[anniegetyourgun]

Wow....this is an amazing piece of research work. There's quite a bit here that is news to me.

[areafiftyone]

I know - they did an excellent job on this piece. Too bad not many Dems read Front Page Magazine and will never know about this stuff.

[KJacob]

I wonder how much affect these radical groups really have on elections. It seems that they exist to make sure that if you agree with their positions one day that you will continue to agree the next day. In other words they mainly speak to the choir.
I would further assume that there are plenty of right wing groups to completly counter whatever effect these radical groups may have.

[Piranha]

This issue is going to be one of the biggest constitutional issues of the next decade.

On the one hand, people have a constitutional right to free speech, and it does not seem unreasonable to let people use their money to advocate their own positions.

On the other hand, advocacy groups -- particularly when they disseminate funds overseas -- can be used to subvert democracy and American values.

Some of these groups -- the Ford Foundation immediately comes to mind -- are self-funding, accountable to nobody at all except their trustees, and radical.

There's a lot of good information about this problem at http://www.ngowatch.org

[Piranha]

This issue is going to be one of the biggest constitutional issues of the next decade.

On the one hand, people have a constitutional right to free speech, and it does not seem unreasonable to let people use their money to advocate their own positions.

On the other hand, advocacy groups -- particularly when they disseminate funds overseas -- can be used to subvert democracy and American values.

Some of these groups -- the Ford Foundation immediately comes to mind -- are self-funding, accountable to nobody at all except their trustees, and radical.

There's a lot of good information about this problem at http://www.ngowatch.org