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	4/28/2005

More proof that Barney runs the White House...and is Pro-CAFTA

The Washington Post provides additional evidence that our political system has really gone to the dogs:

A letter sent yesterday by 14 Democratic members of Congress attributes the Humane Society's position on CAFTA to a $500,000 grant the organization received in October 2003 from the U.S. Agency for International Development to do work in Central America....The letter also alleges that the Humane Society illegally used some of its grant money to lobby in favor of CAFTA, and it asks the Government Accountability Office to investigate...

Other highly publicized cases involve broadcaster Armstrong Williams, who acknowledged that he touted the administration's education agenda after receiving $240,000 from the Education Department, and video "news" reports that were distributed for broadcast by government agencies including the Department of Health and Human Services

"In addition to being troubling, such propaganda and lobbying campaigns are illegal," states the Democratic lawmakers' letter, adding: "Congress and the American people deserve a full accounting for the uses [by the Humane Society] of these taxpayer funds."

Now even the Human Society has weighed in on CAFTA and yet Greensboro's paper of record still is silent on the biggest trade deal which will hit our local economy since NAFTA.

10:55:38 PM

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