[fredBuddemeyer]

its not just the pigs in animal farm that turned into the wicked rulers they ousted so justly; on many levels it is every group that ever successfully revolted. one of the earliest steps into the dark is using the tactics of the enemy.

no doubt there are successful lobbies that havent made the deals that render them useless. but playing the game is not the tactic that is working and inspiring people anymore; it is the hope of something more transcending emerging from new networks we build and connect with every day.

i hope this is not the case here but the prospect of getting a few minutes to talk in between a pig's meals isn't so appetizing.

[sankho]

We The Lobby feel that characterizing Lobbyists as pigs, or Lobbying as essentially evil, is foolish at best.

At this point, it simply is what it is.

It's not what lobbyists do that make you call them pigs - it's the fact that they are eating from the troughs of corporations.

Let's we the people feed them individually so they'll fight for us instead. Maybe then, one day, we can do something about the troughs.