Exploiting Myanmar

[iplaw]

I'm confused.  Are you still advocating that no one knows what effects global warming may have on the planet or not?  You clearly stated that the no one knows what the effects will be, but yet you seem confident in ascribing details to this phenomenon.

I'm also interested in hearing why you think this recent "warming" isn't simply cyclical, like the earth has seen countless times before, bearing in mind that from all of the most recent data, the earth is NOT warming and has not been for almost a decade now.

Also, I am most definitely with you about reducing pollution, whether or not AGW exists, has measurable effects or nothing at all.

[RecycleMichael]

Back to Myanmar...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_el_pr/gop_convention_resignation_1;_ylt=AnZ3O6vXl3SQLx2arBpzOhTSos4F

Leader of GOP convention quits after Myanmar ties
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The man picked by the John McCain campaign to run the 2008 Republican National Convention resigned Saturday after a report that his lobbying firm used to represent the military regime in Myanmar.

Doug Goodyear resigned as convention coordinator and issued a two sentence statement:

"Today I offered the convention my resignation so as not to become a distraction in this campaign. I continue to strongly support John McCain for president, and wish him the best of luck in this campaign." Goodyear is chief executive of DCI Group, a lobbying firm that Newsweek reported in a story posted online was paid $348,000 in 2002 to represent Myanmar's junta.

Cyclone Nargis left more than 60,000 people dead or missing, and the U.N. estimates that at least 1.5 million people have been severely affected. Human rights organizations and dissident groups have bitterly accused the junta of neglecting disaster victims and blocking foreign donations of relief supplies.

According to Newsweek, Justice Department lobbying records show DCI pushed to "begin a dialogue of political reconciliation" with the regime and led a public relations campaign to improve the junta's image. Newsweek said the firm drafted news releases praising Burma's efforts to curb the drug trade and denouncing claims by the Bush administration that the regime engaged in rape and other abuses.

"It was our only foreign representation, it was for a short tenure, and it was six years ago," Newsweek quoted Goodyear as saying. The magazine said Goodyear added that the junta's record in the current cyclone crisis is "reprehensible."

The Newsweek article also reported that some of Goodyear's allies worry that worry the choice of Goodyear could fuel perceptions that McCain is surrounded by lobbyists. DCI Group earned $3 million last year lobbying for ExxonMobil, General Motors and other clients, the report said.

Newsweek also reported DCI has been a pioneer in running "independent" expenditure campaigns by so-called 527 groups, the kind of operations that McCain has denounced in his battle for campaign finance reform. The convention runs Sept. 1-4 at the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul.

[FOTD]

"Newsweek also reported DCI has been a pioneer in running "independent" expenditure campaigns by so-called 527 groups, the kind of operations that McCain has denounced in his battle for campaign finance reform."

John McCain for President? He was in the middle of his class at Anappolis and it shows.

[RecycleMichael]

quote:Originally posted by FOTD
John McCain for President? He was in the middle of his class at Anappolis and it shows.

He was 594th out of 599. Hardly the middle...

[mrhaskellok]

quote: "It was our only foreign representation, it was for a short tenure, and it was six years ago,"  

I like the logic here...sure I did wrong, but it was a long time ago so it itsn't wrong anymore.  Since when did Time and Morals run a long the same path?  If I kill someone very very slowely does it make it right?