-Caveat Lector- So the NEA is not a non-partisan organization and should be in charge of all of our children? That is fair? This would explain a great deal of their agenda and non-academic endeavors for the schools are pushing such a heavy load of social engineering (brainwashing) that they no longer even bother to teach the kids to read. Taxes are paid by most Americans and this is very wrong. ~Amelia~ Sunday, August 5, 2001 9:56 p.m. EDT Campaign Finance Reform Alert: NEA Equals DNC Late last week the Wall Street Journal took notice of a massive abuse of the campaign finance laws, a trend uncovered by a Landmark Legal Foundation review of National Education Association documents released by the Federal Election Commission in May. Despite the NEA's supposedly non-partisan status, the documents show the teachers union is more than just a powerful interest group within the Democratic Party. In fact the NEA is now so powerful, in many respects the Democratic National Committee has become its wholly owned subsidiary. In the FEC documents, "the NEA's name surfaces again and again as one of those organizations that, in return for financial contributions, were given seats on campaign committees in 1996 as well as the right to approve or reject the Democratic agenda," reported the Journal. "Imagine the outrage if it emerged that the Republican National Committee had given HMOs and the oil companies a veto over the Republican Party platform in exchange for contributions," Landmark Legal President Mark Levin posited. In fact, it's worse than that, since the NEA enjoys tax-exempt status. "Here you have the largest union in the country apparently doing it with tax-exempt dollars and then turning around and telling the IRS they're spending nothing on politics," Levin complained. The FEC report lists a whole host of Democratic Party operations which the NEA either bankrolls or actively participates in. So, where are the campaign finance reform crusaders when it comes to such a blatant abuse of the federal election laws? Why haven't good government media darlings like Sens. McCain and Feingold or Reps. Shays and Meehan taken to the stump to denounce the NEA and demand that FEC regulations be enforced? Who knows? But the fact that they haven't speaks volumes about the real agenda of the campaign finance reform crowd. All Rights Reserved © NewsMax.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
