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Commerce Commission (International Co-operation, and Fees) Bill
First Reading
Hon SIMON POWER (Minister of Commerce) : I move, That the Commerce Commission (International Co-operation, and Fees) Bill be now read a first time. At the appropriate time I intend to move that the bill be referred to the Commerce Committee for consideration.
This bill proposes reform, and it proposes amending the Commerce Act, the Fair Trading Act, and the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act to enable greater cooperation between the Commerce Commission and its fellow overseas competition and consumer regulators. This bill is part of the single economic market outcomes framework, which was jointly announced by Prime Ministers Rudd and Key in August last year. As Mr Key said in his Prime Minister's statement to the House at the beginning of this year, this Government wants to give the single economic market a new impetus this year. The Australian Government passed legislation in 2007 to enhance the ability of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission—the ACCC—to provide assistance to overseas regulators.
Hon Lianne Dalziel: The bill was introduced when?
Hon SIMON POWER: I am getting there. Just to satisfy my colleague the Hon Lianne Dalziel, the next sentence in my speech states: "This bill was introduced by the previous Minister of Commerce immediately prior to the election in 2008."
Hon Lianne Dalziel: What took you so long?
Hon SIMON POWER: It took me three paragraphs.
Hon Lianne Dalziel: No, we are just getting to the first reading.
Hon SIMON POWER: We do not want to be too bipartisan about these things!
Chris Hipkins: But 18 months?
Hon SIMON POWER: I have been busy.
The bill provides for the Commerce Commission to use its statutory powers to assist the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, and other overseas competition or consumer regulators, with an investigation. The bill will promote more effective and efficient enforcement of competition and consumer protection laws in a global economy. Business today increasingly operates in multiple jurisdictions, and parallel investigations or proceedings in relation to a particular company are becoming increasingly common and complex. For example, recent international cartel cases that the Commerce Commission has pursued, or is pursuing, include cartels relating to cardboard, wood chemicals, gas-insulated switchgear, and air cargo. The first two have a trans-Tasman element to them, and the latter two are concerned with wider global coordinated activity. Effective enforcement in the global economy means that the Commerce Commission not only needs to be vigilant but also needs to be able to provide assistance to, and obtain information from, other overseas regulators.
This bill complements the Trans-Tasman Proceedings Bill, which is currently before the Justice and Electoral Committee. That bill seeks to implement the agreement on trans-Tasman court proceedings and regulatory enforcement, which, again, was signed by the previous Minister of Justice in July 2008. The Trans-Tasman Proceedings Bill aligns the process for resolving trans-Tasman civil disputes, and therefore dovetails with the purpose of this bill, which aims to facilitate mutual assistance from the investigative stages through to enforcement proceedings in competition and consumer law cases.
This bill requires a cooperation arrangement between Governments to be in place before any compulsorily acquired information or assistance can be provided to an overseas regulator. A cooperation arrangement will enhance the commission's ability to obtain assistance from overseas regulators in two ways. First, it will help the Commerce Commission to obtain information gathered by overseas regulators during their own investigations that is relevant to a competition or fair trading investigation in New Zealand. In return, the Commerce Commission can reciprocate by responding to similar requests from overseas regulators. Second, the bill will allow the Commerce Commission to ask overseas regulators to gather information in their jurisdictions on the commission's behalf.
Since the bill was tabled some time ago, feedback has been received that questions whether the Government to Government cooperation arrangement should be the only means for overseas regulators to access investigative assistance from the Commerce Commission. For example, one alternative could be to provide for Ministerial approval of a regulator-to-regulator arrangement, subject to specific safeguards being met. I would like to invite the select committee and submitters to consider this specific matter. It is important to note that the bill provides safeguards for New Zealand interests, including requirements to consider such matters as the nature of relevant overseas competition or consumer protection laws, any relevant privacy issues, and the framework in the overseas jurisdiction for dealing with what will generally be sensitive information. Those safeguards will ensure that compulsorily acquired information and investigative assistance are provided and used only for an authorised purpose.
One of the key expectations underlying a cooperation agreement is that of reciprocity, to ensure that the arrangement will result in benefits to New Zealand. To promote transparency, the bill also sets out publication requirements for cooperation arrangements. I am interested in hearing from the public through the select committee process as to whether the bill should contain explicit provisions to deal with national-interest considerations, particularly in relation to foreign policy.
The bill also sets out requirements that the Commerce Commission must take into account before providing investigative assistance or compulsorily acquired information to an overseas regulator. Those matters reflect the intention to ensure that the requested assistance or sharing of information relates to a proper and authorised purpose. The bill requires the Commerce Commission to obtain written undertakings from the overseas regulator that such information will not be used against the person who provided the information in criminal proceedings in the overseas jurisdiction. The bill also requires the commission to notify parties to whom compulsorily acquired information relates as soon as practicable after it has provided such information to the overseas regulator. However, such notice will not be required if the Commerce Commission considers it would compromise the commission's or the overseas regulator's investigation, or if it would be impractical.
Access to material that is privileged, such as draft witness statements and other court documents, often has the potential to have a significant impact on investigations or proceedings. The bill provides for the protection of privileged documents that the commission may provide to an overseas regulator, and vice versa.
The bill also makes changes to the regulation-making powers in the Commerce Act in order to require refunds for clearance and authorisation application fees, and for fee exemptions to be made for small to medium sized enterprises. I further invite the select committee to consider whether alternatives to fee exemptions would be more appropriate, such as providing for a tiered system of fees.
Ultimately, this bill is about ensuring that the Commerce Commission has the appropriate range of tools to effectively detect, investigate, and enforce New Zealand competition and consumer protection laws in global markets, whilst ensuring there are safeguards in place to protect the New Zealand public interest. It is in the interest of consumers and businesses alike that regulators cooperate with one another and coordinate their efforts where possible, particularly as we strive for a single economic market. I commend this bill to the House.
Hon LIANNE DALZIEL (Labour—Christchurch East) : I am pleased to follow the Minister of Commerce, Simon Power, and to indicate that Labour will support the referral of the Commerce Commission (International Co-operation, and Fees) Bill to the Commerce Committee, where I am sure we will enjoy the opportunity to take up the challenges that the Minister has recommended to us tonight. It is interesting because, of course, I think it was back in 2006 that I signed a memorandum of understanding with Peter Costello, the then Treasurer of Australia, that was the background to the introduction of this particular measure.
The bill was introduced into the House just prior to the 2008 general election. Although I have expressed some disappointment that it has taken a while for the bill to get to its first reading prior to referral to the select committee, I will acknowledge the Minister for perhaps adding some value, in the time that he has had—
Hon Member: Greaser!
Hon LIANNE DALZIEL: —no, no—to look at this bill. That added value comprises the two specific issues that the Minister has asked the select committee to look at. When I was a Minister, I always enjoyed inviting a select committee to look at an issue on which I did not have a particularly strong view one way or the other, and I appreciate it when that invitation is reciprocated.
One of the two issues, I understand, relates to whether it ought to be a requirement to have a full cooperation arrangement, Government to Government, as the basis for the sharing of information and investigative assistance with the overseas regulator. The issue is whether it is necessary for such an arrangement to be in place, or whether something that does not require a Government to Government arrangement—a lesser form of arrangement—might be looked at. I will be really interested, as we go through this process, to perhaps hear a little more about why that might be a better approach. I certainly do not have a closed mind to it, and it is certainly something that we look forward to considering.
The other issue that I think I heard the Minister refer to was an alternative to exempting a class or classes of persons from the requirement to pay any fee prescribed for an application. That provision is under Part 2, "Fees", where clause 13 of the bill amends section 108 of the Commerce Act 1986 by inserting paragraph (cd). That is interesting, because when I was working on this issue I was still the Minister for Small Business, and at every opportunity I could take I was looking for ways to make compliance costs more manageable for the small to medium sized enterprise sector, while also recognising that sometimes compliance costs could be disproportionate when dealing with a smaller entity that simply did not have the economies of scale of some of the larger entities. So the idea of having an exemption by regulation written into the legislation seemed to be a fair way of allowing for that to occur, but also of allowing for adjustments to be made over time. The concept of having a tiered approach may perhaps be a better way of doing that. Again, I do not have a closed mind to that; I do not have a strong view one way or the other. It was probably not a defining feature of the legislation as introduced to the House, but it is certainly something that we will look at in the select committee.
The Minister said that the Australian Government passed legislation in 2007 to enhance the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's ability to provide assistance to overseas regulators, so Australia is ahead of the game. I know that the Minister has taken the opportunity to reinforce the fact that the single economic market is totally the current Government's idea, but I tell the House that we were working on the single economic market agenda prior to the 2008 general election. I worked very closely with Michael Cullen on it, which is why I as the then Minister of Commerce signed a memorandum of understanding with the Australian Treasurer as part of the discussions about the single economic market agenda. It necessarily involved me in my role as the then Minister of Commerce on this side of the Tasman.
As I think the Minister has already pointed out, the idea of the bill is to provide for the Commerce Commission to use its statutory powers to assist an overseas competition or consumer regulator with an investigation. It also sets out how the commission can share compulsorily acquired information in order to assist overseas competition and consumer regulators. It is obvious why we want to go down that track. The harm that anti-competitive and unfair trading practices can inflict not just on an economy but also on individuals is significant. I think that when we recognise that businesses today increasingly operate in multiple jurisdictions, and that parallel investigations or proceedings in relation to a particular company are becoming increasingly common and complex, it makes very good sense to open up the regulators. As long as there is trust regarding the quality of the treatment of the information that is provided, I think that can only strengthen the work that we want to do internationally in the areas of anti-competitive and unfair trading practices.
I note, in the merger context, that over the 2 years immediately preceding the introduction of this bill, of the 43 clearance decisions made by the Commerce Commission, 29 of them involved proposals where at least one of the parties was an overseas company. In the fair trading area, many cases have also had an international dimension. One example that I was given at the time included suppliers that were based abroad making false and misleading claims for goods or services offered over the Internet. We have seen real growth in that industry, and enhancing the capacity of our regulator to engage in a collaborative way with international regulators in terms of some of these international suppliers would strengthen the protection available to New Zealand consumers and consumers in other countries, as well.
I have noted that the New Zealand Commerce Commission has a pretty good track record in terms of hunting down some of the cartel behaviour that has, unfortunately, flourished. Particularly at times when finance is tight, we see a greater incidence of cartel behaviour. If we recognise that New Zealand cannot do it on its own when it is dealing with cartels that operate internationally, then it is very important to see those tools strengthened for our regulator and for international regulators, as well.
I support the Minister's comments. He essentially said he was confident that the provisions in the bill would provide a mechanism to enable genuine in-depth cooperation between the Commerce Commission and equivalent overseas regulators. It does this whilst ensuring that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect the New Zealand public interest. I think that is a strong message to give to Parliament in relation to this important legislation, and I can see how excited everyone in the House is to finally see it being debated for the first time. I look forward to receiving the bill at the select committee and to hearing submissions on it, particularly on the points that the Minister has raised. We will support the bill.
PESETA SAM LOTU-IIGA (National—Maungakiekie) : I also rise to support this bill, along with the Minister and the chairperson of the Commerce Committee. The proposals in the Commerce Commission (International Co-operation, and Fees) Bill are part of the single economic market outcomes framework, which was announced to great acclaim last year by the Prime Ministers of both New Zealand and Australia. As has already been stated by the previous speaker, it enables greater cooperation between not only the Commerce Commission in New Zealand and its Australian counterpart but also other regulators in foreign jurisdictions.
I will not traverse the points made by Lianne Dalziel, but I do welcome the points raised by the Minister in terms of the areas that we need to scrutinise and investigate. It really is about giving the single economic market between New Zealand and Australia a new impetus. Our ambition, certainly for this Government, is that New Zealand companies can do business as easily in Australia as they can at home, and vice versa. The easier we make it for these companies to operate in both countries by removing unnecessary barriers, the greater the opportunities for businesses to make big productivity gains and take up new opportunities that will underpin our long-term growth. Of course, what is important with our relationship with Australia is not just the types of relationships we have over time in terms of the Anzacs and sporting relationships but also that for many of our businesses Australia is the first stop. For many of our businesses that look to expand into overseas markets, Australia is the first port of call.
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I'm not going to have legendaries in mine cause I like a lot lol
Normal - Azurill (probably the only baby pokémon I have a slight obsession with lol)
Fire - Ninetales (favourite pokémon of all time)
Water - Vaporeon (has been since I saw it in Pokémon Stadium)
Grass - Sceptile (two words: LEAF BLADE!! haha)
Electric - Manectric (like Swellow, Emerald opened my eyes to it)
Bug - Venomoth (one of my best ever pokémon plus it's a moth!!)
Fighting - Hitmonlee (kicks are my favourite attacks in real life; Hitmonlee reflects that)
Ice - Dewgong (very sleek and elegant, lot of good moves as well)
Flying - Swellow (since using it on Emerald I quickly discovered how awesome it is)
Dark - Umbreon (been really attached to it since Silver)
Psychic - Kadabra (been a staple part for a lot of my teams)
Ghost - Haunter (like Kadabra and Dragonair, I just prefer 2nd stage evos, plus its personality is great haha)
Poison - Arbok (I LOVE snakes, and it represents a cobra - heaven)
Rock - Kabutops (always been drawn to it, maybe it's the Scyther-like design lol)
Ground - Nidoqueen (Girl power haha plus I love the Nido family)
Steel - Skarmory (always thought it was pretty cool, plus Winona has one lol)
Dragon - Dragonair (elegant yet powerful)
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The (rebuilt) Turkish bridge spanning a gorge just outside Shiharah is one of the famous landmarks of Yemen.
But the town itself is also of interest, even though it's decaying. (I figure it's population is going down as nowadays it's not such an interesting proposition anymore to live at the very mountain top, while the markets and the fields are far away in the valley.)
Yemen is full of cultural heritage that would be the envy of most countries in the world. But it's also offically one of the least-developed countries (the so-called LDCs) and it's tragic, but there are just way too many monuments in Yemen to be maintained.
Typical Shiharah tip: take a pick-up Landcruiser (called "habba" in Yemen) from the valley up to the townm spend the night at Shiharah Hotel and walk down halfway to the village where your own tranport has overnighted. Join your luggage at that halfway point.
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Milwaukee football fans who commute to Madison for Badger home games at the University of Wisconsin's Randall Stadium can avoid traffic gridlock and parking dilemmas, and probably save a little money, by taking the Madison Metro system's Route 6 or 7 buses to and from the game.
Both routes stop on Regent Street right in front of Randall Stadium. At present there is only one bus per hour on Saturdays, and the bus immediately before game time is crowded with passengers wearing red Badger shirts and hats. If this open secret gets out, and more people choose to ride the bus to the game, no doubt Madison Metro will have to increase service. One bus every five minutes for an hour before and an hour after the game would be none too many for even a small percentage of the stadium's total capacity, 80,321 fans.
Guaranteed capacity for several buses would be net operating revenue for the system. It would make getting to and from the stadium a little safer for the tens of thousands who walk up to a mile, crowding all available sidewalks and spilling into the street. Of course it would sharply reduce fuel consumption idling in traffic, and save on long walks from distant parking lots.
Route 6 runs on East Washington Avenue. Route 7 runs on East Jennifer. Look for a convenient parking space on any side street off either route. Be careful not to park in zones that are posted for 2-hour only, even on Saturdays. Alternately, park even farther out, at East Towne Mall, the easternmost stop for Route 7 buses, by taking I-94 / I-39 North to the East Washington Ave. interchange. (Exit toward Madison, not toward Sun Prairie).
Once Wisconsin's pioneering new high speed rail line is operating, that will be the fastest way to commute to Madison. Metro would do well to plan for buses from the rail station to Randall Stadium, similar to the Route 90 in Milwaukee to Brewers games at Miller Park.
In the meantime, what about leaving the driving to Greyhound? No, the company's web site turns up no routes which could conveniently get anyone to Madison in time for a Badger football game. If there were, the intercity line's present temporary drop-off location is at Madison Metro's North Transfer Point, on Husley between Aberg and Roth. There's not much local service from there to Camp Randall, but the Route 2 does run just north of the stadium on University (return trip on Johnson).
Badger Bus? Unless you want to catch the bus at 7:00 am at the downtown Milwaukee depot, getting into Madison at 8:45, more than two hours before the game, there's no great options there either. The next bus on Saturdays doesn't get in until 11:50. We really need that high speed rail system up and running SOON.


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Sorry, I have no idea how to actually embed it in the post, so have a link instead!
Here we have video evidence of
649 Pokémon appearing in FireRed's Pokédex.
As things stand, I haven't inserted the sprites or cries, or most of their stats, but NONE of what I just mentioned is routine related. Most of them (the ones with stats) are valid battlers too, so I think I can honestly say I'll have this finished within the next couple of days if I find the time.
Also shown in this video is the Kanto dex,
reorganised into a regional dex.
The length and order of this dex is entirely up to the hacker, but being based on LC and all, I decided to give it an appropriate pokédex order, and made the Kanto dex into the New Pokédex from GSC.
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The Truth About the Blog Supremacists
Mar 24th
Through this blog, I have covered many angles of content creation, strategy, and marketing career issues. But there is one serious topic I have avoided until now.
It took a post from Amber Naslund — Confessions of a Social Media Someone — to make me realize that I am probably doing you a disservice unless I join her and write openly about the dark side of social media success. It is a subject that is always present yet I have ignored it.
In Amber's honest and brave piece (the hallmark of her style) she admits to nearly being crushed out of existence by the hateful attacks that come with social media celebrity. The relentless bullying crept into her self-dialogue until she suffered from debilitating self-doubt and depression.
Success is a target
Amber is not alone. Although I have not experienced online haters to the extent she has, it is a regular issue for me and many people experiencing success in this public space find themselves under attack at some point.
To be clear, I am not talking about honest criticism. I welcome that as part of the social media experience. I am talking about anonymous (usually), personal, unprofessional attacks.
This is the great enigma of building a powerful online brand. The more you put yourself out there, the more you give, the more you help, the more you attract the attention of trolls.
I'm not a whiner and I fully know how blessed I am to be in a position to help and teach you in some little way through posts, podcasts, and books. I do not ever take that for granted.
I have fun in my career every day but I also know that the more successful I am, the more bullies and trolls I attract. Even though I am a centered person and normally look at these folks with sincere pity (what has happened to a person when they only find joy in disparaging others?) I still find myself spending more and more time deflecting bile from the Blog Supremacists.
A fortress mindset
We live in a broken world and the social web amplifies human darkness. I know that this is what I have to look forward to: All my efforts to help, mentor, connect, and provide free content every day will result in increasing amounts of toxicity aimed at damaging me and my reputation. Kind of an interesting career choice, isn't it?
There is plenty of gab out there about "ignoring the haters." But that strategy is much easier said than done when you are being attacked publicly and privately for no other reason than you have achieved a certain level of popularity.
In Seth Godin's most recent book he said the reason he does not accept comments on his blog is that he is so thrown off by trolls that when he experiences hateful criticism he can't focus on anything else. So he simply blocks it out to the extent possible.
Every week I get questions and comments from folks who want to be in my position some day. Of course I am positive and nurturing with my advice but perhaps I have not been completely honest, If you are the type of person who cannot develop a tough mental fortress against hate, you will be suffocated in a career like this.
OK. Enough negativity.
I'm not looking for sympathy and in fact don't want comments in the comment section in that vein. I just wanted to highlight Amber's great post and give you an honest glimpse of the secret Troll War you may not normally see.
Onward and upward.
Jill Rowley on the hurdles and opportunities for social selling
Mar 20th
Click here to see my interview with Jill Rowley
I recently got to spend some quality time with Jill Rowley, a force to be reckoned with in the emerging field of social selling. She was kind enough to share some of her insights on this red-hot idea.
Jill made headlines recently for being fired by Oracle for talking to an Ad Age reporter. You have got to be kidding, right? It's not the first questionable HR move Oracle has made and the world is better now that Jill is being unleashed as she starts her own social sales consulting business.
Jill tells us in this interview that the Millennial Generation will be taking the world by storm. By 2020, 50 percent of our employees and customers will be Millennials, setting up a gigantic tension between how we hire, retain, and market to the digital natives.
In this short video, Jill discusses some big ideas.
- Reverse mentoring
- Framework for social selling
- The importance of optimized digital profiles, content
- Social listening for leads
- Feeding your network
- Measuring social selling
Also, she dances.
I'm sure you'll love this lively discussion! Be sure to follow Jill as she starts her new business at www.jillrowley.com.
Almost any brand can be Pinteresting. Here's how!
Mar 19th
By Jessica Rogers, {grow} Contributing Columnist
I'm not crafty. I do not scrapbook, do DIY projects, or tackle anything that involves a glue gun.
However, I recently created a "Laundry Room Makeover" board on Pinterest and completed the renovation. Pinterest was a wonderful source for before and after pictures, detailed tutorials, names and reviews of paints, and even lists of where to find the products and their prices.
I must point out many of these, if not all, were not brand sponsored! For example, like other Pinterest users I posted all the materials used in my after photos. This is an amazing opportunity for brands to increase brand recognition by way of social sharing or "pinning."
This story is played over and over across the globe. Pinterest is the ultimate source for creative (P)inspiration.
Why use Pinterest?
Pinterest marketing specialist Piqora found that one "pin" generates an average of 78 cents in sales. Pins are 100x more viral than tweets and Pinterest Board pages can rank on Google long after the original post.
Like any social platform, Pinterest might not work equally well for all brands. However, Pinterest can be a great way to share valuable content with your target audience and showcase your brand personality.
Pinterest is obviously the home room for the visual content from clothing designers, photographers, and makeup artists. But the platform can be utilized by non-creatives like real estate agents, marketing thought leaders posting relevant articles, even parents posting ideas about home schooling their children. Almost anyone can be more Pinteresting….
Are pins really content?
Absolutely. But keep in mind the importance of "delivering the right message to the right person at the right time." Platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and of course Pinterest have a specific demographic of users and can be optimized accordingly. What is often overlooked is the importance of relevant and timely content for these platforms.
What should you pin?
- What does your target audience of client base want to learn more about? What moves them? What interests them? Find pins related to those topics. Become your follower's go-to resource.
- Regularly visit the What's Popular section of Pinterest to see what is trending and what really resonates with Pinterest users.
- "How to" pins are very popular. Find tutorials your audience can use and pin them, or create your own. Including before and after images.
- Infographics are a great way to share a large amount of information in an attractive, inspiring way.
- Do not always pin your own content. If you do pin your own content, be sure to do it in a way that drives users to your website.
Tips for optimizing your pins
- Add relevant Search Engine Optimization (SEO) keywords in your "About" section. Search engines index this page, so use those 200 characters wisely.
- Utilize humorous of catchy titles to entice folks to follow the board, and include keywords in board titles to make the board more searchable in Pinterest.
- Curate pins that link back to your website, email opt-in page, or product page/catalog
- Pinterest is social, so remember to interact and engage with others. Repin, follow, and make comments.
- I found this Pinterest Master Class to be helpful. It is a series of three videos equaling an hour of content.
Do you have a Pinteresting success story to share with the {grow} community? An innovative way you are using Pinterest to drive sales or brand recognition?
Jessica Rogers is a Dallas-based Adjunct Marketing Instructor at Texas A&M University- Commerce and faculty member at Southern New Hampshire University. She is currently working on her PhD in Business with an emphasis on Marketing; her dissertation research is focused on Social Media. Follow her on Twitter and her blog.
Illustration courtesy of Flickr CC and Jeff Turner.
The slippery slope of influence marketing
Mar 18th
One of my friends was posting and tweeting from a conference sponsored by a Fortune 100 company. He had actually been paid to attend this event because he is an "influencer."
Coincidentally, I was also being paid to be at an event from a different company at the same time, on the other side of the country. How did I get on their list? I have no idea.
"Have we hitched a ride on the influence marketing train?" I asked my friend.
"I don't know," he said, "But woo – woo!"
Clearly, opportunities for bloggers will increase as brands recognize the benefits of aligning with people who are powerful online advocates. And for people like me, who have given content away for free, day after day for years, it is nice to be recognized and rewarded for the hard work.
But influence marketing can be a house of cards for both companies and individuals.
Rules of the road
A digital agency recently approached me about a host of new opportunities to make money from blogger outreach programs, I had to put on the brakes and give them some advice and I think this is important enough to share with the blog community, too.
What is the source of my influence? I create content, yes. I engage consistently, of course. But at the end of the day it gets down to trust, right?
That's why the emerging Citizen Influencers have to be very judicious in their relationships with brands. Likewise, brands have to be discerning about their expectations from influencers.
If brands become too exposed with too many bloggers, both parties will suffer. If the credibility of the blogger declines, the effectiveness of their advocacy is doomed.
"No" is a legitimate strategy
That's why I am saying "no" to most opportunities right now. I have to be incredibly selective. First, it has to be a company I truly, authentically believe in and second, I have to limit how much I do because if this blog ever becomes filled with spammy sponsored posts or suspicious brand advocacy, you're going to go away. And you should.
I don't think I would like my own blog if it starts to look like a NASCAR racing jacket. Although I do love M&Ms.
As we all approach this era of incredible consumer content choice, to stay ahead, we need to emphasize radical honesty. You need to believe in me and what I write every day for me to earn a seat at the content consumption table.
Likewise, I think brands need to do their homework and figure out which bloggers have built real authority and trust, rather than making a call based on number of Twitter followers, for example.
I think we are approaching a time when you can make some decent money as an influencer … and it is already happening for mommy bloggers (some have agents to negotiate brand contracts). But we need to fiercely protect the reader trust that got us here in the first place.
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MD mate you have absolutely not evidence to suggest that persevering with the CF frame would have netted any advances they had 2 years with Casey and one with Rossi and under both it got worse and worse as the others wit their Alu frames marched on. Having a frame where the rear and front wheels are not connected via a frame to me always spells disaster As the capacity issue engineering confirms that for a given capacity more cylinders produces more power hence why an four will produce more than a twin and a V12 more than a 6 of the same capacity (all other things being equal). The limit should be set at 1000 and everybody brings their best game. Tradition is for suckers.


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Today, we conclude "This American Moment: The Conventions Edition." John Fund, a columnist for The Wall Street Journal, will join us from our headquarters at the Republican National Convention in Saint Paul. We'll talk with him about energy policy, which he thinks is particularly important. If energy issues matter to you — at this American moment, tell us why.
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On the point about voting fraud: If an election official asks an African American or any type of brown person for a state issued ID in order to prevent voter fraud; civil rights organizations call that "voter intimidation." Watch and see, It happens every Presidential election.
It was a very biased interview, with JOhn Fund pretending to say that "both sides" were at fault, but clearly impugning Barack Obama only. In addition, when NK asked specifically of John McCain had condemned the same kind of deceipt, he slimed out without answering. Pls. do not even bring such folks on, if they cannot be balanced!
African Americans are America's most patriotic citizens and John Fund just disparaged these citizens for stating that ACORN is attempting to allow people to vote who should not exercise that right.
Voting is a patriotic duty and the Republicans are constantly attempting to put barriers in place so real Americans cannot exercise their cherished freedoms.
When my (5-greats) grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War, there were African Americans fighting with him. There were no Jews, no Italians, no Irish Catholics, no Asians fighting for our independence. Over 5,000 African Americans fought for the Continental Army and Navy.
It was reported a few years ago that those casting two votes were the Jew who had homes in New York and Florida.
The visceral, divisive ranting of John Fund is an insult to real Americans!
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Having John Fund on as though he was a respectable journalist instead of a stooge of the Rupert Murdock Wall Street Journal and giving him a forum to talk to the nation is very disappointing of you. I assume you all know what is going on here. If this is your idea of responsible journalism, why don't you just lie down and let Karl Rove roll over you all?
I'm sorry, but this is simply ridiculous. Please wake up. The fate of the whole world may be at stake.
Apparently Mr. Fund either ignores, or is unaware of, this countries history of suppressing minority votes. For him to make unfounded accusations about important groups like ACORN, is both cynical and disingenuous. After 2000 Florida we are supposed to buy his lies? For NPR to continue providing an unchallenged platform for this brand of thinly veiled hate speech is inexcusable.
This was a clearly biased interview. John Fund was allowed to spew a series of unproven allegations unchallenged for any proof. NPR can and should do better than put this kind of garbage on the air.
Neal Conan really showed his true colors today by allowing the WSJ's John Fund to imply Barack Obama is involved in voter fraud.
I googled "Acorn" and "voter fraud" and stragely was only able to find links leading to the WSJ and all the usual right wing suspects.
I expect Fund to spew his RW nonsense, but I don't expect the host of TOTN to just allow him to do it without challenging such an outrageous charge.
When is TOTN going to have Stephen Spoonamore or Cliff Arnebeck on to discuss the the Justice Department investigation into Diebold machines dumping votes in Georgia in 2002 and in Ohio in 2004?
What's the deal? Where's NPR's vaunted "objectivity? Have your corporate sponsors given your election marching orders?
"Liberal Media" my ass!
Since it is so much a part of this election, I would like to hear at This American Moment a dicussion on racism from an anthpological perspective. As to whether racism is an inate survival tool from the past designed to protect our offspring and resources from others who do not have the same family genes and whether it evolved from what we call being territorial in other animals. Would it not be much easier to forgive each other for being racists if we understood that we were wired that way? And would it not be easier to let go of racism if we understood that it is no longer a necessary tool in a culture that lives by the rule of law and that has enough resources for everyone? I would like to hear racism discussed from this perspective because I believe it could help some of us become more tolerant.
I'd like to hear from Colin Powell
NPR professes to be the place where Americans can get unbiased political news. That was certainly not the case with Wall Street (Journalist? or Rupert Murdoch's fake news asset?) I was appalled at how he slimed the Acorn group & tied it to Obama. Then, when called on it & (along with NC) did not allow the caller to even finish, but continued the disingenuous tirade on Acorn, Obama & what he called the Daly/Chicago machine. Most Americans know that we've had two stolen elections, FL-2000 & 2004 in OH & NM, well documented & on record, VOTING FRAUD, not VOTER FRAUD. Well documented studies have shown there has very little VOTER FRAUD, but rather that it is a myth perpetrated by right-wing radio hacks & the RNC. In fact, the US attorneys that were fired were the ones that refused to bow to pressure to pursue cases of VOTER FRAUD that had no merit. Please do not have Fund on again.
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Yesterday, Sarah Palin gave her much anticipated speech, her introduction of herself to the American people. It was a huge success. Her performance was excellent and her style of presenting herself both orally and visually are impeccable. "A breath of fresh air" is exactly what I was feeling when she started into her speech and is no understatement to describe what I think most people felt on hearing her regardless of what they were thinking with their minds. She is definitely a captivating speaker. The only answer to John McCain's question at the end of the night is a resounding "Yes!"
Of course, a great part of what made her feel like a "breath of fresh air" was that she followed right on the heels of Mayor Giuliani, which I am sure was very carefully planned. His speech itself was tremendously effective and accomplished exactly what it's aim was--to wake everyone up, get the blood flowing and enhance how refreshingly new and different Governor Palin felt taking command of that stage. While perhaps the substance and messages of both speeches were, if not the same, aimed at stirring at the same heartstrings and emotions, I think Mayor Giuliani's contrast with Governor Palin's in-control and tough but level-headed demeanor demonstrate d that there is a lot more than the "lipstick" Governor Palin humorously referred to that differentiates a hockey mom from a pitbull.
Now Governor Palin had me throughout most of her speech. I felt that this was someone with whom I and my fellow Democrats could agree to disagree and have civil discourse. That was up until she started talking about taxes. I don't mind a position stated with passion. But Governor Palin betrayed the warm feelings of trust she had just gained from the independents, the undecided voters, the Hillary holdouts and others either not ready to trust Obama or simply disgusted with Washington altogether, now for many years, by lying straight out about Obama's stated decision to cut the taxes of middle class and working people by saying shamelessly that he stated his intent to raise them. Nor did she stop there. She went through a whole litany of different types of taxes he was planning raise, without bothering to mention that most of them apply only to the wealthiest 10% of Americans and have nothing to do with the taxes of the middle and working class people who are currently suffering tremendously without an iota of help from the current Republican administration nor even the slightest promise of any from either McCain or from Palin that Senator Obama hasn't already matched in his proposal. In fact, someone among the PBS pundits raised the fact earlier that McCain's tax proposal, embarrassingly for him, offers less in the way of tax cuts than does Obama. So the fact recognized by at least one journalist and tacitly accepted by his colleagues is that Obama's plan will actually cut your and my taxes more than McCain's! This is because McCain, like Palin, is a "fiscal conservative", so they have to keep at least as close to the appearance of a balanced budget as will support their image of doing something about the huge deficit George W. Bush and Dick Cheney have wastefully created. And since the largest budget outlay--defense spending--is not even on their table since they advocate staying in Iraq for "as long as it takes" to achieve "victory"--by their definition--to say nothing of other countries we are not even invested in either financially or in terms of manpower, they are forced to scale back the tax cuts they are promising to modest amounts or risk being financially "irresponsible".
Yet despite all this firm evidence to the contrary, Sarah Palin had the audacity to tell a boldfaced lie and say that not only that Barack Obama intends to raise our taxes--which would be bad enough--but that he actually said he intended to raise our taxes, and in so doing, all respect she had gained from me immediately flew right out the window. Unfortunately, however, I know that the same is not true for close to 80% of all Americans who heard those words of hers. That, my friends, is the Republicans' first "SWIFT BOAT" of this campaign. By "SWIFT BOAT", I mean, telling a lie about the Democratic candidate in such a forum and in so many ways over and over again that it becomes believed by enough people to turn the election. Such was the case when John Kerry's heroic efforts as one the members of a "swift boat" crew during the Vietnam War to return back to the danger zone to rescue his comrades instead of escaping to safety were called in the infamous ad campaign that slandered and defamed him, a lie, and it worked and succeeded in turning the poll numbers from his being ahead of George W. Bush to behind. George W. Bush was able to become President for a second term on the power of a lie. These words of Sarah Palin's during her convention acceptance speech, with John McCain not even the official Republican nominee, as the first "SWIFT BOAT" lie of this campaign against Barack Obama that has the odds of ensuring McCain's election by giving him the poll number boost he needs, show me clearly exactly what we are dealing with and how unfair and unlevel the playing field is. With the exception of limited comments the media aired today as rebuttals from Obama and Biden and their campaign, the magnitude of this lie and the magnitude of the audacity of this lie right in the middle of a very attractive and inspiring speech is something the clearly right-wing corporate-owned media has every interest in ignoring, fully knowingly.
The reality is that our chances--i.e. the chances of 99% of us--excuse me, 100% of us if you throw in the severe dangers both from global warming which Palin is clearly ignoring despite the sharp warnings of Al Gore and 4 successive hurricanes now in the past week, to say nothing of what lies beyond that continental shelf that Palin boasts of knowing so well--the reality is that our chances of winning this election and everyone's life becoming better, not worse is something marked by the worst odds imaginable. There is simply no way the Democrats and the people of America and the world can win against the corporate media and their slick Republican conventions and slick Republican ads. 80% of Americans have absolutely no option in media with the exception of the internet to receive anything but very polarizing, false and right-wing only programming from Fox News to EIB, with the major corporate networks all careful not to "upset the apple cart" by presenting anything that would enable a real debate of real issues to take place such as I am doing now. There is only one way Democrats and the human race have any hope at all--that is for anyone who realizes what I am saying and what Barack Obama is saying to drop everything between now and November and get out in those streets and register, register, register, canvass, canvass, canvass and dialogue, dialogue, dialogue. It means listening to people. It means meeting with people and talking with them one on one. Most people are completely disgusted with politics and you can easily see with the low approval rating of both elected branches of government how they feel. Both parties have failed to win the hearts of most people.
What we have seen in Barack Obama, John McCain and Sarah Palin are 3 different ways 3 different politicians with 3 very different backgrounds are all trying to fight the "Washington elite". They are all using the same rhetoric practically because they all know it is what Americans are hurting about. The task all 4 of the current candidates have is to convince Americans that they really have something to offer that makes a real difference and is not the same old rhetoric. Both parties' conventions had much of the same nonpartisan rhetoric, praising the ordinary, small-town working folk who are hurting nowadays. At the same time, both conventions indulged in the clear partisan rhetoric of past years that differentiates them. That would definitely quickly extinguish any flame of hope or excitement for change, or "reform" as the Republicans prefer to label their brand of change, on the part of people observing these spectacles.
Still and all, Sarah Palin touched a cord in all of us. If she could touch a cord in me, a Democrat through and through, it is easy to see why only she could effectively SWIFT-BOAT Barack Obama and get away with it. Barack Obama has a lot of star power but even that will only go so far in turning the tide here. But what does have greater power than Sarah Palin or any of the other Republicans can imagine is for Democrats to converge en masse in the places that are most crucial in this election and have one on one dialogues with one person after another patiently, winning their hearts through love, warmth and compassion--through just listening to their stories. Through patiently correcting the false impressions the Republican media is portraying about what's important in this election and bringing it back to the truth. The sometimes inconvenient truth, the at other times audacious truth, the truth which is a relief to hear and inspires hope, the truth that is only real when spoken to power, and the truth that refutes lies as soon as they begin--such as the lie that Barack Obama said he was going to raise your taxes. That's an easy one for all reading this to refute--just fact check it for yourself by going to his acceptance speech from a week ago. The lines "Listen carefully...I will cut taxes" will clearly stand out in refutation to Palin's boldfaced lie. This is what those millions of Americans desperately need to hear who have only FOX and EIB assaulting their ears and their intelligence day in, day out. That is why you and I have to go to these places and meet with these people one on one, one after another. That is the only way. But if we do it, we will definitely win. And the human race will be saved from all the destruction that the fear-mongering scary war-creating rhetoric of the Bush-Cheney-McCain-Palin agenda.
Lastly, I think it's time we stop this stupid "experience" game. If you are a Democrat or you believe in Barack Obama, you are doing him and all of us a disservice by taking the Republicans and their media's bait by getting into this issue. The moment I learned that Sarah Palin was McCain's pick, my immediate reaction was, "Thank goodness. McCain finally recognizes that this election is not about who has the most experience but about who brings the freshest voice for change/reform to Washington." From that moment, it should have become a dead issue. Yet stupidly, either some Democrats are simply real dumb or they are moles posing as Democrats who keep harping on this issue. I think they should either stop it or the rest of us should immediately fire them and get rid of them from our team. The fact is that all 4 of these people have unique experiences that only they have. They each have something invaluable that none of the other 3 have that will definitely be an asset to any administration. Were they to come together in the true nonpartisan spirit they all, especially Obama and McCain call for, the things such an administration could achieve would be remarkable and astounding!
Yet the Republicans could not get enough of harping on that issue, this time touting the "experience" card in terms of "executive experience". Putting aside that the ability to work with others is the primary quality necessary for any executive--which I know Sarah Palin is fully aware of, as is Rudy Giuliani, though he, like his counterpart in stubbornness in the White House, George W. Bush, did everything they could to avoid this necessary cooperative quality--and this is I believe why the framers of the Constitution made the Legislative Branch the focus of Article I and the Executive Branch the focus of Article II--putting this aside, it was amazing how everyone just jumped on that bandwagon about Sarah Palin having more experience than both Obama and Biden combined because she's the only one who held an executive position for any length of time. Well that would be fine and great! Were it not for one thing they all seem to have forgotten! The sum total of John McCain's executive experience is the exact same as both Biden's and Obama's-a big fat ZERO! How 'bout that! The Republicans themselves just said--not once, but over and over again--that John McCain doesn't have one iota of experience that counts for this position they are both running for and that therefore you have to elect him because--get this, now--because his running mate is the one with the experience! Does that sound like the kind of picture you want to highlight on your resume or job interview with a prospective employer?
Oh, but John McCain was a prisoner of war in an enemy camp for years and didn't once give in. Yes, that to me sounds like you're getting closer to the stuff of what a qualified candidate for our nation's top office is made of. Now we're getting to what the Republicans have been pushing about John McCain but what Barack Obama has been arguing for ever since he stood eye to eye with Hillary--it's character that's your most essential and most defining quality a prospective employer will be most interested in. "Don't have the experience? We'll train the right candidate." How many times have you seen that in a job ad? I've seen it thousands of times especially when the economy was good before the Republicans between Newt Gingrich and his "Republican revolution" and George W. Bush ruined it and employers didn't have their pick of candidates. People want a good person who is a person of character. And that is central to the words we remember our greatest leaders with, especially our greatest Presidents. Both Lincoln and Kennedy were legislators, not executives, and we know what they accomplished, including standing down Khrushchev in what were the world's 11 most tense days, thus saving the planet from what clearly looms closer and closer to annihilating us once again if we do not have in the White House a person who really knows how to defuse not ignite tensions. To John McCain's credit, even with his compromising with big money way too often, he is certainly light years closer to the kind of wisdom and good sense we need than are these two madmen who, in the pocket of big oil, have led us to danger which has never been more real and more present in the last 8 years. But at a time like this do you want someone who is even remotely associated this evil, pernicious side of human nature and which has robbed us of so much that we once enjoyed, especially our safety and security? Doesn't it make a whole lot more sense to make a clean break once and for all with those who have been in the driver's seat while our situation has gone down and down and further down?
In talking about the silly character vs. lack of experience issue and the real, more sinister issue of power vs. truth, I'd like to share the story of a young man who lived a long time ago in a land that then, as today, was racked with a lot of instability and danger. The name of that land, then as now, was called Israel. It was in danger of attack by another people, called the Philistines. The king of Israel, named Saul, had 100% of the executive experience of governing this young at the time kingdom which had just come together from a band of disparate and often disunited tribes. It is sometimes said that rather than any great capacity this man with executive experience had, it was rather the great threat posed by those people to the north, the Philistines, that quickly brought the tribes of Israel together into one kingdom. Whatever the reason, Saul had full intention, as is the way of kings, to pass his executive power of king onto his son, Jonathan. Which makes perfect sense considering that he was his son. But Jonathan had a friend named David. And Jonathan recognized in David something which turned out to be a point of contention between himself and his father. He recognized that David was a truly gifted individual with great promise. But that was all David had--great promise. He was no resume. He had no executive experience. At least Jonathan had the birthright. But from the point of view of people who see things only in terms of what's the official definition of entitlement, David had nothing. But I'm sure all of you reading this no that what David had dwarfed greatly anything Saul in his wildest dreams could imagine. Nothing the laws of the land or the customs of class and power could prepare Israel for the danger it was about to face nor for what and who would save them. As you all know, in Israel's most dire moment, it was David, a youth, not a man of many years' experience, not a general who commanded an army and not a man of royal blood, who displayed true human greatness and ingenuity and saved Israel. All he had was a tiny little device called a slingshot that he had devised that enabled him to take a giant unawares and bring him down. Because his friend and heir to Saul's kingdom, Jonathan, was not blinded by the power that surrounded him and understood what true power was made of, he refused to become king and gave his birthright to the man he knew could use it more effectively than anyone.
Together, in both action and word, but mostly in action, Jonathan and David spoke truth to power. They showed how feeble and useless the external trappings of power are at a crucial moment. John Fitzgerald Kennedy demonstrated the exact same thing when he used diplomacy and not guns to avert nuclear catastrophe.
So folks, though I don't know what John McCain will have said tonight since this writing precedes it, I want you to take David and Jonathan's story into the poll with you in your heart before you make your decision as to who you feel is most qualified to be our country's next leader. I want you to look hard into the face of reality and without flinching or getting scared ask yourself, "Which of these two men has the real character and ability to speak truth to power at all times, not just the menacing power of a Philistine giant or a North Vietnamese captor but the friendly and bewitching power of a king or a politician tied to a multibillion dollar industry blinded by the trappings of this same type power which afflicts all human beings universally?" And I want you to think hard about the right and honest answer to this question. We have already seen the boldface lies that people of such nature will go to do defend their political position--something Barack Obama will never do, despite the smears his opponents make up every day. That is the crucial difference.
John McCain is a big refreshing change from George W. Bush. But the great news is we don't have to settle for a little change. We can settle for a real and big change, the kind of "once and for all" change I know you all yearn for desperately in your hearts.
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As an objective listener, I did not hear Mr Fund make any outright accusations. In the program I was listening to, he backed up what he said. Is this not an important part of journalism?
To me, if there are people who are charged and convicted and/or plead guilty then these are largely true statements. Granted I don't know the background about this fellow, and granted he largely gave examples against Mr Obama's affiliation, and only suggested that it was possible that Mr McCain's party could possibly have been involved in similar such activities in the past. I felt that he did represent both sides, if not equally. Sometimes both sides can't be represented equally. If there are more examples for one side than the other should we simply brush some of them under the rug to make things equal?
I heard nothing unfairly biased this afternoon and I heard no outright attack against anyone, and I feel that the uproar is largely hype that everyone is creating. As I said in the beginning, I don't know any background and I'm purely giving my objective views. If there is more to the story that I'm unaware of then I apologize for my ignorance. But please don't make a mountain out of a molehill if that indeed is the case.
I would like to hear from Ralf Nader
Talk of the Nation, yesterday you allowed John Fund from the Wash. Post to have his say about supposed voter fraud, it is your duty to give the other side and all those he impugned a chance for rebuttal!!!!!!!
You must have someone on from Acorn, it is my understanding that they have NOT had so many convictions on voter fraud but a lot of politically motivated indictments and investigations. You must have someone from Obama's camp on for rebuttal, it is only fair! Also I would have someone from Daley's office and David Orr's office, the Cook County Clerk in charge of the largest election jurisdiction in America on as well. Also and this is very important, there is very minuscule voter fraud in America, where voter's try to commit fraud but there is serious and widespread election fraud in America where the election systems are manipulated by entrenched powers! You must have a rebuttal from Bev Harris of Black Box Voting or Robert F Kennedy!
You allowed one side of of this story to be aired now it is your duty to allow the other sides to have their say too! I will be listening for your decisions on this matter very carefully! You have an obligation to America to air the whole story on the status of our elections at this crucial time in history!
Dr. Lora Chamberlain
Why exactly is there no limit to the space a commenter, like Ginsburg, can take up? Does he have a blog of his own?
By the way, there's nothing wrong with having a right wing shill on the show, so long as he isn't presented as an objective observer. And sure, there are objective conservative observers, and sure, their comments are worth listening to. It's just that Fund isn't one of them. This was a farce.
Fund accuses ACORN of having a "tradition and a history of manipulating the election process and trying to sneak people in who shouldn't be voting." Americans must determine fact versus fiction when entertaining Fund.
The fact is ACORN has NEVER been for voter fraud, violating election laws, or encouraging ineligible voters. But what the organization has done is challenged the status quo by helping more than 3 million minority and low-income Americans register to vote as well as it has won wage increases for 1.5 million low-income workers by combining voter registration drives with ballot initiatives in 2006 to pass laws in AZ, CO, MI, and Ohio, also key battleground states for this election.
But Fund fails to report these facts because they are opposed to the right-winged agenda: to suppress the minority vote. Instead, he opts to fantasize about "voter fraud." So pathetic.
Statement from ACORN President Maude Hurd:
"On NPR last week at the Republican National Convention, Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund continued his tirades against ACORN's successful voter registration work, which added more than 1.1 million minority and low-income Americans to the rolls this election season."
Fund accuses ACORN of having "a tradition and a history of manipulating the election process and trying to sneak people in who shouldn't be voting."
Americans must determine fact versus fiction when entertaining John Fund.
Fact: ACORN has NEVER been indicted for voter fraud, violating elections laws or encouraging ineligible citizens to vote.
Fact: ACORN has challenged the status quo by helping more than 3 million minority and low-income Americans register to vote since 2004.
Fact: ACORN has won wage increases for 1.5 million low-income workers by combining voter registration drives with ballot initiatives in 2006 to pass laws in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri and Ohio, also key battleground states for this election.
Fund fails to report these facts, because they are opposed to the right-wing agenda: to suppress the minority vote. Instead, he chooses to fantasize about "voter fraud."
Studies suggest there is no evidence that voters are intentionally corrupting the electoral process, let alone in numbers that dilute and "cancel" votes of other Americans as Fund contends, according to the Project Votes report, "The Politics of Voter Fraud," citing U.S. Department of Justice reports.
"Government records show that only 24 people were convicted of or pleaded guilty to illegal voting between 2002 and 2005, an average of eight people a year," according to the Project Vote report.
On the other hand, there is substantial evidence that Republicans continue to engage in "election fraud," using "caging lists" of unforwarded mail to registered voters to challenge their eligibility at the polls. The 1993 National Voter Registration Act, which Fund calls "a machine for corruption," prohibits political parties from using caging lists. The U.S. Justice Department issued a consent decree against the National GOP from operating illegal caging lists, but state chapters continued the practice.
"In 2004, political operatives targeted more than half a million voters in voter caging campaigns in nine states. At least 77,000 voters had their eligibility challenged between 2004 and 2006," according to a September 2007 Project Vote report, "Caging Democracy: a 50-year history of partisan challenges to minority voters."
The Republican caging machine is already operating in high gear this election season, putting in harm's way nearly 600,000 unsuspecting Ohio registered voters. On Sept. 5, Ohio elections officials sent out a mass mailer stamped "do not forward" to all registered voters with an absentee ballot and other information for Nov. 4.
After being pressed by a persistent NPR caller, Fund admitted to Republicans committing election fraud.
"Intimidation at the polls, blocking people from voting, sending out mailings to people that target them on the basis of race, has been part of Republican activities," Fund said on NPR. "Not recently that I've discovered in the research for my book, 'Stealing Elections.' But it has to be condemned, and it has been condemned. I condemned it."
With the country facing perhaps the most important election of this century, Fund should practice what he preaches in "condemning" voter suppression by focusing on the facts of empowering Americans to participate in our great democracy, rather than propagating fiction that further disparages voters from exercising their rights.


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