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CEI Weekly
November 11, 2011
>>Featured Story
Last week, several CEI policy analysts spoke at the Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s Fifth Annual “Defending the American Dream Summit.” CEI Labor Policy Counsel Vincent Vernuccio participated in the “Big Labor vs. Jobs and Freedom” event on Saturday, November 5. Watch the highlight reel of his appearance here [3] or watch the full video of the event here. [4]
>> Shaping the Debate
Fred Weekly: Occupy Wall Street [5]
Fred Smith’s weekly vodcast
Making it Legal to Tweet for Investors [6]
John Berlau’s op-ed in The Wall Street Journal
Plastic Bag Bans Are Bad for the Environment [7]
Angela Logomasini’s new CEI Web Memo
Lawless Net Neutrality vs. the “Resolution of Disapproval” [8]
Wayne Crews’ column in Forbes
A Backdoor Tax on the Poor [9]
Ryan Young’s op-ed on The Hill’s Congress Blog
Michigan’s Keg-Tracking Won’t Stop Underage Drinking [10]
Michelle Minton’s op-ed on Michigan Capitol Confidential
Why Obama Officials Had to Lie to Congress About Fuel Efficiency Standards [11]
Marlo Lewis’ op-ed on BigGovernment
Government Bureaucrats Can’t Prevent Data Breaches [12]
Ryan Radia and Luke Pelican’s op-ed in The Daily Caller
Blame Transfer Day [13]
John Berlau’s op-ed in The American Spectator
A Stake in Financial Markers [6]
Fred Smith’s letter to the editor in The Washington Post
The Stop Online Privacy Act: Big Content’s Full-on Assault Against the Safe Harbor [14]
Ryan Radia’s citation on ArsTechnica
The Politics of Campus Sexual Assault [15]
Hans Bader’s citation on RealClearPolitics
STB Decision Delaying Action on Rail Switching Leaves Shipper Group Hot Under Collar [16]
Marc Scribner’s citation on DC Velocity
>> Best of the Blogs
Freedom Equals Money: Direct Wine Shipping in New York Pays Out [17]
By Michelle Minton
U.S. Sugar Program Hurts Businesses and Kills Jobs [18]
By Daniel Rivera Greenwood
EPA’s Sinister Franken-Regs [19]
By William Yeatman
Department of Labor Sells Out Union Members for Big Labor’s 1% [20]
By Trey Kovacs
This Week in the Congress [20]
By Myron Ebell
>> CEI Podcast
November 10, 2011: Eminent Domain Abuse [21]
Land-use and Transportation Policy Analyst Marc Scribner explains why allowing the government to seize land from its owners and give it to developers is a bad idea. Voters in Mississippi agree; on Tuesday they overwhelmingly passed a ballot initiative that would place limits on eminent domain abuse. Marc discusses the pros and cons of Mississippi’s initiative and the prospects for reform in other states.
Links:
[1] http://cei.org/staff/nicole-ciandella
[2] http://cei.org/newsletters
[3] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=7724602&msgid=300992&act=2ZYN&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DwZvio7QQZVI%26feature%3Dchannel_video_title
[4] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=7724602&msgid=300992&act=2ZYN&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fredirect%3Fq%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fvimeo.com%252F31853125%26session_token%3DlG5aePpz0q2S15Mql23H7vrFk0J8MTMyMTA0NTMzN0AxMzIwOTU4OTM3
[5] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=7724602&msgid=300992&act=2ZYN&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQCldjYMwyTU
[6] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=7724602&msgid=300992&act=2ZYN&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fa-stake-in-financial-markets%2F2011%2F11%2F02%2FgIQAjpKKqM_story.html
[7] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=7724602&msgid=300992&act=2ZYN&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fcei.org%2Fweb-memo%2Fplastic-bag-bans-are-bad-environment
[8] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=7724602&msgid=300992&act=2ZYN&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fwaynecrews%2F2011%2F11%2F09%2Flawless-net-neutrality-vs-the-resolution-of-disapproval%2F
[9] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=7724602&msgid=300992&act=2ZYN&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fopinion%2Fop-ed%2F192517-a-backdoor-tax-on-the-poor
[10] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=7724602&msgid=300992&act=2ZYN&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.michigancapitolconfidential.com%2F15978
[11] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=7724602&msgid=300992&act=2ZYN&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fbiggovernment.com%2Fmlewis%2F2011%2F11%2F08%2Fwhy-obama-officials-had-to-lie-to-congress-about-fuel-economy%2F
[12] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=7724602&msgid=300992&act=2ZYN&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2011%2F11%2F07%2Fgovernment-bureaucrats-cant-prevent-data-breaches%2F
[13] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=7724602&msgid=300992&act=2ZYN&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fspectator.org%2Farchives%2F2011%2F11%2F07%2Fblame-transfer-day
[14] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=7724602&msgid=300992&act=2ZYN&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Farstechnica.com%2Ftech-policy%2Fnews%2F2011%2F11%2Fthe-stop-online-piracy-act-big-contents-full-on-assault-against-the-safe-harbor.ars
[15] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=7724602&msgid=300992&act=2ZYN&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.realclearpolitics.com%2Farticles%2F2011%2F11%2F06%2Fthe_politics_of_campus_sexual_assault_111968.html
[16] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=7724602&msgid=300992&act=2ZYN&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcvelocity.com%2Farticles%2F20111108nitl_disappointed_over_stb_rail_switching_delay%2F
[17] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=7724602&msgid=300992&act=2ZYN&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.openmarket.org%2F2011%2F11%2F10%2Ffreedom-equals-money-direct-wine-shipping-in-new-york-pays-off%2F
[18] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=7724602&msgid=300992&act=2ZYN&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.openmarket.org%2F2011%2F11%2F10%2Fu-s-sugar-program-hurts-businesses-and-kills-jobs%2F
[19] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=7724602&msgid=300992&act=2ZYN&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalwarming.org%2F2011%2F11%2F10%2Fepa%25E2%2580%2599s-sinister-franken-regs%2F%23more-11150
[20] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=7724602&msgid=300992&act=2ZYN&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalwarming.org%2F2011%2F11%2F06%2Fthis-week-in-the-congress-15%2F
[21] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=7724602&msgid=300992&act=2ZYN&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.libertyweek.org%2F2011%2F11%2F10%2Fnovember-10-2011-eminent-domain-abuse%2F