FRC launches attack comparing Daschle to Saddam Hussein. (People & Events).A political action committee affiliated with the Family Research Council (FRC FRC abbr. functional residual capacity FRC see functional residual capacity. ) has placed ads in South Dakota newspapers comparing Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) to Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. The ad, sponsored by American Renewal, FRC's PAC, places photos of Daschle and Hussein side by side and asks, "What do Saddam Hussein and Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle have in common?" It then goes on to assert that both oppose drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) covers 19,049,236 acres (79,318 km²) in northeastern Alaska, in the North Slope region. It was originally protected in 1960 by order of Fred A. Seaton, the Secretary of the Interior under U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. . The ad asserts that the United States is forced to buy oil from Hussein because Daschle "won't let America drill for oil at home." Doug Hattaway, a spokesman for Daschle, called the ad "a truly outrageous attack at a time when the nation is unified." He asserted that drilling at the Alaska site would not decrease the nation's dependence on foreign oil and said Daschle is open to discussing energy policy once U.S. security measures are dealt with. Since becoming majority leader last year, Daschle has increasingly been a target for Religious Right and far-right organizations. In other news about the Religious Right: * Americans overwhelmingly reject assertions by TV preachers Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell that the Sept. 11 terrorist attack was punishment from God, a new poll indicates. The survey, conducted by the Pew Research Center The Pew Research Center is a "fact tank" based in Washington, D.C., that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the USA and the world. The Center and its projects receive funding from The Pew Charitable Trusts. for the People and the Press, found that 73 percent of respondents "totally disagree" with the idea that the attacks were a sign from God (including 63 percent of respondents who said they are evangelicals). Only 8 percent said they agreed with Falwell and Robertson. * TV preachers Paul and Jan Crouch are living well. The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). reported in November that the couple, who run Trinity Broadcasting Network The Trinity Broadcasting Network, or TBN, is the largest Christian religious television network in the world and is headquartered near Los Angeles in Costa Mesa, California with studios near Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Irving, Texas and near Nashville in (TBN TBN Trinity Broadcasting Network TBN Trombone TBN Total Base Number (oil sampling) TBN To Be Named TBN To Be Nominated TBN Taekwondo Bond Nederland (Netherlands Taekwondo Association) TBN To Be Negotiated ), recently purchased a $5 million home in Newport Beach, Calif. According to the Times, "The home was described as `a palatial pa·la·tial adj. 1. Of or suitable for a palace: palatial furnishings. 2. Of the nature of a palace, as in spaciousness or ornateness: a palatial yacht. estate with ocean and city views.'" It has six bedrooms, nine bathrooms, a billiard room, a climate-controlled wine cellar and a crystal chandelier. The three-story mansion sits on an acre of land and has nearly 9,500 square feet, a six-car garage and a pool and fountain. The Crouches had been living in a house in the same neighborhood but moved, the paper reported, because "Jan Crouch had been wanting a bigger yard for her dogs, sources said." |
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