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ALEC Exposed
John Nichols
July 12, 2011 | This article appeared in the August 1-8, 2011 edition of The Nation.
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Subscribe Now.“Never has the time been so right,” Louisiana State Representative Noble Ellington told conservative legislators gathered in Washington to plan the radical remaking of policies in the states. It was one month after the 2010 midterm elections. Republicans had grabbed 680 legislative seats and secured a power trifecta—control of both legislative chambers and the governorship—in twenty-one states. Ellington was speaking for hundreds of attendees at a “States and Nation Policy Summit,” featuring GOP stars like Texas Governor Rick Perry, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Convened by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)—“the nation’s largest, non-partisan, individual public-private membership association of state legislators,” as the spin-savvy group describes itself—the meeting did not intend to draw up an agenda for the upcoming legislative session. That had already been done by ALEC’s elite task forces of lawmakers and corporate representatives. The new legislators were there to grab their weapons: carefully crafted model bills seeking to impose a one-size-fits-all agenda on the states.
About the Author.John Nichols
John Nichols, a pioneering political blogger, has written the Beat since 1999. His posts have been circulated....Also by The Author[ Click for More ] .With ALEC Exposed, Common Cause Demands an IRS Audit of Corporate-Funded Group's Gaming of State Lawmaking (Corporate Lobbying, Conservatives and the American Right, States, Corporations, Politics)
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8 comments .Related Topics.Contact Details Noble Ellington Republican Party Social Issues Technology .Founded in 1973 by Paul Weyrich and other conservative activists frustrated by recent electoral setbacks, ALEC is a critical arm of the right-wing network of policy shops that, with infusions of corporate cash, has evolved to shape American politics. Inspired by Milton Friedman’s call for conservatives to “develop alternatives to existing policies [and] keep them alive and available,” ALEC’s model legislation reflects long-term goals: downsizing government, removing regulations on corporations and making it harder to hold the economically and politically powerful to account. Corporate donors retain veto power over the language, which is developed by the secretive task forces. The task forces cover issues from education to health policy. ALEC’s priorities for the 2011 session included bills to privatize education, break unions, deregulate major industries, pass voter ID laws and more. In states across the country they succeeded, with stacks of new laws signed by GOP governors like Ohio’s John Kasich and Wisconsin’s Scott Walker, both ALEC alums.
The details of ALEC’s model bills have been available only to the group’s 2,000 legislative and 300 corporate members. But thanks to a leak to Aliya Rahman, an Ohio-based activist who helped organize protests at ALEC’s Spring Task Force meeting in Cincinnati, The Nation has obtained more than 800 documents representing decades of model legislation. Teaming up with the Center for Media and Democracy, The Nation asked policy experts to analyze this never-before-seen archive.
The articles that follow are the first products of that examination. They provide an inside view of the priorities of ALEC’s corporate board and billionaire benefactors (including Tea Party funders Charles and David Koch). “Dozens of corporations are investing millions of dollars a year to write business-friendly legislation that is being made into law in statehouses coast to coast, with no regard for the public interest,” says Bob Edgar of Common Cause. “This is proof positive of the depth and scope of the corporate reach into our democratic processes.” The full archive of ALEC documents is available at a new website, alecexposed.org, thanks to the Center for Media and Democracy, which has provided powerful tools for progressives to turn this knowledge into power. The data tell us that the time has come to refocus on the battle to loosen the grip of corporate America and renew democracy in the states.
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The Organic Consumers Association has long fought against what it calls "organic cheater brands" - personal care products that use the name "organic" in the product name or brand, yet are not truly organic products at all. This year at the Expo West Natural Products Expo in Anaheim, California, the OCA staged a very visible public protest to expose what it calls "sham poo products" that are "organic cheaters."The Organic Consumers Association has long fought against what it calls "organic... more
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Last night was an all new episode of infoMania! This here is a recap.
A lady fainting on the Price is Right is just one the items in Conor Knighton's weekly roundup of the world of media. Also includes: the State of the Union, Glenn Beck, CNN's Stimulus Desk, the SAG Awards, LARPing on 'Cheaters,' 'The Bachelor,' and 'Little Miss Perfect.'
Apple unveiled its iPad tablet in San Francisco, and infoMania Tech Reporter Ben Hoffman was there. Kind of.
It's a dark world out there but not for PBS's Huell Howser, the happiest man on TV.
Rumors of a breakup dominated the tabloids and that means they're in Conor Knighton's weekly magazine roundup, 'We've Got You Covered.' Also includes Heidi Pratt, long-life secrets, John Edwards, the SAG Awards, George Lopez, Ke$ha, the world's most fashionable men, and dolls.
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Denver TV station KCNC reports that neo-Nazis have adopted their very own stretch of highway. What a country!
People on soap operas need to talk to a therapist because they have serious daddy issues.Last night was an all new episode of infoMania! This here is a recap.
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He's also sharing it with a rookie. Billed as an advertisement of the game's Ryder Cup features, some take the pairing with Rory McIlroy as more fallout from Tiger's inability to abstain from sex with women not named Mrs. Woods.
http://kotaku.com/5489510/tiger-woods-to-share-cover-of-tiger-woods-gameHe's also sharing it with a rookie. Billed as an advertisement of the game's... more
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The State of the Union, the iPad, the happiest man on TV, the S.A.G. Awards,
and R&B jams.
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, Bryan Safi and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://infomaniafacebook.com.The State of the Union, the iPad, the happiest man on TV, the S.A.G. Awards,
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Just one of the items in Conor Knighton's weekly roundup of the world of
media. Also includes: the State of the Union, Glenn Beck, CNN's Stimulus
Desk, the SAG Awards, LARPing on 'Cheaters,' 'The Bachelor,' and 'Little
Miss Perfect.'
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, Bryan Safi and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://infomaniafacebook.com.Just one of the items in Conor Knighton's weekly roundup of the world of
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The woman pictured is the alleged third mistress of Tiger Woods, Kalika Moquin. Moquin is a Marketing Manager for The Bank nightclub, Las Vegas. She claims she got with Woods at his Las Vegas hotel during the weekend of October 23.The woman pictured is the alleged third mistress of Tiger Woods, Kalika Moquin. Moquin... more
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Not even a full 24 hours after the game's release, cheating through the use of hacks are being used. This video shows an aimbot and wallhack in action.
Seriously, the server admins should ban those gu-Oh wait.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)—No banners are coming down anytime soon. Not the 2008 Final Four banner nor the one honoring three seniors for an NCAA-record 137 wins.
Memphis isn’t giving up any of its 38 victories without a fight.
The NCAA announced Thursday that Memphis must vacate the 38 wins and the national championship game appearance from the 2007-08 season as punishment for using an ineligible player believed to be NBA star Derrick Rose. Memphis didn’t wait even an hour before declaring plans to appeal what school president Shirley Raines called unfair penalties.
“If the appeal fails, the banners come down,” Memphis athletic director R.C. Johnson said.
Memphis has 15 days officially to notify the NCAA of its intent to appeal a punishment that came down 16 months after the Tigers lost the national title game in overtime to Kansas. Then there’s a 30-day window to file arguments why the best season in school history should remain on the books.
“We did everything we could to determine the student-athlete was eligible and that the rules were being followed,” Raines said.MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)—No banners are coming down anytime soon. Not the 2008 Final... more
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infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://infomaniafacebook.com.The hottest twins in history, how tequila can make you rich, and Conor kisses a corpse... more
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This week on infoMania Brett Michaels gets floored at the Tony Awards. Sherri Shepherd talks anatomy on 'The View.' Heidi and Spencer get all, like, spiritual in the jungle. Spike TV uses science, history, and stupid-ness to determine the Deadliest Warrior of all time. Sarah Haskins wonders why best friends in commercials are always trying to sell each other stuff. Sergio
Cilli checks out the most popular music videos on iTunes. And Brett Erlich enjoys the great outdoors vicariously.
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://infomaniafacebook.com.This week on infoMania Brett Michaels gets floored at the Tony Awards. Sherri... more
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In that magical way the internet works, there seems to be an online community afoot. The theme? Sleeping around while married. Yes, there is a sudden glut of pro-adultery literature online that whines on and on about the shackles of marriage like it was 1952. Someone has seen Revolutionary Road a few too many times, me thinks. This article sort of outlines the pro-adultery ideals about how marriage is a baby factory and a social institution for control. They claim, "your intimacy is governed by scarcity, threats, and programmed prohibitions, and protected ideologically by assurances that there are no viable alternatives".
So why is this relevant? In the midst of debates going on in multiple countries about gay marriage and in light of recent cases of seriously underage Muslim girls being married to much much older men, these complaints against marriage take on an interesting color. Sure the internet facilitates cheating, but it doesn't cause it. Movements like this just reveal some of the nastiness under the surface of this sacred institution that we protect both legally and culturally. What does marriage mean to any of us anymore? Perhaps that's why conservative and religious culture so vehemently protects it. No one knows.
Quite frankly, in this day and age, if you live in a non-religiously governed state, you have to be one repressed glutton for pain to think you have to stay in a failing or loveless union. And, hating being married is not an excuse for cheating either- it's called reneging on your commitments or promises. There's already a philosophy that governs that realm of action and it's called ethics.
It's a big bad world out there and people cheat. That's a fact. However, trying to legitimize wrongdoing is childish, selfish and cowardly.In that magical way the internet works, there seems to be an online community afoot.... more
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AshleyMadison.com may be notorious, but adultery's been around forever.
The Ashley Madison Web site's blatant promotion of adultery has stirred up a lot of controversy and hand-wringing over the state of marriage in America.
Lately, it seems, there is no escaping Ashley Madison. The Web site, that is, not any person, real or fictional, who may or may not be named Ashley Madison. You may have read or heard about it.
The site caters to married people looking to have sex with other married people who are not their spouses. Its blatant promotion of adultery has stirred up a lot of controversy and hand-wringing over the state of marriage in America.
I'm NOT cool with this.AshleyMadison.com may be notorious, but adultery's been around forever.
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We hear about it and read about it all the time. Women (and men, to be honest) who stand by their cheating spouse/partner. For some, there's nothing in the world that would make them stick around after the person they loved slept with someone else. But for others, the decision isn't quite so black and white. Some stick together for the kids. Or for the family business (celebrity). Or for... Love. Are these valid reasons? What would make you stay or go?
image via http://spitblinker.deviantart.com/We hear about it and read about it all the time. Women (and men, to be honest) who... more
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American liberals don't love America. They despise it. All they love is their own fantasy of what America could become. They are false patriots.
Sunday, December 07, 2008
Instinctive influences on morality
I am one of the many who believe that we all have inborn moral responses. So when people say that something is "just wrong" they are not really being incoherent but are being guided by strongly felt moral instincts in themselves. I set out my thoughts on the matter at more length here.
A recent piece of research rather strongly supports that view. The research was based on the responses of a small group of (mainly) young women attending a minor British university so we must not get too excited about its generalizability but it may be a straw in the wind nonetheless. Below is one summary of it:
"A new study has found that people are more likely to be lenient in making decisions if they have just washed their hands. British scientists who carried out the research said the findings suggest that jurors in criminal trials who have cleansed their hands may make their verdict less severe. And voters may be more likely to excuse a politician's misdemeanours when going to the ballot box if they have just had a shower.
In the study, 22 people who had washed their hands, and 22 who had not, were made to watch a disgusting three-minute clip of heroin addicts from the hit film Trainspotting. All 44 were then asked to rate how morally wrong they deemed the series of acts shown to them on a scale of one to nine, with one being acceptable and seven being very wrong. The actions included stealing money from a wallet, lying on a job application, cooking and eating the family dog, killing a dying plane crash survivor to avoid starvation, and abusing a kitten.American liberals don't love America. They despise it. All they love is their own... more
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