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To: Sully- who wrote (74835)	10/10/2009 4:30:01 AM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Obama seeks to silence the U.S. Chamber of Commerce By: Mark Tapscott Editorial Page Editor beltway-confidential 10/09/09 2:33 PM EDT Steven Chu, President Obama's energy secretary, is putting the power of the federal government behind a budding movement among politically correct Fortune 500 executives to pull out of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Chu told attendees at a solar power conference Thursday that it was "wonderful" to see the companies leaving the Chamber. The chamber opposes many of the Obama administration's major energy policies and has called for a "Snopes Monkey trial-like" examination of the evidence for and against global warming. Among the firms pulling out of the Chamber, which has long been the chief lobbying voice on behalf of Fortune 500 and other business interests in the nation's capital, are Apple, Pacific Gas & Electric, and Exelon. Nike reportedly has withdrawn from the Chamber board, but continues as a member in order to lobby for a change in official Chamber policies. Chu's comments sparked a blistering response from Marlo Lewis of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI). Writing on the Open Market blog, Lewis called for Chu's resignation for crossing the line of appropriate criticism of a private organization by a spokesman for the White House: <<< "This crosses the line. The Secretary of Energy is not supposed to use the authority of his taxpayer-funded office to advocate the breakup of the Chamber of Commerce, or of any lawful private association, for that matter. "Chu is of course free to criticize the Chamber’s positions on climate policy. Even then, however, such criticism should be generic, focused on the positions, not on the organization, lest it have a chilling effect. "But when Chu praises companies for leaving the Chamber, he is not only injecting himself into a quarrel that is none of his business; he is taking hostile action against the organization. >>> Imagine the outcry from congressional Democrats, the liberal media, and the environmental community if Bush energy secretary Samuel Bodman had urged companies to quit U.S. CAP, or if Bush EPA Administrator Steven Johnson told Sierra Club members to cancel their memberships." washingtonexaminer.com

To: Sully- who wrote (74835)	10/10/2009 11:48:25 AM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Better to keep quiet and turn our backs to it.

To: Sully- who wrote (74835)	10/10/2009 7:38:27 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 90947

New Dem Spokesman: "Republicans Probably Wish There Was a Nobel Prize For Fear, Hatred & Racism" (Video) The new light of the democratic party spoke out today-- Democratic Spokesman Alan Grayson on the Republican Party: "They're not going to be winning the Nobel Peace Prize themselves anytime soon, they probably wish that there was a Nobel Prize for fear, a Nobel prize for hatred, a Nobel prize for racism, you know then they'd be in the running." Alan Grayson is obviously enjoying his time in the spotlight: Via Freedom's Lighthouse That ranks up there with Barbara Boxer comparing Michael Steele to the Taliban today. gatewaypundit.blogspot.com Ah the party of civility.