Showing posts with label U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Show all posts
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Saturday, February 26, 2011

SECRETS

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FLASHBACK: Gov. Walker Promised To End Late-Night Votes Because ‘Nothing Good Happens After Midnight’ | AlterNet by Pat Garafolo, February 25, 2011

Excerpt:

"Early this morning, Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly approved legislation stripping public employees of their collective bargaining rights, in the face of ongoing protests that have gripped Madison for well over a week. The bill passed at 1:17 a.m., and Republicans only held the vote open for “seconds.” The vote was called while many Democrats were outside the Assembly chamber, preventing them from casting no votes. Only 13 of the Assembly’s 38 Democratic members got their votes in on time.

Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) praised the Assembly’s action in a statement. However, the Assembly Republicans’ late-night procedural shenanigans fly directly in the face of commitments Walker made on the campaign trail, where he promised to end late-night votes because “nothing good happens after midnight”:

He promised to sign legislation if elected governor that prohibits the Legislature from voting after 10 p.m. or before 9 a.m.

“I have two teenagers and I tell them that nothing good happens after midnight. That’s even more true in politics,” he said in a statement. “The people of Wisconsin deserve to know what their elected leaders are voting on.”

A campaign spokesperson said at the time that Walker believes 10 p.m. is the appropriate hour to end floor work. “Scott’s been there and he’s seen it,” she said, referring to late-night work that allows lobbyists undue influence over legislation. Of course, this supposed commitment to transparency didn’t stop Walker, when he was a member of the Assembly himself, from “join[ing] with the Republican majority in January 1997 to eliminate a rule that required lawmakers to finish their floor sessions at 8 p.m.”"

VIEW REST OF ARTICLE AT: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/485843/flashback%3A_gov._walker_promised_to_end_late-night_votes_because_%E2%80%98nothing_good_happens_after_midnight%E2%80%99/



AND GOING BACK TO THE PREVIOUS WEEK:



WATCH WISCONSIN PROTESTS


Friday, October 22, 2010

THE TRUTH COMES TO THE USA - REPUBLICORP


The truth comes to the USA. Plug in and stay informed. Brilliant strategy.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIQXAw8V9U8
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JOHN BOEHNER IN BED WITH BIG BUSINESS

Companies that received bailout money giving generously to candidates
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"The Supreme Court Sold Out Our Democracy - How to Fight the Corporate Takeover of Our Elections", by Joshua Holland, October 25, 2010

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSbl4w5J1DY

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Chamber of Commerce Receiving Millions from U.S. Corporations to Support Conservative Agenda
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http://pol.moveon.org/republicorp_orgchart/?id=24068-15277530-eUkbxpx&t=1

The Cabal of Multinational Corporations is pleased to formally announce RepubliCorpTM, a new combined entity following our complete merger with the Republican Party.
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RepubliCorpTM combines the ethics-free campaigning savvy of the GOP with the limit-free spending power of Corporate AmericaTM. This merger is precisely timed: With the recent Citizens United ruling finally placing the United States Government on the open market, RepubliCorpTM is now perfectly positioned to lead our hostile takeover bid, currently scheduled for completion on November 2nd 2010.
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See below for the restructuring plan for the takeover bid, designed to maximize the impressive array of assets which are now—or soon will be—wholly owned subsidiaries of RepubliCorpTM:

Established Subsidiaries:
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Republican National Committee /
Public Relations
This unit has a proud track record of mass-marketing corporate priorities and training our political associates to serve us in government. Unfortunately, funding transparency laws and the GOP’s visible contempt for the American people will pose a serious challenge to this unit until all campaign finance regulations are repealed and the GOP’s image is sanitized. Of course, these are two of RepubliCorp’sTM top priorities for 2011.
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US National Chamber of Commerce /
Revenue Generation and Political Enforcement
This unit has an unparalleled capacity to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars to corporate candidates and lobbying operations. While recent accusations of tax fraud, money laundering, and soliciting donations from foreign corporations have posed minor setbacks, these will be quickly resolved following our US Government takeover.
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Fox News Communications
Left unchecked, an informed electorate poses a serious risk to our long-term interests. Thankfully, this unit has demonstrated a best-in-class ability to ensure a healthy climate of constant fear, driven by unquestioned RepubliCorpTM talking points, perfect for achieving and maintaining our full ownership of the US Government.
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Republican Governors Association /
HR and Development
Funded by other subsidiaries such as Fox News and major oil companies, the recent merger will allow full integration of this growing campaign asset into the RepubliCorpTM family.
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New Business Units
We’re proud to bolster our hostile takeover bid with an outstanding set of new divisions, led by the very best in the field political manipulation.
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Americans for Prosperity (AFP)Founded in 2004 by Oil and Gas billionaires the Koch Brothers, AFP is the industry-leading expert in converting corporate funds into the appearance of grassroots support. The well-financed force behind the “tea party” apparatus, AFP will ensure RepubliCorpTM appears to be on the side of “the people” for years to come.
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American Crossroads /
While protesting that he doesn’t, Karl Rove (see staff profile) will lead this unit with a healthy $60 million budget. Unfettered by principles and funded by billionaires, this unit’s deceptive and negative advertising will considerably strengthen our takeover bid.
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American Action Network /
RepubliCorpTM was proud to hire disgraced politicians Norm Coleman, Haley Barbour and Jeb Bush to run this division. AAN is posed to spend $25 million on attack ads in 2010, and is fully immune from disclosure thanks to Citizens United and the Senate's fortuitous failure to pass the DISCLOSE Act.
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Americans for Job Security
This unit has faced troublesome allegations in the past of hiding its revenue and illegally funding corporate money into deceptive electioneering. Despite that, this unit soldiers on, running political strategy for the narrow self-interest of our donors. Thankfully, once our takeover is complete, this highly effective branch of RepubliCorpTM will be able to advance our interests without fear of accountability.
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Planned Acquisitions:
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U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
White House (2012)
Staff Profiles
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RepubliCorpTM shareholders can be confident that our hostile take over bid for the US Government is in the hands of an all-star team of executives who are passionate about transferring power from voters to corporations—and have the track record to back it up.
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Rep. John Boehner /
CEO-Designate, Government Division
As the top Congressional Republican, Mr. Boehner is a life-long pioneer in bringing corporate power deep into government. He set the new standard in 1996 when he when he physically distributed checks from tobacco lobbyists to Republicans on the floor of the US House of Representatives. Just imagine what his leadership can do for RepubliCorpTM once the takeover is complete.
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Rupert Murdoch /
Vice President For Corporate Communications
Mr. Murdoch is not just a principle investor in RepubliCorpTM but a passionate advocate of replacing journalism with corporate PR. He will now fully devote his considerable talent to our hostile takeover bid for the US Government, and ensure voters are sufficiently frightened and misinformed to avoid any interference from below.
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Karl Rove /
Marketing Director
A legend who needs no introduction, ‘The Prince of Darkness’ has proven the boundary between politics and governance is just an antiquated formality by bringing the same fear-mongering, divisive agenda into George W Bush’s Whitehouse as he made famous on the campaign trail. RepubliCorpTM shareholders can rest easy knowing our takeover bid and future administration plans for the US Government are in Mr. Rove’s experienced hands.
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Rand Paul/
Diversity and Equal Employment Solutions
Cumbersome laws promoting diversity and equal employment opportunity have long bedeviled many of our private sector subsidiaries. Following our government takeover, Mr. Paul will be retained at the ‘Senator’ level and lead the effort to eliminate these tiring restrictions. With a long track record of outspoken opposition to key provisions of the civil rights Act, Mr. Paul is clearly the right executive for this delicate task.
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Sarah Palin /
Director of Outreach and Incitement
Until our R&D engineers at Diebold are able to perfect the Fully Automated Voting System, individual voters still pose a potentially threatening externality to our takeover bid. And nothing disturbs voters like facts. That’s why RepubliCorpTM is proud to retain Ms. Palin, the world’s leading authority on the replacement of facts with folksy talking points and Facebook posts. Ms. Palin’s legendary ability to neutralize voters though inciting and misdirecting anger while obfuscating our activities makes her an irreplaceable addition to our senior executive team.
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Thomas J. Donohue/
Executive Vice President for Fundraising and Arm-Twisting
Mr. Donohue’s excellent leadership of the US Chamber of Commerce makes him an invaluable asset to the takeover bid leadership staff. He has demonstrated a prodigious talent for converting corporate wealth into unrivaled DC influence, and a healthy penchant for money laundering and deceptive smear campaigning against politicians who refuse to join our business units. And the vast quantity of consumer dollars that secretly flow into US Chamber political coffers ensures a reliable revenue source even in a worst-case-scenario outbreak of voter awareness and outrage.
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Michael Steele
Chief Morale Officer
Mr. Steele has raised all of our spirits over the past year as Chairman of our newly acquired GOP unit with his knee-slapping gaffes, lesbian bondage excursion scandals and astounding ability to retain a straight face despite his kind-hearted buffoonery. While we are confident of success, hostile government takeovers can be grueling affairs, and we are excited to have secured Mr. Steele a permanent slot on our senior team to keep the smiles coming.
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Glenn Beck/
Director, Conspiracy Unit
At RepubliCorpTM we know that customer service comes first. And nothing interferes in our ability to serve our corporate customers like voters who demand know ‘what’s going on here.’ That’s why we've found Mr. Beck’s conspiracy unit to consistently yield amongst the highest ROI’s of any RepubliCorpTM division. With just a healthy imagination, a common blackboard, famously flexible ethics, and the integrated support of our Fox News unit, Mr. Beck has provided millions of voters with carefully fabricated answers to their questions, expertly diverting their concerns and even enlisting them as inadvertent supporters of our takeover bid.
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The Koch Brothers
Chief Investors, Shareholders, and Chairmen of the Board
Nothing proves the unofficial RepubliCorpTM motto: ‘billionaires know best’ like the inspiring story of David and Charles Koch. These visionary brothers understand that hard work is the engine of progress, and no one will work hard if they think that once they become billionaires they will still be expected to pay taxes like regular suckers. As billionaires themselves, the Koch’s have selflessly contributed over $100 million to a series of RepubliCorpTM campaigns to remove the yoke of reasonability from billionaires’ shoulders and thus unleash the hidden potential of this great nation. RepubliCorpTM is humbled to have this duo as our chief investors, shareholders, and Chairmen of the Board.
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce (our link)

Thursday, October 21, 2010

DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THE BANKERS AND THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUjA6egGBH0&feature=player_embedded
October 21, 2010

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"The Supreme Court Sold Out Our Democracy - How to Fight the Corporate Takeover of Our Elections", by Joshua Holland, October 25, 2010
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The Curious Circle of Koch: Climate Change Denial Industry, the Tea Party ‘Grassroots’ and Now Blackstone and Goldman Sachs

http://maxkeiser.com/2010/10/21/circle-of-koch/
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http://maxkeiser.com/2010/10/19/keiser-report-no-87-markets-finance-scandal-and-bruce-lee-economics/
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September 21, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CERxBG2bg1U
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJtbxrk_v7c
September 18, 2010
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DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2bju39fTTI
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ROB PORTMAN SAYS

"Republican" Rob Portman (Ohio Republican U.S. Senate candidate) has been running ads on liberal and progressive websites (as have many other Republicans). You may have even received a post card or flyer from his campaign committee.*** These guys have even hijacked your "YouTube" videos and placed ads before you even view the video.
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Portman sounds reasonably responsible and appears to make sense. That is, ... until you realize that no matter what Rob Portman says, the Republican Party vote as a block.

What the Republican leadership wants, is what you get from them. [They've voted "no" on everything President Obama wants]

This is the Republican Party platform:

  • To put your social security in the hands of Wall Street *** ... that's what Republicans mean when they say they want to privatize social security. We all know what happened on Wall Street in 2008 and the corruption that exists on Wall Street. The people who had their money invested in Wall Street in 2008, lost [depending on where they had their money invested] almost half their savings. It will take years to get just their original investment back.
  • They want Medicare to either go away, or put Medicare in the hands of private insurance companies. You know, ... those companies who, until President Obama and a majority Democratic Congress said "no way", wanted to deny you coverage based on pre-existing conditions, denied you coverage, and had annual and lifetime limits (these insurance companies also make some personal information and medical information available to MIB [the Medical Information Bureau] members - who are other insurance companies).

  • Republicans want to set the clock back on the "Americans with Disabilities Act", because, we believe, they don't want employers to have to shell out money to accommodate disabled (blind, other handicapped) people (even though many of these companies get federal subsidies and tax breaks to help accommodate the disabled) . BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT ... THEY ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT A BUSINESS HAS THE RIGHT TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANYBODY THEY DAMN WELL PLEASE.

The Republican answer to everything is private or publicly traded corporations ... the bigger the corporation the better. The small business person cannot compete with these large corporations; however, Republicans love these companies, and will do whatever these companies want them to do. Republicans have supported (through policy decisions, legislation, etc) companies who have outsourced your jobs for years.

They don't believe in a minimum wage (even though in 2008 they were pressured to support it) ... they don't want to even talk about a living wage. With this party, UP IS DOWN AND DOWN IS UP. They twist the facts, or out and out lie.

The CORPORATION'S INTERESTS always comes first with them. ALWAYS! And isn't it revealing that large corporations (such as News Corp who owns FOX news) are giving millions and millions of dollars to the Republican Party or running deceptive TV ads.

Even corporations in India (where many of your jobs have been outsourced) are giving thousands of dollars to the Republican Party.
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The difference between conservatives and liberals lie in the underlying philosophy/ideology. Conservatives believe corporations should do whatever they want ... whether it helps the American worker or not. They feel corporations should not be penalized for looking outside the United States for cheap labor and exploiting another country's resources.

Progressive Democrats, (unlike the neoliberal or new Democrat) want to create jobs here in the United States, and they want to keep jobs here in the United States. Their philosophy/ideology is to put the American worker first, instead of the corporation.
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Many of the poorest states in the country are held by Republicans. Are these people stupid or do they just have delusional thinking?

Look this country started losing jobs way before 2008, and started losing jobs in the millions starting in 2007 [under Republican leadership]. It will take some time to turn this country around. You decide ... do you want the corporations to rule, or the average American?
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PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW, AND VOTE AGAINST THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOVEMBER 2ND. YOU MUST VOTE, OR THE REPUBLICANS WIN BY DEFAULT.

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Reagan on Medicare (1961) Reagan has always supported "states rights". None of us forget those states that fought against (through brutal means) civil rights for all people.
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Reagan said he was against raising taxes; however, he raised taxes.
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Most European (socialist) countries, and Australia, Israel, Canada (a socialist country) ... have universal health care.
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The Republican Party (today) is much further right than Reagan (and Reagan was a moderate Republican).
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Republicans support the "Military Industrial [Congressional] Complex"
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DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?

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***Matt Taibbi on Wall Street, etc.
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"Rather than Investigating Foreclosure Fraud, House Republicans Vow to Investigate Loans to Poor People"
, October 18 2010
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The socialism Ronald Reagan railed against .... read:
Why Germany Has It So Good -- and Why America Is Going Down the Drain

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Financial Regulatory Reform July 21, 2010
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Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
[only 4 Republicans voted for it in the U. S. Senate]
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"AARP supported the passage of "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act" [July 2010]
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A look at the Stimulus/ Outsource hoopla created by conservatives


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We've had some great House bills that get either stalled or evaporate in the Senate because of conservatives (2 to 4 Democrats, and all or the vast majority of Republicans).

We need another Republican in the Senate like a hole in the head.
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*** The latest underhanded thing the Republican Party is up to .... is sending a chain email ... you know, .... the "Charley Reese email" .... Read original ..., however, the version (put out by Republicans) that is being circulated now, removes the reference to Republicans and inserts taxes and names Nancy Pelosi as the evil one. Don't be fooled by these conservatives.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?

You've lost your job because the company you used to work for is outsourcing labor. You pick up the telephone to talk to someone from the company you used to work for and lo and behold, someone from India takes your call.

Now this is bad enough ... however, get this .... companies in India are donating thousands of dollars to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (whose members are some of the largest corporations in the world ... who do most of the outsourcing of jobs that used to be your job). The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is supporting Republican candidates because they know the Republican Party loves their members (who are outsourcing what were American jobs).

At the end of the now widely talked about Think Progress article, there is a list of foreign donors who have sent money to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Now tell me how warm and fuzzy you feel towards the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, its members and the Republican Party.

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Stop the Chamber!
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http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/think-progress-faiz-shakir-us-chamber
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And the CSC's [Clevelands Secret Club] remarks to the Greater Cleveland Partnership, who is a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce [and our remarks to the Greater Cleveland Partnership's members]: Look GCP, before you get in bed with someone, check them out.
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Hell, the mafia gave money to many charities ... but my God, those charities were taking money from people who had blood on their hands.

The CSC's [Clevelands Secret Club] suggestion is to not do business with any of the
GCP's members or become a shareholder in any of these companies; however, there are a lot of large corporations in their membership that may surprise you. If you presently do business with (or are a shareholder in) one of the GCP's members, you have to do some soul searching and planning on how to either end that business/shareholder relationship or tell them you don't want them to be in bed with the GCP as long as the GCP is in bed with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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Apple Inc. withdrew from the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Good for them - We love you and applaud you Apple.
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GCP and your members ... grow a pair and do the right thing. Students who attend Case Western Reserve and Cleveland State should tell the heads (and Boards) of these schools to get out of bed with the GCP unless the GCP gets out of bed with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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Everyone, take a really deep look into the investments, associations, and leadership of all the companies and corporations you do business with, or are anticipating doing business with.
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Last, don't even think about harassing CSC members and friends. You cannot intimidate us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2bju39fTTI