Prison-population-graph. Parks Chief Blocked Plan for Grand Canyon Bottle Ban. Update: ALEC States & Nation Policy Summit Nov. 30 - Dec. 2 in Scottsdale. The Center for Media and Democracy's PR Watch. Private Prisons in a Wider Context (part 1 of 2) Report: Natural Gas Industry Spent Millions to Avoid Fracking Regulations. According to a new report by the nonpartisan group Common Cause, the natural gas industry has pumped millions into Congress to avoid regulation of hydraulic fracturing, also known as "fracking.
" According to a new report by the nonpartisan group Common Cause, the natural gas industry has pumped millions into Congress to avoid regulation of hydraulic fracturing, also known as "fracking. " (photo: Kara Newhouse) Fracking is a controversial method of obtaining natural gas involving injecting a mix of sand, chemicals, and water into a well at high pressure. Private school charity rules scrapped after legal challenge. Koch Brothers Poised to Raise Influence With Massive Conservative Database - The ITT List. David and Charles Koch—billionaire brothers and infamous figureheads of libertarian activism—are set to further certify their status as lynchpins of the Republican electoral machine.
The Truth about ALEC and its role in Michigan « We Are The People. The Hidden History of ALEC and Prison Labor. The breaded chicken patty your child bites into at school may have been made by a worker earning twenty cents an hour, not in a faraway country, but by a member of an invisible American workforce: prisoners.
At the Union Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison in Florida, inmates from a nearby lower-security prison manufacture tons of processed beef, chicken and pork for Prison Rehabilitative Industries and Diversified Enterprises (PRIDE), a privately held non-profit corporationthat operates the state’s forty-one work programs. In addition to processed food, PRIDE’s website reveals an array of products for sale through contracts with private companies, from eyeglasses to office furniture, to be shipped from a distribution center in Florida to businesses across the US.
PRIDE boasts that its work programs are “designed to provide vocational training, to improve prison security, to reduce the cost of state government, and to promote the rehabilitation of the state inmates.” Meet the Three ALEC Supporting Corporate Giants Who Dare You to Boycott Them. As the ALEC boycott continues to grow some corporations are not getting the message.
Executives from Pfizer, Reynolds American, and Procter & Gamble are daring you to boycott them. Beneath the good news that Kraft and Pepsi have joined Coca-Cola in deciding to stop supporting ALEC, there are some companies who just don’t get it. According to Reuters, Pfizer, Reynolds American, and Procter & Gamble have all came out in support of ALEC. Tobacco maker Reynolds American said, “ALEC provides a valuable forum for sharing of ideas and fostering better understanding of a broad range of both legislative and business issues.” Naked ALEC and the Right Wing Conspiracy. Graphics from the Center for Media and Democracy. ALEC Naked: More news from the 'vast right wing conspiracy' By Paul Beckett / The Rag Blog / November 10, 2011. ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) Awareness Event.
OCCUPY ALEC! Meet ALEC, The Big Bus Driver. Have you met ALEC?
The American Legislative Exchange Council? ALEC Politicians. Kids Eating Rat Poison is an "Acceptable Risk" for ALEC. An American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) member is defying Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules limiting the sale of rat poisons that pose dangers to children and the ecosystem.
ALEC representatives say that kids eating rat poison is an "acceptable risk" that does not justify government intervention in the market. For decades, tens of thousands of young children have become ill after touching or ingesting rat poison applied "loose," in pellet form. And a variety of wild animals, from bald eagles to bobcats to owls, have been found dead with lethal levels of a super-toxic rodenticide in their systems. EPA Rules Limit Some Rodenticides. NAACP targets tougher voter qualifications. The NAACP launched a campaign Monday against new state laws that tighten voter qualifications.
The NAACP and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, two separate organizations, were set to release a report that finds that such laws tend to suppress minority voting — a trend the document says emerged after unprecedented minority turnout in the 2008 election and Census figures that show people of color gaining a larger share of the population. The groups will send the document to congressional leaders, state attorneys general, secretaries of state and the Department of Justice in hopes of prompting legislation to roll back laws requiring government-issued identification at the polls and reducing the number of early-voting days and other measures they say could disenfranchise as many as 5 million voters.
The NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, will lead a march to United Nations headquarters in New York on Saturday to draw attention to the issue. American Legislative Exchange Council. The Alec Republican States and Governors. STATE BY STATE CORP TAKE OVER. Gates Foundation Grants ALEC A Hefty Sum For 'Education Reform' Map. Charter Schools Strategists: Heritage, FOTF, NBR. Charter Schools, Character Education & the Eugenics InternationaleBehind the Conservative Curtain: Pseudo Grassroots Organizations Front for Corporate/Government Takeover By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. Proverbs 8:15 & 16 Strategists for School Choice / Charter Schools Pseudo-conservative and nominally Christian organizations are leading their unsuspecting supporters to rally behind charter school legislation and the creation of charter schools. Through a number of venues the Heritage Foundation accomplishes its agenda: Ø American Legislative Exchange Council [ALEC] Our Step-By-Step Guide to Understanding ALEC’s Influence on Your State Laws. ALEC and its members favor “federalism and conservative public policy solutions,” and ALEC representatives tell reporters that its mission is fundamentally “educational.” [10] ALEC spokeswoman Raegan Weber told the Los Angeles Times [11], “Legislators should hear from those the government intends to regulate.”
Founded in the mid-1970s, ALEC has no real counterpart on the left. Its closest equivalent, the Progressive States Network [12], was founded in 2005, has about a quarter of ALEC’s funding and produces only a small amount of model legislation. BlueLiquid Times. PowerLine Steps Forward to Defend Poor Ol' ALEC. Yesterday afternoon there was an interesting entry on the PowerlIne blog by John Hinderaker, coming to the rescue of poor ol' ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) down in Scottsdale.
For those of you not familiar with Powerline or HInderaker – I will give you a little history. PowerLine (my emphasis) “Power Line is an American political blog, providing news and commentary from a conservative point-of-view.” (wiki) “A 2007 memo from the National Republican Senatorial Committee described Power Line as one of the five best-read national conservative blogs.” (wiki) “It was originally written by three lawyers who attended Dartmouth College together: John H.
BREAKING NEWS: Indigenous Elders & Supporters Occupy ALEC Member Salt River Project Headquarters « AZ resists ALEC. 12:13 PM - Cops pushing everyone back to sidewalk, snatched a few people from crowd 12:00 PM – Atleast 12 arrests at SRP occupation, 5 still locked down – Stand by for jail support! 10:30 AM – 5 Locked Down while 70 support in Salt River Project Headquarters SHUT DOWN ALEC MEMBERS!
Friday, December 2, 2011. ALEC-IN-ARIZONA. Broadcast Yourself. Broadcast Yourself. Broadcast Yourself. Lisa Graves at Phoenix Community forum. OccupyALEC November 30th 2011. Phoenix protesters pepper-sprayed at Westin Kierland Resort. By Bob Ortega, Alia Rau and Lisa Kennell - Nov. 30, 2011 08:15 PM The Arizona Republic Phoenix police dressed in riot gear made seven arrests and twice used pepper spray against knots of people among about 200 protesters Wednesday at the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa in northeast Phoenix.
The protesters, many loosely affiliated with the "Occupy" movement, said they want to call public attention to the American Legislative Exchange Council, an organization meeting at the resort that brings together large corporations and conservative state lawmakers to draft model bills. PHOTOS: Occupy Phoenix protest at Westin Kierland. Indigenous elders leading the march to shut down #ALEC - as it needs to be. #ALECexposed #occupyALEC #occupyphoenix” ALEC Politicians. Wis GOP @RepVos outed at annual ALEC meeting in Scottsdale, AZ today. PHOTO: #WIunion #ALECexposed. When you talk too much for Twitter. Immigrant Detainees Languish in Notorious Etowah County Detention Center.
By Jennifer Podkul, Program Officer, Detention & Asylum, posted: September 22, 2011 The Etowah County Detention Center in Gadsden, Alabama, houses immigration detainees along with county inmates. The facility, which on any given day houses over 300 immigrants, is notorious for poor conditions. It is hours away from any immigration court or international airport , despite only housing people who have final orders of removal from the United States. Spiritualution on USTREAM. Watch without ads. The Shocking Ways the Corporate Prison Industry Games the System. When you talk too much for Twitter. For those of you. Schedule « AZ resists ALEC. The UpTake 2. ALEC in Arizona, Voters in the Dark.
When you talk too much for Twitter. Governor Jan Brewer to Speak on First Day of ALEC Convention - Phoenix News. Privatization of Punishment. MONEYPOWERANDALEC. ALEC EXPOSED / STOP ALEC BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!! ALEC to convene in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Third Man. By craig on November 26, 2011 2:08 pm in Uncategorized. The Goldman Sachs Project to take over the world. The Independent had a great graphic recently that displayed the New Reality in Europe. As the financial crisis has deepened in Europe, Goldman Sachs has taken over the halls of power. ALEC scandal goes international - UK Knighthood, Thatcher and 3M involved. ABOLISH ALEC - Buy Locally for the Holidays (w/poll) OCCUPY ALEC! Whitman news, delivered. » Whitman community concerned about Koch-funded lecture.
The conservative-allied Charles Koch Foundation and Whitman College would not normally seem an ideal pair. However, when the foundation funded a recent lecture series, this unlikely pair was brought together, resulting in mixed opinions from the Whitman community. The Classical Liberalism Lecture Series, held on Thursday, Oct. 27, was originally funded by a private donor with the intent of bringing more conservative ideas to campus, especially in the fields of economics, politics and environmental studies. Publicopoly Exposed. How ALEC, the Koch brothers and their corporate allies plan to privatize government. ALEC openly advocates privatizing public education, transportation and the regulation of public health, consumer safety and environmental quality.
On February 25, 2011, Florida State Representative Chris Dorworth (R-Lake Mary) introduced HB 1021. For Only $850,000, These Lobbyists Will Take Down Occupy Wall Street. 091411-federalpledgesigners(1)