Showing posts with label Neo-Cons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Neo-Cons. Show all posts

Sunday, February 13, 2011

CPAC Voting, 2008-2011

The Neo-Con grip on CPAC is definitely slipping:
% of Neo-Cons receiving votes
2008-c. 81%
2009-c. 74%
2010-c. 55%
2011-c. 53%
% of Libertarians/Constitutionalists/Paleoconservatives receiving votes
2008-c. 12-15%
2009-c. 13-17%
2010-c. 31-37%
2011-c. 42-46%
Ron Paul's placement at CPAC in votes (Placement of Neo-Cons):
2008-4th (3 of top 4 Neo-Cons)
2009-3rd (7 of top 8 Neo-Cons)
2010-1st (5 of top 6 Neo-Cons)
2011-1st (1 of top 4 Neo-Cons)

Monday, December 27, 2010

"Hypocrisy - U.S. Approved Business With Blacklisted Nations: Still Doing Billions in Business with Iran"

"At the behest of a host of companies — from Kraft Food and Pepsi to some of the nation’s largest banks — a little-known office of the Treasury Department has granted nearly 10,000 licenses for deals involving countries that have been cast into economic purgatory, beyond the reach of American business."