BlogPAC Intelligence Briefing: USA Next

by blogswarm, Fri Feb 25, 2005 at 03:28:30 PM EST

Your friendly, blogosphere Political Action Committee has released our first Intelligence Briefing:

  • Overview

  • BlogPAC Intelligence Report: USA Next (pdf)

    • Twelve pages, 87 footnotes, and only the tip of the iceberg...now comes your part.  We're releasing this to the mainstream media on Monday, after you've had a chance to go through it.  Please tell us what the juiciest most salient pieces of this are.  Please do your own research based on what is in here.  If you know the people involved and we're missing something, post it on our blog post where the report is located:

    www.thereisnocrisis.com/node/3076

    We're going to incorporate this feedback and create an open-source press release on Monday.

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    Past Posts on USA Next (none / 0)

    Follow this as it breaks at www.ThereIsNoCrisis.com. We've been covering USAnext, here are some past posts:

  • United Senior Association 500,000 scandal

  • Senator Corzine on USAnext

  • United Seniors Association

  • USAnext

  • USAnext retreats; bloggers keep advancing

  • Blogs and the AARP

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    by blogswarm on Fri Feb 25, 2005 at 03:30:23 PM EST

    good stuff. (none / 0)

    you come away knowing that the guys that run it are slimebags.

    I think the most salient parts are describing Guthrie's past dealings. His advocacy group was/is obviously a scam.

    What about the lack of member benefits of USANext? Isn't AARP's biggest draw is its dicsounts and member activities? USANext probably comes up really short here. If you had a compact and understandable statistic that could represent the lack of member benefits at USANext, that could be picked up by the media.

    by srolle on Fri Feb 25, 2005 at 03:48:09 PM EST

    I'm Sure You've Checked Them Out (none / 0)

    But www.stealthpacs.org has a lot of info on USANest and their past board members, consultants, lobbyists.

    From there is it is a quick step over too www.opensecrets.org to see which Senators & Representatives have received money from the people connected with USANext.

    by brookeb on Fri Feb 25, 2005 at 04:48:54 PM EST

    This is dynamite stuff Bob! (none / 0)

    Who do you think will be the first blogger to win a pulitzer prize? I think journalists are going to be absolutely humiliated this year when it comes to breaking investigative stories.
    by Gary Boatwright on Fri Feb 25, 2005 at 05:11:07 PM EST

    A Pulitzer for Bloggers (none / 0)

    I thought I was kidding and I ran across this, BlogCall Hosts First Conference Call for Progressive Investigative Bloggers.

    About time RWCM started paying attention to the real world, instead of parroting the Shrub's spokesholes.

    by Gary Boatwright on Fri Feb 25, 2005 at 06:30:16 PM EST
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    Re: A Pulitzer for Bloggers (none / 0)

    Jerome and Chris,

    That Blog Call story says you two can participate if you submit your credentials. Who did you get your credentials from? Do they really have credentials for bloggers???

    by Gary Boatwright on Fri Feb 25, 2005 at 06:32:21 PM EST
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    Re: A Pulitzer for Bloggers (none / 0)

    I don't know. Do you suppose a PC with a working internet connection counts as a "credential?"
    by craverguy on Fri Feb 25, 2005 at 11:29:03 PM EST
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