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I have a message for every homeowner worried about rising mortgage payments: The best you can do for your family is to call 1-800-995-HOPE… That is 1-800-995-H-O-P-E.

Thank you, Mr President. From CNN:

Harried homeowners seeking mortgage relief from a new Bush administration hotline Thursday had to contend with a bit of temporary misdirection from the president himself.

As he announced his plan to ease the mortgage crisis for consumers, President Bush accidentally gave out the wrong phone number for the new “Hope Now Hotline” set up by his administration.

Anyone who dialed 1-800-995-HOPE did not reach the mortgage hotline but instead contacted the Freedom Christian Academy - a Texas-based group that provides Christian education home schooling material.

“Hope Now” is a woefully maudlin name for government intervention anyway. A bit of digging and we find that the folks at Freedom Christian Academy are a little less schmaltzy in their vision of hope.

From their Tennessee Mission:

Biblical principles are the basis for all learning; therefore, children learn best through Christ-centered instruction.

The Bible is the inerrant Word of God.

All policies and decisions should be based on the Word of God.

A quick glance at the Word-of-God in practice, from the Christian Academy:

Strangely sinister.

Hat tip to Tanta.