Al Gore’s Ads, Cultural Diversity and the Farm Bill
Al Gore launches a $300 million ad campaign to promote his global warming agenda.
The Maryland legislature moves to mandate “cultural diversity” programs at all colleges and universities in the state.
Senators seek help from the White House in passing a massive farm bill.
1. ENVIRONMENT
Al Gore launches a $300 million ad campaign to promote his global warming agenda.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: General Counsel Sam Kazman responds to the new campaign:
“Global warming activists warn us about the alleged threat of global warming, but say nothing about the much more immediate risks of global warming policies. Restricting access to affordable energy is a sure recipe for more poverty, disease and human misery around the world.”
2. LEGAL
The Maryland legislature moves to mandate “cultural diversity” programs at all colleges and universities in the state.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Special Projects Counsel Hans Bader on the likely result of such a policy:
“The ‘diversity’ requirement will probably end up enriching the worst kind of scam artists, the ‘diversity consultants’ (like the notorious racist and race-baiter Glenn Singleton) who will now be hired by foolish college administrators to ‘promote’ diversity. Diversity training often backfires on the institutions that hire diversity trainers, and sometimes even leads to discrimination and civil-rights lawsuits against those institutions, by both minority and white employees.”
3. CONGRESS
Senators seek help from the White House in passing a massive farm bill.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Fellow Fran Smith on who is fighting over farm spending:
“Last year, advocates of farm bill reform worked long and hard, but the fact that the Farm Bill includes well-funded programs that urban politicians support – food stamps and nutrition programs – and large-scale conservation programs that environmental supporters pushed for meant reformers had few Congressional leaders for the fight. In addition, farm groups that didn’t receive subsidies and used to push for agricultural reform were co-opted with research and development monies targeted to such groups as the fruit and vegetable producers.”
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