Hey! ALEC Members – You gutless wonders...

For those of you who are not familiar with the phrase “gutless wonder” – my mother used to use that phrase for a person who was such a coward that she had to wonder how they managed to crawl out of bed each day.

In a "Statement from ALEC on NPR Story dated 10/29/10"

 ALEC is a private organization similar to membership organizations such as the YMCA.

That is the excuse that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) gives for NOT publishing their member lists.

ALEC - an organization that writes legislation that protects corporations and the top 1% will not give out their membership list based on that statement.

A really quick review of the legislator biographies of a couple of state Blue/Redbooks  shows:

Iowa – 4 acknowledge YMCA activities – 2 people acknowledge their ALEC affiliation AND this is in a state where legislative members HAVE TO OPT OUT of ALEC membership.  A state that automatically makes legislative members – members of ALEC  - unless they opt out.

Wisconsin – 9  acknowledge YMCA activities – 3 people acknowledge their ALEC affiliation

Illinois– 4  acknowledge YMCA activities – NONE people acknowledge their ALEC affiliation

SO ALEC -  why are your members reluctant to acknowledge their membership?

Is it because

·   ALEC wants to privatize government services and give them to ALEC corporate members to run

·   ALEC wants to sell of government assets to ALEC’s private corporate members

·   ALEC is a strong tenther movement so they can deregulate at the state level for ALEC corporate members – dirty air and water for the citizens of your state, less regulations for ALEC corporate members.

Why is this important?

·    Because the American Legislative Exchange Council and their ALEC members are the protectors of the corporations and the 1%.

·    Yes – YOUR legislator may be to blame for the mess the United States is in.  YOUR legislators may be a member of ALEC – protecting and serving the corporations and 1% - and you don’t even know it.

·    YES! – YOUR legislator may be to blame!  IF they are an ALEC member - they are working for the corporations and 1% and NOT YOU!

ALEC legislators and ALEC ALUMNI
   Propose legislation to promote corporate greed
   Stall legislation to stop corporate greed
   Propose legislation that benefits the top 1%
             Example: Cantor, Boehner and McMorris-Rodgers are ALEC ALUMNI

For a comprehensive list of people who are or have been affiliated with ALEC – please use the link in this  Daily Kos diary which lists over 2,200 ALEC people.

We MUST make sure that ALL ALEC state legislators and ALEC Alumni are NOT RE-ELECTED!
This would be an effective solution to eliminating corporate greed!

Yesterday in an ALEC Tweet reported on ALEC Exposed it was noted                  
                     "Believe it or not: Less educated legislators do a better job." 
So not only are ALEC members - gutless - this would imply they are considered pretty damn dumb by the very organization they belong to.

Hey ALEC Members – You gutless wonders –
It's time!

Time for you to do a photo op on the capitol steps with ALL the state ALEC members and your corporate cronies that you are protecting.

Time for you to do a press conference with liberal reporters to explain how what you are currently doing as a member of ALEC should not be considered traitorous - you less educated legislators do know what that means - correct?

America WANTS TO KNOW!

For more information on ALEC –

Please read this report or this report or this report

or this series of six articles.

And watch this news video  from North Carolina on how other ALEC "model legislation" is going to screw the citizens of North Carolina - legislation introduced by ALEC legislators.

This is what ALEC is About  _ Mark Pocan on Thom Hartmann

#OccupyMN