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Wed March 17, 2010
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(Major League Baseball) Amusing Washington apologizes for cocaine use. Now if only they would apologize for slutting around with lobbyists, we might be getting somewhere  (mlb.mlb.com) (19)
(Huffington Post) Sad Obama struck deal with for-profit hospital lobbyists to kill the public option, while still touting the public option  (huffingtonpost.com) (104)

Fri March 12, 2010
(The Newspaper) Florida Widow telling tragic story of husband's death to state legislature is actually illegal, unregistered lobbyist using husband's death for her own and others' financial gain  (thenewspaper.com) (11)

Tue March 09, 2010
(LA Times) Asinine Not News: LA City Council can't say "no" to any expenditures. News: Because they have a computer that automatically votes "yes" when they're not in chambers. FARK: Giving them more time for lobbyists and cigarettes  (latimes.com) (46)

Fri March 05, 2010
(Jerusalem Post) Followup Now that Israel and Turkey are all pissy at each other, Turkey can't get the U.S. pro-Israeli lobby to ensure the U.S. congress doesn't accuse Turkey of an Armenian Genocide  (jpost.com) (59)

Thu March 04, 2010
(AJC) PSA Ladies, just because its now trendy to have a relationship with men 20 years younger doesn't give you the right the shoot him. This holds especially true if you're a lobbyist for an anti-domestic violence organization  (ajc.com) (49)

Wed March 03, 2010
(Boston Herald) Interesting Massachusetts corporate executives work together to influence lawmaking, which makes them unregistered lobbyists for each other, which makes them criminals  (bostonherald.com) (39)

Thu February 25, 2010
(Dueling Couches) Interesting Drew Brees is lobbying (through his twitter account) for the Saints to sign RB Ladainian Tomlinson  (duelingcouches.blogspot.com) (51)

Wed February 24, 2010
(Guardian.com) Stupid US copywright lobby likens open source software to piracy. With a helpful picture of what a programmer may look like  (guardian.co.uk) (141)
(Boston Globe) Interesting Massachusetts could be first state to require open access to car diagnostic codes as lawmakers decide today which side hired the best lobbyists  (boston.com) (185)

Fri February 05, 2010
(MSNBC) Stupid German historians want to re-release Hitler's book "Mein Kampf", their reasoning? "the copyright runs out in 2015, opening the way for neo-Nazi groups to publish their own versions."  (msnbc.msn.com) (163)

Thu January 28, 2010
(The Hill) Dumbass The day after President Obama ripped lobbyists in the State of The Union address, K Street insiders get private briefings. Damn it man  (thehill.com) (176)

Wed January 27, 2010
(The Hill) Obvious Obama's spending freeze is getting results already: Lobbyists are rushing to get their projects on the final $80 billion stimulus plan before the wallet closes  (thehill.com) (106)

Tue January 26, 2010
(TwinCities.com) Interesting Vikings teammates lobbying for Favre's return. He's reportedly so popular over there, everyone wants to be in the huddle  (twincities.com) (109)

Wed January 13, 2010
(Boston Herald) Dumbass Democratic Senate candidate Martha Coakley says she doesn't know why a member of her entourage knocked a reporter to the ground, as she was too busy attending a fundraiser put on by health care industry lobbyists  (news.bostonherald.com) (64)

Wed January 06, 2010
(Rasmussen Reports) Interesting Just 32 percent of voters believe their congressman is representing their best interests, while the other 68 percent aren't lobbyists for agriculture or defense industries  (rasmussenreports.com) (26)

Tue January 05, 2010
(Some Guy) Ironic A year after the biggest bailout in US history, Wall Street lobbyists don't just have influence in Washington. They own it lock, stock, and barrel  (motherjones.com) (78)

Fri January 01, 2010
(Mandarin Oriental Barcelona) Photoshop Photoshop this modern hotel lobby  (contemporist.com) (35)

Sat December 26, 2009
(Politico) Interesting Washington influence peddlers on track to shatter last year's record $3.3 billion spent lobbying Congress. That's change we hoped we wouldn't have to believe in  (politico.com) (41)

Sat December 12, 2009
(WLBZ2.com) Amusing The Hillsborough County Sheriffs Department had little trouble finding some stolen Christmas wreaths. They were being sold by the bailiff in the lobby of the Superior Court  (wlbz2.com) (13)

Mon December 07, 2009
(The New York Times) Obvious And these are the people we trust to "reform" health care? Congress passes rules to stop lobbyist-paid junkets, then gets around them through loopholes  (nytimes.com) (40)

Mon November 30, 2009
(Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) Asinine Pennsylvania local governments spent $4 million in taxpayer dollars to lobby state and federal governments to give them more taxpayer dollars. Which they can use to lobby for more taxpayer dollars  (pittsburghlive.com) (48)

Sat November 28, 2009
(Boston Globe) Dumbass Lobbyist charged in corruption case told judge his incriminating email messages shouldn't be used against him because they were meant to be private  (boston.com) (41)

Fri November 27, 2009
(Washington Post) Spiffy New Obama policy costs hundreds of Washington lobbyists their jobs  (washingtonpost.com) (220)

Tue November 24, 2009
(Washington Monthly) Asinine CNN can keep the RNC's new Communications Director as an "analyst" because the RNC isn't paying him. Fark: the RNC isn't paying him because he's that deep in the insurance lobby's pocket  (washingtonmonthly.com) (27)

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