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» Brian Tubbs - Big Time B.S. In America

In response to Big Time B.S. In America posted by pink101:

Corporate America ain't the only group that pours money into the political process to spread (as you put it) "B.S."

» pink101 - Big Time B.S. In America

In response to Big Time B.S. In America posted by BrianTubbs:

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Other that the corporate interests what other groups do you know about that invest large amounts of money into our political process in order to spread their B.S.?
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» Migisi - Big Time B.S. In America

In response to Big Time B.S. In America posted by pink101:

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what other groups do you know about that invest large amounts of money into our political process in order to spread their B.S.?
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Religious orgs?

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» pink101 - Big Time B.S. In America

In response to Big Time B.S. In America posted by Migisi:

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what other groups do you know about that invest large amounts of money into our political process in order to spread their B.S.?
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Maybe unions with P.A.C. money--but not as much as was done in the past.
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» Migisi - Big Time B.S. In America

In response to Big Time B.S. In America posted by pink101:
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Thanks Pink. I forgot the PACs. To name one:
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http://www.landmarklegal.org/uploads/IRS...
Washington Post, 2003
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"As much as one-third of the tax-exempt National Education Association's yearly $271 million income goes toward politically related activities, according to union documents filed with the Internal Revenue Service.
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"The documents show that the 2.7 million-member teacher's union spends millions annually to field what one critic calls an "army of campaign workers," while maintaining that it spends nothing on politics.
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"The NEA has avoided millions of dollars in federal and D.C. income taxes every year for political activities that are not tax-exempt, says the Landmark Legal Foundation, a Herndon-based public-interest group that has asked the IRS to investigate and recoup the money.
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"The NEA's Washington headquarters spends more than $47 million yearly to field a national advocacy staff called UniServ, whose 1,800 directors help screen and select political candidates for endorsement and campaign for their election.
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"State and local NEA affiliates spend an additional $43 million for the UniServ network, which enables the union to select, train, and fund at least one employee in each congressional district to link all 13,000 local affiliates..."
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And the IRS looks the other way!

-- posted by Migisi

» Brian Tubbs - Big Time B.S. In America

In response to Big Time B.S. In America posted by Migisi:

We finally agree on something. The NEA has polluted the political process for a long, long time. They are one of the reasons we can't get meaningful reform in our schools.

» Brian Tubbs - Big Time B.S. In America

In response to Big Time B.S. In America posted by pink101:

I can list off quite a few secular liberal progressive organizations.

» pink101 - Big Time B.S. In America

In response to Big Time B.S. In America posted by BrianTubbs:

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Maybe the main reason?
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» pink101 - Hope For Us Yet

In response to Big Time B.S. In America posted by BrianTubbs:
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I can list off quite a few secular liberal progressive organizations.
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Well, then, there's hope for us yet.
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:::~)
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» Brian Tubbs - Hope For Us Yet

In response to Hope For Us Yet posted by pink101:

The point is that we all have our opinions as to what constitues "B.S." And I fail to see how liberal postmodernists, atheists, or agnostics can compellingly seize any objective high ground in these arguments. It's just a bunch of opinions, adjectives, and adverbs flying around. Take away objective truth and you are left with 'might makes right.'