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Originally Posted by wolf
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Just FYI:
This website is sponsored and paid for by Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF), a front group for Philip Morris, Outback Steakhouse, KFC, logging interests, cattle ranchers, and almost every major liquor peddler.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has recently filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service alleging that CCF has violated its tax-exempt status by engaging in prohibited electioneering (asking people to vote against Dennis Kucinich, as if that was really necessary...); by funneling nearly $7 million, together with another front group, to the founder of the organization Richard Berman and to his for-profit business; and by engaging in activities with no charitable purpose. (
http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?...articleId=8984)
More infor on the CCF:
http://www.ConsumerDeception.com
http://www.CitizensForEthics.org/act...ign.php?view=3
Here is a list of the CCF's other "targets," both past and present:
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
The American Medical Association
The Arthritis Foundation
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani
The Harvard School of Public Health
The Marin Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems
The National Association of High School Principals
The National Safety Council
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The U.S. Department of Transportation