http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2009/11/15/government-by-script/ All Mickey, All the Time Thu, 24 May 2012 02:05:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2009/11/15/government-by-script/#comment-156041 Joy Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:23:16 +0000 http://1boringoldman.com/?p=3656#comment-156041 Congressional representatives using scripts written by lobbyists for the health industry is shameful. Congressional representatives using scripts written by lobbyists for the health industry is shameful.

]]> http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2009/11/15/government-by-script/#comment-156040 1 Boring Old Man » clarification… Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:41:04 +0000 http://1boringoldman.com/?p=3656#comment-156040 [...] a compromise that needs to be worked out with all the cards on the table rather than by lobbyists sneaking their propaganda into the Congressional Record. That’s what all the hooplah is about… Two former staffers of the sponsors of the [...] [...] a compromise that needs to be worked out with all the cards on the table rather than by lobbyists sneaking their propaganda into the Congressional Record. That’s what all the hooplah is about… Two former staffers of the sponsors of the [...]

]]> http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2009/11/15/government-by-script/#comment-155949 Joy Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:02:25 +0000 http://1boringoldman.com/?p=3656#comment-155949 Nutley is in Rep. Bill Pascrell's district. Nutley is in Rep. Bill Pascrell’s district.

]]> http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2009/11/15/government-by-script/#comment-155904 Joy Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:28:36 +0000 http://1boringoldman.com/?p=3656#comment-155904 Most of my family (including my twin sister) lives in a town that borders Nutley which is one of the main homes for Hoffman La Roche. I probably passed its massive complex many hundreds of times. It looks like a city in itself. Many local people work there and the only thing I knew about it is that it was a drug making company. The most obvious payoff for these congress people is keeping jobs in their districts. In Nutley there must be thousands and thousands of jobs. Most of my family (including my twin sister) lives in a town that borders Nutley which is one of the main homes for Hoffman La Roche. I probably passed its massive complex many hundreds of times. It looks like a city in itself. Many local people work there and the only thing I knew about it is that it was a drug making company. The most obvious payoff for these congress people is keeping jobs in their districts. In Nutley there must be thousands and thousands of jobs.

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