According to New York Magazine, when asked by an intrepid reporter asked, "Just so we don't have to go through this whole resignation thing again, have you ever patronized a prostitute?" David Paterson, the soon-to-be Governor of New York, responded:
"Only the lobbyists."
"Lobbying is the great evil of modern times" says Brandon Hodge, owner of two stores in Austin, Texas. His locally owned stores "Big Top Candy Shop" and "Monkey See Monkey Do" don't get a tax break from the Austin City Council, yet the council hands out tax breaks to large corporations.
As Texas votes today, Hodge explains why he doesn't pay attention to the commercials the candidates put out and why the candidates are not always at fault when there's "dirty tricks"
Military Contractors D.C. Powwow
Not long ago we told you about the IPOA, that's the lobbying organization and trade group for military contractors in Washington, DC. A week ago Monday IPOA (aka the International Peace Operations Association) had their annual summit in Washington. Blackwater, which recently terminated its membership in the outfit in the face of an IPOA ethics investigation (one of the first, apparently), wasn't there. But pretty much everyone else from the private military contractor...
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