Steal This Idea
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007Kinky Shit
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007Ayad Allawi Subverting Two Democracies At Once
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Iraq opposition dude Ayad Allawi is campaigning for the ouster of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki the old-fashioned way: paying a foreign lobbying firm with close ties to the leader of his country’s occupying power to back him. Democracy! There’s just a slight problem — no, not the “making a mockery of all claims of Iraqi sovereignty” bit. It’s that he’s in violation of US lobbying laws! MORE »
I Really Get a Dirty Mind
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007Fundraiser Wine
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007Here’s to the Lobbyists Who Lunch
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007Everyone At Fault in Bridge Disaster
Friday, August 3rd, 2007
When inexplicable tragedies happen, some turn to god, and some turn to drink. We turn to our Anonymous Lobbyist. And also drink.
The 35W bridge collapse doesn’t present too many easy scapegoats — Pawlenty and Bush do severely fuck up everything they’re supposed to be in charge of managing, but America’s decaying infrastructure isn’t exactly the work of one or two men. No, years and years of work and lobbying went into ensuring that nothing would ever be repaired! AL explains how, after the jump.











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