tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15405788.post114969598684783963..comments2024-01-04T07:33:10.137-05:00Comments on Seldom Wrong, Never in Doubt: A Chance for Cincinnati to Play It StraightJon A. Alfred E. Michael J. Wile E. SWNIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04595651777890086293noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15405788.post-1150513708880982002006-06-16T23:08:00.000-04:002006-06-16T23:08:00.000-04:00I suggest that "The Dean" devote his time to watch...<I>I suggest that "The Dean" devote his time to watching figures with an actual chance of influencing public policy.</I><BR/><BR/>Presumably that list would include <A HREF="http://www.cincinnatibeacon.com/index.php/magaddiction/comments/blackwell_watch_more_documented_gothard_connections/" REL="nofollow">Ken Blackwell.</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15405788.post-1150513478775214792006-06-16T23:04:00.000-04:002006-06-16T23:04:00.000-04:00Arizona State Treasurer David Petersen, closely af...Arizona State Treasurer David Petersen, closely affiliated with the "Character First" movement, <A HREF="http://arizonacapitoltimes.1upmonitor.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=3127&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=&S=1" REL="nofollow">is under investigation for accepting illegal contributions</A> in exchange for establishing "character training" programs in that state, similar to the programs established by Phil Heimlich in Cincinnati. <BR/><BR/>Cincinnati insurance salesman <A HREF="http://www.cincinnatibeacon.com/index.php/magaddiction/comments/mike_daly_buying_influence_from_phil_heimlich/" REL="nofollow">Mike Daly has stated</A> that Heimlich assisted him in establishing the program in Cincinnati after Daly made a campaign contribution to Heimlich.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15405788.post-1149861940952538962006-06-09T10:05:00.000-04:002006-06-09T10:05:00.000-04:00Sounds pretty sinister: donors find a politician w...Sounds pretty sinister: donors find a politician with whom they share points of view, donors donate, politician asks donors for ideas or input, donors suggest a "Character Council" from which they receive no personal benefit whatsoever, politician initiates "Character Council."<BR/><BR/>Oooh! Promoting "character" in Cincinnati. How sinister! How extremely right wing! Battle stations, lovers of freedom!<BR/><BR/>Phil Heimlich can be criticized for being egotistical, divisive, stubborn, mean and a lot of other things. But if this is the best anyone can do to label him corrupt, then his opponents are pathetic.<BR/><BR/>Bribery implies a quid pro quo arranged as a condition of payment. Asking a donor about policy ideas is not accepting a bribe.<BR/><BR/>"The Dean" refers to the initiator of this non-bribe as an associate of the "Gothardites." If he refers to associates of Bill Gothard, a formerly-well-known, fringe Christian speaker of ever-declining influence whom we have criticized for years for his outrageously tendentious eisegesis of Scripture, then I suggest that "The Dean" devote his time to watching figures with an actual chance of influencing public policy.<BR/><BR/>Short version: get a life.Jon A. Alfred E. Michael J. Wile E. SWNIDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04595651777890086293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15405788.post-1149820849731879972006-06-08T22:40:00.000-04:002006-06-08T22:40:00.000-04:00The Dean just posted a transcript of a speech by a...The Dean just posted a transcript of a speech by a <A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/kxe9j" REL="nofollow">campaign donor describing how he bribed Phil Heimlich.</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com