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<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">p 156 mashey 2012</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Z<b>.2007.</b>02-10 <b>David Ridenour</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Senators’ Inquisition Attempts to Stifle Science, Debate</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">“Nicolas Copernicus was condemned for suggesting that the sun, rather than the</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Earth, was the center of our universe. …</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Today,<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> U.S. Sens. Olympia Snowe and John Rockefeller IV are engaging in</span></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">persecution of their own, attempting to silence dissenting voices. </span>Just what do</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">they fear? … IRS-3E</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Truth, Science Will Prevail</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Scientific method isn’t about winning popularity contests. It’s also not about</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">being with the majority opinion. It isn’t supposed be determined by politics. It is</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">about attempting to limit bias or prejudice in the results.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Unfortunately, by attempting to cut off some of the funding for those who</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">contribute to the diversity of both the scientific and public policy debate, Sens.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Snowe and Rockefeller are attempting to bias the results.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">They will fail, however, because funding from energy companies is not what is</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">fueling the vigorous climate change debate.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">What is fueling the debate is a genuine, sincere difference of opinion.”</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Ridenour’s degree is in political science and he is now President of</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">NCPPR, after a 25-year tenure as Vice president.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">768</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>Unsurprisingly NCPPR has gotten ExxonMobil funding.</b> 769</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"> In fact, almost </font><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;">all of the foundation funding identifiable then came from ExxonMobil.</span></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Likewise, (Fig. F.4), NCPPR was able to obtain tobacco funding, so one</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">wonders how many children got addicted from NCPPR’s assistance. That</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">might be a question to ask of Mr. Ridenour for his impassioned defense of</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">science. Has NCPPR ever done much real science? Any?</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">768 www.nationalcenter.org/bios/ridenourd.html</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">www.eri-nonprofitsalaries.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=NPO.Summary&EIN=521226614</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">This is another family business, run by Amy and David Ridenour.</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">769 MAS2010 p.71, </font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font>

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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In a widely reprinted column, the National Center for Public Policy Research’s (NCPPR) David Ridenour attacks White House energy and climate change adviser Carol Browner as a “socialist” and “zealot” with “so much baggage she could be an airline”:</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As little respect as she has shown for the law, she has shown even less for science.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ridenour’s arguments include the bizarre Drudge Report attack that Browner is a socialist, accusing Browner of complicity in an EPA case for which she was fully acquitted, and the repetition of a 1995 claim of “illegal lobbying” by then-Congressman David McIntosh (R-IN), which the New York Times explained then involved “doing things that have long been routine functions of officials in the executive branch, practices that lawyers in Republican and Democratic administrations alike have declared legal.”</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In fact, it is the National Center for Public Policy Research that has little respect for the law, and even less for science:</font>

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<div class="editline" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Edited on Tue Oct-19-04 01:02 PM by KoKo01</font></div>

<div class="medtext longop"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">(Seems David Ridenour is working with the "Free Market" Environmental Groups while his wife Amy gives talking points to Rush Limbaugh and others, when she isn't soliciting money from frightened senior citizens.)

I think it's possible that they are using money scammed from Seniors to fund their operation along with the grants they have. Why else with their busy lives and independent funding would they need to resort to scamming the elderly? She and her husband with a staff of 9 people reported 6.9 Million in 2003...where is all this money coming from?

Quote from "Disinfopedia" about their income:

<i>In 2002 ExxonMobil donated $30,000 for "educational activities" and a further $15,000 for general support. <3> (<a href="http://www2.exxonmobil.com/files/corporate/public_policy1.pdf" target="blank">http://www2.exxonmobil.com/files/corporate/public_polic...</a> ) In 2003 the company boosted its general operating support to $25,000 with another $30,000 for 'global climate change/EnviroTruth website".<4> (<a href="http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/files/corporate/giving_report.pdf" target="blank">http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/files/corporate/giv...</a> )

According to the organizations 2002 IRS return total revenue was $6.6 million, with $399,080 spent on fundraising consultancy fees to a Virginia direct mail company, Response Dynamics.<5> (<a href="http://guidestar.org/" target="_blank">http://guidestar.org</a> ) </i>

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300 I Street NE, Ste 3

Washington, DC 20002

202-543-1286

202-543-4779 (fax) Amy Moritz, President; David Ridenour, Vice President

Founded: 1982

Staff: 9

Areas: Advice and information on US domestic affairs and international affairs

Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 00:54:28 -0600

From: Amy Moritz <<a href="mailto: 73317.1576@compuserve.com" target="blank">73317.1576@compuserve.com > (by way of </a><a href="mailto: markw@clark.net" target="blank">markw@clark.net</a> 

Issue 96 * June 19, 1995

The National Center for Public Policy Research

Amy Moritz, President

300 Eye Street N.E. Suite 3 * Washington, D.C. 20002

(202) 543-1286 * Fax (202) 543-4779

E-Mail: <a href="mailto: 73317.1576@compuserve.com" target="_blank">73317.1576@compuserve.com</a> 

Activities at the June 9 Environmental Policy Task Force Meeting chaired by

David Ridenour of The National Center for Public Policy Research. Sponsored by

The National Center for Policy Research (202/543-1286).

No, We're Not Kidding: The U.S. Ratified A Treaty To Ban the Sale of Used

Clothing

Following his introduction by R.J. Smith of the Competitive Enterprise

Institute, Dr. Ray Evans of the Western Mining Center of Australia, reported on

the Basel Convention, an international environmental trade treaty ratified by

the U.S. Senate during the Bush Administration but not yet in effect 

because the

U.S. Congress has yet to pass the necessary implementing legislation. 

Under the

terms of the Basel Convention the population of the world is divided into two

classes (those who are citizens of Organization for Economic Cooperation and

Development countries and those who are not, the latter group being the great

majority of the world's population), and trade in a large range of materials is

banned between those two groups. The Basel Convention Treaty would, quoting

from the treaty preamble, make certain that "hazardous wastes and other

wastes... be disposed of in the state in which they were generated." 

The effect

of the Treaty would be to ban international trade in computer scrap, used car

batteries, used clothing and other items. Evans reported that implementation

would ban the $2 billion worth of used clothing that currently goes from the

U.S. to the Third World, and said that this is intentional: Greenpeace and the

European states who initiated Basel fear that used clothing might contain

minute

amounts of environmental contaminants, and thus they seek to ban this trade.

Similarly, Evans said, the conversion of First World computer scrap into other

products have become a significant job creator in India and other Third World

countries, yet this would be banned under Basel. He distributed handouts.

Contact the Competitive Enterprise Institute at 202/331-1010.

Endangered Species Act Reforms Reviewed

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<quote>Originally posted by Eric:

<qb>The "BATTLES ARE RAGING" headlines shrieked from all the media are minor skirmishes in any other war.

More from one of our troops about the quagmire.

A soldier assures us: Our progress is amazing

By JOE ROCHE

I'm a soldier with the U.S. Army serving in the 16th Combat Engineer Battalion in Baghdad.

The news you are hearing stateside is awfully depressing and negative. The reality is we are accomplishing a tremendous amount here, and the Iraqi people are not only benefiting greatly, but are enthusiastically supportive.

Roche serves with the U.S. Army's 16th Combat Engineer Battalion in Iraq and is an adjunct fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think-tank.

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For those that want more info on Joe Roche and the NCPPR see below.

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The National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) was formed in the 1980s to support the Reagan administration's military adventures in Central America. It now calls itself a "communications and research foundation dedicated to providing free market solutions to today's public policy problems."

Personnel

John Carlisle

Tom Randall

Amy Moritz Ridenour, president, is described in a 1995 memo by the Philip Morris tobacco company as "a willing ally." The memo, by PM employee Francis Gomez states that she had just called his office "offering to use any information we can provide <regarding>the current anti-tobacco onslaught. . . . Tom Borelli and I have both been in touch with Amy on various issues and are awaiting proposals for use of an internet website as an accessible repository of PM-related information."

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Funders

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Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.

Carthage Foundation

Castle Rock Foundation

Earhart Foundation

John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.

Sarah Scaife Foundation

History

In 1997, NCPPR opposed action on global warming at an international summit in Kyoto, Japan. It established the Kyoto Earth Summit Information Center, issued an "Earth Summit Fact Sheet" and fed anti-treaty quotes to the media through a "free interview locator service" that offered "assistance to journalists seeking interviews with leading scientists, economists and public policy experts on global warming."

Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, NCPPR began using the rhetoric of anti-terrorism to attack environmentalists. In May 2002, it created the envirotruth.org web site, to attack what it called the "jihad" that environmental activists are waging against corporations.

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Can we afford global warming policies at this time of economic turmoil? I vote that we work toward developing better technology and people take more responsibility (guess I should turn off this computer) but I hope public policy doesn't hop on the GW hysteria train and take crazy actions - especially since there is such debate over GW.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">David Ridenour, vice president of the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative, nonpartisan think tank on Capitol Hill has written a thought-provoking article about carbon emission and the economy at Today in Investor's Business Daily stock analysis and business news (http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1502&status=article&id= 310084682311296 - broken link)</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In the article, he includes the results of some studies:</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A study by the National Association of Manufacturers projected that emissions caps, similar to those rejected earlier this year by the U.S. Senate calling for a 63% cut in emissions by 2050, would reduce U.S. gross domestic product by up to $269 billion and cost 850,000 jobs by 2014.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Heritage Foundation estimated that such restrictions would result in cumulative GDP losses of up to $4.8 trillion and employment losses of more than 500,000 per year by 2030.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Other studies suggest smaller economic costs: </font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Duke University's Nicholas Institute estimates a GDP loss of $245 billion by 2030, </font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Environmental Protection Agency forecasts a GDP drop of between $238 billion and $983 billion. </font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">emission restrictions ... study conducted by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the restrictions could raise gasoline prices by 29%, electricity prices by 55% and natural gas prices by 15% by 2015.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Dr. Patrick Michaels, former president of the American Association of State Climatologists, now with the Cato Institute, says reducing U.S. emissions by 63% would prevent a mere 0.013 degree Celsius in warming. With emissions from China, India and other developing nations growing at breakneck speed, even this modest benefit would be completely erased.</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Today in Investor's Business Daily stock analysis and business news (http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1502&status=article&id= 310084682311296 - broken link)</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Read more: http://www.city-data.com/forum/great-debates/529864-can-our-economy-withstand-global-warming.html#ixzz3gBT0nr9Q</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>David Ridenour</b>'s Summary</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A veteran manager, having managed staff for more than two decades.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Experienced and successful in almost every aspect of fundraising, including but not limited to: contract negotiation; proposal writing; direct mail and one-on-one donor meetings. Familiar with and conversant on a wide variety of giving methods, including charitable gift annuities, bequests, charitable remainder trusts, gifts of stock and gifts of IRAs, among others. Under my fundraising leadership, annual revenues have more than doubled.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A prolific writer, having co-authored a book and written hundreds of op-eds, public policy papers, press releases and newsletter articles. The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Investor’s Business Daily, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun, Detroit News, Washington Post, Washington Times, Des Moines Register, Philadelphia Inquirer, Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, Christian Science Monitor, Oregonian, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Orange County Register, and Seattle Times are among the newspapers that have published my articles. Currently, my columns are regularly syndicated by McClatchy.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Adept with all forms of media, having given thousands of radio, television and print interviews, including with ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC’s Nightly News, CNN and FOX News, major print media, syndicated radio and others. </font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Experienced in developing and leading diverse coalitions on a wide variety of public policy issues. Led a successful coalition effort on the Endangered Species Act in 2005.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Management, fundraising, strategic planning, writing, policy analysis and coalition-building.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">President</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">National Center for Public Policy Research</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Nonprofit; 11-50 employees; Think Tanks industry</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">October 2011 – Present (2 years 9 months) Washington D.C. Metro Area</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Vice President</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">National Center for Public Policy Research</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Nonprofit; 11-50 employees; Think Tanks industry</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">1986 – October 2011 (25 years)</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The National Center for Public Policy Research is a free market think tank described by Nation magazine as a "crucial gear in the right's propaganda factory." As Vice President, I'm responsible for managing policy staff; helping set strategic objectives; overseeing programs on the environment, regulation, and international affairs; editing; research and writing; conducting media interviews; public speaking; overseeing investments and, since 1999, directing the institution’s fundraising and development department.</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Executive Director</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">United States Youth Council</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">September 1985 – April 1986 (8 months)</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The United States Youth Council was a United States Information Agency-funded organization established in 1945 to conduct international exchanges of young political leaders.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Responsibilities included managing a staff of 10; writing and submitting grant proposals to the U.S. Information Agency; working with a large, diverse board to set institutional priorities; serving as liaison with the U.S. Information Agency; and monitoring all programs to ensure compliance with grant terms, including a requirement of political balance.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">United States Youth Council</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">June 1984 – September 1985 (1 year 4 months)</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Responsible for identifying young political leaders who might one day lead their countries; inviting these leaders to participate in study tours to build relationships; developing and implementing itineraries for the study tours and projecting a positive image of the United States.</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">David Ridenour's Education</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">University of Oregon</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bachelor of Science, Political Science; Economics</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Activities and Societies: State Chairman, College Republican Federation of Oregon (1982-1984); Chairman, University of Oregon College Republicans (1982-1983); Contributing Editor, Oregon Commentator; Member, Phi Eta Sigma Honorary; Member, Alpha Lambda Delta Honorary; and ROTC.</font></div>

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