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To: JohnM who wrote (233706)	10/7/2013 8:28:05 AM
From: Ron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 544166

It struck me as interesting that the study came from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institute of Health, tracing anti-regulatory anti-tax activities by tobacco companies as far back as the 1980s. "Nonprofit organizations associated with the Tea Party have longstanding ties to tobacco companies, and continue to advocate on behalf of the tobacco industry's anti-tax, anti-regulation agenda." The report might serve as a wake-up call to some people in the Tea Party itself, who would find it a little disturbing that the "grassroots" movement they are so emotionally attached to, is in fact a pawn created by billionaires and large corporations with little interest in fighting for the rights of the common person, but instead using the common person to fight for their own unfettered profits. -- ----------- The Tea Party has always struck me as an orchestrated movement, with, excellent timing, as people became more aware of profligate spending by the Bush administration... after Obama's election. I always figured Dick Armey was the main culprit. Then there was the CNBC right wing mouthpiece, Rick Santelli and his rant about Obama letting 'irresponsible homeowners off the hook with their mortgages' which gave some publicity to the 'Tea Party' name. Fascinating stuff. Chilling, but fascinating. cancer.gov tobaccocontrol.bmj.com huffingtonpost.com