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by a6l6e6x
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11/18/05 8:26:36 AM
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New Speaking of "Government Relations".
How about [link|http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/16/AR2005111602518.html|Wal-Mart hiring the wife of a legislator] on a key vote:
Preparing for a showdown with organized labor in the Maryland legislature, Wal-Mart has deployed at least a dozen Annapolis lobbyists and is making strong overtures to black lawmakers, including a $10,000 donation to help them pay for a recent conference.

The retail giant hopes to derail legislation that would effectively force the company to boost spending on employee health benefits.
o o o
Other lobbyists registered to represent the company included Pamela Metz Kasemeyer, the wife of a state senator who voted for the bill;...
And this is in broad daylight!

But then these folks gave us [link|http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000059|Spiro Agnew] so we can "get the best government money can buy".
Alex
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
Post #234,830
by boxley
11/18/05 9:31:52 AM
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New proves they are cheap bastards, thats all
In Alaska the wife of the chair insurance committee got 75K from insurance co's on workmans comp. 10k pocket change.
thanx,
bill
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     I'm *shocked*! Oil execs met with Cheney's task force. - (Another Scott) - (93) - Nov. 16, 2005, 12:55:16 AM EST
         I suppose it would make more sense to invite them to - (boxley) - (2) - Nov. 16, 2005, 12:57:52 PM EST
             I have no problem with them meeting Cheney's task force. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Nov. 16, 2005, 01:29:32 PM EST
                 I object to them *being* Cheney's task force -NT - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:05:24 AM EDT
         Um, I don't get the problem - (bepatient) - (81) - Nov. 16, 2005, 03:11:23 PM EST
             Why am I not surprised? -NT - (jb4) - (1) - Nov. 16, 2005, 03:33:19 PM EST
                 I see so the ILA should run IT shops - (boxley) - Nov. 16, 2005, 03:37:57 PM EST
             I think you do. - (Another Scott) - (49) - Nov. 16, 2005, 03:37:22 PM EST
                 Lets see, energy policy should receive input from env groups - (boxley) - (48) - Nov. 16, 2005, 03:41:00 PM EST
                     I guess only the police should have input on the law then? - (Another Scott) - (46) - Nov. 16, 2005, 03:50:48 PM EST
                         I agree the meetings should have been open to the public - (boxley) - Nov. 16, 2005, 03:54:28 PM EST
                         There are several problems - (bepatient) - (43) - Nov. 16, 2005, 03:58:40 PM EST
                             Well, they're right about one thing - (jake123) - (42) - Nov. 17, 2005, 12:05:10 AM EST
                                 They *are* investing - (scoenye) - (40) - Nov. 17, 2005, 04:16:22 PM EST
                                     Read "The Innovator's Dilemma" - (ben_tilly) - (39) - Nov. 17, 2005, 05:20:04 PM EST
                                         dunno BP owns a lot of patents and is doing own R&D -NT - (boxley) - (1) - Nov. 17, 2005, 09:18:26 PM EST
                                             That doesn't help. Read the book for why. - (ben_tilly) - Nov. 18, 2005, 01:27:21 AM EST
                                         So you don't think - (bepatient) - (36) - Nov. 18, 2005, 09:15:09 AM EST
                                             No, I think Big Oil != Nynex - (jb4) - (2) - Nov. 18, 2005, 11:47:00 AM EST
                                                 So you don't equate - (bepatient) - (1) - Nov. 18, 2005, 01:01:56 PM EST
                                                     one is an evul environmental horror with ties to Whitehouse - (boxley) - Nov. 18, 2005, 01:08:09 PM EST
                                             They may well invent and promote it... - (ben_tilly) - (32) - Nov. 18, 2005, 08:55:48 PM EST
                                                 Then there's the classic: Gillette and Bic - (jake123) - (24) - Nov. 18, 2005, 09:11:09 PM EST
                                                     Not quite a classic illustration of this particular point - (ben_tilly) - (23) - Nov. 18, 2005, 09:25:12 PM EST
                                                         I don't think that'll happen. - (Another Scott) - (22) - Nov. 18, 2005, 09:43:03 PM EST
                                                             Of course he failed - that is according to theory - (ben_tilly) - (12) - Nov. 18, 2005, 10:18:13 PM EST
                                                                 predictions - (cforde) - (5) - Nov. 19, 2005, 12:54:06 AM EST
                                                                     Not so much the ability to grok, as the will to risk -NT - (drewk) - (1) - Nov. 19, 2005, 12:59:15 AM EST
                                                                         Not so simple. Read the book. -NT - (ben_tilly) - Nov. 19, 2005, 01:48:07 AM EST
                                                                     Definitely - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Nov. 19, 2005, 01:44:49 AM EST
                                                                         case study - (cforde) - (1) - Nov. 21, 2005, 03:19:54 AM EST
                                                                             Very true - (SpiceWare) - Nov. 21, 2005, 09:43:11 AM EST
                                                                 Electrics, batteries - and the 5% problem - (Ashton) - (5) - Nov. 19, 2005, 05:32:15 AM EST
                                                                     Great post. Thanks. -NT - (Another Scott) - Nov. 19, 2005, 08:16:57 AM EST
                                                                     ObLRPD: Solar powered jet packs. I think that's the ticket. -NT - (Another Scott) - Nov. 19, 2005, 08:18:42 AM EST
                                                                     My copy of the book is in storage or I'd give numbers - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Nov. 19, 2005, 12:52:24 PM EST
                                                                         This paper from MIT in 2000 is interesting. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Nov. 19, 2005, 02:24:12 PM EST
                                                                             What I mean by "good enough"... - (ben_tilly) - Nov. 19, 2005, 03:02:53 PM EST
                                                             Not that I care...but looking at history... - (Simon_Jester) - (8) - Nov. 19, 2005, 11:03:33 AM EST
                                                                 Good point. But they're selling a service, not a Thing. -NT - (Another Scott) - (7) - Nov. 19, 2005, 11:10:31 AM EST
                                                                     Kodak sold things. They're hurting pretty badly. -NT - (ben_tilly) - (6) - Nov. 19, 2005, 12:28:36 PM EST
                                                                         But thats a different beast - (bepatient) - (5) - Nov. 19, 2005, 02:02:30 PM EST
                                                                             Again, read the book. - (ben_tilly) - (4) - Nov. 19, 2005, 03:13:51 PM EST
                                                                                 I will actually. Looks interesting - (bepatient) - Nov. 19, 2005, 03:20:21 PM EST
                                                                                 Organization learning.... - (Simon_Jester) - (2) - Nov. 20, 2005, 11:52:14 AM EST
                                                                                     And that is reinforced... - (ben_tilly) - Nov. 20, 2005, 12:22:31 PM EST
                                                                                     It's not so black and white. - (Another Scott) - Nov. 20, 2005, 12:43:34 PM EST
                                                 They spun the business and remerged it several times - (bepatient) - (6) - Nov. 19, 2005, 10:24:58 AM EST
                                                     OK, they invented. Will they build the next business model? -NT - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Nov. 19, 2005, 12:27:27 PM EST
                                                         We'll see - (bepatient) - (4) - Nov. 19, 2005, 02:00:21 PM EST
                                                             That we will. (I'm betting on Skype and relatives.) -NT - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Nov. 19, 2005, 03:15:18 PM EST
                                                                 Too limited - (bepatient) - (2) - Nov. 19, 2005, 03:22:41 PM EST
                                                                     Seemlessly? Is that anything like unseemly? -NT - (drewk) - (1) - Nov. 19, 2005, 04:37:07 PM EST
                                                                         grrrr -NT - (bepatient) - Nov. 19, 2005, 05:17:55 PM EST
                                 1/2 of BP R&D is recylcling and new energy sources -NT - (boxley) - Nov. 17, 2005, 04:30:12 PM EST
                         More like saying the Mafia should write the law. -NT - (JayMehaffey) - Nov. 16, 2005, 04:45:48 PM EST
                     That's a fair question.... - (Simon_Jester) - Nov. 16, 2005, 03:52:26 PM EST
             The problem is evasion of "sunshine laws". - (a6l6e6x) - (28) - Nov. 16, 2005, 05:37:37 PM EST
                 So every meeting of every public servant - (bepatient) - (27) - Nov. 16, 2005, 06:00:11 PM EST
                     Welcome to Government Service... - (Simon_Jester) - Nov. 16, 2005, 06:42:03 PM EST
                     yep, absolutely - (boxley) - (23) - Nov. 16, 2005, 07:58:48 PM EST
                         Disagree - (bepatient) - (22) - Nov. 16, 2005, 10:47:58 PM EST
                             Nor would I - - (Ashton) - Nov. 17, 2005, 05:23:42 AM EST
                             I just got back from a "step in front" - (boxley) - Nov. 17, 2005, 09:27:15 AM EST
                             Qualification on your disagreement - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Nov. 17, 2005, 10:47:11 AM EST
                                 Any loophole will be used enthusiastically. -NT - (admin) - (1) - Nov. 17, 2005, 10:56:54 AM EST
                                     ICLRPD (new thread) - (imric) - Nov. 17, 2005, 11:36:42 AM EST
                             If you can say that with a straight face... - (inthane-chan) - (7) - Nov. 17, 2005, 12:39:09 PM EST
                                 I would regardless - (bepatient) - (6) - Nov. 17, 2005, 01:49:22 PM EST
                                     Extremes again - (hnick) - (3) - Nov. 17, 2005, 04:20:42 PM EST
                                         Not that extreme - (bepatient) - (2) - Nov. 17, 2005, 05:24:27 PM EST
                                             That would be nice - (hnick) - (1) - Nov. 17, 2005, 05:33:15 PM EST
                                                 I see we are forgetting a simple credo - (bepatient) - Nov. 17, 2005, 07:55:28 PM EST
                                     Speaking of "Government Relations". - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - Nov. 18, 2005, 08:26:36 AM EST
                                         proves they are cheap bastards, thats all - (boxley) - Nov. 18, 2005, 09:31:52 AM EST
                             Litmus test - (imqwerky) - (8) - Nov. 17, 2005, 11:38:39 PM EST
                                 Let's see... - (Another Scott) - Nov. 17, 2005, 11:53:42 PM EST
                                 No - (bepatient) - (6) - Nov. 18, 2005, 09:12:55 AM EST
                                     Aha! - (imqwerky) - (4) - Nov. 18, 2005, 09:21:34 AM EST
                                         Don't think you understand - (bepatient) - (3) - Nov. 18, 2005, 10:41:17 AM EST
                                             This has gone from funny to sad... - (hnick) - Nov. 18, 2005, 11:02:32 AM EST
                                             You're doing it again. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Nov. 18, 2005, 11:16:51 AM EST
                                                 No, I'm not - (bepatient) - Nov. 18, 2005, 01:11:12 PM EST
                                     a previous employer did think it was ok to do same -NT - (boxley) - Nov. 18, 2005, 09:33:30 AM EST
                     No. Only when $ignificant decision$ are to be made. - (a6l6e6x) - Nov. 16, 2005, 08:54:32 PM EST
                     We have that - its called cspan - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:08:05 AM EDT
         Energy Policy => Invade Iraq => .... => Profit... -NT - (ChrisR) - (7) - Nov. 16, 2005, 05:40:01 PM EST
             Re: Energy Policy => Invade Iraq => .... => Profit... - (bepatient) - (6) - Nov. 16, 2005, 05:57:05 PM EST
                 We didn't go there for cheap oil -NT - (ChrisR) - (5) - Nov. 16, 2005, 06:31:07 PM EST
                     Then there is no Profit -NT - (bepatient) - (4) - Nov. 16, 2005, 10:48:49 PM EST
                         Tell that to the oil companys -NT - (Silverlock) - (1) - Nov. 16, 2005, 10:54:40 PM EST
                             a profit of - (SpiceWare) - Nov. 17, 2005, 10:09:44 AM EST
                         ... without Underwear! -NT - (admin) - (1) - Nov. 16, 2005, 11:15:36 PM EST
                             And then you can order more beer! -NT - (Ashton) - Nov. 17, 2005, 05:24:20 AM EST

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