Limbaugh: Understanding what the "barter ad suspension" is really about

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Friday March 16, 2012 · 1:14 AM PDT

2012/03/16 · 01:14

It took me a few days to finally put all the pieces together here, but I think I finally understand what Premiere Radio Networks, Rush Limbaugh's syndicator, really had in mind when it dropped that "suspending barter ads" bombshell earlier this week.

All the inside baseball, just beyond that swanky orange curtain separating First Class from the rest of the passengers out here on DailyKos Airlines...

phenry

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Monday March 12, 2012 · 4:48 PM PDT

2012/03/12 · 16:48

Or at least the "98 large corporations pull ads from Rush Limbaugh, all right-wing shock jocks" interpretation offered by the current front-page story does not appear to be warranted.

jamess

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Monday March 12, 2012 · 12:15 AM PDT

2012/03/12 · 00:15

Investigation: Just Who is Behind Voter ID?

Why would they (ALEC) be writing OUR Laws?

A bill introduced in Nebraska is part of a national trend to require voters to show ID to vote.

Action 3 News, Feb. 24, 2012

Action News Reporter: Liz Dorland

Link to Video Report

partial transcript:

We're told we need changes own voting laws to make sure nobody cheats on election day. But not only is there no proof of a Voter Fraud problem in either state [NE, IA], there is proof that lawmakers writing both those Laws, are not telling you something important about a group called ALEC.

Nebraska state Senator Charlie Janssen goes on to deny any connection to ALEC in the Voter ID bill. Even though he is a Member of ALEC. Even though the bill he submitted is a near perfect copy to the ALEC Boilerplate template for this issue.

... Later Janssen admits he copied the bill from the Indiana Voter ID bill, which Liz Dorland shows was identical to the ALEC Template, except for 2 minor edits.

Even the chief official in charge of Nebraska Elections says
"There's no real problem here. We've had an aggressive Voter Fraud Unit already. Very few people ever try to cheat here."

In fact there is very little proof of any serious Voter Fraud anywhere, but so far 31 states have jump on the Voter ID bandwagon. Iowa is headed there too, with little proof of cheating. Many Democrats say it's really all about this man [Barack Obama at podium]. That Voter ID rules will probably keep a lot of young and poor from voting. Both groups big Obama-backer last round.

Opponents say that this secretive group of powerful conservatives comes in [ALEC]. ...

The watchdog group [Center for Media and Democracy -- who publish ALEC Exposed.org] says that

Almost every Voter ID Law in the nation, shares common elements to a Template provided by American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC for short. ...

The watchdog group says that ALEC is writing many of the 'hot bills', that the lawmakers claim as their own.
Brendan Fischer, with Center for Media and Democracy, says:

"This think tank essentially hands state legislatures changes, to our laws that they desire."

Reporter, Liz Dorland goes on to show how the Voter ID Legislation in Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana, are all nearly identical to the ALEC Template -- Sixty Minutes style.

ipsos

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Friday March 09, 2012 · 2:50 PM PST

2012/03/09 · 14:50

An important thing to remember as we continue to use our free speech rights to speak out against hate radio and its sponsors:

The only ads that matter are the ads that are heard over the air. What airs on a radio station's stream is irrelevant.

Why this matters, and why we're still winning, and how you can help, over the squiggle...

shenderson

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Friday March 09, 2012 · 12:23 AM PST

2012/03/09 · 00:23

About three weeks back, the Valentine's Day exposure of key Heartland Institute internal documents made national and international news. This story was covered at length on Daily Kos and elsewhere. Particularly attention-grabbing was the information that Heartland was developing a denialist K-12 curriculum intended in part to "dissuade teachers from teaching science", and that this and much of Heartland's other activity was funded by a single deep-pocketed donor -- referred to only as the "Anonymous Donor".

(Although Heartland has disputed the authenticity of one document, its contents are corroborated by other documents of undisputed authenticity.)

Since that initial burst of February sunshine, we've learned the identity of the man who exposed this scheme, but not of the man behind it and much of the rest of Heartland's activity. Eyes initially turned, as they often do, to the Koch brothers, but the data didn't correspond well to their particular styles and interests, and they have not exactly been shy about their role in funding and controlling other "intellectual ammo shops".

Here, I will sum up the case developed over the previous 3.5 diaries, for the person whom I believe to be the strongest candidate for the Anonymous Donor: reclusive Chicago industrialist Barre Seid.

Sunlight breaking through on a dark Chicago day.
(Bossbob50)

Previously: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 3.5 (reference material)

If you're one of the hardy souls who has read all of the previous diaries, you'll find a few repeated sections.

(Reposted from Sunday, when it didn't get much visibility.)

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Are you persuaded that Barre Seid is the Heartland Institute's Anonymous Donor?

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Are you persuaded that Barre Seid is the Heartland Institute's Anonymous Donor?

Yes, beyond reasonable doubt

26 votes

Yes, but not beyond reasonable doubt

9 votes

No, I'm not convinced it's him

3 votes

No, I'm convinced it's *not* him

1 vote

Pie

3 votes

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VA05Liberal

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Thursday March 08, 2012 · 6:22 PM PST

2012/03/08 · 18:22

This isn't a long diary, by any means, but it is important. A colleague of mine in politics around the area has just unveiled what may be our best weapon against corporate money and lobbying. The weapon is transparency and technology. And Obama brought it to us. Obama always does what he can, even when he doesn't have Congress behind him.

Ethics.Gov

Now, if only the media will use it and talk about it. Let everyone know.

Save the Cato Institute... from the Koch Brothers

Laughing Vergil

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Thursday March 08, 2012 · 11:22 AM PST

2012/03/08 · 11:22

With the current rec list diary in defense of Rush Limbaugh, I felt it was time to call attention to another crisis that we need to attend to - the destruction of the Cato Institute.

By the Koch brothers. Really. And it is actually serious.

More past the orange bee-dance chart.

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The case for Barre Seid as the Heartland Institute's Anonymous Donor: Summation

Ethics.Gov

Save the Cato Institute... from the Koch Brothers