September 2009

I have a serious question. Where is the line drawn between protected speech and incendiary, threatening, outrageous unprotected speech in this country? This is an issue I have always struggled with, partly because I was raised to speak with consideration for others and to be responsible for what I’ve said. I don’t always succeed, but [...]

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The right wing has designed an insidious new way to allow many rich contributors to fund unlimited spending on political message campaigns, all orchestrated by one PR firm, thus avoiding most existing FEC laws for reporting and disclosure. The bottom line? Massive propaganda blitzes with virtually no limits, and no accountability. Buried deep within the [...]

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Image via Wikipedia I’ve been busy working on a project involving FEC and IRS filings for political action committees and astroturf organizations, and while researching, I fell into the FEC filing for Minority Leader John Boehner‘s PAC, The Freedom Project. The Freedom Project is described this way on their website: The Freedom Project 1) provides [...]

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