Category: special interests
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The pizza and fries lobby strikes again
Congress blocked an Obama administration attempt to make school lunches healthier this week, adjusting proposed nutritional guidelines in a way that will keep pizza and french fries on the menu, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
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Quid pro crock
AT&T is lining up support for its acquisition of T-Mobile from a slew of liberal groups with no obvious interest in telecom deals — except that they’ve received big piles of AT&T’s cash. In recent weeks, the NAACP, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and the National Education Association have each issued public statements…
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republican federalists
Social conservatives say they support local control — that is, until local municipalities enact laws that contradict their literal interpretation of the Bible. Witness the 38 GOP lawmakers, including Georgia’s Phil Gingrey, who’ve attached their names to an amicus brief filed in support of a lawsuit calling for a voter referendum on legalizing same-sex marriage…
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the irrelevancy of advocacy groups
First the Petty Queer Establishment frets over “Bruno,” as if people will think the Austrian caricature represents all gays. Now adoption advocates are promoting a boycott of a horror movie few (were) likely to see. In a letter from the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute to Warner Bros.- the studio behind the flick – they…
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me teach good
The following e-mail, written by a delegate to the NEA’s recent convention, reveals much about the corrupt teacher’s union: I’m quite upset. NEA withheld [sic] its endorsement of any Presidential Candidate (we’ll be voting to officially nominate Barak [sic] in a few days) so that the two candidates could have time to do their thing…
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MoveOn and free speech
So it’s okay for MoveOn.org to say whatever they want about anyone else, but don’t dare criticize them: (I)t’s not too surprising that the liberal advocacy group would be a mite touchy from all the blowback online, even though it should be used to the abuse by now. So touchy, in fact, that it’s been…
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