all for it!?

[Newbomb Turk]

This just in.

BRITNEY SPEARS to head coalition !