Heartland Says: Stop Picking on ALEC!!!!!

It had been so long since I had seen anything of/by/for ALEC in the media that I had begun to think that the new Edelman PR strategy for the American Legislative Exchange Council was RUN!!!!! HIDE!!!!!

But – today the Heartland came out with an article about how ALEC is being picked on.

Bravo for Heartland!  ALEC is being picked on.

Where the truth of it is – that Heartland and ALEC’s anti-renewable energy legislation, The Electricity Freedom Act, is being flushed down the toilet and I think Heartland is just as pissed about THEIR legislation getting trashed – as they are about defending ALEC.

  

Here you go:

Heartland Institute Newsletter

Ceres Foundation Deceives Members,Launches Campaign of Intolerance

March 4, 2013

James M. Taylor, J.D.

The Ceres Foundation, which recruits corporate members by claiming to be a cooperative advocate for environmental education and a sustainable future, is instead aggressively and intolerantly picking fights with corporations and public policy organizations who don’t share Ceres’ political agenda.

Bullying Campaign Targets Energy

The latest example of Ceres playing the intolerant bully against other corporations and public policy groups is a campaign targeting ALEC and its members.

In 2012, ALEC legislators responded to escalating electricity prices and the failed promises of the renewable power industry by approving the Electricity Freedom Act. The Electricity Freedom Act is model legislation, presented by the Heartland Institute,

The legislation merely pointed out the shortcomings of renewable power mandates and proposed replacing the mandates with a freedom-focused energy economy.

The legislation

Do you hear yourself Taylor?

The Heartland/ALEC Electricity Freedom Act is legislation

It is not some type of position paper pointing out theoretical differences.

It is legislation

Coalition of Extremists

Most strikingly, Ceres claims wind power and other forms of renewable power are less expensive than conventional power sources. Common sense dictates that if such were true, the renewable power industry would not need laws forcing consumers to purchase their product.

FORCING CONSUMERS

Really?

ALEC/Heartland LEGISLATION FORCES CONSUMER to do things.

Position policies – like those held by Ceres don’t FORCE CONSUMERS to do anything 

– except, maybe think for themselves 

– which is something ALEC legislators CAN’T do.

According to Taylor – those Ceres folks are a bunch of really nasty people

– picking on ALEC!!!!

The Ceres Foundation,  …  , is instead aggressively and intolerantly picking fights with corporations and public policy organizations

personal and aggressive against ALEC.

February 2013 Ceres began contacting ALEC members

pressuring the members to withdraw from ALEC

Ceres sent to ALEC members a letter conveying a  …  a particular hostility to groups supporting economic freedom

Ceres’ aggressive intolerance against people

Singling out for disdain two entities that prominently advocate for “conservative” economic freedoms: the Ceres letters assert “ALEC … is now partnering with the Heartland Institute, a conservative public policy think tank, and Americans for Tax Reform, led by Grover Norquist….”

And what was Ceres doing that was so
Aggressive
Intolerant
Hostile
Pressuring

Here's what Taylor tells you Ceres did - Ceres wrote a letter

Yep, Cere wrote a letter 

- that included

all these 

    Aggressive

    Intolerant

    Hostile
    Pressuring

things :

“The purpose of this letter is to ask you to think seriously about your ALEC membership, and the degree to which it may be detrimental to [your company’s] credibility and ability to follow through on its public commitments.”

“ALEC … is now partnering with the Heartland Institute, a conservative public policy think tank, and Americans for Tax Reform, led by Grover Norquist….”

YEP

That’s the best he can do to exemplify

Aggressive

Intolerant

Hostile

And who is funding this 

   Aggressive

   Intolerant

   Hostile
   Pressuring

Attack on ALEC?

Of the 64 companies Taylor names as supporting this

    Aggressive

    Intolerant

    Hostile
    Pressuring

attack on ALEC

sixteen of those horrible companies supporting Ceres'

    Aggressive

    Intolerant

    Hostile
    Pressuringattack on ALEC

are

past and present ALEC Corporate Profit Sector Members

According to Taylor

Dozens of corporations are funding Ceres’ campaign of political intolerance against   ...   ALEC. Among the more prominent corporate funders are

Bank of America

Best Buy

Brown-Forman

Coca-Cola

Consolidated Edison,

Dell

eBay

Exelon

Ford

General Motors

Intuit

PepsiCo

PG&E,

Prudential

Time Warner

Wells Fargo

Those nasty ALEC members
Funding an organization that picks on ALEC

Kick them out the door of the next ALEC meeting

Oh Yeh,
Some of them – have already DUMPED ALEC.

Bwahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bwahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!