Hoping for a little Wisconsin common sense

Jay Hein, a Wisconsin native, has been picked to lead the Faith-Based Initiative office for the White House. If this office is going to exist, let's hope that injecting someone from Wisconsin into it will result in better accountability for the program.

A recent GAO report found that some of the organizations in the program are mixing religion with their services, there is almost no oversight of the program and the White House still hasn't even developed any clear standards for the organizations in the program to follow.

Probably because they don't care. This program was always about getting tax dollars into churches and the Bush Administration most likely isn't bothered if the groups in this program are preaching to the people coming to them for services. In fact, they probably hope they will.

Perhaps the Bush Administration is using this program to start Rep. Katherine Harris' "we must elect Christians" edict. Afterall, the woman that helped throw the election to President Bush says people who are not Christians simply don't know any better. If our federal tax dollars aren't helping convert more people into Christians, how will we replace all of the elected officials currently holding office that are not Christians?