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struggle4progress

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16. National Legal and Policy Center (Sourcewatch)

Thu Feb 21, 2013, 01:30 PM

Feb 2013

National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) is a front group and industry funded conservative political and policy lobbying organization. NLPC was founded in 1991 by Peter Flaherty and Ken Boehm, who previously worked for "Citizens for Reagan" ... In 2006 NPLC fueled rumors concerning the personal finances of Rep. Alan Mollohan, a democrat from West Virginia. Subsequent to an FBI investigation, he was never charged with any wrong doing ... From 2000 to 2005, the National Labor Relations Board found Wal-Mart guilty of 15 cases of illegal conduct ... However, according to NPLC, their "environmental incentives" are the real problem and shareholders are the victims. In a public letter to WalMart CEO H. Lee Scott, NLPC president Peter Flaherty criticizes Walmart’s "failed environmental incentives" and "scientifically unproven global warming ... NLPC’s predominate sources of funding are the Scaife Foundations ...

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Protesting Yoga in Schools, But Welcoming Bible Study [View all] cbayer Feb 2013 OP

A year ago or so, yoga was all the rage at a couple universities I work at occasionally. brewens Feb 2013 #1

Another teacher told my wife that she was taking yoga ashling Feb 2013 #2

Does the Christian kind include sex with the instructors? That wouldn't surprise me. n/t brewens Feb 2013 #3

Why is that? cbayer Feb 2013 #5

I have been saved through Yoga: callous taoboy Feb 2013 #4

I think it's a great thing to teach kids when they are quite young, and cbayer Feb 2013 #6

Just rename it No Vested Interest Feb 2013 #7

Thoughtful stretching and balance? cbayer Feb 2013 #8

I think most people agree with you No Vested Interest Feb 2013 #9

I never really learned how to pray... jeepnstein Feb 2013 #10

Yoga taught me to stop thinking, which may be like praying - I don't know. cbayer Feb 2013 #11

It's a sign of trust and respect. jeepnstein Feb 2013 #12

So she couldn't hear that this was about trust and respect? cbayer Feb 2013 #13

Lawsuit filed to end yoga instruction in Encinitas schools struggle4progress Feb 2013 #14

And who loses out here? The kids of course. cbayer Feb 2013 #15

It doesn't seem to me they have much of a case struggle4progress Feb 2013 #17

Maybe not, but it's become a lightning rod and I suspect they will just abandon the cbayer Feb 2013 #18

... Baird says the district plans to continue the yoga classes and has several law firms offering struggle4progress Feb 2013 #21

Good link with two good points about why they are going to resist. cbayer Feb 2013 #22

There are too many school who teach yoga as a form of excersise for children for them to consider... Wernothelpless Feb 2013 #23

Don't misunderstand me. I would strongly support yoga programs for kids. cbayer Feb 2013 #24

National Legal and Policy Center (Sourcewatch) struggle4progress Feb 2013 #16

The Olympics themselves were originally a tribute to the Greek God Zeus .... Wernothelpless Feb 2013 #19

The irony here is thick. cbayer Feb 2013 #20