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Just another example on what's wrong with our system...
Just another example on what's wrong with our system...
Murtha.."The Porker of the Month"
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...and the rest of the bunch..but wait...wait..goverment needs more money, they will be careful with it....sure....
...and the rest of the bunch..but wait...wait..goverment needs more money, they will be careful with it....sure....
So terbites ... how do you spell dupe? F-R-A-S-I-E-R
Filled with the Bradleys, the Olins, and the Cains. Solid upstanding right-wing corporate interests who surely have the interests of "little guy" frasier at heart.
Now isn't that sweet? Big corporations dupe fools like frasier to do their dirty work for them.
From sourcewatch:Where CAGW came from
For those unfamiliar with “Citizens Against Government Waste” (CAGW): It advertises itself as a “grassroots” organization and as an organization whose mission is “eliminating waste” (nice phrase, that) in the federal goverment. But CAGW actually is neither. Not by a long shot.
You can find out more info by following some of the links on the Center for Media & Democracy’s page about CAGW. The following are just some brief details.
First of all, despite what you might assume from its name, CAGW was not formed by, say, some average taxpayer or group of average taxpayers fed up with wasteful government spending and it is has never been driven by such a person or group of people.
Instead, CAGW was started by Peter Grace, chairman of the board of W.R. Grace and Company, a conglomerate that was a US$5+ billion-a-year operation at the time. CAGW is basically the outgrowth of a government-funded group, the President’s Private Sector Survey on Cost Control (a.k.a, The Grace Commission) that Ronald Reagan set up during his first term, and chose Peter Grace to head.
The Grace Commission, like a few of the other stellar brain-trusts that the Reagan administration prudently spent good government money on at the time (for example, the Meese Commission — let’s take a moment to remember all the important work they did, and the big return on investment that US taxpayers got out of the money spent on that work) ended up producing pretty much what was only to be expected: A set of “recommendations” that (shock) aligned exactly with the “revolutionary” sort of “get the government off our backs — especially us poor little corporations who are just trying to make a buck” policies promoted by the Reagan administration in the early 1980s and promoted in subsequent administrations by “government servants” of the “yes, I am the recipient of a variety of ‘corporate generosity’ and/or the board member of several large corporations but of course that does not bias my decisions in any way” fold.
In the case of the Grace Commission, the recommendations included making changes in federal legislation — fairly radical and sweeping changes, in fact — to promote corporate deregulation.
What CAGW promotes
CAGW continues to work in the “degulation good, regulation bad” spirit of the recommendations the Grace Commission made. And CAGW continues to be driven by the interests of large corporations — including the Phillip Morris corporation, Exxon, and (surprise) Microsoft — from whom it has solicited and received a large part of its funding.
In fact, a more accurate name for “Citizens Against Government Waste” might be “Corporations Against Government”. Period. Because much of CAGW’s efforts actually center not around promoting federal waste-cutting per se, but instead, much more narrowly, in promoting federal departmental spending cuts and specific legislative changes to weaken the US government’s powers to monitor corporate abuses — in particular, by getting rid of stuff like all those tiresome and costly (to corporations, that is) environmental, health, and safety regulations that current US federal law requires their US operations to comply with. And opposing efforts by the US government to punish corporate violations of federal law.
here's another list of CACW funders: http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipientgrants.php?recipientID=940The conservative Capital Research Center (CRC) notes in its Searchlight database (which records corporate and general foundation contributions) that CAGW has "received funding from:
* Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
* Merrill Lynch & Company Foundation
* Exxon Corporation (now ExxonMobil)
* Ingersoll-Rand Company
* Johnson & Johnson
* F.M. Kirby Foundation
* Philip Morris
* RJR Nabisco (now part of the Altria Group)
* Sears Roebuck & Company[9]
Filled with the Bradleys, the Olins, and the Cains. Solid upstanding right-wing corporate interests who surely have the interests of "little guy" frasier at heart.
Now isn't that sweet? Big corporations dupe fools like frasier to do their dirty work for them.
The BS from CAGW is about as reliable and trustworthy as this story:
I am of the opinion that frasier is the stereotypical Fox News viewer. Only dumber.New York, New York - In a conversation with Fox News celebrities, Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity, that was picked up by an open microphone, Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corp., repeatedly referred to Fox News viewers as morons and white trash. The incident took place as the three men were sitting together at a benefit dinner for the Ann Coulter defense fund. Apparently, they had been drinking heavily which may account for their lack of restraint and obliviousness to the open microphone that was positioned directly in front of them.
At one point, while addressing O'Reilly and Hannity, Murdoch said, "Can you believe the shit we get away with? Good thing our viewers are dumb as doorknobs or else we would be in trouble." To which, Hannity laughed and then replied, "Yeah, I heard that people who watch Fox News have to wear bibs to catch their drool so their sofas won't be stained by the tobacco juice, and that's just the women." O'Reilly, also laughing, then joined in by saying, "Hey, how many Fox viewers does it take to change a light bulb? None, they all refuse to change the bulb because they prefer living in the dark."
However, the unkindest cut of all that is sure to enrage Fox viewers came at the end of the conversation when Murdoch raised his glass in a toast and said, "God bless trailer park trash and idiots everywhere. Without them Fox News would be nothing and I would not be a billionaire."
After news of the recorded conversation became public, Fox News released the following brief statement, "We encourage our viewers to reject anything they hear or see that does not come directly from Fox News. Fox News is the only source of information you need for Fair and Balanced™ coverage."
Here ya go, frasier.
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Ahem....his pork behaviour is a matter of public record...do a search..who care who funds it...truth is that those are real issues.TOVisitor said:So terbites ... how do you spell dupe? F-R-A-S-I-E-R
From sourcewatch:
here's another list of CACW funders: http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipientgrants.php?recipientID=940
Filled with the Bradleys, the Olins, and the Cains. Solid upstanding right-wing corporate interests who surely have the interests of "little guy" frasier at heart.
Now isn't that sweet? Big corporations dupe fools like frasier to do their dirty work for them.
You sound more and more like a party op...doesn't it bother you, when politicans piss away your hard earned dollar...unless you don't earn any income?Hmmmm....come to think of it.....you must be a wellfare recipient..if they don't waste your money..then I guess why would you care?
Care to give me your sources?...remember moveon.org and thedailykos don't count..TOVisitor said:The BS from CAGW is about as reliable and trustworthy as this story:
9 of 9 -- with no cheating.frasier said:Care to give me your sources?...remember moveon.org and thedailykos don't count..
as expected..at least you are consistent....TOVisitor said:9 of 9 -- with no cheating.
When will you learn that attacking a sacred pig will bring the wrath of tov?frasier said:as expected..at least you are consistent....
It's actually "attacking a sacred prig" will bring the wrath of TOV.papasmerf said:When will you learn that attacking a sacred pig will bring the wrath of tov?
LOL.
TOVisitor said:The BS from CAGW is about as reliable and trustworthy as this story:
I am of the opinion that frasier is the stereotypical Fox News viewer. Only dumber.
And you think that we give a a tov what your opinion is.????
Dreamer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He is no match for me....he is a juvenile deliquent, that never worked an honest day in his live..he either lives of his mom or the goverment...and blames all the "Rich people" for his lot in life....I have seen more of his type then i care to remember....actually the truth be told....I was one of them...papasmerf said:When will you learn that attacking a sacred pig will bring the wrath of tov?
Actually he's in his late 50s or 60s... if that doesn't scare you I don't know what would.frasier said:He is no match for me....he is a juvenile deliquent, that never worked an honest day in his live..he either lives of his mom or the goverment...and blames all the "Rich people" for his lot in life....I have seen more of his type then i care to remember....actually the truth be told....I was one of them...
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I don't believe that..nobody stays stupid that long......onthebottom said:Actually he's in his late 50s or 60s... if that doesn't scare you I don't know what would.
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Pekkkr as well, they are geriatric juvenile...... Must have smoked too much weed back in the day....frasier said:I don't believe that..nobody stays stupid that long......
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Did we really need to see that?lookingforitallthetime said:
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