"Small Government" Conservative Think Tank Uses Government Against Professors

Gov. Walker's Fans, Photo from TPM

This one's just a little weird. Using the government to go after professors who may have used terms like "Wisconsin," "Madison" (wow, that isn't too broad!) and oddly, "Maddow" in email correspondence. See, conservatives really don't like professors, for their book learnin' and liberal leanings. So they're trying to git 'em, but they're doing so in a way that sort of uses the very "big government" they supposedly deplore. And along the way, they're going against the "nobody watches MSNBC" meme, as well as the "what Governor Walker is doing is very popular" line.

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Conservative Think Tank Seeks Michigan Profs' Emails About Wisconsin Union Battle ... And Maddow



A free enterprise think tank in Michigan -- backed by some of the biggest names in national conservative donor circles -- has made a broad public records request to at least three in-state universities with departments that specialize in the study of labor relations, seeking all their emails regarding the union battle in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) and MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, TPM has learned. . ."
 
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Conservative Group Wants President-for-Life Bush?

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Do you remember the 80s Twilight Zone: The Movie, where ambulance driver Dan Aykroyd says, "Do you want to see something REALLY scary?" I can't think of anything much more scary than this. Now, I've never heard of "Family Security Matters," a conservative think tank, but have an instantaneous negative reaction to conservative groups with "family" in their names. This may be just conspiracy theory, tin-foil hat paranoia.

In any event, this bears watching. . .

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Front group associated with Cheney calls for Bush to be dictator... for life...

Family Security Matters a neo-conservative based think tank has published an article advocating that George W. Bush should be a dictator for life. The organization has since taken the article down, but is still viewable via this cached link.

Conquering the Drawbacks of Democracy: By Philip Atkinson. . .

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