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March 01, 2013 06:33 AM UTC
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Why is the gun lobby gagging doctors?
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2013/02/pediatricians_and_nra_physician_gag_rules_and_the_cdc_aca_and_states.html
For the same reason they have used their power to keep the ATF from having a permanent director and to block any government studies of gun violence. They want people to believe their myths and giving people access to facts makes that really tough.
But it's getting harder for them to hang on to that level of control by the minute and their power power to crush campaigns may sometimes work in reverse.
In an interesting development, a well known and favored candidate in a Dem primary to replace Jackson Jr. in congress lost by a large margin, not because she was targeted by the NRA but because she had been such a strong NRA ally. Her successful opponent used that against her. Not the fact that the ultimately losing candidate was a gun owner and supported the right of citizens to own guns, as many Dem pols do, but specifically because she had always touted her strong support of the NRA. Bet the NRA ever imagined a world in which standing with them 100% would become a liability.
Other signs that the NRA's power is waning include….
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/17/gun-research-is-allowed-again-so-what-will-we-find-out/
Rush must be talking about Rove.
http://www.humanevents.com/2013/02/20/gingrich-why-karl-rove-is-just-plain-wrong/
Talk radio land:
The drums are beating against the current gun regulation proposed legislation. "Brownie" is suggesting that "gun advocates" show up Monday, "occupy" the Capital, lawfully, and cruise around the Capital honking their horns. This will be the first "after election" test for talk radio.
I'm sure they'll do just fine among their shrinking demo.
And then there are the Otero County Commissioners sending a message to the Colorado Assembly by passing a resolution in support of the 2nd Amendment, http://www.lajuntatribunedemocrat.com/article/20130226/NEWS/130229937
Like I said….
That'll show 'em!
Good News Friday:
"For years, environmental activists had been making little headway in their efforts to stop Asia Pulp and Paper from destroying the habitats of the orangutans and Sumatran tigers, reports the Christian Science Monitor. But that all changed when they switched tack and targeted, not the company itself but its customers. Kick-starting the effort in truly retro fashion, they hired actors to dress up as Minnie and Mickey Mouse, lock themselves to Walt Disney’s headquarters building, and fly a banner reading "Disney is destroying Indonesia's rain forests.”
Eighteen months of negotiations later, Disney issued new standards requiring that all paper the company, its suppliers, and its licensees use be sustainably sourced — a policy so far-reaching it had to be translated into 35 languages. Dozens of major paper-consuming firms followed suit, effectively freezing APP out of much of the European and U.S. markets. Suddenly APP announced it, too, is going green. “I think this will stand as one of the biggest market-based campaign successes that we've seen in a long time," says Laurel Sutherlin of the Rainforest Action Network. “We're still a little bit stunned."
http://blogs.hbr.org/morning-advantage/2013/02/morning-advantage-mickey-and-m.html?referral=00563&cm_mmc=email-_-newsletter-_-daily_alert-_-alert_date&utm_source=newsletter_daily_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alert_date
It's not often an environmental campaign gets such big results. Congratulations.
Growing only indoors is an environmental assault!
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_22689447/tax-legal-issues-tap-at-last-colorado-marijuana
OK lunchmeat. You can grow outdoors. Tell 'em I said it is OK
I get it.
You don’t care about the enviro, the individual, liberty, your family or anything else other than THE STATE.
Whatever the State says, you repeat. Have a nice day Borg.
YOU are the state, Nock. "We the People."
Well, re the recommendations, I say: I suck.
What Ari said.
Sierra club calls JeffCo Parkway on of the 50 worst projects in the U.S:
http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_22693042/sierra-club-jefferson-parkway-one-50-worst-projects?source=email
After finishing Full Body Burden: Growing p in the shadow of Rocky Flats, I couldn't agree more. The amount of contamination in the soil around Rocky Flats is EXTREME. It should NOT be released into the air by heavy equipment building that road.
"This comment is awaiting moderation"? Really?!
That's what I got when I posted in the "Pope" diary a few minutes ago.