OMG...Open that can of snakes! Alexander Strategy Group/Delay/Buckham

[KoKo]

Thanks to Buzzflash for this info from "Disinfopedia." If we can expose Delay and this Alexander Strategy Group we have a good chance of hobbling the Repug Beast and thwarting some of it's more malevolent games against us. Blackwater Mercenaries for hire is one of their clients, too. Those "Private Contractors" making mucho $$$$$$ over in Iraq and Afghanistan who got in trouble in Falujah.

PLEASE READ THE WHOLE LINK, I could only snip a little and it's a real shocker:

http://www.civicactions.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Alexander_Strategy



From Disinfopedia: (3MX)

Alexander Strategy Group (3MY)

The Alexander Strategy Group (ASG) is a Republican Party-associated lobbying and political strategy firm with offices in Washington and Hong Kong. ASG was founded by Ed Buckham, the former chief of staff to Texas GOP Congressman and House Majority Whip Tom DeLay?, and Tony Rudy, a lobbyist for pharmaceutical companies and also a former top aide to DeLay?. (3MZ)

According to its website: "Unlike traditional lobbying firms, Alexander Strategy Group offers an integrated suite of advocacy services that includes government affairs, strategic consulting, public relations, grassroots development, creative media, international representation, coalition building, business development and corporate/crisis communications."<4> And, from a press release: ASG has "worked extensively with the Executive and Legislative branches of government, been involved in numerous Presidential and Congressional campaigns, forged alliances with numerous conservative advocacy groups and worked at the highest levels of the international arena."<5> (3N1)
(SNIP)

The North Carolina-based private military contractor Blackwater USA hired ASG for crisis management, public and media relations as Blackwater - and private military contractors in general - came under increased public scrutiny following the public killing and mutilation of four employees in Fallujah, Iraq on March 31, 2004. <8> (3N3)

Other ASG clients include the Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations, the Asbestos Study Group<9>, Time Warner, National Association of Convenience Stores, the National Housing & Rehabilitation Association<10>, AT&T<11>, the Alliance for Automobile Manufacturers, Agriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform, Eli Lilly, KOCH Industries, Microsoft, Nuclear Energy Institute, Xcel Energy and United States Telecom Association.<12> (3N4)

Contact Info ALEXANDER STRATEGY GROUP Mike Mihalke, Senior Partner 3000 K St. NW, Suite 101 Washington, DC 20007 (3N5)

http://www.alexanderstrategy.com (3N6)

> http://www.civicactions.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Alexander_Strategy

[Jo March]

1. Wow and kick

We need to have media on our side, dammit! We need to get this out there!!

[caligirl]

4. Any suggestions on when and how? I still have the media blaster addys t

tucked into a file.

[Jo March]

10. We need someone to write this up in a simple and clear manner

The media, bless some of their hearts, are none too bright and need to have help digesting the stuff that Rove doesn't give them.

[KoKo]

20. Agree...there must be someone here who can put this all into context

Delay, Abramoff, Indian Gameing, Lobbying, Lobbying, Pharmaceutical Interests, Asbestos, Enron, Coal and Cheney's Energy Committee after 2000 Selection,Gore/Bush in Recount 2000, Nuclear Power, Oil, the Ridnauers and ripping off Social Security folks for dollars with Mail Fraud, the "fake Repug Anti-Scientists who spew out fake numbers about Science in league with the Dominionists and those who don't believe in Evolution, and the fake Environmentalists Repugs who call things "Clear Skies" and "Clean Waters," etc. :crazy:

I don't have time to do it...but someone needs to pull it all together. It's massive, though and I don't want any DU'ers found in Motel Rooms in warm baths with slashed wrists, either. :-(

[Jo March]

21. I know what you mean

I look over my shoulder sometimes!!

[LiberalFighter]

31. Wouldn't that mean that DeLay is a paid lobbyist on the side?

As well as his staff?

[Jo March]

34. That's the way that I read it. nt

[caligirl]

2. Kick

[Career Prole]

3. "Other ASG clients include...the Asbestos Study Group"

PR WATCH - What were the largest lobbying contracts on Washington DC's power corridor, K Street, in 2004? According to The Hill, top honors go to the Asbestos Study Group, who paid $5.5 million for six months of "lobbying and substantive expertise." The Asbestos Study Group is "a group of large companies that have been defendants in asbestos lawsuits," including Halliburton and Viacom. The "Patient Safety - Pharmaceutical Systems Group," which includes Pfizer, Wyeth, Johnson & Johnson and other drug companies, paid $1.4 million for lobbying on "general patient safety and related pharmaceutical issues." Other major lobbiers include the Business Roundtable, Microsoft, United Airlines and Hewlett Packard.

http://prorev.com/2004/12/biggest-lobbying-contracts.htm

DeLay and Cheney, sittin' in a tree...

[SpiralHawk]

9. Asbestos? Did somebody say asbestos?

That substance is some majorly fugly stuff for Bush & corporate cronies. They have pulled -- and are pulling -- so much fugly stuff on the people of the United States around asbestos.

Wake up America. We are getting screwed -- and poisoned -- by Bush and his rich corporate cronies.

But on the bright side, if more US citizens develop lung diseases associated with asbestos, it could mean a boost to the bottom-line profits of legal Drug Companies, and Profit-Making "Health Care" Corporations.

What's good for BushCo, is good for BushCo.

[intheflow]

27. "...and Viacom."

And the original message tied into Time Warner. Well there's a third of the television market right there. No wonder we don't get any coverage.

[Alizaryn]

5. Kick

[blm]

6. This is a who's who of the BFEE. TIME Warner (CNN) Liberal media, my ass.

Koch Industries. Always remember they are the ones who roped Dean in on that Vermont Yankee deal and I have no doubt they pushed some papers to make him appear dirty. That is what they do. I hope Dean is prepared to counter their crap.

[caligirl]

7. kick

:kick: :kick:

[kentuck]

8. ...and there is $9billion dollars unaccounted for..???

Good place to start the search..

[DemoTex]

11. And guess who used to work for ASG ... Brian H. Darling!

The legal counsel to Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) admitted yesterday that he was the author of a memo citing the political advantage to Republicans of intervening in the case of Terri Schiavo, the senator said in an interview last night.

Brian H. Darling, 39, a former lobbyist for the Alexander Strategy Group on gun rights and other issues, offered his resignation and it was immediately accepted, Martinez said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32554-2005Apr6.html

The shit is flying now!

[cry baby]

13. There it is...the achilles heal (I hope)

Randi Rhodes was making the connection between Delay, Martinez and Darling very clear in the first hour of her show.

Personally, I hope Delay holds on for another 6 months at least. I think he is so tainted that the 2006 elections will swing to the left. Since the Amurkan people have short memories, it is necessary that this come crashing down closer to election time.

nominated for greatest

[KoKo]

17. DemoTex...I have a relative who works for American Eagle...the name

Brian Darling sort of stuck out in my mind from stuff he e-mailed me after 9/11.

I did check on Google and found he'd (Darling) worked for American Flight Deck attendants (as a paid lobbyist) in trying to "beef up security." That article was much less innocuous than what I posted here.

Hey, maybe he did some good stuff for American...but his other half is evil. I know folks are more complicated that they appear.

[DemoTex]

26. I see too that his group did work for the Coalition of Airline Pilots.

The weak that won't join the AFL-CIO's ALPA and make a really strong union. Real limp dicks in my book.

Allied Pilots Association (APA)
American

Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA)
Southwest

Teamsters Local 1224
ABX Air

National Pilots Association (NPA)
AirTran

Independent Pilots Association (IPA)
UPS

Get some balls guys and gals. Join a real union and fight the man.

[DemoTex]

12. Kicked and nominated.

:kick:

[proud patriot]

14. Randi Rhodes is all over this today

she is getting many repug calls and she is kicking ass

[Nikki Stone 1]

19. I love, love, love Randi Rhodes!

Sort of off topic, but I can't say this enough. Randi Rocks!

[welshTerrier2]

24. Randi's point was that this went well beyond Delay ...

linking a couple of aides in Martinez's office back to Delay is yet another important story that will not make any substantial progress for Democrats ... frankly, the republicans are probably about ready to toss Delay to the sharks anyway ...

but there is a greater evil that's been outed with this incident ... and that is the republican media spin machine ... they were all over the lie that Democrats forged this memo and leaked it to the press ... the whole vast right-wing conspiracy got into the act on this one ...

and those in the media who claim to be objective, those who parroted every word the rovian spinmeisters peddled about this, will now do what ??? will they uncover the channels of lies? will they stop listening to spin from the right-wing? will they start being real journalists who protect the truth to help the country?

yeah, right ... way right ...

[Jo March]

35. We need a good journalist with 1) integrity and 2) great ratings

We need an Edward R. Murrow, dammit!

Who can we contact in the media for this??

[seemslikeadream]

15. Because of Delay's ties with people scamming Native Americans

might want to keep an eye on Native American Private Military Companies. I had a couple names but am still looking for them.

Buy Native American

Military contractors have also recently been exploiting another major loophole to win lucrative contracts by partnering with corporations run by native American tribes, because tribal companies enjoy special status under law that allow them to receive contracts without first competing against other companies.

Recent news stories have reported that after landing the contracts, the tribal businesses – mostly Alaska native corporations – then frequently subcontract the work, according to writer Michael Scherer of Mother Jones magazine.

“The system was established in the mid-1990s to help native communities, where unemployment rates often exceed 40 percent,” Scherer notes in the January 2005 issue. “It has also become a way for large corporations with no Native American ownership to receive no-bid contracts, an avenue for federal officials to steer work to favored companies, and a device for speeding privatization.”

One tribal company, Olgoonik Corporation, won a $225 million contract for construction work on U.S. military bases and embassies, but much of the actual work is being done by Halliburton, Scherer reports. (See also Private Company Manages Daily Bombing of Korean Village)

The Los Angeles Times also recently identified two similar contracts worth as much as $1 billion signed with two small Alaska Native firms for security services as 36 military bases without competitive bidding. Part of the work was then subcontracted to two of the country's largest security firms: Wackenhut Services and Vance Federal Security Services, despite the fact that the same two companies both lost in contract competitions against other companies for similar security contracts, according to reporter T. Christian Miller.

Congressional Democrats have called for further investigation saying that such arrangements are “sleight of hand.”

http://www.corpwatch.org/print_article.php?&id=11780

Probe of Security Contracts Sought
Some Post-9/11 Awards Given Without Bids to Native Alaskans

By Scott Higham and Robert O'Harrow Jr.
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, March 5, 2005; Page A04

Federal lawmakers yesterday called for a congressional investigation into a flurry of homeland-security-related contracts that were awarded after the 2001 terrorist attacks to Alaska Native Corporations, many of them without competitive bidding.

Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.), chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, and the panel's ranking Democrat, Rep. Henry A. Waxman (Calif.), also requested contract documents from the Department of Homeland Security, the Pentagon and the State Department.

The lawmakers asked the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, to examine the reliance on Alaska Native Corporations for homeland security and military contracts worth as much as $2.2 billion.

"This could be turning into a scam because of the sole-source nature of these contracts," Davis said. "The purpose of federal procurement is to make sure taxpayers are getting their dollars' worth."

...

Chris McNeil Jr., chairman of the Native American Contractors Association and chief executive of one of the largest Alaska Native Corporations, Sealaska Corp., said in a statement that the contract program "is working as Congress intended -- finally building tribal, sustainable economies that train our people, return a profit to our tribal members (numbering in the tens of thousands), educate Native American children and raise our communities out of poverty."

Alaska Native Corporations have won contracts to provide security at military installations, maintain sophisticated scanning machines at ports and borders, build U.S. military bases and provide information technology assistance for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8454-2005Mar4.html

[KoKo]

22. Thanks for this link......more creepiness from Pentagon Privatization...

after they've run thought Native Americans they will be after all of us who've been downsized, merged and outsourced...

[caligirl]

28. kick

:kick:

[jen4clark]

16. kick!

This will only get out as far as we spread it so let's keep this kicked and email it out to everyone we know! Encourage them to pass it on to everyone they know. And support Richard Morrison!

[btyarbro]

18. kick

and thanks!

http:www.politicalstrategy.org

[KoKo]

23. Another one.....

[ewagner]

25. Kick

This is important stuff..........

:kick:

[LibraLiz1973]

30. Kick

Excellent Post

[caligirl]

29. kick

waiting for someone to write this?

[paineinthearse]

32. 8 greatest votes and no read in 9 hours?

Post prior to mine was made at Apr-08-05 12:19 AM

[Beam Me Up]

37. Good morning paininthearse!

Threads like this will get read if we keep them kicked. leaving for a 3-day weekend in a bit, though. c-ya

[paineinthearse]

38. When will people learn that there are many more posts in any forum...

...than just the first page?

[OneTwentyoNine]

33. Sounds like money laundering when it comes to Delays wife.....

She's getting 40K per year,paid by Alexander Stradegy but its really for work done for Delay's ARM.

Funny,she gets almost $800.00 per week from Alexander Strategy yet she's not even on a staff list.

BUMP.....

[Jo March]

36. Luckily the Delay stories have the stuff that appeals to the masses

Mention champagne and a hottub and folks suddenly get interested. Once they are hooked, then the other stuff just fuels their interest, especially the baby shower story.

We need to use this to our advantage.

We also need to link *'s name with Delay's at every turn until they become one word:

bushanddelay, bushanddelay, bushanddelay, bushanddelay