This morning's web search brought up a line that I couldn't pass up.
It was on the ALEC blog - which has a disclaimer on that says
The views in blog posts are those of their authors and do
not necessarily reflect the views of The American Legislative Exchange Council.
WTH! Why have a blog if it doesn't reflect your views?
Another ALEC crock of _____!
The blog entry is written by ALEC staffer
Amy Kjose Anderson
Director, Civil Justice Task Force
703-373-0933
The Civil Justice Task Force promotes systematic fairness
in the courts through model legislation that discourages frivolous lawsuits,
Who defines "frivolous lawsuits"?
Not you - ALEC does not seek your input - never, ever - you do not matter to ALEC.
"frivolous lawsuits" are defined by ALEC Corporate members.
Anyway ALEC staffer, Amy's blog entry that does "not necessarily reflect the views of The American Legislative Exchange Council." is entitled:
Lawsuit Reform is a Common Sense Bipartisan Issue
The ALEC blog reporting something as a "Bipartisan Issue"????
from a ultraconservative, right wing extremist organization??
ALEC, still trying to mislead the US public that ALEC is "bipartisan".
Lawsuit Reform is a Common Sense Bipartisan Issue
How did Amy Kjose Anderson - ALEC staffer come to this conclusion?
Based on:
A 2012 poll compiled by Luce Research and sponsored by
the American Tort Reform Association and the Sick of Lawsuits Campaign
First of all - it was COMPILED by Luce Research. You see Luce Research doesn't really do "research" they are a contract data compilation company - which simply does, what they are told to do by the clients (sponsors)
- collect data for clients,
- based on the clients requirements,
- most likely based only on specific questions, supplied by the client (sponsor)
- and then they just crunch the numbers.
Now to our Sponsors
The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) is a
Washington-DC-based group that was formed in 1986 to represent hundreds of U.S.
and foreign corporations in their bid to overhaul civil liability laws at the
state and national levels.
" formed in 1986 to represent hundreds of U.S.
and foreign corporations"
REPRESENTS HUNDREDS OF CORPORATIONS
American Tort Reform Association, is a member of the ALEC Civil Justice
Task Force member.
What a coincidence - the same task force that Amy Kjose Anderson directs.
Victor Schwartz
who sits on ALECs
Board of Scholars
serves as general counsel to the American Tort
Reform Association.
Incestuous little bunch of rightwingers.
American Tort Reform Association - decades long ALEC member -which works at taking away legal recourse for citizens to protect the profits of multi-national companies, most who are ALEC members. It spent decades using ALEC legislators to take away your legal rights when ALEC corporate members maim or kill you or a family member.
The other survey sponsor:
Sick of Lawsuits Campaign
- now that doesn't sound biased at all, does it?
HAH!
Anyway - this supposedly - unbiased, bipartisan - report includes the following statement:
A number of lawsuit reforms developed by members of the
American Legislative Exchange Council have proven to be helpful guides for
lawmakers around the country.
A number of lawsuit reforms "developed by members" of ALEC
ALEC staffer, Amy Kjose Anderson, intentionally misleads the public - through the use of omission - to assume is that these "members" are legislators.
ALEC continuously misleads the public by only talking/writing about their "legislative members" and intentionally and conveniently- through the use of omission - seldom to never mentioning their 300 corporate paying members - which, by the way, fund 98% of ALECs operations.
The accurate sentence should be:
A number of lawsuit reforms developed by CORPORATE members of the
American Legislative Exchange Council have proven to be helpful guides for
lawmakers around the country.
The American Legislative Exchange Council intentionally publishing biased ultra-conservative pro-corporate research, that will be picked up by the MSM to mislead citizens, as legitimate statistical reporting.
"Lies, damned lies, and statistics"
