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Re: Environmentalists? Really?
Author: Carol L. Voss
Date: 07-23-2014 - 23:00
BOB2 Wrote:
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> I think I'm more with the Doctor on this one,
> there are literally thousands of "organizations"
> that claim to be "environmentalist's", some are
> legit, some are fronts for corporate sponsors,
> some are created by law firms representing anyone
> who will pay them. I know of a law firm that has
> set up dozens of tax exempts (Have environmental
> front group/will travel....) complete with sexy
> names and lot's of cute furry critters.
>
> Some of these so-called "environmental" groups are
> just political front groups who use our lax
> bribery and campaign finance laws to launder
> political money, just like so many of these
> proliferating phony "non-profits", which allows
> folks to take a "tax break" for purportedly
> supporting "cultural" or "educational" purposes.
>
>
> Some of these supposed environmental organizations
> are just good old fashioned "schill's" leading
> their "environmentalist" flock to a fleecing,
> selling them out, or just lining the pockets of
> those who operate them.
>
> If you've worked around these groups, after a
> while you begin to be able to tell these phony's
> and wannabee's (often well meaning but ignorant
> fools) from groups that are serious, use serious
> science, and actually are trying to save the
> planet from our equally real greed, stupidity, and
> hubris.
>
> I've had good relationships with some groups, and
> consider some others to be so corrupt, or dubious
> that you don't want to share a cab to the airport
> with them, because they'd burn you for the fare,
> too.
>
> Many of these environmental issues are, however,
> quite real, with real effects on people or our
> planet, like RR men I've known with crippling
> emphysema, and rivers full of dead fish. So I
> like to learn what's real and what's not, and I
> always keep track of who's paying the bills with
> these organizations, and why? Following the money
> is often the surest way to find out who's who, and
> why.
>
> Caveat emptor......
You summed it up pretty damn well. When you see the name of an "environmental" organization go to the website and look up the CVs of their BOD, major donors etc. Amazing what you will find out. For starters, most all of us have heard of the Pew Foundation Research polls and reports and etc. If you go to the Pew website and look up its history you will find that it original source of money was Sunoco-------an oil company-------interesting.
C.
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> I think I'm more with the Doctor on this one,
> there are literally thousands of "organizations"
> that claim to be "environmentalist's", some are
> legit, some are fronts for corporate sponsors,
> some are created by law firms representing anyone
> who will pay them. I know of a law firm that has
> set up dozens of tax exempts (Have environmental
> front group/will travel....) complete with sexy
> names and lot's of cute furry critters.
>
> Some of these so-called "environmental" groups are
> just political front groups who use our lax
> bribery and campaign finance laws to launder
> political money, just like so many of these
> proliferating phony "non-profits", which allows
> folks to take a "tax break" for purportedly
> supporting "cultural" or "educational" purposes.
>
>
> Some of these supposed environmental organizations
> are just good old fashioned "schill's" leading
> their "environmentalist" flock to a fleecing,
> selling them out, or just lining the pockets of
> those who operate them.
>
> If you've worked around these groups, after a
> while you begin to be able to tell these phony's
> and wannabee's (often well meaning but ignorant
> fools) from groups that are serious, use serious
> science, and actually are trying to save the
> planet from our equally real greed, stupidity, and
> hubris.
>
> I've had good relationships with some groups, and
> consider some others to be so corrupt, or dubious
> that you don't want to share a cab to the airport
> with them, because they'd burn you for the fare,
> too.
>
> Many of these environmental issues are, however,
> quite real, with real effects on people or our
> planet, like RR men I've known with crippling
> emphysema, and rivers full of dead fish. So I
> like to learn what's real and what's not, and I
> always keep track of who's paying the bills with
> these organizations, and why? Following the money
> is often the surest way to find out who's who, and
> why.
>
> Caveat emptor......
You summed it up pretty damn well. When you see the name of an "environmental" organization go to the website and look up the CVs of their BOD, major donors etc. Amazing what you will find out. For starters, most all of us have heard of the Pew Foundation Research polls and reports and etc. If you go to the Pew website and look up its history you will find that it original source of money was Sunoco-------an oil company-------interesting.
C.
