If anyone wants a good chuckle to begin their day...

[LeftNYC]

check out this site. I was watching CSPAN late last night and saw a the McCain-Dorgan Indian Affairs Committee grilling this president of CREA. I went to their site this morning to see exactly what Republican Environmental Advocacy is...Check it out for yourself. Its a pro-industry front group of course. And their President could be in big trouble for their dealings with Abramoff and the Department of the Interior.

http://www.crea-online.org/

Republican Environmental Activism. I choked when I saw this woman.:rofl:

[SharonRB]

1. I watched the hearing last night, too

McCain and Dorgan really gave it to her. I thought the name of the organization was an oxymoron -- Republican Environmental Advocacy? Give me a break! Watching this was way more entertaining than the Rose Bowl -- hubby didn't even make me change the channel back to the game until the hearing was over.

On edit: I checked out the site -- what a bunch of propaganda!

[LeftNYC]

3. Yeah I thought USC was going to win

and put CSPAN on. It almost makes me want to try and like McCain. I said almost try to.

[SharonRB]

4. I know what you mean -- I was cheering for him during

his grilling. She was a moran.

[LeftNYC]

7. You know she used the money for personal reasons too.

She knows less about global warming then I do and I am a most certainly a novice.

[waiting for hope]

2. I thought this was a real

joke.....

Like the great GOP President, Theodore Roosevelt, we are Republicans who believe conservation benefits all Americans. The Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy (CREA) is committed to preserving America’s natural resources, air, water, and scenic beauty for future generations. CREA's mission is to foster environmental protection by promoting fair, community-based solutions to environmental challenges, highlighting Republican environmental accomplishments and building on our Republican tradition of conservation.

:puke:

[Semi_subversive]

15. Republican Environmental Accomplishments

That would be a really short book.

[waiting for hope]

16. Yeah - and

my four year old could read it......:rofl:

[LeftNYC]

18. Pg. 1

Big corporations make the environment safer. Regulations are bad, very bad.

Pg 2

George W. Bush has done more for environmental causes then any President in history

Pg 3

If you care about the environment, you will call Ralph Reed and make a donation.

THE END.

[waiting for hope]

19. Thanks...

you made me giggle......:-)

[LeftNYC]

20. anytime...nt

[RaleighNCDUer]

17. There has not been a Republican environmental accomplishment

since (god forgive my saying so) Richard Nixon.

The very thought that there is ANYTHING that could make Nixon look good...

[ieoeja]

29. Detente

Lowering the Iron Curtain exposing the people of the Soviet Union to American goods and services**?

Going to China?


** If Reagan defeated the USSR through a military buildup, then there was no ideological victory as that would mean our big gov't beat their big gov't. Conversely, if Nixon beat them by ending the Iron Curtain strategy, then communist goods lost out to free enterprise goods marking an ideological victory. Former soviet officials agree that is exactly why they lost. Why do conservative here want to claim otherwise?

[EST]

5. Yeah, I also saw this hearing a couple months ago,

when it was still fresh. That CREA is nothing more than a pass-through for fascist political gifts. Certainly no environmentally concerned organization, they, unless you mean letting the NAZIs breathe a little easier!

[LeftNYC]

6. Basically the group is a Gail Norton/Norquist

front for big industry. Italia Federici, the President, who was completely dopey throughout the hearing, doing the typical GOP "I KNOW NOTHING" routine, was basically a way for Abramoff to get to Steven Greiles(sp?). She was the middle wo(man) for lack of a better term. She was squirming big time.

I loved Dorgan's question about her politcal motivations and a Kerry commercial. I am fascinated by this Abramoff scandal. I've been saying this for a couple days, but it is liberal porn.

:popcorn: :smoke:

[SharonRB]

8. LOL

:rofl:

I need to buy stock in Orville Redenbacher's. Sales of popcorn on DU alone are going to go through the roof this year.

[LeftNYC]

9. That site is typical PUGlican

Theres a long article by Ms. Federici on the site that talks about how Republicans have done and do more for the environment then Democrats ever will. Then, she talks about the Sierra Club is nothing more then a political organization designed to hurt Republicans. Its typical spin, but a great read.

[SharonRB]

10. I skimmed, but I did see where she showed that

the Sierra Club is not bipartisan and that most of their endorsements come from Dems.

[EST]

14. I also watched the Griles hearing.

He appears to be (to suspicious me) a typical DC pol --a drunk, who attends meetings with amplesauce and has no frickin' idea what was actually said and done.

[LeftNYC]

21. I missed him, but would have loved to see it...

Wasnt Griles a lobbyist for the mining industry?

[EST]

22. Sounds familiar.

They (cspan) had it on again, last night, at about 3a.m.

[LeftNYC]

23. I watched the CREA part up until 2

then fell asleep. Work gets in the way

[EST]

26. Some of the medicines I have to take can keep

me up, sometimes, for a week, straight.

[LeftNYC]

27. damn, put on CSPAN 3, that'll knock you out...nt

[EST]

30. Don't have access to cspan-3, sorry.

Hafta try Matlock reruns.

[LeftNYC]

31. that might do it...nt

[SCDem]

11. On that site it also praises the ANWR legislation

By reading CREA you get the impression that ANYTHING Bush or the Republicans do IS environmentally friendly and EVERYTHING the dems do is not.

I think I've entered the twilight zone!

[LeftNYC]

12. you have...

2+2=5

[LeftNYC]

13. On their membership form, it states...

Your donation of $10, $25, $50, $100 or more is crucial to CREA's success! Donate today to receive CREA's electronic newsletter, updates on environmental issues that are important to you, and a 'Pro-Tree, Pro-Bush' bumper sticker!

PRO-TREE, PRO-BUSH...I cant take it anymore. I am laughing so hard.

[EST]

25. Yeah, rigrt. Me, too-it hurts.

I just wish I could take all this a little less seriously and lighten up a bit.
I can't. The destruction of this country and the world is more than I can take.

[spanone]

24. It's an anti-environmental website. PURE propaganda bullshit.

It's like everything else this administration does. Lip service and Lies.

[LeftNYC]

28. ...and ways to earn cash flow...nt