CEI Weekly: I, Pencil Sneak Peek Next Week in Tampa

August 27, 2012

FEATURE: I, Pencil Sneak Peek Next Week in Tampa

During the Republican National Convention in Tampa next week, CEI will be showing a rough cut of I, Pencil, our soon-to-be-released film adaptation of Leonard Reed's timeless essay. The screening is part of the "Grand Old Picture Show" on Wednesday, August 29. Read more information about the event here [1].

SHAPING THE DEBATE

FDA Rules Won't Do Much Good [2]

Greg Conko & Ryan Young's op-ed in USA Today

Yet Another Dodd-Frank Albatross [3]

John Berlau's letter to the editor in The Wall Street Journal

Government of Unions, By Unions, For Unions [4]

Matt Patterson's op-ed in The Washington Times

After Billions of Taxpayer Dollars, Green Transportation Is a Bust [5]

Robert J. Bradley's op-ed in Forbes

Moral Hazard: Corrosively Dissolving Democracy From the Inside [6]

Bill Frezza's column in Forbes

Capitalism's Record of Success Beats the Government Option [6]

John Berlau's citation in Investor's Business Daily

CNN Ignores Conservative Experts When Slamming Romney Welfare Ad as 'False' [7]

Hans Bader's citation in Newsbusters

Washington and Wall Street Are Broken; Here's Proof [8]

CEI's citation in Townhall

CEI PODCAST

August 23, 2012: Bailouts as Corruption [9]

Senior Fellow Matt Patterson argues that when government is big and powerful enough to dispense favors like bailouts, special interests will flock to Washington to get a piece of the pie. Corruption is the inevitable result, as the GM/Delphi/UAW bailout showed. The only effective way to limit corruption, Patterson argues, is to limit government.

BEST OF THE BLOGS

Clinton Vs. Clinton (And Obama) on Deregulation [10]

By John Berlau

Heat Waves, Droughts, Floods--We Didn't Listen! [11]

By Marlo Lewis

Regulation and the Green Bay Packers [12]

By Ryan Young

Colorado Voters Ready to Tell State to Follow Constitution [13]

By Trey Kovacs

Links:
[1] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=3605535&msgid=330510&act=LYCA&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fcei.org%2Fevents%2F2012%2F08%2F29%2Fgrand-old-picture-show
[2] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=3605535&msgid=330510&act=LYCA&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fstory%2F2012-08-22%2FFood-and-Drug-Administration-rules%2F57223334%2F1
[3] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=3605535&msgid=330510&act=LYCA&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10000872396390444443504577601152444422774.html
[4] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=3605535&msgid=330510&act=LYCA&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtontimes.com%2Fnews%2F2012%2Faug%2F22%2Fgovernment-of-unions-by-unions-for-unions%2F
[5] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=3605535&msgid=330510&act=LYCA&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Frobertbradley%2F2012%2F08%2F20%2Fafter-billions-of-taxpayer-dollars-green-transportation-is-a-bust%2F
[6] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=3605535&msgid=330510&act=LYCA&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fbillfrezza%2F2012%2F08%2F22%2Fmoral-hazard-corrosively-dissolving-democracy-from-the-inside%2F
[7] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=3605535&msgid=330510&act=LYCA&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsbusters.org%2Fblogs%2Fmatt-hadro%2F2012%2F08%2F23%2Fcnn-ignores-conservative-experts-when-slamming-romney-welfare-ad-false
[8] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=3605535&msgid=330510&act=LYCA&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Ffinance.townhall.com%2Fcolumnists%2Fjohnransom%2F2012%2F08%2F18%2Fwhats_wrong_with_washington_and_wall_street%2Fpage%2Ffull%2F
[9] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=3605535&msgid=330510&act=LYCA&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.libertyweek.org%2F2012%2F08%2F23%2Faugust-23-2012-bailouts-as-corruption%2F
[10] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=3605535&msgid=330510&act=LYCA&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.openmarket.org%2F2012%2F08%2F23%2Fclinton-vs-clinton-and-obama-on-deregulation%2F
[11] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=3605535&msgid=330510&act=LYCA&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalwarming.org%2F2012%2F08%2F23%2Fheat-waves-droughts-floods-we-didnt-listen%2F
[12] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=3605535&msgid=330510&act=LYCA&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.openmarket.org%2F2012%2F08%2F23%2Fregulation-and-the-green-bay-packers%2F
[13] http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=3605535&msgid=330510&act=LYCA&c=174876&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.openmarket.org%2F2012%2F08%2F23%2Fcolorado-voters-ready-to-tell-state-to-follow-constitution%2F