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“The Platform is the Party’s contract with the people.” This noble sentiment has been used by both Republicans and Democrats in characterizing their state and national party Platforms over the decades. It can become an embarrassing yardstick for any Party that lives a double life. Consider President Bush and his Texas State Republican Platform of…
Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger1338 Fourth StSanta Monica, CA 90401-1302October 2, 2003 Dear Mr. Schwarzenegger: Two of your recent public comments raise useful questions about your campaign to the voters of California. Earlier this week you stated before your admirers the following: “Let me just now tell you something, this is now hand-to-hand combat, we are in…
President George W. BushThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NWWashington, D.C. 20500October 2, 2003Dear President Bush,The Republican Party of Texas was instrumental in nominating and electing you to the Governorship of Texas. The state Party also was working to garner the state’s 32 electoral votes in the Presidential election of 2000 without which you could not…
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact: Ralph Nader or Mark Wittink, (202)-387-8034 Congress is close to passing the energy bill. Behind closed doors, corporations, lobbyists, and leadership in both houses are debating a key provision that would shield the producers of MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether) from any legal claims that the chemical is “defective in design…
This week the American people were given a highly publicized free lesson in how they can become powerful against dominant corporate interests. It was the swirling dynamics around the Do Not Call registry established by the Federal Trade Commission which drew over 50,000,000 people in a matter of weeks who don’t like to be bothered…
Mr. Warren Buffett Chief Executive Officer Berkshire Hathaway Inc.1440 Kiewit PlazaOmaha, NE 68131 Dear Mr. Buffett: From reports in the media, I have learned that you are keenly interested in investing up to $15 billion in this country’s troubled electric utility sector and that, as a prerequisite to this investment, you and your surrogates advocate…
Congress has been slow to enact airtight protections for individuals’ privacy. When there is trade off between the demands of corporations versus citizens’ right to privacy, our national legislators almost always come down on the side of financial institutions and their affiliates. Congress putted around the edges of the privacy issues when it passed the…
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg held a news conference on September 9th which was described by the New York Post this way: “Looking more like a pitchman than a politician, the mayor bought an orange-mango juice drink from a Snapple machine, opened it and took a sip.” In so doing, the Mayor’s common sense snapped, as…
The federal government is by far the largest consumer in the land— hundreds of billions of dollars yearly. It buys many of the products regular consumers purchase, including motor vehicles, fuel, drugs, paper, clothing, food, computers, software, appliances, furnishings, and medical devices. It also buys less usual products such as construction equipment, buildings, highways and…
President George W. BushThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NWWashington, DC 20500 September 4, 2003 Dear President Bush: It has been reported that the savings accruing to your vice president and your cabinet members from the recent legislation reducing taxes (mostly on the wealthy) are substantial. As the attached analysis demonstrates, based on latest financial reports,…