Whois for Citizens against government waste. Looks like

[alfredo]

typical right wing astro turf aimed at Obama. I wonder if there is any connection with Rick Berman or the Koch brothers? (love the clown faces. )



WHOIS information for cagw.org :


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Domain ID:D3420142-LROR
Domain Name:CAGW.ORG
Created On:03-Jun-1997 04:00:00 UTC
Last Updated On:02-Feb-2011 16:23:18 UTC
Expiration Date:02-Jun-2011 04:00:00 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Network Solutions LLC (R63-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:22948085-NSI
Registrant Name:Citizens Against Government Waste
Registrant Organization:Citizens Against Government Waste
Registrant Street1:1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW ste 1075
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Admin Name:Bob Tedeschi
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Google page for Bob Tedeschi

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[drm604]

1. Here you go - funding

http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Citizens_Against_Government_Waste

Funding
CAGW, an IRS 501(c)(3) tax deductable charity, is closely linked to the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) which is an IRS 501(c)(4) and therefore it is not a tax deductable organization but more free to do lobbying. " is the lobbying arm of CGAW."

According to the CAGW website "Eighty-five percent of the organization's funding comes from individual contributors around the nation. Corporate and foundation gifts account for the other 15 percent".

In 2001 CAGW's total budget was $4.7 million.

Media Transparency's database records CAGW as having received 8 grants totalling $225,000 (unadjusted for inflation) from three foundations - the Gordon and Mary Cain Foundation, John M. Olin Foundation and Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. Since 1998 the only foundation funder has been Gordon and Mary Cain Foundation.

The conservative Capital Research Center (CRC) notes in its Searchlight database (which records corporate and general foundation contributions) that CAGW has "received funding from:

* Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
* Merrill Lynch & Company Foundation
* Exxon Corporation (now ExxonMobil)
* Ingersoll-Rand Company
* Johnson & Johnson
* F.M. Kirby Foundation
* Philip Morris
* RJR Nabisco (now part of the Altria Group)
* Sears Roebuck & Company

Others listed include:

* John Deere Foundation
* Eaton Charitable Fund
* Columbia/HCA Foundation

However, CRC's database generally does not record direct corporate contributions as distinct from grants from corporate foundations.

A few examples of tobacco industry donations to CAGW:

* Philip Morris
o 1995, $50,000
o 1996, $50,000
o 1997, $50,000
o 1998, $35,000
o 1999, $10,000 (budgeted)
* The Tobacco Institute
o 1999, $10,000 (budgeted)

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[drm604]

2. By the way

The smiley faces in your post are an artifact of the board software due to the colons in the pasted content. You can prevent that by checking the box next to "No Emoticons?" before submitting your post.

[alfredo]

3. I kinda like them. In this case it is good text illustration.

[alfredo]

4. A rogue's gallery