Virginia - Where Lady Virtue will Defeat the Tyrant ALEC

Virginia

SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS" (Latin for "thus always to tyrants").

Depicting the state's motto on the flag is the goddess Virtue (who is holding a sword and a spear), who has defeated a tyrant, who is lying on the ground, and is holding a chain and a scourge (a whip). Source

Virginia – live up to your motto and be virtuous in defeating the tryant – ALEC.

(I’m LMAO as I copied, pasted and wrote that)

Each person on the list has been compiled and cited using the web and you can also find the proof by researching through ALEC documents, reports and magazines, the Virginia campaign finance webpage and various other webpages.

Watkins	Abbitt	VA
Dave	Albo	VA
George	Allen	VA
Rich	Anderson	VA
Kathy	Byron	VA
Eric	Cantor	VA
John H	Chichester	VA
Mark	Cole	VA
John A.	Cosgrove, Jr.	VA
Kirkland	Cox	VA
Joseph P	Crouch	VA
Ken	Cuccinelli	VA
Jo Ann	Davis	VA
Jeannemarie	Devolites Davis	VA
Thelma	Drake	VA
John Randy	Forbes	VA
Virgil H	Goode	VA
H Morgan	Griffith	VA
Phillip	Hamilton	VA
Emmett	Hanger, Jr.	VA
Bill	Howell	VA
Timothy	Hugo	VA
Riley	Ingram	VA
Bill	Janis	VA
Johnny	Joannou	VA
Chris	Jones	VA
Terry	Kilgore	VA
Steve	Landes	VA
Stephen H.	Martin	VA
Bob	Marshall	VA
Danny	Marshall	VA
Steve	Martin	VA
James	Massie III	VA
Ryan	McDougle	VA
William C	Mims	VA
Harvey B	Morgan	VA
Steve	Newman	VA
Sam	Nixon	VA
Tommy	Norment	VA
John	Obannon	VA
Mark	Obenshain	VA
Glenn	Oder	VA
Christopher	Peace	VA
Harry	Purkey	VA
Lacey	Putney	VA
Frederick	Quayle	VA
Gerard	Robinson	VA
Frank	Ruff	VA
Ed	Schrock	VA
Edward	Scott	VA
Beverly	Sherwood	VA
Walter A	Stosch	VA
Terry	Suit	VA
Robert	Tata	VA
Jill	Vogel	VA
Frank	Wagner	VA
Lee	Wardup	VA
Lee	Ware	VA
S Vance	Wilkins	VA

More Virginia legislators list can be found at ALEC Exposed– because they access to leaked documents that I don’t have.  Since I don’t have these documents on file – I won’t list those people in my blog.

AND if your legislator is not on either list – contact them and ask them, “Are you a member of ALEC?  There’s quite a few people on this ALEC list – I’d ask if I were you.

So what – what if people had a list – what does that accomplish?  

What would happen if people had a list - what will it accomplish? 

Does it really hurt ALEC if a list were available or would ALEC just go on – business as usual?

How would this information be used in a constructive way?

What is next – we HAVE TO REMOVE all ALEC members from state and federal government.  It is our role to make sure that they don’t get re-elected.  Now is the time for “boots to the ground” to use the information we have compiled on ALEC members and ALEC “model legislation” to prove to others that ALEC members MUST be removed from public service at any and all levels. 

ALEC just completed their four day conference where ALEC Corporations told your legislators what legislation they wanted to have passed and what legislation they did not want to have passed.

ALEC members are not serving the public – they are serving the ALEC corporations.  It does not matter how ALEC or their members spin this story over the next couple months it is important for you – to remember and to talk about the following fact:

When was the last time YOU got to sit with your legislator for two or three days and tell your legislator what YOUR needs are and help your legislator write legislation that benefited YOU?

Your ALEC legislator does this multiple times a year with corporations – so when push come to shove – it is evident who your legislator is representing – the ALEC corporations.

Past members are important – because they may come up for a state or federal appointment.

Campaign reports – report campaigns – so someone may be on the list that did not win  - but you can bet your boots they will try again.

ALEC members and those affiliated with ALEC in any manner

MUST NOT BE RE-ELECTED.

Without state and federal legislators ALEC will cease to exist and it will implode.

As a courtesy -
please don't take credit for this list or
post it anywhere on the web as your original work and research.
This blog - in whole and part - is copyright protected.

For more information on ALEC –

Please read this or this or this

or this series of six articles.

This is what ALEC is About  - An Interview with Mark Pocan about the ALEC Annual Meeting.

ALEC "Model Legislation" - SSDD Year After Year After Year

I’m always writing about the tenacity of the America Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

ALEC is like a nasty blood-sucking mosquito

– you can’t just brush them away

– ‘cause they will just keep coming back. 

You have to smash them – that’s the only way to make them go away.

I perused the ALEC Exposed webpage on legislation just for giggles and I found the following pieces of legislation.

1996

Prohibition on Compensation Deductions Act

The Prohibition on Compensation Deductions Act prohibits state agencies and political subdivisions of the state from deducting from the compensation of any employee any money from which a contribution is made to a political committee or to an intermediary through which any amount is provided to a political committee. (Update '96, pg. 53)

1998 – May

PAYCHECK PROTECTION ACT

Summary

This Act requires labor organizations to establish separate funds for political purposes, establishes registration for the fund, establishes certain criminal provisions governing a labor organization's political activities, and prohibits employees from authorizing automatic payroll deductions for contributions to a labor organization's political committee or fund except through an explicit, signed statement  (May 1998)

1999 – January

Public Employer Payroll Deduction Policy Act

Summary

This model bill prohibits the payroll deduction of membership dues by public employers. Section 4. {Public Employer Payroll Deduction Policy} No dues, fees, assessments or any other automatic payroll deductions by public employers from public employee payroll compensation shall be allowed for transmission to any public employee organization, any intermediary, or a private individual, other than for primary and supplemental pension plans, life, health and other employee benefits, or contributions made to 501C(3) charitable organizations through a workplace givings program Adopted by the CIED Task Force at the States and Nation Policy Summit, December 2, 1998. Approved by the ALEC Board of Directors January 1999.

Also January 1999

Political Funding Reform Act

Summary

This model bill prohibits the payroll deduction of monies used for political purposes. It also

establishes penalties for a violation of this section.

  … 

D. Therefore, it is the public policy of this State to prohibit the use of any government

resources to collect or assist in the collection of political funds or to promote or assist in

the political activity on behalf of any private individual or organization. (January 1999)

May 2004

Voluntary Contributions Act

Summary

The Voluntary Contributions Act requires labor organizations that engage in political

activities to keep a segregated fund for political contributions. It further specifies that

contributions to that fund will be on a voluntary basis and the contribution shall be made

directly by the donor. In addition, the Act prohibits payroll withholding of funds to be

used for political purposes.  (May 2004)

Do you know what this is all about?

Take a look back at the legislation….

Do you notice the change in language?

Go back and read the titles – see how the tone changes over time?

Same shit – different day – just packaged differently.

Based on the other ALEC literature that I have read…

It’s all about ALEC’s perception that unions only back Democratic candidates.

The logic of ALEC is

        if you destroy the unions – the Democrats will be destroyed.

They hold the same logic with civil lawyers – that’s why you see ALEC focusing on tort reform.

It’s all about ALEC’s perception that civil lawyers only back Democratic candidates.

The logic of ALEC is

        if you destroy the civil lawyers – the Democrats will be destroyed.

In 1998 Bonnie Sue Cooper – the ALEC's 1997 National Chair wrote these words:

“ALEC is dedicated to advancing policies that will restore the American dream.”

And they keep going and keep going and keep going and keep going and keep going and...

As far as I am concerned these nasty little ALEC pests have sucked the life out of the "American Dream" in favor of the "Corporate and Top 2% Dream".

Bonnie Sue may have thought she was riding a white horse back in 1998

- may god forgive her for the damage ALEC and the Koch brothers

have done to American democracy.

ALEC must be destroyed.

ALEC doesn’t give up. 

That’s why we need to swat them down

by making sure that ALEC members

are not elected or re-elected

to the state or federal legislatures.

Progressives Meet - ALEC is on the Agenda

Saw a post on Huffington this morning that was of interest

More than 60 state legislators are gathering for the invite-only leadership retreat hosted by the Progressive States Network, a group providing research, networking, policy and messaging support to progressive lawmakers at the state level.

And I had to smile to myself

- progressives bring together 60 legislators

- and ALEC brings together hundreds of legislators

     - with the help of corporate sponsorships, of course.

Later in the article it stated this:

 

But the organization is also not designed to exactly mirror ALEC, argued Washington state Sen. Karen Keiser (D), secretary of PSN's board.

"I don't think we're into a marching-order kind of approach," she said, adding, "There's commonality of interests, but I don't think we have the kind of boiler plate talking point approach that you might see at ALEC."

Pratt acknowledged that progressives still have far to go to counter ALEC, but argued that the ballot victories on Tuesday show the tide could be turning.

Yep, I would agree - not much luck in giving progressives "marching orders",

    unlike ALEC members
     - we have a tendency to be able to process information independently

           and think for ourselves

           and don't need to be "indoctrinated", "brainwashed" or "educated".

Yep - I would say that we have a ways to go to counter ALEC.

But there are always starting points - there is always hope.

If you are not familiar with Progressive States Network, I would suggest you take a quick trip around their webpage.  If you like what you see - hit the donate button - so they can continue their progressive ways.

I found this while clicking links on their site

- was disappointed I didn't see more signatures

- but in hindsight I am glad there are more than two signatures on the letter.

Also had to chuckle about the fact that these people aren't afraid of their affiliation with PSN.

ALEC legislators have to lie about their affiliation with the American Legislative Exchange Council.

Hmmmm......

STATE LEGISLATOR LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE AMERICAN JOBS ACT

We, the undersigned, state legislators representing constituents from every region of the nation, strongly support the immediate passage of the federal American Jobs Act – a common-sense package of proposals that recognize the crisis of job losses in the states while adopting effective job-creation solutions that many of our states are already advancing.

227 legislators from 48 states and 3 territories have signed as of November 3, 2011.

ALABAMA

Rep. Napoleon Bracy

ALASKA

Sen. Johnny Ellis

ARIZONA

Sen. Albert Hale

Rep. Daniel Patterson

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema

Rep. Bruce Wheeler

ARKANSAS

Rep. Jim Nickels

CALIFORNIA

Asm. Roger Dickinson

Sen. Elaine Alquist

COLORADO

Sen. Angela Giron

Rep. John Kefalas

Rep. Beth McCann

Rep. Judy Solano

Rep. Angela Williams

CONNECTICUT

Rep. James Albis

Rep. David Baram

Rep. Gregory Haddad

Rep. Gary Holder-Winfield

Rep. Roland Lemar

Rep. Matthew Lesser

Rep. Diana Urban

Rep. Christopher Wright

FLORIDA

Rep. Mark Pafford

Rep. Alan Williams

GEORGIA

Rep. Karla Drenner

Rep. Pedro Marin

Rep. Earnest Smith

Sen. Curt Thompson

GUAM

Sen. Benjamin Cruz

HAWAII

Sen. Les Ihara

Rep. Angus McKelvey

Rep. Roy Takumi

Sen. Brian Taniguchi

IDAHO

Rep. Brian Cronin

Sen. Nicole LeFavour

Rep. John Rusche

Rep. Elaine Smith

ILLINOIS

Sen. Jacqueline "Jacqui" Collins

Sen. William Delgado

Sen. Mattie Hunter

Sen. David Koehler

INDIANA

Rep. Mary Ann Sullivan

Rep. Cherrish Pryor

IOWA

Sen. Joe Bolkcom

Sen. Jeff Danielson

Sen. Bill Dotzler

Sen. Robert E. Dvorsky

Sen. Jack Hatch

Rep. Bruce Hunter

Rep. Patrick Murphy

Rep. Sharon Steckman

KANSAS

Rep. Ed Trimmer

LOUISIANA

Rep. Jared Brossett

MAINE

Rep. Anna Blodgett

Rep. Sheryl Briggs

Rep. Mark Bryant

Rep. Paul Gilbert

Rep. Anne Graham

Rep. Denise Harlow

Rep. Jon Hinck

Rep. Melissa Innes

Rep. Chuck Kruger

Rep. Walter Kumiega

Rep. Maeghan Maloney

Rep. Edward Mazurek

Rep. Kim Monaghan-Derrig

Rep. Ann Peoples

Rep. Donald Pilon

Rep. Charles Priest

Rep. Peggy Rotundo

Rep. Diane Russell

Rep. Linda Sanborn

Rep. Peter Stuckey

Rep. Sharon Treat

Rep. Joan Welsh

MARYLAND

Del. Sam Arora

Del. Al Carr

Del. Barbara Frush

Del. Tawanna Gaines

Del. Anne Healey

Del. Tom Hucker

Sen. Nancy J. King

Sen. Richard Madaleno

Sen. Roger Manno

Del. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam

Del. Kirill Reznik

Del. Shane Robinson

Del. Samuel I. Rosenberg

Del. Mary Washington

Sen. Norman Stone

Sen. Ronald Young

MASSACHUSETTS

Rep. Denise Andrews

Sen. James Eldridge

Rep. Denise Provost

Rep. Carl Sciortino

MICHIGAN

Sen. Glenn S. Anderson

Rep. Charles Smiley

Rep. Alberta Tinsley-Talabi

MINNESOTA

Sen. D. Scott Dibble

Rep. Rick Hansen

Rep. Jeff Hayden

Sen. Linda Higgins

Rep. Carolyn Laine

Rep. Erin Murphy

MISSISSIPPI

Sen. Albert Butler

MISSOURI

Rep. Eileen McGeoghegan

Rep. Margo McNeil

Rep. Genise Montecillo

Rep. Stacey Newman

Rep. Jeanette Mott Oxford

Rep. Sharon Pace

MONTANA

Rep. Dick Barrett

Sen. Gary Branae

Rep. Margie MacDonald

Rep. Sue Malek

NEBRASKA

Sen. Amanda McGill

Sen. Jeremy Nordquist

NEVADA

Asm. Paul Aizley

Sen. Shirley Breeden

Sen. David Parks

Asm. Peggy Pierce

Sen. Mike Schneider

Asm. Tick Segerblom

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Rep. Cynthia Chase

Rep. Rich DiPentima

Rep. Gladys Johnsen

Rep. Suzanne Smith

Rep. Charles Townsend

Rep. David Watters

Rep. Charles Weed

NEW JERSEY

Sen. Shirley Turner

NEW MEXICO

Rep. Gail Chasey

Rep. Eleanor Chavez

Rep. Miguel P Garcia

Sen. Cisco McSorley

Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino

Sen. Peter Wirth

NEW YORK

Asm. Richard N. Gottfried

NORTH CAROLINA

Rep. Kelly Alexander

Rep. Rosa Gill

Rep. Rick Glazier

Rep. Pricey Harrison

Sen. Ellie Kinnaird

Rep. Rodney Moore

NORTH DAKOTA

Rep. Eliot Glassheim

Rep. Kathy Hogan

Sen. Tim Mathern

OHIO

Rep. Ted Celeste

Rep. Mike Foley

Rep. Bob Hagan

Sen. Michael J. Skindell

OKLAHOMA

Rep. Al McAffrey

Rep. Mike Shelton

Sen. Jim Wilson

OREGON

Rep. Peter Buckley

Sen. Jackie Dingfelder

Sen. Diane Rosenbaum

PENNSYLVANIA

Rep. Angel Cruz

Rep. Lawrence Curry

Rep. Flo Fabrizio

Rep. Kevin Murphy

PUERTO RICO

Sen. Luz Arce PR

RHODE ISLAND

Sen. Frank Ciccone

Rep. Raymond Hull

Sen. John J. Tassoni, Jr.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Rep. Robert Williams

Rep. Jackson Whipper

SOUTH DAKOTA

Sen. Angie Buhl

Rep. Frank Kloucek

Rep. Larry Lucas

Rep. David Sigdestad

Rep. Kevin Killer

TENNESSEE

Rep. Tommie Brown

TEXAS

Rep. Lon Burnam

Rep. Garnet Coleman

Sen. Rodney Ellis

Rep. Jessica Farrar

Rep. Marisa Marquez

UTAH

Rep. David Litvack

VERMONT

Rep. Bill Botzow

Rep. Johannah Donovan

Rep. Sarah Edwards

Rep. Bill Frank

Rep. Patsy French

Rep. Helen Head

Rep. Martha Heath

Rep. Kathleen Keenan

Rep. Warren Kitzmiller

Rep. Joan Lenes

Rep. Lucy Leriche

Rep. Jason Lorber

Rep. Jim Masland

Rep. Jim McCullough

Rep. Mike Mrowicki

Rep. Carolyn Partridge

Rep. Paul Poirier

Rep. Kesha Ram

Rep. Kriaty Spengler

Rep. Jeff Wilson

Rep. Suzi Wizowaty

VIRGINIA

Del. Jeion Ward

VIRGIN ISLANDS

Sen. Usie Richards

WASHINGTON

Sen. Maralyn Chase

Rep. Eileen Cody

Sen. Steve Conway

Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon

Rep. David Frockt

Rep. Kathy Haigh

Rep. Laurie Jinkins

Sen. Karen Keiser

Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles

Rep. Marcie Maxwell

Rep. Jim Moeller

Sen. Sharon Nelson

Rep. Mike Sells

Rep. Derek Stanford

WEST VIRGINIA

Del. Nancy Guthrie

Sen. Ron Miller

Del. John Doyle

WISCONSIN

Sen. Spencer Coggs

Rep. Elizabeth Coggs

Rep. Mark Pocan

Rep. Kelda Roys

Rep. Christine Sinicki

WYOMING

Rep. Ken Esquibel

Rep. James Byrd

Sen. D. Scott Dibble

Rep. Rick Hansen

Rep. Jeff Hayden

Sen. Linda Higgins

Rep. Carolyn Laine

Rep. Erin Murphy

Folks, these are our progressive legislators.

Take a moment and
go to their campaign webpage and
Send them some money!

REMEMBER - these folks don't have corporate sponsorship to get re-elected - like ALEC members do.
REMEMBER - Corporate Sector / Private Enterprise ALEC members support the ALEC legislators who write  legislation - of, by and for the CORPORATIONS.

WE need to support these progressive legislators with OUR dollars
- these are the people who support representation of, by and for the PEOPLE.

Norquist tells Congress - I am God - My pledge is God - You WILL OBEY

Great article from The Hill today, and another great article on The Hill today.

Several other House Republicans listed as signers also indicated they did not currently feel bound by the pledge.

Several Republican lawmakers and one Democrat have told The Hill they no longer feel bound to uphold Norquist’s Taxpayer Protection Pledge, which many of them signed more than a decade ago.

But Norquist is not letting them off the hook, insisting that all candidates were told at the time they signed the pledge that it bound them for the duration of their time in office, and not simply for a single term, as some lawmakers have contended

I AM GOD  - MY PLEDGE IS FROM GOD  - YOU WILL OBEY!

“A politician who says he or she did not know that the Taxpayer Protection Pledge was a commitment to voters for the duration of his/her time in office is not telling the truth,” Norquist said Wednesday.

I AM GOD  - MY PLEDGE IS FROM GOD  - YOU WILL OBEY!

I AM GOD  - MY PLEDGE IS FROM GOD  - YOU WILL OBEY!

But he [Norquist] also signaled that ATR would not hesitate to target pledge signers if they voted for a debt deal that included tax increases.

“They made a promise to their constituents,” Norquist said. “If they do raise taxes, they were elected on a lie. And we’re not going to pretend they’re not lying.”

I AM GOD  - MY PLEDGE IS FROM GOD  - YOU WILL OBEY

or YOU WILL NEVER WORK IN THIS TOWN AGAIN!  Ha!Ha!

REMEMBER THIS IN 2012

“A politician who says he or she did not know that the Taxpayer Protection Pledge was a commitment to voters for the duration of his/her time in office is not telling the truth,” Norquist said Wednesday.

Here's a list of the 112th Congress politicans who have signed the Grover Norquist "No New Taxes Pledge"
- a pledge to a private organization that nullifies their pledge to uphold the Consitution.

Here's a list of state legislators who have signed the Grover Norquist "No New Taxes Pledge".

Voting has consequences!
Signing PLEDGES has consequences!
    - a "No New Taxes" legislator - state or federal level
    - who says they are changing their mind now -
is probably lying to you.
AND it's too late - butthead

- the damage caused by you signing Norquist's pledge

                           is already done!

Kick their a$$ out of office
and elect someone smart enough to NOT SIGN PLEDGES!

Illinois - You Need To Keep Walsh Hungry!

A headline at Think Progress front page

Politics

Rep. Joe Walsh Explains His ‘Don’t Blame Banks’ Rant: I ‘Was Working On An Empty Stomach’

Yesterday, ThinkProgress reported on a testy exchange between Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) and a group of his constituents during a meeting. At several points during the discussion, Walsh lost his temper, screaming and threatening to eject participants in the meeting. “Don’t blame banks,” yelled Walsh, who disagreed with a constituent who correctly noted that banks use the revolving door and campaign contributions to dominate government...

When I was growing up my Mom used to tell me -

If you are really looking for the truth
from a person
ask that person the question when they are drunk -

As an adult I have to add this one (just ask my boss - they will verify the truth of it)

If you are really looking for the truth
from a person
ask that person the question when their blood sugar is low -
          - because they can't tell a lie when their blood sugar is really low.

If you are looking for a nuclear meltdown            
from a person
ask that person the question when their blood sugar is low - 
- because people are out of control when their blood sugar is really low.

Here's Joe Walsh's version of the truth - it's what he believes 
            (even though it is not the truth - he's lying about the facts)
- and he couldn't keep his mouth shut or his anger controlled - due to low blood sugar

I don't like Joe Walsh and I'd like to see him GONE!

Based on my experience - Illinois - YOU NEED TO KEEP WALSH HUNGRY!

                  You'll get the truth every time at the top of his lungs.

And eventually - Walsh will REALLY screw up
- so badly,
- his political career will disintegrate immediately.

Illinois - YOU NEED TO KEEP WALSH HUNGRY!

CAIN PAC Blog - May Have Gone Too Far

Imagine this won't be around long - they had to know that the bloggers would pick up on it.

Herman Cain PAC page at 12:35pm on November 9, 2011
Check out the link - it's the real deal.
           You can find it in the November archives on the second page of listings.

IF this webpage is really connected to Herman Cain - which I could not verify  ... 
the CAIN PAC may want to reel in the REAL horse's a$$
- the author of the page - listed as MP
- and Herman Cain himself. 

This page got 528 likes - tells you a lot about the Herman Cain followers.

The one thing is - if you are looking for a misogynist
          - I guess you can talk to Herman Cain or go to this website about Herman Cain.

Wonder if there's a lawsuit possible here - she's not a political figure.
And it's too late - 'cause copies of this are all over the web.