Matt Baker (R-PA) - A Flaming ALEC A$$hole

Recently the Keystone Progress out of Pennsylvania produced an excellent and well cited report on the effects of ALEC influence and activities in the state of Pennsylvania.

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Matt Baker - one of Pennsylvania's representatives - is pissed off -

Matt Baker is threatening to sue Keystone Progress for writing about ALEC and including his name in the report.

This is just another example of legislators not wanting you to know they are associated with this despicable organization, ALEC,  and doing anything they can to make sure that their association with this subversive organization, ALEC,  is not exposed.

Threatening lawsuits must have been a suggestion that came out of the ALEC annual conference.  Too bad they didn't give their asshole ALEC legislators "model letters" to use. 

I suppose that will be next - ALEC "model letters" on how to threaten the public.

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Here's the email from Baker to Keystone Progressives

"Thank you for your email [Name deleted for confidentiality]. I am fully aware of the left wing liberal agenda to both demean ALEC and those who consider model legislation or proposals by this reputable and more conservative thinking national organization. Notwithstanding this groups liberal bias against ALEC I will say I have never attended any of their national conferences but do value their expertise in researching what other states have done in terms of legislative proposals. By the way, I am well aware of the misrepresentations of the liberal Progressive group that has taken shots at me and others and hence have referred their self serving ploy and tactics to raise money to our legal council to ascertain if this is a potential ethics or libel issue and if so if it is actionable from a legal standpoint."

Let’s take a closer look at Mr. Baker’s comments:

I am fully aware of the left wing liberal agenda to both demean ALEC and those who consider model legislation or proposals by this reputable and more conservative thinking national organization

There we go again – blame the radical left wing liberal agenda.  When they finally succeed in destroying "the left wing liberal", who  in the hell are they going to blame for their incompetence and downright un-American tactics?

Let’s see – why shouldn’t we demean ALEC and their members?  Hmmmm.......based on a review of their "model legislation" the only  purpose ALEC serves is to promulgate corporatist legislation -

Things like -

Get rid of regulations that hamper the profits of corporations.
To sell off our state properties and lands to private corporations.To dismantle all the government service agencies and privatize them.
To eliminate the minimum wage and abolish the living wage statutes.
To bring in prison labor at 20 to 50 cents and take away decent paying jobs from hard working Americans.
To eventually throw us all in jail - so they have prison labor to service their corporate sector members.

I will say I have never attended any of their national conferences but do value their expertise in researching what other states have done in terms of legislative proposals

The logic behind this statement appears to be -  is it’s okay to use copy and paste legislation – that the public had no input on, that only corporations have read, discussed and voted on.  It is okay to use copy and paste legislation that was voted on by corporations at ALEC meetings.  It is okay to use legislation that benefits corporations at the expense of Pennsylvania tax payers – who, by the way pay Baker’s damn salary.  But his logic is because he doesn’t go to the conferences – he should be forgiven for his ALEC sins – Bullshit!

I am well aware of the misrepresentations of the liberal Progressive group

Based on what I have read – Keystone Progress was very careful in accurately citing their report  - therefore there are no “misrepresentations” by progressives groups – only MORE LIES by ALEC members trying to cover their ass.

and hence have referred their self serving ploy and tactics to raise money to our legal council to ascertain if this is a potential ethics or libel issue and if so if it is actionable from a legal standpoint."

So this is the next ploy – we’re going to sic ALEC’s cadre of lawyers (aka - legal counsel) against everyone out there that dares to challenge ALEC's superiority in the world.

I wonder which one of the ALEC corporate sector/private enterprise members is funding the legal counsel fund to sue citizen reporters??????????

And as an aside - could someone please tell me how any of us writing about ALEC are "raising money" - Another lie - another bunch of crap

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I am sick and tired of the arrogance of ALEC.

I am sick and tired of the arrogance of ALEC legislators who think they can lie to the public and then threatened citizen reporters when they report their ALEC involvement.

And my final statement to Matt Baker –

I hope you and your ALEC paid for legal counsel rot in hell for what you have done to America with your copy and paste legislation.  You and all your ALEC buddies deserve to rot in hell for what you are doing to the United States on behalf of the corporate sector/private enterprise members of  ALEC.

Earlier in this entry I stated "when they finally succeed in destroying "the left wing liberal", who  in the hell are they going to blame"

They are going to destroy us. We have no people "with real power" who are willing to stand with us and fight ALEC and they know it!  They will use every means available to them to destroy us.   And with no one with "real power" fighting with us, against them - they will succeed and we will die.

Democracy and representative government are slipping out of our grasp.

If you don’t know what ALEC is – wake up – it’s time you did.

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