If the legislature narrows their definition of "what is political advertising", how soon will it be before revenue-hungry WPR and WPT accept "non-political" advertising, especially from regulated groups? Think pipeline companies, electric power transmission companies, electric power generation utilities, auto dealers, the medical industry, and twenty others.
It can't happen here? Please re-consider.
I was at the public hearing on Dark Money. There was only one committee member present (the committee chair) along with the bill's author. When I asked why a quorum was not present to hear public testimony, I was blown off with "we don't have to have a quorum for public hearings." This, to my mind is a clear violation of the right to pettition for redress of grievances. We're being intentionally ignored.
I did not mince words in my statement. I was not polite. I said that this was not about principles, but about the domination of people by money. I used the F-word..... FASCISM, and held up a picture of Mussoilini and friends hanging by their heels in April 1945. I said "This is where the road to Fascism leads. Let's not take Wisconsin down that road."
Was that too controversial to report? I guess so.
This is a great move. Newer and newer diseases are being born due to all the filth that is in our foods. Thank you Whole Foods for doing the right thing. Thank you CMD for keeping the pressure up.
Every animal has the right to live, 2 if these animals are being held for the foodindustry, they have the right to be left alone and to be as free and secure as long as they live, they also didn't asko to be someones luch of fastfood, and they don't deserve to be more torchered and abused !
Until y'all decide to use less oil, it is essential. That's the base fact that gets ignored. So if you dont like the pipeline method, suggest a better alternative. Trucks on the highway? Accidents, highway wear and tear, extremely expensive. Rail? Less accidents than trucking, but still lots, and usually in towns or along riverbanks. Less expensive than trucking but still exponentially more than by pipeline.
Does nobody remember Exxon Valdez, or the BP rig and several others that blew up in the Gulf? How about the Iraq war, or the events in Libya? Those are the alternatives to bringing oil across this land through a pipeline. The pipeline method has its issues, its not perfect, but please understand that until you quit using the oil, it needs to get here somehow, and if you dont like pipelines, suggest an alternative, dont just criticize.
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