International Journal of Inactivism

You are in a twisty maze of little think-tanks, all different

Posted in Competitive Enterprise Institute, Heartland Institute, maze of twisty little think-tanks all alike by frankbi on 2008-11-17

cite as: F. Bi. 2008. You are in a twisty maze of little think-tanks, all different. Intl. J. Inact., 1:169–171

I wonder if the Competitive Enterprise Institute — the group behind the “Carbon dioxide. They call it pollution. We call it life.” ad — is staffed with magicians. The domain name situation around the CEI web site (cei.org) is filled with such wholesome weirdness that I don’t believe it to be the work of mere mortals.

Also, the Heartland Institute turns out to share the same IP address as the “New Coalition for Economic and Social Change”… whatever that is.

Here’s a spiffy diagram to confuse you.

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  1. James Haughton said, on 2008-11-18 at 02:46

    Once you’ve tracked ‘em down, here’s what could be done:
    http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/11/major_source_of_online_scams_a.html

  2. frankbi said, on 2008-11-18 at 03:59

    James Haughton:

    Not too sure how that method can be adapted to this situation, alas. :|

  3. greenfyre said, on 2008-11-18 at 05:34

    and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

    – Ezekiel 1: 16

  4. frankbi said, on 2008-11-18 at 07:39

    greenfyre:

    Hmm… perhaps the think-tanks’ Throne of Power (so to speak) will contain so many miracles that it’ll crash my PC.


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