For the record, The Heartland Institute’s entire annual budget less than 5% comes from energy companies and in total only 16% comes from all corporations. The vast majority of our funds, 84%, come from individuals and foundations, and we do not accept any government financing at all. Private individuals with no connections to the energy industry funded the entirety of our conference.
The Heartland Institute strongly objects when energy companies’ solicit massive taxpayer funded subsides for environmentally and economically damaging products such as land intensive ethanol production and endangered species killing wind turbines. We continue to object to these policies even though a number of the corporations that donate money to us profit from these policies being in place. The argument that we take our philosophical positions based on who funds us is laughable.
For those of you interested in the true reasons behind the Heartland Institute stance on the climate change debate, please go to www.globalwarmingheartland.org for more information.
-Greg, Legislative Specialist for the Heartland Institute
AAEI has birthed the new [[Tom Matzzie]]-run group [[Campaign to Defend America]], and has a new $20 Million Dollar campaign [[Iraq/Recession Campaign]] to attack Republicans. It's all basically the same Democratic Party money sources.
Starbucks is undergoing a massive effort to re-energize its stores at present. It needs to also focus on renewing and growing its brand.
A nickel a bottle might have made some sense when there weren't any profits. Now that nickel is just insulting the intelligence of its customers. National distribution via Pepsi and they still can't fork over a dime or a quarter?
I propose a brand enhancing alternative--Since Ethos equals less that 1% of pre-tax profit at Starbucks, they can easily afford to donate 100% of the profits to African water projects. A generous, legitimate brand enhancing move that might help a lot people that need a hand.
http://centerforinvestigativereporting.org/blogpost/20080310moredetailsonantimccaingroup
More details on anti-McCain group
A political organization financed by film producer [[Steve Bing]] has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to a liberal group running attack ads against Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
[[American Family Voices Voters’ Alliance]] gave $300,000 to the [[Campaign to Defend America]] last November, according to government filings. The Campaign to Defend America aired ads last month calling McCain the “McSame” as President Bush. ... American Family Voices, which ran controversial automated telephone calls to voters in 2006, is headed by [[Mike Lux]], a former aide to President Bill Clinton.
Before contributing to the Campaign to Defend America, American Family Voices received $600,000 from liberal mega-donor Bing. Bing gave millions to pro-Democrat groups in the 2004 election cycle, and is currently a bundler for Sen. Hillary Clinton, raising at least $100,000 for her presidential campaign. Bing is also known for his playboy reputation, including a paternity dispute with actress Elizabeth Hurley.
From a 2006 [http://beltwayblogroll.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/01/the_rise_of_blo.php National Journal] article (emphasis added):
NAM "blogger-in-chief" Pat Cleary has been a blog evangelist within his industry and to lobbyists in Washington. He was one of the speakers at a summer event dubbed "Blogging 101 for K Street." Issue Dynamics, a public-affairs and Internet consulting firm that opened a "blogger relations" unit, co-hosted the event. "It's smart. It's free publicity," Cleary said of blogging by trade groups. "Why not do it?"
He noted, for instance, a new feature attached to some articles at washingtonpost.com: links generated automatically via the blog search engine Technorati. The newspaper's ombudsman said recently that some reporters hate the feature, but Cleary loves it because NAM can get its unfiltered views embedded within a well-read and respected media site. "In real time ... we'll see the link to our blog in that story," he said. And although Cleary acknowledged that readers might not click on the link to read his commentary, he said, "My odds are as good as [publishing] a letter to the editor ... and The Post is doing it for me."
Eric McErlain, a speechwriter for the Nuclear Energy Institute, said that his group's blog has become a "tactical component" to counter misleading media "spin." He cited a Time magazine story on security at nuclear power plants and a similar ABC News investigation dubbed "Loose Nukes," both of which ran last summer, as examples. Both reports prompted heavy blogging, not just by NEI but also by the community of like-minded allies who frequent the NEI blog. "They're carrying our water without being told," McErlain said. He added that other trade groups would do well to start blogging. "There's a conversation that's going on about your industry. And the question is whether you want to be involved."
For the record, The Heartland Institute’s entire annual budget less than 5% comes from energy companies and in total only 16% comes from all corporations. The vast majority of our funds, 84%, come from individuals and foundations, and we do not accept any government financing at all. Private individuals with no connections to the energy industry funded the entirety of our conference.
The Heartland Institute strongly objects when energy companies’ solicit massive taxpayer funded subsides for environmentally and economically damaging products such as land intensive ethanol production and endangered species killing wind turbines. We continue to object to these policies even though a number of the corporations that donate money to us profit from these policies being in place. The argument that we take our philosophical positions based on who funds us is laughable.
For those of you interested in the true reasons behind the Heartland Institute stance on the climate change debate, please go to www.globalwarmingheartland.org for more information.
-Greg, Legislative Specialist for the Heartland Institute
check out this information:
https://www.prwatch.org/node/7073
AAEI has birthed the new [[Tom Matzzie]]-run group [[Campaign to Defend America]], and has a new $20 Million Dollar campaign [[Iraq/Recession Campaign]] to attack Republicans. It's all basically the same Democratic Party money sources.
Starbucks is undergoing a massive effort to re-energize its stores at present. It needs to also focus on renewing and growing its brand.
A nickel a bottle might have made some sense when there weren't any profits. Now that nickel is just insulting the intelligence of its customers. National distribution via Pepsi and they still can't fork over a dime or a quarter?
I propose a brand enhancing alternative--Since Ethos equals less that 1% of pre-tax profit at Starbucks, they can easily afford to donate 100% of the profits to African water projects. A generous, legitimate brand enhancing move that might help a lot people that need a hand.
http://centerforinvestigativereporting.org/blogpost/20080310moredetailsonantimccaingroup
More details on anti-McCain group
A political organization financed by film producer [[Steve Bing]] has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to a liberal group running attack ads against Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
[[American Family Voices Voters’ Alliance]] gave $300,000 to the [[Campaign to Defend America]] last November, according to government filings. The Campaign to Defend America aired ads last month calling McCain the “McSame” as President Bush. ... American Family Voices, which ran controversial automated telephone calls to voters in 2006, is headed by [[Mike Lux]], a former aide to President Bill Clinton.
Before contributing to the Campaign to Defend America, American Family Voices received $600,000 from liberal mega-donor Bing. Bing gave millions to pro-Democrat groups in the 2004 election cycle, and is currently a bundler for Sen. Hillary Clinton, raising at least $100,000 for her presidential campaign. Bing is also known for his playboy reputation, including a paternity dispute with actress Elizabeth Hurley.
From a 2006 [http://beltwayblogroll.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/01/the_rise_of_blo.php National Journal] article (emphasis added):
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