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THE HIDDEN POWER OF THE MORMONS
SUZAN MAZUR, SCOOP, NEW ZEALAND - Mormons are clearly not evangelical
Christians. And there are 11 million of them. They run the "biggest and
best" gun shows nationwide. They tend to vote Republican. And their
church is rich, because it asks its members to tithe 10% of their annual
income. . .
Mormons have historically played a significant behind-the-scenes money
and power role in America. Sally Denton and Roger Morris have written
about Mormon banker Parry Thomas's financing of Las Vegas, for example,
in their book, The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its
Hold on America. . .
Carlyle "founding fathers" Dan Altobello, Steve Norris, Fred Malek and
Dan D'Aniello, who participated in the catering service buyout by
Carlyle, all came from the Marriott Mormon culture before joining
Carlyle. Malek was number two man at Marriott and a former Director of
the Republican Party; it was Malek who brought George W. Bush into the
Carlyle fold.
Looking closer at the workings of the Mormon Church and its wealth - it
is not particularly choosy about the source of its tithes. It accepts
money, for example, from a circle of LDS lawyers, bankers and
businessmen who represent the polygamist Mormons living out West. . .
The Mormons have been crucial to George W. Bush's political campaigns. A
major supporter has been former Utah governor Mike Leavitt, now Bush
II's EPA director. Leavitt is part of a 2,000 member clan. . .
Another LDS star who's been cheerleading for Bush is Massachusetts
governor Mitt Romney. . .
Then there's Karl Rove -- "Bush's Brain". Although Rove is not Mormon,
he was nurtured in the Salt Lake City Mormon culture and educated at the
University of Utah. . .
Harvard Business publications is Mormon-run. And the editor of Harvard
Business Review as well as the Dean of Harvard Business School are
Mormon.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0410/S00296.htm
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THE HIDDEN POWER OF THE MORMONS
SUZAN MAZUR, SCOOP, NEW ZEALAND - Mormons are clearly not evangelical
Christians. And there are 11 million of them. They run the "biggest and
best" gun shows nationwide. They tend to vote Republican. And their
church is rich, because it asks its members to tithe 10% of their annual
income. . .
Mormons have historically played a significant behind-the-scenes money
and power role in America. Sally Denton and Roger Morris have written
about Mormon banker Parry Thomas's financing of Las Vegas, for example,
in their book, The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its
Hold on America. . .
Carlyle "founding fathers" Dan Altobello, Steve Norris, Fred Malek and
Dan D'Aniello, who participated in the catering service buyout by
Carlyle, all came from the Marriott Mormon culture before joining
Carlyle. Malek was number two man at Marriott and a former Director of
the Republican Party; it was Malek who brought George W. Bush into the
Carlyle fold.
Looking closer at the workings of the Mormon Church and its wealth - it
is not particularly choosy about the source of its tithes. It accepts
money, for example, from a circle of LDS lawyers, bankers and
businessmen who represent the polygamist Mormons living out West. . .
The Mormons have been crucial to George W. Bush's political campaigns. A
major supporter has been former Utah governor Mike Leavitt, now Bush
II's EPA director. Leavitt is part of a 2,000 member clan. . .
Another LDS star who's been cheerleading for Bush is Massachusetts
governor Mitt Romney. . .
Then there's Karl Rove -- "Bush's Brain". Although Rove is not Mormon,
he was nurtured in the Salt Lake City Mormon culture and educated at the
University of Utah. . .
Harvard Business publications is Mormon-run. And the editor of Harvard
Business Review as well as the Dean of Harvard Business School are
Mormon.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0410/S00296.htm
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