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rational thinker
03-06-2009, 11:12 AM
http://www.freedomworks.org/

Hmmm...?
torchbearer
03-06-2009, 11:13 AM
http://www.freedomworks.org/

Hmmm...?

who is running it?
LittleLightShining
03-06-2009, 11:15 AM
"Folks, you've got to get to know this organization ... They have been doing a great job all over the country educating people."
-President George W. Bush
The One
03-06-2009, 11:16 AM
http://www.freedomworks.org/

Hmmm...?

How much is freedomworks.org paying you to link to their site?:D
LittleLightShining
03-06-2009, 11:17 AM
who is running it?

http://www.freedomworks.org/about/about-freedomworks
torchbearer
03-06-2009, 11:18 AM
http://www.freedomworks.org/about/about-freedomworks

Both George and Jeb recommend this site. and the people who run the site think that is a good thing.
What does that tell you?
UtahApocalypse
03-06-2009, 11:20 AM
who is running it?

http://www.freedomworks.org/about/about-freedomworks


"Folks, you've got to get to know this organization ... They have been doing a great job all over the country educating people."
-President George W. Bush

Well that tells me all I need to know.
constituent
03-06-2009, 11:22 AM
This is the heart of the Santelli Tea Party promotion ring.
JoshLowry
03-06-2009, 11:23 AM
They are astroturf (fake grassroots) in my opinion.

Just look at this "demonstration"

http://www.freedomworks.org/publications/rejecting-moveons-anti-energy-message
LittleLightShining
03-06-2009, 11:26 AM
From what I understand the current chair of the VT GOP was very heavily involved with this group. I was talking to someone about it yesterday and this person told me that said chair was a lot more libertarian sounding when he was with freedomworks. https://www.freedomworks.org/user-profiles/rob_roper?page=4 I wish I would have met him back then.

It really does look familiar, though. Just looking at this profile page (https://www.freedomworks.org/user-profiles/rob_roper?page=3) reminds me a little of organizing C4L here.
Bryan
03-06-2009, 11:38 AM
This is the heart of the Santelli Tea Party promotion ring.

Interested to hear the deduction on this. Any info?
Austin
03-06-2009, 12:10 PM
If you are talking about the overall design of the site, it's because it is designed by Terra Eclipse.. The same company that designed the Ron Paul and BJ Lawson web sites.
Jeremy
03-06-2009, 12:15 PM
I think you mean that it's designed by Terra Eclipse. Whenever they make a website, someone always brings this up... why??? I don't get how it's so hard to figure out...

Terra Eclipse is an amazing freedom-loving web company that has made a lot of sites for us. Ooooooo scaaaary! CONSPIRACY! ... WTF?
Theocrat
03-06-2009, 12:22 PM
Both George and Jeb recommend this site. and the people who run the site think that is a good thing.
What does that tell you?

It tells me that George and Jeb believe freedom works.
Epic
03-06-2009, 12:23 PM
Why can't Terra Eclipse do CFL's site? It seems like such a no-brainer.
Jeremy
03-06-2009, 12:25 PM
Why can't Terra Eclipse do CFL's site? It seems like such a no-brainer.

Maybe CFL doesn't see the value in it.... idk

They should do that, but it costs money and I'm guessing they were like "we can just do it ourselves"
constituent
03-06-2009, 01:19 PM
Interested to hear the deduction on this. Any info?

np

the piece that started it was run by playboy, later pulled. here is that piece:

http://exiledonline.com/exposing-the-familiar-rightwing-pr-machine-is-cnbcs-rick-santelli-sucking-koch/

rawstory (not the greatest source, but i haven't found an error in their fact checking yet this go-round) covered the hubbub here:

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Tea_Party_protests_sees_as_corporate_0301.html

Initial media source later expounding on the controversy:

http://www.alternet.org/rights/129656/?page=entire


For perspective, you might look up the Heritage Foundation's (really, that says it all right there) refutation of their claims.