Found the Blog that Robert Flanagan (One of the Teabuggers) worked for

[WeDidIt]

http://www.thepelicanpost.org/

Some of his writing includes this gems:

This Version of “Personal Responsibility” Leaves Much to Be Desired

It's a political hit piece on Mary Landrieu.

The Pelican Institute blog doesn't seem to get many hits for having paid bloggers on it.

[WeDidIt]

1. Self Kick

Flanagan is the US Attorney's son.

[alstephenson]

2. K & R

[maddezmom]

3. his attorney was quoted as saying he worked there

can't find the link right now. And this is where O'Keefe was supposed to be giving a speech. TPM has a post about the Pelican Inst.

Conservative Group With Ties To Alleged Landrieu Phone Tamperers Went After ACORN
Zachary Roth | January 27, 2010, 11:55AM
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The conservative think tank to which James O'Keefe and at least one of his alleged co-plotters have ties enjoys a prominent voice in Louisiana politics -- and has lately gone hard after ACORN.

O'Keefe -- who gained national notoriety last fall for his ACORN sting -- and three other men were arrested Monday after allegedly trying to tamper with phones in the New Orleans office of Sen. Mary Landrieu. O'Keefe, was scheduled to give a speech last week on investigative journalism to the Pelican Institute. Robert Flanagan, who was arrested with O'Keefe, works at Pelican, according to his lawyer, and has written blog posts on policy issues on Pelican's website.

In August, Pelican released an investigative report (via Nexis) finding that ACORN, whose national headquarters are in New Orleans "has a habit of paying its federal payroll taxes months or even years late" and that ACORN and related groups "owe more than $1 million in state and federal taxes." The report, which was written by veteran investigative journalist Steve Beatty and gained national attention, noted that ACORN is "referred to by critics as 'radical' and 'mob-like' in its tactics."

Pelican, which was founded in 2008 by conservative activist Kevin Kane, also appears to have a prominent place in Louisiana political circles. In September, Kane appeared at a press conference with the state's GOP senator, David Vitter, to tout a Pelican study on health-care, conducted by the research firm of renowned conservative economist Arthur Laffer. The study recommended converting the Medicaid program into vouchers for private insurance, among other ideas.

more: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/01/pelican_institute_went_after_acorn.php

[WeDidIt]

5. Kevin Kane has most of the blog posts on the Pelican Blog

Curiouser and curiouser.

[sabra]

4. nice find...

[WeDidIt]

6. There's so little traffic to that blog

that it appears to be nothing more than a front for other activities.

[Blue_Tires]

12. exactly....

[Soylent Brice]

7. kicked and bookmarked.

[WeDidIt]

14. and Appreciated

:D

[Soylent Brice]

15. same here.

:thumbsup:

gotta keep tabs on this, and keep digging.

[malaise]

8. Excellent find

K & R

[WeDidIt]

11. Thank you

but if it proves anything, it proves Flanagan was being paid for not doing much.

:shrug:

[malaise]

13. You're welcome

Kick

[maddezmom]

9. TPM link: Alleged Landrieu Phone Tamper Crew Emerged From World Of Conservative Campus Journalism

Three of the four young men charged in the alleged phone tampering attempt at Sen. Mary Landrieu's New Orleans office Monday were involved in the well-funded, opportunity-rich world of conservative campus journalism in recent years, a link that provides potential clues about how the men knew each other and why they came to hatch the alleged plot.

James O'Keefe, Joseph Basel, and Stan Dai each founded or led the alternative conservative newspapers on their respective college campuses.

After graduating, O'Keefe, the filmmaker behind the ACORN stings, actually worked for a year as a recruiter for the Leadership Institute, one of a handful of conservative organizations that provide seed money to students who want to launch alternative newspapers.

Fostering the growth of alternative media on campus -- publications that are more often National Review-style opinion journals than reporting-intensive newspapers -- has been a tactic of the conservative movement for decades. The Collegiate Network, for example, was founded in 1979 and supports over 100 papers per year. CampusReform.org, the campus component of the Leadership Institute, employs 16 staffers.

more:http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/01/alleged_landrieu_phone_bug_crew_emerged_from_world.php

[arcadian]

10. His name will forever be tied to Landrieu's name.

Probably the person in the world he mosts depises.