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LearnLiberty 1/13/2012 Prof. Art Carden responds to “The Story of Broke“, a recent video by the creators of “The Story of Stuff.” In “The Story of Broke,” Annie Leonard claims that the government isn’t actually broke. Rather, the government just wastes resources on the wrong things like subsidies to the dinosaur economy and war. She […] January 5th, 2013 | Tags: "The Story of Broke", "The Story of Stuff", Annie Leonard, federal subsidies, freedom, national debt, political indoctrination of children, Prof. Art Carden, special interests | Category: Education, Federal spending, Government programs, lobbyists, Politics | Comments are closed
The Washington Free Beacon 1/2/2013 The bankrupt electric car battery manufacturer A123 Systems Inc. is looking to hire a lobbying firm to protect the company’s sale to China’s Wanxiang Group, according to Dow Jones… …A123 Systems filed for bankruptcy in October after receiving $133 million of a nearly $250 million grant from the federal government. […] January 2nd, 2013 | Tags: "green subsidies", A123 Systems, Capitol Counsel LLC, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, Johnson Controls, Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. John Thune, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Wanxiang Group Corp., wind farms | Category: Barack Obama, China, Congress, Energy, Federal spending, lobbyists, Taxes | Comments are closed
Erick Erickson RedState 11/28/2012 One of the biggest tragedies that befalls new members of congress is the propensity to draw from K Street to pick staff, in particular a Chief of Staff. Many tea party supported candidates came into Washington in a wave of conservative glory in 2010 and promptly chose lobbyists for Chiefs of […] November 28th, 2012 | Tags: Chip Roy, Juan Williams, Republicans, Sen. Ted Cruz | Category: Congress, lobbyists, Politicians, Tea Parties, Texas | Comments are closed
Daniel Greenfield FrontPage Magazine 10/5/2012 In other news, Iran’s nuclear program will be investigated by the first guy over the wall into the Benghazi consulate. The good news is that weeks later the FBI is finally in the consulate gathering such vital forensic evidence as can be used to establish that the consulate was indeed […] October 5th, 2012 | Tags: 'Arab Spring', al Qaeda, Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, American-Iranian Council (AIC), Ansar al-Sharia, Benghazi, Center for Security Policy, Egypt, Hooshang Amirahmadi, Libya, Mohammed al-Zawahiri, National Iranian American Council (NIAC), Thomas Pickering | Category: Africa, Barack Obama, Department of Defense, FBI, Foreign Policy, Iran, Islam, lobbyists, Middle East, National Intelligence, National Security, Pakistan, State Department, terrorism | Comments are closed
Patrick Caddell Breitbart.com Big Government 8 Sep 2012 It’s hard to know which is worse: the arrogance of the Obama administration in assuming that its White House staffers can get away with anything, or the apathy of the media in not holding those staffers accountable. Actually, let’s scratch the word “apathy” and call it what […] September 9th, 2012 | Tags: 2012 Democratic National Convention, apathy, Bill Clinton, Bob Woodward, Chicago, cronyism, David Axelrod, David Plouffe, Desiree Rogers, George Stephanopoulos, Grove Parc Plaza, leaks, Molly Norris, Pat Caddell, political elites, scandal, Thomas E. Donilon, U.S. Secret Service, Valerie Jarrett | Category: Barack Obama, corruption, Ethics, Fannie Mae, Health Care, Illinois, Iran, lobbyists, Media accountability, Michelle Obama, National Security, Politics, Progressives, Socialism | Comments are closed
MEK winning support in Congress – but questions raised over whether lobbying campaign amounts to support for terrorism Chris McGreal The Guardian [UK] 22 May 2012 A banned terrorist group is conducting what members of Congress describe as one of the most effective lobbying campaigns seen on Capitol Hill, winning support from politicians even in […] May 24th, 2012 | Tags: Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Gen. Hugh Shelton, hypocrisy, Louis Freeh, Patriot Act, People's Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (MEK), Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, Saddam Hussein | Category: Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Homeland Security, FBI, Iran, Islam, lobbyists, Marxism, Military, Politicians, State Department, terrorism, Treasury Department | Comments are closed
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