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PAGE 1 * “‘is the system I represented.’” Forrest McDonald, Insull: The Rise and Fall of a Billionaire Utility Tycoon, (Frederick, MD: Beard Books, 2004), http://books.google.com/books?id=eHjcrOi2hZkC. * “In 1881 . . . named Thomas Edison.” Forrest McDonald, Insull: The Rise and Fall of a Billion-aire Utility Tycoon, (Frederick, MD: Beard Books, 2004), http://books.google.com/books?id=eHjcrOi2hZkC. PAGE 2 * “market value of over $3 billion” “Death of an Era,” Time, July 25, 1938, www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,883008,00.html. * “estimated to be $100 million” “Death of an Era,” Time, July 25, 1938, www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,883008,00.html. * “on their cover in 1929” “Samuel Insull,” Time, November 4, 1929, www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19291104,00.html. * “‘planet to extinction’” “The Declaration of Cumaná: Capitalism ‘Threatens Life on the Planet,’” rabble.ca, April 24, 2009, http://rabble.ca/news/2009/04/declaration-cumaná-capitalism-threatens-life-planet. * “eight cents in his pocket” Forrest McDonald, Insull: The Rise and Fall of a Billionaire Utility Tycoon, (Frederick, MD: Beard Books, 2004), http://books.google.com/books?id=eHjcrOi2hZkC. PAGE 3 * List of items from 1949 Sears catalogue, Mark J. Perry, “Young Americans: Luckiest Generation in History,” Carpe Diem: Professor Mark J. Perry’s Blog for Economics and Finance, March 13, 2009, http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2009/03/good-old-days-are-now.html. * List of items purchased in 2009, Mark J. Perry, “Young Americans: Luckiest Generation in History,” Carpe Diem: Professor Mark J. Perry’s Blog for Economics and Finance, March 13, 2009, http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2009/03/good-old-days-are-now.html. PAGE 5 * “‘It has to end.’” Nasser Karimi, “Venezuelan Leader: ‘Capitalism Needs to Go Down,’” breitbart.com, April 3, 2009, www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97B37LO0. PAGE 6 * “just six of them were complete” John Stossel, Chris Kilmer, Sarah Netter, “Wal-Mart, Private Sector Moved Faster After Katrina Than FEMA,” ABC News, October 15, 2008, http://abcnews,go,com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=6031025. * “up and running within ten days” John Stossel, Chris Kilmer, Sarah Netter, “Wal-Mart, Private Sector Moved Faster After Katrina Than FEMA,” ABC News, October 15, 2008. http://a.abcnews.com/Politics/Vote2008/Story?id=6031025. * “surpassed the $1 billion mark” Charisse Jones, “Local Charities Fear Hurricane Relief Will Siphon Donations,” USA Today, September 19, 2005, www.usatoday.com/money/2005-09-19-charities-donations_x.htm. * “According to a GAO report . . . paid for by FEMA” Jeff Jacoby, “FEMA’s Follies,” Boston Globe, June 18, 2006, www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/
oped/articles/2006/06/18/femas_follies. * “did not appear to meet legitimate disaster needs” U.S. Government Accountability Office, “Hurricane Katrina and Rita Disaster Relief: Improper and Potentially Fraudulent Individual Assistance Payments Estimated to Be Between $600 Million and $1.4 Billion,” gao.gov, June 14, 2006, www.gao.gov/htext/d06844t.html. * “Counting Down the Fraud” U.S. Government Accountability Office, “Hurricane Katrina and Rita Disaster Relief: Improper and Potentially Fraudulent Individual Assistance Payments Estimated to Be Between $600 Million and $1.4 Billion,” gao.gov, June 14, 2006, www.gao.gov/htext/d06844t.html. * “debit cards worth $762,000” Jeff Jacoby, “FEMA’s Follies,” Boston Globe, June 18, 2006, http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/
articles/2006/06/18/femas_follies. PAGE 7 * Instant Win Card, Charles Murray, Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980 (New York: Crown, 2008), 8, http://books.google.com/books?id=WVOwye55tlwC. * “Government should not support the people.” Grover Cleveland, George Frederick Parker, The Writings and Speeches of Grover Cleveland, 450, http://books.google.com/books?id=toH4pXJPahkC. * “bonds of a common brotherhood.” Grover Cleveland, George Frederick Parker, The Writings and Speeches of Grover Cleveland, 450, http://books.google.com/books?id=toH4pXJPahkC. * “vetoed three times more bills” J.F. Watts, Fred L. Israel, Presidential Documents, 164, http://books.google.com/books?id=Upv2CSXysq0C. * “ten times more money” John Robson, “Grover Cleveland: A Model for President Obama?,” MercatorNet, January 24, 2009, http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/grover_cleveland_
a_model_for_president_obama. PAGE 8 * “‘public welfare may require it.’” Ronald J. Pestritto, William J. Atto, American Progressivism, 220, http://books.google.com/books?id=8HSIXIUVa7IC. * “‘regulated by the public needs’” James D. Richardson, A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1908, Vol. VIII, (New York: Bureau of National Literature and Art, 1908), 557, http://books.google.com/books?id=9flMAAAAIAAJ. * “‘there is room for the state’” Emma Vandore, “Sarkozy, Merkel, Blair, Call for New Capitalism,” foxnews.com, January 8, 2009, http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2009Jan08/0,4670,
EUFranceNewCapitalism,00.html. PAGE 9 * “‘really the right economic system’” Peter Gumbel, “Rethinking Marx,” Time, February 2, 2009, www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/
0,28804,1873191_1873190_1873188,00.html. * “‘swift and orderly restructuring’” Andrew Ross Sorkin, ed., “Greenspan Said to Support Some Bank Nationalizations,” Dealbook blog at nytimes.com, February 18, 2009, http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/greenspan-said-to-support-some-bank-nationalizations. * “‘We Are All Socialists Now’” Joe Meacham and Evan Thomas, “We Are All Socialists Now,” Newsweek, February 7, 2009, www.news-week.com/id/183663. * “and massive tax rates” Richard Heller, “The New Face of Swedish Socialism,” Forbes, March 19, 2001, www.forbes.com/global/2001/0319/034.html. * “‘not prepared to own car factories’” Sarah Lyall, “Sweden Says No to Saving Saab,” New York Times, March 22, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/23/world/europe/23saab.html. PAGE 10 * “‘and a key partner’” Jeffery R. Immelt, “GE 2008 Annual Report Letter: Cash Flow, Revenues, Portfolio,” ge.com, February 6, 2009, www.ge.com/ar2008/letter.html. * “$5 trillion in mortgage liabilities” Ken Sweet, “Government Seizes Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac,” Fox News, September 7, 2008, ww.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/government-seied-fannie-mae-freddie-mac. * “lost money every single year since.” Alan Wirzbicki, “Senate Votes to Increase Funding for Amtrak Service,” Boston Globe, October 31, 2007, www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/
2007/10/31/senate_votes_to_increase_funding_for_amtrak_service. * “$30 billion in federal subsidies” Shailagh Murray, “House Rejects Cuts in Amtrak Budget: Vote More Than Doubles Funding Approved By Appropriations Committee,” Washington Post, June 30, 2005, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/29/AR2005062902723.html. * “not including another $1.3 billion” Lisa Desjardins, “Winners and Losers in the Final Stimulus Bill,” cnn.com, February 13, 2009, www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/13/stimulus.winners.losers. PAGE 11 * “$466 in government subsidies” Shailagh Murray, “House Rejects Cuts in Amtrak Budget: Vote More Than Doubles Funding Approved By Appropriations Committee,” Washington Post, June 30, 2005, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/29/AR2005062902723.html. * “‘less than $15 million’” Shailagh Murray, “House Rejects Cuts in Amtrak Budget: Vote More Than Doubles Funding Approved By Appropriations Committee,” Washington Post, June 30, 2005, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/29/AR2005062902723.html. * “fired by Amtrak seven months later” National Railroad Passenger Corporation, “Amtrak Board Releases Gunn: Railroad Begins Search for Experienced Reform Leader, David Hughes Will Run Amtrak Until Successor Is Found,” news release, November 11, 2005, www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Copy/News_Release_
Page&c=am2Copy&cid=1093554026306. PAGE 12 * “support cram-down legislation after all,” Elizabeth Williamson and David Enrich, “Citigroup, Senators in Talks to Let Judges Modify Mortgages,” Wall Street Journal, January 8, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123137932114363115.html?mod=testMod. PAGE 13 * “into a quasi-governmental corporation” James Wilson, Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It (New York: Basic Books, 1991), 123. * “processing 90 million pieces” James Wilson, Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It (New York: Basic Books, 1991), 123. PAGE 14 * “save $100 million a year” Robert D. Behn, “Closing a Government Facility,” Public Administration Review, July/August, 1978, www.jstor.org/pss/975815. * “more of a priority than ‘profit’” James Wilson, Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It (New York: Basic Books, 1991), 124. * “in the price of a basic stamp” Nick Abraham, Joshua Hall, and Ben VanMetre, “First Class Inefficiency: We Protest the Postal Service’s Monopoly Over the Mail,” Forbes, April 16, 2009, www.forbes.com/2009/04/16/usps-postal-service-mail-opinions-contributors-monopoly.html. * “preferred the loss of Saturday delivery” James Wilson, Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It (New York: Basic Books, 1991), 124. * “$2.8 billion in fiscal year 2008” United States Postal Service, “Economy-Driven Mail Volume Decline Contributes to Postal Service $2.8 Billion Year-End Loss: FY 2008 Marked by Record On-Time Mail Delivery,” news release, November 13, 2008, www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2008/pr08_118.htm. * “$3 billion to $6 billion in 2009” Gregg Carlstorm, “Long Recession Could Stymie USPS Struggle for Solvency,” Federal Times, February 10, 2009, http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3939859. * “‘our situation is critical’” Associated Press, “Postal Service Could Run Out of Money in ’09: Postmaster General Seeking Permission to Cut Mail Delivery Service,” msnbc.com, March 25, 2009, www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29877702. * “five-day delivery again” Gregg Carlstorm, “Long Recession Could Stymie USPS Struggle for Solvency,” Federal Times, February 10, 2009, http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3939859. * “both said they would oppose it” Gregg Carlstorm, “Long Recession Could Stymie USPS Struggle for Solvency,” Federal Times, February 10, 2009, http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3939859. * “politicians don’t like that either” Gregg Carlstorm, “Long Recession Could Stymie USPS Struggle for Solvency,” Federal Times, February 10, 2009, http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3939859. PAGE 16 * “over 6,000 pages of rules” James Wilson, Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It (New York: Basic Books, 1991), 127. * “belong to at least four of them” Jonathan Rauch, Demosclerosis: The Silent Killer of American Government (New York: Times Books, 1994). * “largest public works project in American history” Richard F. Weingroff, “Creating the Interstate System,” Public Roads 60, no. 1 (Summer 1996), www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/summer96/p96su10.htm. * “just 28 pages long” James Wilson, Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It (New York: Basic Books, 1991), xiv. * “It was 293 pages long” James Wilson, Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It (New York: Basic Books, 1991), xiv. List of government agencies Hannah Sistare, Government Reorganization: Strategies and Tools to Get It Done, (Washington, DC: IBM Center for the Business of Government, 2004), www.businessofgovernment.org/pdfs/SistareReport.pdf. * “‘among other things’” James Wilson, Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It (New York: Basic Books, 1991), xv. PAGE 17 * “on the books since 1995” Daniel J. Mitchell, “Does Big Government Breed Corruption and Sleaze?” Cato@Liberty, April 21, 2009, www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/04/21/does-big-government-breed-corruption-and-sleaze. PAGE 18 * “Reorganizing Our Reorganizations” Peri E. Arnold, “Reform’s Changing Role,” Public Administration Review 55, no. 5 (September-October, 1995), 407-417. * “eleven (mostly unsuccessful) major attempts” James Wilson, Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It (New York: Basic Books, 1991). * “‘should be perpetually on his guard’” “Roosevelt for Reform by Order of Executive: Warns the Keep Commission Not to Ask for Much Legislation,” New York Times, March 24, 1906, http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archivefree/pdf?_r=1&res=
9C07EFD91531E733A25757C2A9659C946797D6CF. * “‘nothing could be more foolish’” “Roosevelt for Reform by Order of Executive: Warns the Keep Commission Not to Ask for Much Legislation,” New York Times, March 24, 1906, http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9C07EFD91531E733A25757C2A9659C946797D6CF. * “‘Government were run on a businesslike basis’” “Taft Will Submit Budget to Congress: Plan Under Way to Embody All Government Estimates In This Form,” New York Times, September 29, 1912, http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A01EFD9113AE633A2575AC2A96F9C946396D6CF. PAGE 19 * “a first for any American president” Hannah Sistare, Government Reorganization: Strategies and Tools to Get It Done, (Washington, DC: IBM Center for the Business of Government, 2004), www.businessofgovernment.org/pdfs/SistareReport.pdf. * “‘off the backs’ of the American people’” Grace Commission, President’s Private Sector Survey on Cost Control: A Report to the President, Volume 1, special report prepared at the request of the Executive Committee, January 15, 1984, www.uhuh.com/taxstuff/gracecom.htm. * “‘necessary social welfare programs’” Grace Commission, President’s Private Sector Survey on Cost Control: A Report to the President, Volume 1, special report prepared at the request of the Executive Committee, January 15, 1984, www.uhuh.com/taxstuff/gracecom.htm. PAGE 20 * “estimated at over $40 million” “Drinkers Still Pay Flood Relief Tax Enacted in 1936,” wgal.com, July 12, 2005, www.wgal.com/news/4711497/detail.html?subid=22100741&qs=1;bp=t. * “an absurd 18 percent” Mike Faher, “Customers Still Paying ‘Johnstown Flood Tax,’” Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, December 15, 2007, www.tribunedemocrat.com/local/local_story_349235951.html. * “net about $283 million” Pennsylvania Office of the Governor, 2009-10 Budget, (Harrisburg, 2009), www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_
113914_350146_0_0_18/2009_10_Budget_Document.pdf. * “‘with the workplace and factory’” Bruce Crumley, “The Protests in France Get Personal,” Time, March 19, 2009, www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1886519,00.html. * “‘economic opportunity to trickle up’” Lori Montgomery, “In Obama Tax Plan, a Shift of Wealth From the Top Down,” Washington Post, March 7, 2009, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/06/AR2009030603367.html. PAGE 21 * “sporting event in Massachusetts” Mac Daniel, “Black and Blue: Largely Ignored, Puritan Laws Like ‘Common Day of Rest’ Revisited for the Holidays,” Boston Globe, December 4, 2005, www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/
2005/12/04/back_and_blue. * “set up in the 1930s” Dan Morgan, Sarah Cohen, and Gilbert M. Gaul, “Dairy Industry Crushed Innovator Who Bested Price-Control System,” Washington Post, December 10, 2006, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/09/AR2006120900925.html. * “we need some regulation now” Jeff Poor, “CNBC Contributor Howard Dean: ‘I Think We Had Quite Enough Capitalism,’” newsbusters.org, May 8, 2009, http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/2009/05/08/cnbc-contributor-howard-dean-i-think-we-had-quite-enough-capitalism. * “over $1.5 billion a year” Citizens Against Government Waste, “Milk Marketing Orders,” cagw.org, accessed May 13, 2009, www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=policy_Milk_Marketing_Orders. * “$12.5 billion in annual revenues” Dean Foods, “Shareholder Information 2009,” deanfoods.com, accessed May 13, 2009, www.deanfoods.com/our-company/investor-relations/shareholder-information.aspx. * “competitors were also forced to slash prices” Dan Morgan, Sarah Cohen, and Gilbert M. Gaul, “Dairy Industry Crushed Innovator Who Bested Price-Control System,” Washington Post, December 10, 2006, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/09/AR2006120900925.html. PAGE 22 * “passed the bill by 13 votes” Morgan, Sarah Cohen, and Gilbert M. Gaul, “Dairy Industry Crushed Innovator Who Bested Price-Control System,” Washington Post, December 10, 2006, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/09/AR2006120900925.html. * “member companies and their employees” Dan Morgan, Sarah Cohen, and Gilbert M. Gaul, “Dairy Industry Crushed Innovator Who Bested Price-Control System,” Washington Post, December 10, 2006, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/09/AR2006120900925.html. * “contributions received from dairy interests” Dan Morgan, Sarah Cohen, and Gilbert M. Gaul, “Dairy Industry Crushed Innovator Who Bested Price-Control System,” page 5, Washington Post, December 10, 2006, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/09/AR2006120900925.html. * “up to $400,000 a month,” Dan Morgan, Sarah Cohen, and Gilbert M. Gaul, “Dairy Industry Crushed Innovator Who Bested Price-Control System,” page 5, Washington Post, December 10, 2006, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/09/AR2006120900925.html. * “reversed that decision” Hein Hettinga, et. al v. U.S., 07-5403 F. 06cv01637 (D.C. Cir. 2009), http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/dc/075403p.pdf. * “‘free enterprise in the United States’” Dan Morgan, Sarah Cohen, and Gilbert M. Gaul, “Dairy Industry Crushed Innovator Who Bested Price-Control System,” Washington Post, December 10, 2006, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/09/AR2006120900925.html. PAGE 23 * “‘a real economic system’” Breitbart, “Ahmadinejad Rips Capitalism,” breitbart.com, April 6, 2009, www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.15148f36e80f2222604c174cd120fa19.5b1. * “about $2.7 billion” Kirk Johnson, “Weicker Income-Tax Plan Dying As Bipartisan Opposition Grows,” New York Times, May 16, 1991, www.nytimes.com/1991/05/16/nyregion/weicker-income-tax-plan-dying-as-bipartisan-opposition-grows.html. * “‘facing toward the future’” Kirk Johnson, “Budget Is Passed for Connecticut with Income Tax,” New York Times, August 23, 1991, www.nytimes.com/1991/08/23/nyregion/budget-is-passed-for-connecticut-with-income-tax.html. * “over $7.5 billion a year” Connecticut Office of the Governor, 2010-2011 Biennial Budget, (Hartford, 2009), www.ct.gov/opm/lib/opm/budget/2010_2011_biennial_budget/
bigbook/bigbookpart1_fob_final_schedules.pdf. PAGE 24 * “$6 billion to $8 billion over the next two years” Associated Press, “Rell Says Jobs, Revenue Not as Bad as Once Thought,” Associated Press, March 4, 2009. * “projected to be $18.8 billion” Connecticut Office of the Governor, 2010-2011 Biennial Budget, (Hartford, 2009), www.ct.gov/opm/lib/opm/budget/2010_2011_biennial_budget/
bigbook/bigbookpart1_fob_final_schedules.pdf. * “‘and our environment were destroyed’” Robert Higgs, “Results of Still Another Fifty-Year Experiment in Political Economy,” Independent Review 12, no.1 (Summer 2007): 151-2, www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_12_01_09_higgs.pdf. PAGE 25 * “to 18 percent within a few years” Daniel J. Mitchell, “Baltic Beacon,” cato.org, June 20, 2007, www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8378. * “average of just 10-15 minutes to file their returns online” Daniel J. Mitchell, “Estonia’s Flat Tax Leads to Economic Boom,” Cato@Liberty, April 18, 2007, www.cato-at-liberty.org/2007/04/18/estonias-flat-tax-leads-to-economic-boom. * “virtually identical to Finland’s” Craig M. Newmark, “Estonia and Finland, Updated,” Independent Review 13, no. 4 (Spring 2009): 624-5. * “to 7.5 per thousand” Craig M. Newmark, “Estonia and Finland, Updated,” Independent Review 13, no. 4 (Spring 2009): 624-5. * “cut . . . almost in half” Craig M. Newmark, “Estonia and Finland, Updated,” Independent Review 13, no. 4 (Spring 2009): 624-5. * “5.8 percent over the same time period” Craig M. Newmark, “Estonia and Finland, Updated,” Independent Review 13, no. 4 (Spring 2009): 624-5. * “127 cellular phones for every hundred people” Craig M. Newmark, “Estonia and Finland, Updated,” Independent Review 13, no. 4 (Spring 2009): 624-5. * “‘Silicon Valley on the Baltic Sea’” Mark Landler, “Hot Technology for Chilly Streets in Estonia,” New York Times, December 13, 2005, www.nytimes.com/2005/12/13/technology/13skype.html. PAGE 28 * “poverty line is still over 40 percent” Mark Weisbrot, Luis Sandoval, and David Rosnick, “Poverty Rates in Venezuela: Getting the Numbers Right,” (Washington, D.C.: Center for Economic and Policy Research, 2006), www.rethinkvenezuela.com/downloads/ceprpov.htm. * “rate is over 30 percent” U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, “Field Listing: Population Below Poverty Line,” in The World Factbook (Washington, D.C.: CIA, 2008), www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2046.html. PAGE 31 * “‘more attractive not to work than to work’” Roger Cohen, “One France Is Enough,” New York Times, March 4, 2009, www.nytimes.com/2009/03/05/opinion/05Cohen.html. PAGE 32 * “‘created before it can be shared’” The Economist, “France’s Troubles: A Tale of Two Frances,” The Economist, March 30, 2006. * “as 23 percent of young people in France are unemployed” The Economist, “France’s Troubles: A Tale of Two Frances,” The Economist, March 30, 2006. * “64 percent of all French youths” The Economist, “France’s Troubles: A Tale of Two Frances,” The Economist, March 30, 2006. * “‘say in their protests, ‘institutionalizes insecurity’” The Economist, “France’s Troubles: A Tale of Two Frances,” The Economist, March 30, 2006. * “25 percent of all jobs in France” The Economist, “France’s Troubles: A Tale of Two Frances,” The Economist, March 30, 2006. * “three schools in the top hundred” Academic Ranking of World Universities, “Top 500 World Universities,” Center for World Class Universities, 2008, www.arwu.org/rank2008/ARWU2008_A(EN).htm. PAGE 33 * “from 66 percent of GDP today” AFX News Limited, “France’s Breton Says Debt Could Fall to 60 pct of GDP by 2012,” forbes.com, December 14, 2005, www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2005/12/14/afx2390783.html. * “catastrophic 100 percent in 2014” The Economist, “France’s Troubles: A Tale of Two Frances,” The Economist, March 30, 2006. * “17 different schools in the top 20” Academic Ranking of World Universities, “Top 500 World Universities,” Center for World Class Universities, 2008, www.arwu.org/rank2008/ARWU2008_A(EN).htm.
PAGE 35 * “‘fear the government, there is tyranny’” Walter E. Williams, Do the Right Thing: The People’s Economist Speaks (Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 1995), 149, http://books.google.com/books?id=SxGurfTCNZcC. PAGE 36 * “militia clause were actually quite common” Eugene Volokh, The Commonplace Second Amendment, 73 N.Y.U.L. Rev. 793, 794-95 (1998). * “‘right to service in a “militia’” “Lock and Load,” New York Times, June 27, 2008, www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/opinion/27fri1.html. PAGE 37 * “‘shall ever be debarred the use of arms’” Thomas Jefferson, The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Paul Leicester Ford (New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1893): 2: 27. * “‘a ridiculous notion’” Copeman v. Gallant, 1 P. Wms. 314, 320 (1716). “decision ‘with some heat’” Copeman v. Gallant, 1 P. Wms. 314, 320 (1716). * “‘must not be had to the preamble’” James Kent, Commentaries on American Law, vol. 4 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1858). PAGE 38 * “‘not really a right’” Alicia Colon, “A Case for Guns,” New York Sun, November 17, 2006, www.nysun.com/new-york/case-for-guns/43736/. * “‘used to create doubt or uncertainty’” Norman Singer, 2A Sutherland on Statutory Constructions, sect. 47.04 at 224-25 (6th ed., Clark Boardman Callaghan 2000). * “‘shall forever be encouraged’” U.S. Congress, Act of August 7, 1789, ch.8, 1 stat. 50, 52. * “‘Progress of Science and the useful Arts’” U.S. Constitution, art. 1, sect. 8, cl. 8. * “don’t limit copyright and patent protection” Scnapper v. Foley, 667 F.2d 102, 112 (D.C. Cir. 1981) and Eldred v. Ashcroft, 537 U.S. 186, 212 (2003). PAGE 39 * “‘and know when they are violated’” St. George Tucker, Blackstone’s Commentaries app. 308 (William Birch Young & Abraham Small 1803). * “report done by the Missouri Information Analysis Center” Joshua Rhett Miller, “‘Fusion Centers’ Expand Criteria to Identify Militia Members,” foxnews.com, March 23, 2009, www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/23/fusion-centers-expand-criteria-identify-militia-members. PAGE 40 * “and also to organize ‘the Militia’” Perpich v. Department of Defense, 496 U.S. 334, 340 (1990) and U.S. Constitution, art. 1, sect. 8. * “asked ‘Who are the Militia?’” Jonathan Elliott, The Debates in the Several State Conventions of the Adoption of the Federal Constitution 425, (2nd ed., J.B. Lippincott 1836). * “‘consist now of the whole people’” Jonathan Elliott, The Debates in the Several State Conventions of the Adoption of the Federal Constitution 425, (2nd ed., J.B. Lippincott 1836). * “‘cooperate in the work of defence’” United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174, 179-80 (1939). * “‘acting in concert for the common defense’” United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174, 179-80 (1939). * “‘citizens with arms in their hands’” James Madison, “The Federalist Number 46,” in The Federalist Papers, eds. George W. Carey and James McClellan (Indianapolis, IN: Liberty Fund, 2001): 244. * “‘afraid to trust the people with arms’” James Madison, “The Federalist Number 46,” in The Federalist Papers, eds. George W. Carey and James McClellan (Indianapolis, IN: Liberty Fund, 2001): 244. * “‘who all have and can use arms’” Boston Evening Post, November 21, 1768, at 2, col. 3. * “‘spirit and ability of Americans’” New York Packet and American Advertiser, April 4, 1776, at 2, cols. 1-2. PAGE 41 * “law defines ‘the militia of the United States’” U.S. Code Title 10, sect. 311-313. * “‘expected to appear bearing arms supplied by’” United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174, 179-80 (1939). * “‘rendering themselves useless—by disarming them’” Kate Mason Rowland, The Life of George Mason: 1725-1792 (New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1892): 2:408. * “‘suitable to their Conditions and as allowed by Law’” Bill of Rights 1 William & Mary, Sess. 2, c. 2, sect. 1 (1689). * “defence of his house and family” Mallock v. Eastly, 87 Eng. Rep. 1370, 1374, Mod. Rep. 482 (C.P. 1744). PAGE 42 * “‘for their defence, not for offence’” John Adams, The Adams Papers: Legal Papers of John Adams, L. Kinvin Wroth and Hiller B. Zobel eds. (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1965), 3:149 and 3:248. * “disarmament of the people of Boston provoked outrage” Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 (Washington, D.C., 1905): 2: 136-7. PAGE 43 * “‘regulated means ‘properly disciplined’” Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed., under the word “Regulated.” * “means ‘training in the practice of arms’” Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed., under the word “Discipline.” * “‘well-regulated militia’” Kate Mason Rowland, The Life of George Mason: 1725-1792 (New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1892): 1:428. * “‘the world as well as property’” Thomas Paine, The Writings of Thomas Paine, ed. Moncure Daniel Conway (New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1894): 1:56. PAGE 44 * “Newburn . . . Gazette reported that ‘a Demoniac’” North Carolina Gazette (Newburn), July 7, 1775, at 3, col.1. * “‘After the 1996 ‘Dunblane Massacre’” “Handgun Crime ‘Up’ Despite Ban,” news.bbc.co.uk, July 16, 2001, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1440764.stm. * “John Adams confidently quoted from it” John Adams, The Adams Papers: Legal Papers of John Adams, L. Kinvin Wroth and Hiller B. Zobel eds., (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1965): 3:242. * “‘not by thoughtful consideration’” Thomas Jefferson, The Commonplace Book of Thomas Jefferson, Gilbert Chinard ed. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1926). See also Cesare Beccaria, An Essay on Crimes and Punishments, trans. Edward D. Ingraham, (Philadelphia: P.H. Nicklin, 1819). * “‘prepared with Weapons for his Defense’” North Carolina Gazette (Newburn), July 7, 1775, at 2, col.3. PAGE 46 * “husband to death with a two-slice toaster.” Pat Hathcock and Jason Collins, “Harris County Charges Victoria Woman with Murder,” Victoria Advocate, November 18, 2002, www.dadi.org/toaster.htm. * “pushed the hearse forward into her head, killing her.” Fox News “Widow Killed by Husband’s Coffin on Way to Bury Him,” foxnews.com, November 11, 2008, www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,449919,00.html. * “StarCraft online for almost 50 consecutive hours.” “S. Korean Dies After Games Session,” news.bbc.co.uk, August 10, 2005, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4137782.stm. * “watching pornography on his laptop computer.” David Watkinson, “Popular Blackburn Comedian Died of Accidental Gas Overdose,” thisislancashire.co.uk, April 15, 2009, www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/4293113. * “considered a violation of your Fourth Amendment rights” Kyllo v. United States, 533 U.S. 27 (2001). PAGE 47 * “‘the rest of us will be cannibals’” Mike Morris, “Ted Turner: Global Warming Could Lead to Cannibalism,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 3, 2008, www.ajc.com/metro/content/news/stories/2008/04/03/turner_0404.html. PAGE 48 * “restricted in the United States since the mid-1930s” National Firearms Act, U.S. Code 26 (1934), sec. 5801, www.atf.gov/pub/fire-explo_pub/nfa.htm. * “subject to government health and safety regulations” Violence Policy Center, “About the Violence Policy Center,” vpc.org, accessed June 17, 2009, www.vpc.org/aboutvpc.htm. * “‘support for restrictions on these weapons’” Violence Policy Center, “Conclusion,” in “Assault Weapons and Accessories in America,” vpc.org, Accessed June 17, 2009, www.vpc.org/studies/awaconc.htm. PAGE 50 * “‘different enough to remain on the market’” Violence Policy Center, “Conclusion,” in “Assault Weapons and Accessories in America,” vpc.org, Accessed June 17, 2009, www.vpc.org/studies/awaconc.htm. * “deemed to be ‘assault weapons’” Crimes and Criminal Procedure, U.S. Code 18, sec. 921, (a) (30) (A). * “‘evil features’ was banned’” Crimes and Criminal Procedure, U.S. Code 18, sec. 921, (a) (30) (B). * “‘safe Defence of a free state’” Merrill Jensen, John P. Kaminski, and Gaspare J. Saladino, eds., The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1976): 440. PAGE 51 * “‘a shoulder thing that goes up’” Bill Gavin, Keith Ablow, and Carolyn McCarthy, interview by Tucker Carlson, Tucker, MSNBC, April 19, 2007, www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18200226. PAGE 52 * “husband was killed and son injured” Peter Marks, “Train Shooting Victim Speaks for First Time Since Injury,” New York Times, December 15, 1993, www.nytimes.com/1993/12/15/nyregion/train-shooting-victim-speaks-for-first-time-since-injury.html. * “‘with a gun and I don’t have one’” Philip Morris, “Anti-Gun Politician Switches Sides After Being Made Victim in Mugging,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 16, 2007. * “Nothing seemed to work very well” Robert A. Hahn et al. for the Task Force on Community Preventative Services, First Reports Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Firearms Laws (Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003), http://cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5214a2.htm. * “‘getting more conservative about gun control’” Richard S. Dunham, “Support Waning for New Gun Laws,” Houston Chronicle, May 5, 2009, www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/6409891.html. * “reduce violent crime, suicide, or accidents? Zero” National Research Council Committee on Law and Justice, Charles F. Wellford, John V. Pepper, and Carol V. Petrie eds., Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review (Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2004): 98. PAGE 53 * “skyrocketed 340 percent” David Leppard, “Ministers ‘Covered Up’ Gun Crime,” London Times, August 26, 2007, www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2328368.ece. * “‘no significant correlations’” Martin Killias, John van Kesteren, and Martin Rindlisbacher, “Guns, Violent Crime, and Suicide in 21 Countries,” Canadian Journal of Criminology 43, no. 4 (2001): 429-48. * “between 1990-1995, reached the same conclusion” Gary Kleck, Targeting Guns: Firearms and Their Control (Piscataway, N.J.: Aldine Transaction, 1997): 254. * “widespread gun ownership had fewer murders” Don B. Kates and Barry Mauser, “Would Banning Firearms Reduce Murder and Suicide? A Review of International and Some Domestic Evidence,” Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 30, no. 2 (2007): 651-94. * “in crimes rose by 40 percent” “Handgun Crime ‘Up’ Despite Ban,” news.bbc.co.uk, July 16, 2001, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1440764.stm. * “rather than criminals” “Handgun Crime ‘Up’ Despite Ban,” news.bbc.co.uk, July 16, 2001, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1440764.stm. * “response time was . . . 8 minutes, 25 seconds” Matthew Cella, “Police Response to 911s Slowing,” Washington Times, May 10, 2004, www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/may/10/
20040510-122711-8996r. PAGE 54 * “so tired of waiting that they gave up” Jim Keary, “Need Police? Call 911 and Wait: Sick-Leave Abuse Retards Responses,” Washington Times, June 24, 1998. * “‘the 911 system is a joke’” “Time to Police the Chief,” Washington Post, June 1, 2003, http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/342376461.html?
dids=342376461:342376461&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&fmac=
&date=Jun+1,+2003&author=&desc=Time+to+Police+the+Chief. * “‘even after all the money we’ve put into this’” Michael Neibauer, “Councilman Claims He Was Badgered During 911 Call,” examiner.com, December 15, 2007, www.examiner.com/a-1106755~Councilman_claims_he_was_
badgered_during_911_call.html. * “gun rights over human life.” “Lock and Load,” New York Times, June 27, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/opinion/27fri1.html. * “recording with some calming music” Shelly Feuer Domash, “Nassau 911 Callers Are Being Put on Hold,” New York Times, September14, 2003, www.nytimes.com/2003/09/14/nyregion/nassau-911-callers-are-being-puton-hold.html. * “911 calls in New York City: 7.2 minutes” “Mayor Bloomberg Releases Fiscal 2005 Mayor’s Management Report,” U.S. States News, September 12, 2005. * “Los Angeles, 10.5 minutes” “L.A. Police Average Over Ten Minutes in Responding to 911 Calls,” Associated Press, July 1, 2003. * “Atlanta and three neighboring counties, 11.1 minutes” Fox 5 Atlanta, “911 Response Times: An I-Team Investigation,” Fox News. * “Philadelphia, almost 7 minutes” Howard Goodman, “A System Geared to Preventing ‘Another Polec’,” Philadelphia Inquirer, August 3, 1998. * “Florida, just over 7 minutes” Leanora Minai, “Is That Enough? There are 505 Sworn Officers on St. Petersburg’s Force. 97 Work the Street,” St. Petersburg Times, April 7, 2002, www.sptimes.com/2002/04/07/TampaBay/Is_that_enough.shtml. * “highest police officer to citizen ratio” Michael Powell, Sari Horwitz, and Cheryl W. Thompson, “Problems in D.C. Police Dept. Festered for Decades,” Washington Post, October 12, 1997. * “‘values gun rights over human life’” “Lock and Load,” New York Times, June 27, 2008, www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/opinion/27fri1.html. * “‘you get hammered for it’” David A. Fahrenthold, “D.C. Police Cut Goal on Closing Homicides: Ramsey Calls New Target for Solving Cases Realistic,” Washington Post, June 26, 2002, www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A45064-2002Jun25. PAGE 55 * “solved, it counts towards the department’s success” Charles C. Maddox, Esq., Audit of Contract Performance Measures and the Mayor’s Scorecard Measures, Government of the District of Columbia Office of the Inspector General, 2001, Audit Report No. OIG-00-2-12MA, http://oig.dc.gov/news/view2.asp?url=2001_March_20/part_one_30201.pdf&mode=
audit&archived=1&month=20012. * “it’s 6 percent” Charles C. Maddox, Esq., Audit of Contract Performance Measures and the Mayor’s Scorecard Measures, Government of the District of Columbia Office of the Inspector General, 2001, Audit Report No. OIG-00-2-12MA, http://oig.dc.gov/news/view2.asp?url=2001_March_20/part_one_30201.pdf&
mode=audit&archived=1&month=20012. * “rated only a ‘code 2’” Warren v. District of Columbia, 444 A.2d 1 (D.C. 1981). PAGE 56 * “the police left” Warren v. District of Columbia, 444 A.2d 1 (D.C. 1981). * “‘investigate the trouble’—and nobody ever did” Warren v. District of Columbia, 444 A.2d 1 (D.C. 1981). * “brutalized them for another fourteen hours” Warren v. District of Columbia, 444 A.2d 1 (D.C. 1981). * “‘especially when young, how to use them’” Robert J. Cottrol, ed., Gun Control and the Constitution: Sources and Explorations of the Second Amendment (New York: Garland, 1994): 27. * “reasonable means to enforce this restraining order” Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales, 545 U.S. 748 (2005). PAGE 57 * “again told to wait until 10 pm” Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales, 545 U.S. 748 (2005). * “then went to get something to eat” Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales, 545 U.S. 748 (2005). * “three little girls . . . were already dead” Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales, 545 U.S. 748 (2005). * “Jessica had no constitutional interest” Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales, 545 U.S. 748 (2005). PAGE 58 * “from 760,000 to over 3 million defensive gun uses” Gary Kleck, “Guns and Self Defense,” in Targeting Guns: Firearms and Their Control (Piscataway, N.J.: Aldine Transaction, 1997). * “no shots were ever fired” Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz, “Armed Resistance to Crime: The Prevalence and Nature of Self-Defense with a Gun,” Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 86, no. 1 (1995). * “at most, one percent” Gary Kleck, Targeting Guns: Firearms and Their Control (Piscataway, N.J.: Aldine Transaction, 1997): 168-9. * “reduced the chance of being injured” Lawrence Southwick, Jr., “Self-Defense with Guns: The Consequences,” Journal of Criminal Justice 28, no. 5 (2000): 351, 362, 367. * “789 accidental deaths from firearms” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Age-Adjusted Death Rates for 113 Selected Causes by Race and Sex: United States, 2005,” disastercenter.com, January 16, 2008, www.disastercenter.com/cdc/Age%20adjusted%20death%20rates%20for%20113%20selected% 20causes%20by%20race%20and%20sex%202005.html. * “as dying in a plane crash or from bronchitis” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Age-Adjusted Death Rates for 113 Selected Causes by Race and Sex: United States, 2005,” disastercenter.com, January 16, 2008, www.disastercenter.com/cdc/Age%20adjusted%20death%20rates%20for%20113%20selected%20causes%20by%20race%20and%20sex%202005.html. * “‘prepared their own downfall by so doing’” Hugh-Redwald Trevor-Roper, Hitler’s Secret Conversations: 1941-1944 (New York: Farrar, Strauss and Young, 1953): 345. * “285 children drowned in pools in 2003” National Safety Council, Injury Facts 2007 (Itasca, IL: National Safety Council, 2007). PAGE 59 * “‘death by gun . . . isn’t even close’” Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Revised and Expanded Edition) (New York: William Morrow, 2006): 135-6. * “‘because other methods would be chosen’” World Health Organization, Changing Patterns in Suicide Behavior (Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 1982). * “or overdosing on pills” Gary Kleck, Targeting Guns: Firearms and Their Control (Piscataway, N.J.: Aldine Transaction, 1997): 266. * “an average rate of suicide” James B. Jacobs, Can Gun Control Work? (New York: Oxford University Press, USA, 2002): 6. * “often at far greater rates” Gary Kleck, Targeting Guns: Firearms and Their Control (Piscataway, N.J.: Aldine Transaction, 1997): 254, 265-89. See also Martin Killias, John van Kesteren, and Martin Rindlisbacher, “Guns, Violent Crime, and Suicide in 21 Countries,” Canadian Journal of Criminology 43, no. 4 (2001): 429-48. * “rates of suicide and homicide in . . . America, combined” World Health Organization, “Suicide Rates (Per 100,000), by Gender, Japan, 1950-2006,” who.int, accessed May 28, 2009, www.who.int/mental_health/media/japa.pdf. See also, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Suicide: Facts at a Glance,” cdc.gov, accessed May 28, 2009, www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/suicide/SuicideDataSheet.pdf and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Faststats: Assault or Homicide,” cdc.gov, accessed May 28, 2009, www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm.
PAGE 62 * “four times more money at public schools” Neal McCluskey, “No Federal Failure Left Behind,” cato.org, July 12, 2004, www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=4574. * “over one million incoming college students” PR Newswire, “Strong American Schools Unveils New Research on the Cost of College Remediation for Unprepared U.S. Students and Taxpayers,” PR Newswire-US Newswire, September 15, 2008. * “$2.5 billion a year” PR Newswire, “Strong American Schools Unveils New Research on the Cost of College Remediation for Unprepared U.S. Students and Taxpayers,” PR Newswire-US Newswire, September 15, 2008. * “32 million Americans who can’t read or write” Chris Davies, “Illiteracy Rates Worsening in U.S.,” Daily Vidette, January 20, 2009, www.dailyvidette.com/media/storage/paper420/
news/2009/01/20/News/Illiteracy.Rates.Worsening.
In.U.s-3589202.shtml. PAGE 63 * “couldn’t even locate New York State” Shradhha Sharma, “Know Your Astoria From Your Erie? Many Young People Are Woefully Ignorant of National, World Geography,” Mobile Register, April 15, 2007. * “four votes in the House” Department of Education Organization Act, HR 2444, 96th Cong., 1st sess. (February 27, 1979). PAGE 64 * “objected to expanding federal influence” Edward B. Fiske, “Some Republicans Oppose Efforts to Abolish U.S. Education Dept.,” New York Times, December 26, 1981. * “NYPD corruption was dealt a death blow” Clyde Haberman, “Serpico Steps Out of the Shadows to Testify,” New York Times, September 24, 1997, www.nytimes.com/1997/09/24/nyregion/serpico-steps-out-of-the-shadows-to-testify.html. * “‘education is the motor-force of revolution’” Andy McCarthy, “What Kind of Education Reform Did Ayers & Obama Have in Mind?” National Review, October 11, 2008. PAGE 67 * “purple . . . is in” Naomi Aoki, “Harshness of Red Marks Has Students Seeing Purple,” Boston Globe, August 23, 2004, www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2004/08/23/
harshness_of_red_marks_has_students_seeing_purple. * “‘the improvements progressives sought’” Ronald J. Pestritto, American Progressivism: A Reader, (Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2008), 13. * “‘doesn’t look as scary as red’” Naomi Aoki, “Harshness of Red Marks Has Students Seeing Purple,” Boston Globe, August 23, 2004, www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2004/08/23/
harshness_of_red_marks_has_students_seeing_purple * “‘I use purple a lot’” Naomi Aoki, “Harshness of Red Marks Has Students Seeing Purple,” Boston Globe, August 23, 2004, www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2004/08/23/
harshness_of_red_marks_has_students_seeing_purple. * “‘purple is a more approachable color’” Sherry Parmet, “Teachers Starting to Shun Red Pens: Color May Lower Kids’ Confidence,” San Diego Union-Tribune, October 4, 2004, www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041004/news_1m4pens.html. PAGE 69 * “‘unduly specialized or else disintegrated’” Ronald J. Pestritto, American Progressivism: A Reader, (Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2008), 120. * “‘properly responding to these influences’” Ronald J. Pestritto, American Progressivism: A Reader, (Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2008), 120. * “‘red is not one of those colors’” Associated Press, “Parents to Teachers: No More Red Pencils,” msnbc.com, April 3, 2005, www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7374218. * “‘here’s what you can do better’” Sherry Parmet, “Teachers Starting to Shun Red Pens: Color May Lower Kids’ Confidence,” San Diego Union-Tribune, October 4, 2004, www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041004/news_1m4pens.html. * “‘it’s the color of Barney’” Sherry Parmet, “Teachers Starting to Shun Red Pens: Color May Lower Kids’ Confidence,” San Diego Union-Tribune, October 4, 2004, www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041004/news_1m4pens.html. * “‘let down generations of children’” Polly Curtis, “Children Being Failed by Progressive Teaching, Say Tories,” The Guardian, May 9, 2008, www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/may/09/schools.uk. PAGE 70 * “‘unlike their fathers as we can.’” Michael E. McGerr, A Fierce Discontent, (Simon & Schuster, 2003), 111. * “‘flawed assumptions of the past.’” Glenn Beck Radio Program, February, 4, 2009. * “‘all aspects of the child’s nature’” Nicholas O’Han, “Who We Are: LREI: A Leader in Progressive Education,” lrei.org, accessed May 21, 2009, www.lrei.org/whoweare/index.html. * “to get the same jobs as their liberal peers” States News Service, “Professors More Likely to Be Liberal than Conservative: Socially Conservative Professors Must Publish More to Get Same Jobs as Liberal Peers,” States News Service, November 14, 2007. * “‘Star Trek and Religion’ (Indiana Bloomington University)’” Careers and Education, “Top 6 Absurd College Courses for 2008!” careersandeducation.com, accessed May 21, 2009, www.careersandeducation.com/top-6-absurd-college-courses-for-2008. * “‘The American Vacation’ (U. Iowa)” University of Phoenix, “Strangest College Degrees and Classes—University of Phoenix Online Respects Your Time,” phoenix.19gi.com, January 16, 2009, http://phoenix.19gi.com/uop/strangest-college-degrees-and-classes-university-of-phoenix-online. * “‘Learning from YouTube’ (Pitzer)” University of Phoenix, “Strangest College Degrees and Classes—University of Phoenix Online Respects Your Time,” phoenix.19gi.com, January 16, 2009, http://phoenix.19gi.com/uop/strangest-college-degrees-and-classes-university-of-phoenix-online. * “‘Feminist Critique of Christianity’ (U. Penn)” Accuracy in Academia, “America’s Most Ridiculous College Courses,” academia.org, accessed May 21, 2009, www.academia.org/campus_reports/2001/sept_2001_4. html. * “‘Blackness’ (Occidental)” Charlotte Allen, “I Got an A in Phallus 101,” Los Angeles Times, January 7, 2007, www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-opallen7jan07,0,6765169.story?coll=la-opinion-center. * “‘Queer Musicology’ (UCLA)” Charlotte Allen, “I Got an A in Phallus 101,” Los Angeles Times, January 7, 2007, www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-allen7jan07,0,6765169.story. PAGE 71 * “‘The Phallus’ and ‘Native American Feminisms’” Charlotte Allen, “I Got an A in Phallus 101,” Los Angeles Times, January 7, 2007, www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-allen7jan07,0,6765169.story. * “than they did in the 1960s” Neal McCluskey, “No Federal Failure Left Behind,” cato.org, July 12, 2004, www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=4574. * “Have math and reading skills improved?” Pete Chagnon, “U.S. Education Model Needs More than Money,” onenewsnow.com, May 5, 2009, www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=516014. * “Have graduation rates improved?” James J. Heckman and Paul A. LaFontaine, “The Declining American High School Graduation Rate: Evidence, Sources, and Consequences,” NBER Reporter Online, no. 1 (2008), www.nber.org/reporter/2008number1/heckman.html. * “Nation’s Report Card, 2008 Assessment” U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP 2008 Trends in Academic Progress, (Washington, D.C.: National Center for Education Statistics, 2008) http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2008/2009479.pdf. * “$9,138 per public school student” U.S. Census Bureau, Public Education Finances: 2006, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Census Bureau, 2008) http://ftp2.census.gov/govs/school/06f33pub.pdf. * “at least double that amount” Andrew J. Coulson, “The Real Cost of Public Schools,” cato.org, April 6, 2008, www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9319. PAGE 72 * “each of these states: . . . NY” U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, “State Education Data Profiles: New York,” nces.ed.gov, accessed May 21, 2009, http://nces.ed.gov/programs/stateprofiles. * “each of these states: . . . UT” U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, “State Education Data Profiles: Utah,” nces.ed.gov, accessed May 21, 2009, http://nces.ed.gov/programs/stateprofiles. * “each of these states: . . . U.S. Avg.” U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, “State Education Data Profiles: Utah,” nces.ed.gov, accessed May 21, 2009, http://nces.ed.gov/programs/stateprofiles. * “‘social, emotional, personal, physical, and intellectual’” Prairie Creek Community School, “Progressive Education,” prairiecreek.org, accessed May 21, 2009, www.prairiecreek.org. PAGE 73 * “35 percent of Democrats in Congress” USA Today Opinion Blog, “Our View on Improving Education: Despite Success, School Choice Runs into New Barriers,” blogs.usatoday.com, May 19, 2009, http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/05/our-view-on-improving-education-despite-success-school-choice-runs-into-new-barriers.html. * “‘most of us will never forget’” David W. Magill, “Communications from the Director: On the Same Page: A Fall to Remember,” ucls.uchicago.edu, December 2008, www.ucls.uchicago.edu/about/message/1208.shtml. PAGE 74 * “lowest high school graduation rate” “Learning (and Succeeding) on Jump Street,” Wall Street Journal, June 10, 2008, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121306417113859741.html. * “went on to college” “Learning (and Succeeding) on Jump Street,” Wall Street Journal, June 10, 2008, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121306417113859741.html. * “shut down funding for the D.C. voucher program” “Democrats and Poor Kids: Sitting on Evidence of Voucher Success, and the Battle of New York,” Wall Street Journal, April 5, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1238974927024910991.html. PAGE 75 * “‘a unionized monopoly’” John Stossel, “Teachers Unions Are Killing the Public Schools,” realclearpolitics.com, February 15, 2006, www.realclearpolitics.com/Commentary/com-2_15_06_JS.html. * “minimal accountability for their failure” Amy Fagan, “Lessons Learned: Former Education Secretary Sees Union Excess at the Crux of School Failures,” Washington Times, March 16, 2007. * “105 page Memorandum of Understanding” Neal McClusky, “Corruption in the Public Schools: The Market Is the Answer,” Policy Analysis, no. 542, April 20, 2005, www.policyarchive.org/bitstream/handle/10207/6723/pa542.pdf. * “‘one student’s progress with that of another’” Wingra School, “Is Wingra a Good Choice for Your Family?” wingraschool.org, Accessed May 21, 2009, www.wingraschool.org/wingra_rightfit.html. PAGE 77 * “fire just 21 a year” Jason Song, “Failure Gets a Pass: Firing Tenured Teachers Can Be a Costly and Tortuous Task,” Los Angeles Times, May 3, 2009, www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-teachers3-2009may03,0,679507.story. * “students were actually getting injured in it” Jason Song, “Failure Gets a Pass: Firing Tenured Teachers Can Be a Costly and Tortuous Task,” Los Angeles Times, May 3, 2009, www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-teachers3-2009may03,0,679507.story. PAGE 78 * “Dissatisfaction with academic instruction at schools” U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, “1.5 Million Homeschooled Students in the United States in 2007,” Issue Brief, December 2008, http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009030.pdf. * “‘social development of home-schooled children’” Isabel Shaw, “Social Skills and Homeschooling: Myths and Facts,” school. familyeducation.com, Accessed May 21, 2009, http://school.familyeducation.com/home-schooling/human-relations/56224.html. * “by 30-37 percentile points” Brian D. Ray, Strengths of Their Own—Home Schoolers Across America: Academic Achievement, Family Characteristics, and Longitudinal Traits, (Salem, OR: National Home Education Research Institute, 1999). * “above public school averages on the Stanford Achievement Test” Christopher J. Klicka, Home School Heroes: The Struggle and Triumph of Home Schooling in America, (Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing Group, 2006), 52, http://books.google.com/books?id=gTc16uQVm1wC. * “Louisa May Alcott” Stacy Conradt, “10 Homeschooled Celebrities,” cnn.com, April 23, 2009, www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/04/22/mf.home.schooled. * “Venus and Serena Williams” Theresa Willingham, “Homeschooled Alumni Impressive and Growing: Famous Homeschoolers Can Be Proud of Their Rank,” suite101.com, September 29, 2009, http://homeschooling.suite101.com/article.cfm/homeschooled_
alumni_impressive_and_growing. PAGE 80 * “and allowing extra time to finish” Kris Axtman, “When Tests’ Teachers Are the Cheaters,” Christian Science Monitor, January 11, 2005, www.csmonitor.com/2005/0111/p01s03-ussc.html. * “even more cheating than they originally thought” Nanette Asimov and Todd Wallack, “The Teachers Who Cheat” San Francisco Chronicle, May 13, 2007, www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/05/13/MNGMSPPIU91.DTL. * “lower the passing score from 75 to 42” Marie Gryphon, “Education Law Encourages Fuzzy Math,” cato.org, February 18, 2005, www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=3694. * “lower standards . . . will be able to keep up” Tamar Lewin, “States Found to Vary Widely on Education,” New York Times, June 8, 2007, www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/education/08scores.html. * “teacher’s annual salary at $52,570” U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2008: 25-2022 Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Vocational Education,” bls.gov, May 4, 2009, www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes252022.htm. * “policemen at $52,480” U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2008: 33-3051 Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers,” bls.gov, May 4, 2009, www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes333051.htm. * “short-order cooks at $20,230” U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2008: 35-2015 Cooks, Short Order,” bls.gov, May 4, 2009, www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes352015.htm. PAGE 82 * “way to protect their academic pursuits and research” M.J. Stephey, “A Brief History of Tenure,” Time, November 17, 2008, www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1859505,00.html. * “were becoming far easier to achieve” M.J. Stephey, “A Brief History of Tenure,” Time, November 17, 2008, www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1859505,00.html. * “up to a decade of probation” M.J. Stephey, “A Brief History of Tenure,” Time, November 17, 2008, www.time.com/timenation/article/0,8599,1859505,00.html. * “two years for a teacher to get tenure” Robert Gammon, “The Case Against Tenure: How Job Protection for K-12 Educators Penalizes Students,” East Bay Express, December 7, 2005, www.eastbayexpress.com/gyrobase/the_case_
against_tenure/Content?oid=290281. * “efforts to try and make tenure . . . more reasonable” Robert Gammon, “The Case Against Tenure: How Job Protection for K-12 Educators Penalizes Students,” East Bay Express, December 7, 2005, www.eastbayexpress.com/gyrobase/the_case_
against_tenure/Content?oid=290281. * “‘reflection on our role as its stewards’” The School in Rose Valley, “Educational Mission/Philosophy,” theschoolinrosevalley.org, accessed May 21, 2009. PAGE 83 * “pummel white students in the SATs” Anya Sostek, “Asian-American Achievements Mask Disparity,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 10, 2008, www.post-gazette.com/pg/08162/888704-85.stm.
PAGE 85 * “whopping 6.7 percent of our total” Neil King, Jr., “A Past President’s Advice to Obama: Act With Haste,” Wall Street Journal, December 11, 2008, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122894725018995935.html. PAGE 86 * “emissions by 734,000 tons every year” Patrick Cassidy, “Report Big Wind for Cape Cod Wind Farm,” Cape Cod Times, January 17, 2009, www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090117/NEWS/901170316. * “we import 70 percent now” Neil King, Jr., “A Past President’s Advice to Obama: Act With Haste,” Wall Street Journal, December 11, 2008, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122894725018995935.html. * “with $23.9 billion in profit” Ronald D. White “Exxon Mobil Shatters U.S. Record for Annual Profit,” Los Angeles Times, January 31, 2009, http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/31/business/fi-oilearns31. PAGE 87 * “skyrocketed to $72.30” Robert Murphy, “On Those Oil Profits,” townhall.com, March 8, 2008, http://townhall.com/columnists/RobertMurphy/2008/
03/08/on_those_oil_profits. * “all-time high of $147.27 per barrel” Ronald D. White “Exxon Mobil Shatters U.S. Record for Annual Profit,” Los Angeles Times, January 31, 2009, http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/31/business/fi-oilearns31. * “‘Future generations are depending on it’” Daily Mail Reporter, “The Prince and the Frog: Charles Signs Up Hollywood Stars in Fairytale Mission to Save the World’s Rainforests,” Daily Mail, May 6, 2009, www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1177524/Prince-Charles-Harrison-Ford-star-film-save-worlds-rainforests-needs-happy-ending.html. * “322 tons of CO2 were emitted” Rebecca English, “The Prince of Hypocrites: Charles Embarks on a 16,000 Mile ‘Green’ Crusade . . . Aboard a Private Jet,” Daily Mail, February 14, 2009, www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1145127/The-Prince-hypocrites-Charles-embarks-16-000-mile-green-crusade--aboard-private-jet.html. * “oil consumption increased seven percent” Energy Information Administration, “Brazil Energy Profile,” tonto.eia.doe.gov, April 10, 2009, http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/country/country_energy_data.cfm?fips=BR. * “increased by 12 percent” “China Oil Consumption Up 12% in 2008,” China Daily, January 27, 2009, www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-01/27/content_7429805.htm. * “to 2.72 million a day in 2007” Energy Information Administration, “India Energy Profile,” tonto.eia.doe.gov, May 15, 2009, http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/country/country_energy_data.cfm?fips=IN. * “increase of over 17 percent” Robert Murphy, “On Those Oil Profits,” townhall.com, March 8, 2008, http://townhall.com/columnists/RobertMurphy/2008/03/08/
on_those_oil_profits. PAGE 88 * “and many other beloved American corporations” Yahoo! Finance, see esp. “Microsoft,” “Apple,” “Google,” “Johnson & Johnson,” “Coca-Cola,” and “Nike,” accessed May 15, 2009, http://finance.yahoo.com/. * “than the average large U.S. public company” Robert Murphy, “On Those Oil Profits,” townhall.com, March 8, 2008, http://townhall.com/columnists/RobertMurphy/2008/
03/08/on_those_oil_profits. * “less than one percent of the company” Ben Stein, “Exxon Mobil Needs a Hug,” New York Times, March 2, 2008, www.nytimes.com/2008/
03/02/business/02every.html. * “by investing in growing companies” Ben Stein, “Exxon Mobil Needs a Hug,” New York Times, March 2, 2008, www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/business/02every.html. * Chart: Too Big to Profit? Search performed via Yahoo Finance, biz.yahoo.com, accessed May 15, 2009, http://biz.yahoo.com. PAGE 89 * “with a 9.5 percent margin” Yahoo Finance, “Industry Summary,” biz.yahoo.com, accessed May 15, 2009, http://biz.yahoo.com/p/sum_qpmd.html. * “paid $81 billion in income taxes” Robert Murphy, “On Those Oil Profits,” townhall.com, March 8, 2008, http://townhall.com/columnists/RobertMurphy/
2008/03/08/on_those_oil_profits. * “income taxes skyrocketed 170 percent” Moira Herbst, “Exxon: Profit Pirate or Tax Victim?” Business Week, May 2, 2008, http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/
content/may2008/db2008051_596535.htm. * “94.2 billion in three years” Yahoo Finance, “Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) Income Statement,” finance.yahoo.com, accessed May 15, 2009, http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=XOM&annual. * “GDP of Ecuador” Ecuador Explorer, “Ecuador Facts and Statistics,” ecuadorexplorer.com, accessed May 15, 2009, www.ecuadorexplorer.com/html/vital_stats.html. * “and Guatemala” U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, “Guatemala,” in The World Factbook, (Washington, D.C.: CIA, 2009), www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/gt.html. * “about $318 million in taxes per day” Robert Bryce, “Exxon, Big Oil Profits Evil Only Until You Weigh Their Tax Bills,” U.S. News and World Report, February 11, 2009, www.usnews.com/articles/opinion/2009/02/11/exxon-big-oil-profits-evil-only-until-you-weigh-their-tax-bills.html. * “‘on American families by Big Oil’” H. Josef Hebert, “Congress Slams Oil Chiefs on Profits,” Seattle Times, April 3, 2008, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/
2004319229_apcongressoil.html. * “‘energy companies are recording record profits’” FCDH e-Media, “U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Hold a Joint Hearing on Energy Pricing and Profits (Part 1 of 3)” Washington Post, November 9, 2005, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/09/AR2005110901070.html. * “‘your sacrifice, gentlemen, appears to be nothing’” FCDH e-Media, “U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Hold a Joint Hearing on Energy Pricing and Profits (Part 1 of 3)” Washington Post, November 9, 2005, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/09/AR2005110901070.html. * “middle class and hard-working families” Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Exploring the Skyrocketing Price of Oil, 110th cong., 2nd sess., May 21, 2008, http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgibin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_senate_hearings&docid=f:43354.pdf. PAGE 90 * “small compared to their large revenues” Tom Doggett, “US Treasury Secretary Attacks Oil, Gas Tax Breaks,” Reuters, March 5, 2009, http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINN0454844120090304. * “‘profit they can take in this economy’” “What Is a ‘Windfall’ Profit?” Wall Street Journal, August 4, 2008, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121780636275808495.html. * “and implementing new taxes” Claudia Cattaneo, “Obama Seeks More Revenue From Oil and Gas,” Financial Report, February 26, 2009, www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=1332570. * “‘silly to have a solar project [there]’” Jennifer Bowles, “Renewable Energy Projects Meet Opposition From Environmentalists,” Press-Enterprise, June 2, 2008, www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_
renewable03.3cc481c.html. * “running all of your companies” A. Barton Hinkle, “Democrats Know How to Fix Economy: Take it Over,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, December 23, 2008, www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/opinion/columnists/
article/HINKLE23_20081222-205320/160304. * “$1.2 billion over the coming decade” Tom Doggett, “US Treasury Secretary Attacks Oil, Gas Tax Breaks,” Reuters, March 5, 2009, http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINN0454844120090304. * “will inevitably cause prices to rise” Robert Murphy, “On Those Oil Profits,” townhall.com, March 8, 2008, http://townhall.com/columnists/RobertMurphy/2008/03/08/
on_those_oil_profits. PAGE 91 * “$50-$300 billion per year by 2020” AFP, “Obama Wants to Raise Money Via Pollution Caps: Reports,” hosted by Google News, February 26, 2009, www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5gud46bd54cMtA3pIXmBT9PSNQiqg. * “Instant Win Taxes” Scott A. Hodge, “Number of Americans Paying Zero Federal Income Tax Grows to 43.4 Million,” taxfoundation.org, March 30, 2006, www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/1410.html. PAGE 92 * “or $80 billion” Salvatore Lazzari, The Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax of the 1980s: Implications for Current Energy Policy, CRS Report for Congress, March 9, 2009, http://blog.nam.org/CRS%20Report%20on%20Windfall%20Profits%20Tax.pdf. * “‘none of this is needed’” Peter Maloney, “Solar Project Draws New Opposition,” New York Times, September 23, 2008, www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/business/businessspecial2/24shrike. html PAGE 93 * “Reality Check Arena” U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, “Table 1.3: Primary Energy Consumption by Source, Selected Years, 1949-2008,” in Annual Energy Review 2008, eia.doe.gov, accessed July 7, 2008, www.eia.doe.gov/aer/pdf/pages/sec1_9.pdf. PAGE 94 * “range from 2 billion” Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, “Top Ten Reasons to Support ANWR Development,” anwr.org, accessed May 15, 2009, www.anwr.org/ANWR-Basics/Top-ten-reasons-to-support-ANWR-development.php. * “to 16 billion barrels” Energy Information Administration, Analysis of Crude Oil Production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, (Washington, D.C.: EIA, 2008), 14, www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/servicerpt/anwr/pdf/sroiaf(2008)03.pdf. * “anywhere from 500,000 to 1.5 million barrels” Energy Information Administration, Analysis of Crude Oil Production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, (Washington, D.C.: EIA, 2008), 14, www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/servicerpt/anwr/pdf/sroiaf(2008)03.pdf. * “saving us $135 billion to $327 billion” Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, “Top Ten Reasons to Support ANWR Development,” anwr.org, accessed May 15, 2009, www.anwr.org/ANWR-Basics/Topten-reasons-to-support-ANWR-development.php. * “an estimated 60,000 to 130,000 jobs” Bernard A. Gelb, ANWR Development: Economic Impacts, CRS Report for Congress, December 3, 2001, http://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs/permalink/meta-crs-1408:1. * “$700 million a year in royalties” M. Lynne Corn, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Background and Issues, CRS Report for Congress, May 15, 2003, http://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs/permalink/meta-crs-3775:1. * “only disturb 2,000 acres of them” Douglas Waller, “Some Shaky Figures on ANWR Drilling,” Time, August 13, 2001, www.time.com/time/columnist/waller/article/0,9565,170983,00.html. * “size of the University of Florida Campus” University of Florida, “About UF,” ufl.edu, March 19, 2009, www.ufl.edu/aboutUF. * “as healthy as those in surrounding areas” Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, “Top Ten Reasons to Support ANWR Development,” anwr.org, accessed May 15, 2009, www.anwr.org/ANWR-Basics/Top-ten-reasons-to-support-ANWR-development.php. * “President Clinton vetoed it” Charles Pope, “Senate OKs Oil Drilling in Alaska’s ANWR,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 17, 2005, www.seattlepi.com/local/216352_anwr17.html. PAGE 95 * “on hold for further review” Zachary Coile, “White House Puts Costal Drilling Plans on Hold,” San Francisco Gate, February 11, 2009, www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/10/MNB015R7TQ.DTL&tsp=1. * “would have been tapped under the plan” Zachary Coile, “White House Puts Costal Drilling Plans on Hold,” San Francisco Gate, February 11, 2009, www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/10/MNB015R7TQ.DTL&tsp=1. * “from offshore oil and gas development” U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, “OCS Oil Spills Facts,” mms.gov, September 2002, www.mms.gov/stats/PDFs/2002OilSpillFacts.pdf. * “61 percent of all oil spilled in U.S. waters” U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, “OCS Oil Spills Facts,” mms.gov, September 2002, www.mms.gov/stats/PDFs/2002OilSpillFacts.pdf. * “two percent of the total oil spillage” U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, “OCS Oil Spills Facts,” mms.gov, September 2002, www.mms.gov/stats/PDFs/2002OilSpillFacts.pdf. PAGE 96 * “‘ancient American Native burial sites’” Glenn G. Wattley, “Glenn G. Wattley: R.I. Does Offshore Wind Right,” Providence Journal, November 5, 2008, www.projo.com/opinion/contributors/content/
CT_wattley5_11-05-08_9SC3LA8_v12.3e2d674.html. * “taking 175,000 cars off the road per year” Stephen Power, “First Offshore Wind Farm Is Meeting Stiff Resistance,” Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123181056426575945.html. * “about 734,000 tons annually” Cape Wind, “Project at a Glance,” capewind.org, accessed May 20, 2009, www.capewind.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=
viewarticle&artid=24. * “would’ve killed Cape Wind” Jeff Jacoby, “Kennedy Doesn’t Play by the Rules,” Boston Globe, May 7, 2006, www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/
articles/2006/05/07/kennedy_doesnt_play_by_the_rules. PAGE 97 * “double the nation’s solar capacity” Paul Davidson, “Pacific Gas Deal Will Nearly Double USA’s Solar Power,” USA Today, August 18, 2008, www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2008-08-17-solar-electric_N.htm. * “and the burrowing owl” Peter Maloney, “Solar Project Draws New Opposition,” New York Times, September 23, 2008, www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/business/
businessspecial2/24shrike.html. * “‘where the hell we can put it’” Richard Simon, “Feinstein Wants Desert Swat Off-Limits to Solar, Wind Projects,” Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2009, www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-desert25-2009mar25,0,6168582.story. * “‘other planets and dome cities’” “With Five Private Jets, Travolta Still Lectures on Global Warming,” London Evening Standard, March 3, 2007, www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-2339084details/Air+miles+Travolta+urges+fans+to+’do+their+bit’+for+the+environment/article.do. * “estimated 800 tons of carbon emissions” “With Five Private Jets, Travolta Still Lectures on Global Warming,” London Evening Standard, March 3, 2007. * “case to the state Supreme Court” The Economist, “Tree-Huggers v. Nerds: As the Planet Heats Up, So Do Disputes Between Environmentalists,” The Economist, February 12, 2009, www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13109915. * “‘for $660 million in 2000’” Tim Doyle, “Koch’s New Fight,” Forbes, September 21, 2006, www.forbes.com/2006/09/21/koch-gordon-nantucket-biz_cz_td_06rich400_0921nantucket.html. PAGE 98 * “ridership was at a 50 year high” CNN, “As Gas Goes Up, Driving Goes Down,” cnn.com, May 27, 2008, www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/26/gas.driving/index.html. * “gave to politicians from 2005-2008” Open Secrets Center for Responsive Politics, “Lobbying: Crop Production and Basic Processing,” opensecrets.org, accessed May 15, 2009, www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?year=2006&lname=A01&id=. * “$56.1 billion from 1995-2006” Robert Bryce, “The Corn Ethanol Juggernaut,” Yale Environment 360, September 15, 2008, http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2063. * “Who killed the flying car?” Edward Carr, “Who Killed the Flying Car? A Case of Technological Murder Mystery,” Excelsior, November 11, 2008, http://media.www.brooklynexcelsior.com/media/storage/paper901/
news/2008/11/11/Columns/Who-Killed.The.Flying.Car.A.
Case.Of.Technological.Murder.Mystery-3538032.shtml. PAGE 99 * “corn crop being used for ethanol” Adrienne Lewis, “Our View on Energy: Ethanol Production Soars, But Its Allure Plummets,” USA Today, July 25, 2008, http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/07/our-view-onene.html. * “cows that eat, yes, corn feed” Michael S. Rosenwald, “The Rising Tide of Corn: Ethanol-Driven Demand Felt Across the Market,” Washington Post, June 15, 2007, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/14/AR2007061402008.html. * “drove the price of other crops higher” Michael S. Rosenwald, “The Rising Tide of Corn: Ethanol-Driven Demand Felt Across the Market,” Washington Post, June 15, 2007, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/14/AR2007061402008.html. * “expense of soybeans, wheat, and other grains” Ariana Eunjung Cha, “Rising Grain Prices Panic Developing World,” Washington Post, April 4, 2008, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/03/AR2008040304054.html. PAGE 100 * “‘if we don’t do something about it’” Laurie David interviewed by HBO, hbo.com, accessed May 15, 2009, www.hbo.com/docs/programs/toohot/interview.html. * “jet to Texas A&M campus” Richard Pawlik, “Laurie David Is a Hypocrite,” Texas A&M Battalion, April 12, 2007, www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2007/04/12
/MailCall/Laurie.David.Is.A.Hypocrite-2837056.shtml. * “home in Martha’s Vineyard” David Frum, “The Hypocrisy of Celebrity Environmentalists,” American Enterprise Institute, August 4, 2007, www.aei.org/article/26610. * “‘notice of apparent violations’” “Laurie David Curbs Her Environmentalism,” Radar, January 30, 2008, www.radarmagazine.com/exclusives/2005/11/laurie-david-curbs-her-environmentalism.php. * “30 percent less efficient than gasoline” Duke University Office of News and Communications, “Study Critiques Corn-for-Ethanol’s Carbon Footprint,” news.duke.edu, March 2, 2009, http://news.duke.edu/2009/03/ethcarbon.html. * “yields about half as much fuel” Eric Reguly, “It’s Time to Kill Corn Subsidies and Go Brazilian,” Globe and Mail, May 12, 2008, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/its-time-to-kill-corn-subsidies-and-go-brazilian/article685537. * “made those kind of connections” “Half Gas, Half Electric, Total California Cool: Hollywood Gets a Charge Out of Hybrid Cars,” Washington Post, June 6, 2002, www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A2587-2002Jun5. * “worse for the environment than regular gas” Jason Hill, Stephen Polasky, Erik Nelson, David Tilman, Hong Huo, Lindsay Ludwig, James Neumann, Haochi Zheng, and Diego Bonta, “Climate Change and Health Costs of Air Emissions from Biofuels and Gasoline,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106, no. 6 (February 10, 2009): 2077-82, www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/02/02/0812835106.full.pdf. * “‘get a tax credit up to$3,400’” U.S. Department of Energy, “New Energy Tax Credits for Hybrids,” fueleconomy.gov, accessed June 15, 2009, http://fueleconomy.gov/feg/tax_hybrid.shtml. * “only two percent of car buyers are signing up” Ken Bensinger, “Hybrid Car Sales Go From 60 to 0 at Breakneck Speed,” Los Angeles Times, March 17, 2009, http://articles.latimes.com/2009/mar/17/business/fi-hybrid17. PAGE 101 * “government’s ‘cash for clunkers’ program” Trish Turner, “Senate Poised to Pass ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Bill,” foxnews.com, June 2, 2009, www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/02/senate-poised-pass-cash-clunkers. * “emissions come from manufacturing it” The Editors of E Magazine, “EarthTalk: When Is It Best to Buy a More Fuel Efficient Car?” Christian Science Monitor, January 16, 2009, http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/01/16/earthtalk-when-is-it-best-to-buy-a-more-fuel-efficient-car. * “better indicator of household wealth than a doctorate” U.S. Bureau of the Census, The Big Payoff: Educational Attainment and Synthetic Estimates of Work-Life Earnings (Washington, D.C.: Bureau of the Census, 2002), www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/p23-210.pdf. * “household earns $113,400 a year” J. D. Power and Associates, “Honda, Toyota, Ford, and Volkswagen Land the Most Vehicles at the Top of the Inaugural Automotive Environmental Index,” jdpower.com, August 31, 2006, www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2006147. * “median household income in America” U.S. Bureau of the Census, “Household Income Rises, Poverty Rate Unchanged, Number of Uninsured Down,” press release, census.gov, August 26, 2008, www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/012528.html. * “more than six times the poverty line” U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, The 2009 HHS Poverty Guidelines: One Version of the [U.S.] Federal Poverty Measure (Washington, D.C.: Department of Health and Human Services, 2009), http://aspe. hhs.gov/POVERTY/09poverty.shtml. * “‘Why is it you guys can’t do this?’” Eva Rodriguez, “Detroit’s CEO in Chief,” Washington Post, May 3, 2009, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/01/AR2009050103395_pf.html. PAGE 102 * “‘of the sort our president detests’” ABC News, “‘This Week’ Transcript: Senators Leahy and Hatch,’” abcnews.go.com, May 3, 2009, http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/Story?id=7491153. * “‘losing money on each one sold’” Steven Mufson, “The Car of the Future—But at What Cost?: Hybrid Vehicles Are Popular, but Making Them Profitable Is a Challenge,” Washington Post, November 25, 2008, www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2008/11/24/
AR2008112403211.html. * “‘not a very viable economic proposition’” Ken Thomas, “Hybrids ‘Still Unprofitable Proposition,” drive.com, December 11, 2006, http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail. aspx?ArticleID=22167&vf=1. * “‘subsidize the price of hybrid technology’” Justin Hyde, “Ford to Subsidize Hybrid Technology in Escape SUV,” San Jose Mercury News, March 14, 2003. * “‘years of bleeding red ink ahead’” Christian Caryl and Akiko Kashiwagi, “Get Your Green Motor Running,” Newsweek, September 15, 2008, www.newsweek.com/id/157508. * “‘won’t make a dime on this car for years’” Chuck Squatriglia, “Can Automakers Build a 100-MPG Car?” Wired, April 4, 2008, www.wired.com/autopia/tag/chevrolet-volt/page/3. * “‘we weren’t making a lot’” Ken Bensinger, “For Carmakers, Hybrids Drive Thin Line Between Hope, Hype,” nj.com, March 21, 2009, www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2009/03/for_carmakers
_hybrids_drive_th.html. * “best selling hybrids in 2008” Electric Drive Transportation Association, “Hybrid Sales Figures/Tax Credits for Hybrids,” electricdrive.org, accessed June 11, 2009, www.electricdrive.org/index.php?ht=d/Articles/cat_id/5514/pid/2549. * “outsold the Nissan Altima hybrid 18 to 1” Electric Drive Transportation Association, “Hybrid Sales Figures/Tax Credits for Hybrids,” electricdrive.org, accessed June 11, 2009, www.electricdrive.org/index.php?ht=d/Articles/cat_id/5514/pid/2549. * “it ‘makes a statement about me’” Micheline Maynard, “Say ‘Hybrid’ and Many People Will Hear ‘Prius,’” New York Times, July 4, 2007, www.nytimes.com/2007/07/04/business/04hybrid.html. * “mostly rich . . . people buying hybrids” E. Kinney Zalesne, “Where Are the Republican Hybrid Buyers?: A Closer Look Into the Accelerated Trend of Buying Hybrid Vehicles,” Wall Street Journal, May 2, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124118913906577389.html. PAGE 103 * “‘parting the smug from their money’” Jeremy Clarkson, “Honda Insight 1.3 IMA SE Hybrid,” London Times, May 17, 2009, www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/jeremy_clarkson/
article6294116.ece. * “the Ford F-150 and the Chevrolet Silverado” Jacqueline Mitchell, “The Year’s Best-and Worst-Selling Cars,” Forbes, December 3, 2008, www.forbes.com/2008/12/03/2008-car-sales-forbeslife-cx_jm_1203cars.html. PAGE 104 * “outsold the Prius by 16 percent” Jacqueline Mitchell, “The Year’s Best- and Worst-Selling Cars,” Forbes, December 3, 2008, www.forbes.com/2008/12/03/2008-car-sales-forbeslife-cx_jm_1203cars.html. * “drove off the lot in the Camry” Drive Transportation Association, “Hybrid Sales Figures/Tax Credits for Hybrids,” electricdrive.org, accessed June 11, 2009, www.electricdrive.org/index.php?ht=d/Articles/cat_id/5514/pid/2549. See also “Best Selling Cars of 2008,” autos.aol.com, accessed June 15, 2009, http://autos.aol.com/gallery/2008-top-ten-best-selling. * “89 out of every 100 people who bought a Camry” Drive Transportation Association, “Hybrid Sales Figures/Tax Credits for Hybrids,” electricdrive.org, accessed June 11, 2009, www.electricdrive.org/index.php?ht=d/Articles/cat_id/5514/pid/2549. See also “Best Selling Cars of 2008,” autos.aol.com, accessed June 15, 2009, http://autos.aol.com/gallery/2008-top-ten-best-selling. * “hybrid that looks exactly the same” “Best Selling Cars of 2008,” autos.aol.com, accessed June 15, 2009, http://autos.aol.com/gallery/2008-top-ten-best-selling. * “only 9 percent of buyers” Drive Transportation Association, “Hybrid Sales Figures/Tax Credits for Hybrids,” electricdrive.org, accessed June 11, 2009, www.electricdrive.org/index.php?ht=d/Articles/cat_id/5514/pid/2549. * “fell by 12 percent from 2007 to 2008” Drive Transportation Association, “Hybrid Sales Figures/Tax Credits for Hybrids,” electricdrive.org, accessed June 11, 2009, www.electricdrive.org/index.php?ht=d/Articles/cat_id/5514/pid/2549. * “down 45 percent compared to the same period” Andrew Donoghue, “U.S. Sales Stall, But Prius Still Big in Japan,” businessgreen.com, June 5, 2009, www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2243569/sales-stall-prius-big-japan. * “faster than their gas-powered competition” Ken Bensinger, “Hybrid Car Sales Go From 60 to 0 at Breakneck Speed,” Los Angeles Times, March 17, 2009, http://articles.latimes.com/2009/mar/17/business/fi-hybrid17. * “will employ 1,000 people” “Ford Adds Third Dearborn Shift to Crank Out F-150s,” Detroit Free Press, February 10, 2009, * “and annoy 1,000,000 environmentalists” Conservatively . . . * “‘these projects are built on suitable lands’” Richard Simon, “Feinstein Wants Desert Swath Off-Limits to Solar, Wind,” Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2009, http://articles.latimes.com/2009/mar/25/nation/na-desert25. PAGE 105 * “mentioned the Camry hybrid and the Nissan Altima hybrid” Ken Thomas, “Apology for Promoting Japanese Cars,” USA Today, September 20, 2007, www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-09-20-60972752_x.htm. * “159,000 miles to break even” Dan Strumph, “48 MPG Is Nice, but Hybrids Don’t Add Up Right Now,” Associated Press, January 11, 2009. * “‘even at . . . record gas prices’” Dan Strumph, “48 MPG Is Nice, but Hybrids Don’t Add Up Right Now,” Associated Press, January 11, 2009. * “still NOT a vegetarian” Henning Steinfeld, Pierre Gerber, Tom Wassenaar, Vincent Castel, Mauricio Rosales, and Cees de Haan, Livestock’s Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Opinions (Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2006), ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a0701e/A0701E00.pdf. PAGE 106 * “claiming that it ‘addressed climate change’” U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Average Fuel Economy Standards: Passenger Cars and Light Trucks, Model Years 2011-2015 (Washington, D.C.: Department of Transportation, 2009), http://keithhennessey.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/NHTSA_analysis.pdf. * “in the atmosphere by the year 2100” U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Average Fuel Economy Standards: Passenger Cars and Light Trucks, Model Years 2011-2015 (Washington, D.C.: Department of Transportation, 2009), 624, http://keithhennessey.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/NHTSA_analysis.pdf. See also Keith Hennessey, “Understanding the President’s CAFE Announcement,” keithhennessey.com, May 19, 2009, http://keithhennessey.com/2009/05/19/understanding-the-presidents-cafe-announcement. * “is 970 parts per million” Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Summary for Policymakers: A Report of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (New York: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2001), www.ipcc.ch/pdf/press-releases/20january2001-spm.pdf. * “‘line dry (your clothes) as much as possible’” James Barron, “Boldface Names,” New York Times, June 20, 2001, www.nytimes.com/2001/06/20/nyregion/boldface-names-887340.html. * “uses $22,000 a year in water” Peter Schweizer, Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy (New York: Anchor, 2006), 173-190, http://books.google.com/books?id=rsQ14C2MX7EC. * “‘One (1) limousine (artist)’” Barbara Streisand Tour—Technical Manual, September 12, 2006, posted on thesmokinggun.com, http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/barbra/barbra1.html. * “‘it necessarily applied to her’” James Barron, “Boldface Names,” New York Times, June 20, 2001, www.nytimes.com/2001/06/20/nyregion/boldface-names-887340.html. PAGE 107 * “(0.0072 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2100” U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Average Fuel Economy Standards: Passenger Cars and Light Trucks, Model Years 2011-2015 (Washington, D.C.: Department of Transportation, 2009), http://keithhennessey.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/NHTSA_analysis.pdf. * “save us 1/1,600th of the doomsday-level global warming” U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Average Fuel Economy Standards: Passenger Cars and Light Trucks, Model Years 2011-2015 (Washington, D.C.: Department of Transportation, 2009), http://keithhennessey.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/NHTSA_analysis.pdf. * “only 1/45th of the margin of error” Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Summary for Policymakers: A Report of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (New York: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2001), 5, www.ipcc.ch/pdf/press-releases/20january2001-spm.pdf. * “past century’s temperature change” Steven Milloy, “U.N. Climate Distractions,” foxnews.com, November 21, 2007, www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,312490,00.html. * “total is 0.04 centimeters by 2100” Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Summary for Policymakers: A Report of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (New York: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2001), www.ipcc.ch/pdf/press-releases/20january2001-spm.pdf. * “waned about in An Inconvenient Truth” FoxNews.com, “Scientists: Gore Goes Too Far in ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’” foxnews.com, March 13, 2007, www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258462,00.html. * “‘avoiding dangerous climate change’” Monash University Newsline, “Car Is Doomed, Energy Experts Warn,” monash.edu, February 28, 2008, www.monash.edu.au/news/newsline/story/1253. * “‘shift from private car to public transport’” Monash University Newsline, “Car Is Doomed, Energy Experts Warn,” monash.edu, February 28, 2008, www.monash.edu.au/news/newsline/story/1253. * “‘The car,’ they said ‘is doomed’” Monash University Newsline, “Car Is Doomed, Energy Experts Warn,” monash.edu, February 28, 2008, www.monash.edu.au/news/newsline/story/1253. * “reaction to the Arab oil embargo of 1973-74” Mike Allen and Eamon Javers, “Obama Announces New Fuel Standards,” politico.com, May 18, 2009, www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22650.html. PAGE 108 * “depending on the poll” Lymari Morales, “Americans Green-Light Higher Fuel Efficiency Standards,” Gallup, May 19, 2009, www.gallup.com/poll/118543/Americans-Green-Light-Higher-Fuel-Efficiency-Standards.aspx. * “between 78” William Branigin, Juliet Eilperin, and Steven Mufson, “Obama Announces New Energy, Environmental Policies,” Washington Post, January 26,2009, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/26/AR2009012601157_pf.html. * “and 92 percent of Americans” New York Times and CBS News, “New York Times-CBS News Poll April 20-24, 2007,” nytimes.com, April 2007, http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/national/20070424_poll.pdf. * “average of 35 miles per gallon” Steve Hargreaves, “Bush Signs Energy Bill,” money.cnn.com, December 19, 2007, http://money.cnn.com/2007/
12/19/news/economy/energy_bill. * “Toyota Prius and the Honda Civic hybrid” Marlo Lewis, Jr., “Miles to Go: How Many Vehicles Actually Meet Speaker Pelosi’s 35-MPG Fuel Economy Standard?” http://cei.org/gencon/019,06290.cfm. * “‘We have to find a way to do both’” Michael Rothfeld, “A Powerful Champion of a Power Line,” Los Angeles Times, April 27, 2008, http://articles.latimes.com/p/2008/apr/27/local/me-park27. PAGE 109 * “tougher standards four years earlier” Stephen Power and Christopher Conkey, “U.S. Orders Stricter Fuel Goals for Autos,” Wall Street Journal, May 19, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124266939482331283.html. * “$1,300 to the price of every new car” Associated Press, “Automakers, Obama Announce Mileage, Pollution Plan,” Boston Herald, May 19, 2009, www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1173289. * “at $6,000 per vehicle” David Shepardson, “New Fuel Rules Will Hike GM Vehicle Prices By an Average $6,000,” Detroit News, January 13, 2008. * “cost over 11,000 jobs by 2015” U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Average Fuel Economy Standards: Passenger Cars and Light Trucks, Model Years 2011-2015 (Washington, D.C.: Department of Transportation, 2009), 586, http://keithhennessey.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/NHTSA_analysis.pdf. * “almost 49,000 lost jobs” U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Average Fuel Economy Standards: Passenger Cars and Light Trucks, Model Years 2011-2015 (Washington, D.C.: Department of Transportation, 2009), 586, http://keithhennessey.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/NHTSA_analysis.pdf. * “97,000 to 195,000 additional overall injuries” Committee on Effectiveness and Impact of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards, Effectiveness and Impact of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFÉ) Standards (Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2002), 26, http://books.nap.edu/html/cafe/ch2.pdf. * “that was only through 1999” “Are Lives Really an Acceptable Price for Fuel Efficiency?” USA Today, July 8, 1999. PAGE 110 * “‘most secure findings in the safety literature’” Robert W. Crandall and John D. Graham, “The Effect of Fuel Economy Standards on Automobile Safety,” Journal of Law and Economics 32 (April 1989). * “‘in the peer-reviewed scientific literature’” Ken Adleman, “Road Regs: Wrongs that Don’t Make Rights,” National Review Online, January 17, 2002, www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-adelman011702.shtml. * “three times the chance of dying in a light car” Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, “Driver Deaths by Make and Model: Fatality Risk in One Vehicle Versus Another,” Status Report 42, no. 4 (2007), www.iihs.org/externaldata/srdata/docs/sr4204.pdf.
PAGE 113 * “recent Rasmussen survey” Rasmussen Reports, “Just 9% of Non-Union Workers Want to Join Union,” rasmussenreports.com, March 16, 2009, www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/
jobs_employment/just_9_of_non_union_workers_
want_to_join_union. PAGE 114 * “same prounion percentage as the general population” Rasmussen Reports, “Just 9% of Non-Union Workers Want to Join Union,” rasmussenreports.com, March 16, 2009, www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/jobs_
employment/just_9_of_non_union_workers_want_to_join_union. * “private-sector workers belonged to a union” Barry T. Hirsch and Jeffrey M. Hirsch, “The Rise and Fall of Private Sector Unionism: What Comes Next?” paper presented at “The NLRA After Seventy Years: An Assessment,” Allied Social Science Association Meetings, Boston, January 9, 2009, www.aeaweb.org/annual_mtg_papers/2006/0107_
1015_1702.pdf. * “private-sector jobs were still unionized” U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Union Membership (Annual),” bls.gov, January 28, 2009, www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.toc.htm. * “7.6 percent of non-government workers” U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Union Members Summary,” bls.gov, January 28, 2009, www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm. * “five times higher” U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Union Members Summary,” bls.gov, January 28, 2009, www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm. * “declined from 14.3 to 8.2 million” Barry T. Hirsch and Jeffrey M. Hirsch, “The Rise and Fall of Private Sector Unionism: What Comes Next?” paper presented at “The NLRA After Seventy Years: An Assessment,” Allied Social Science Association Meetings, Boston, January 9, 2009, www.aeaweb.org/annual_mtg_papers/2006/0107_1015_1702.pdf. PAGE 115 * “‘saying the word “union’” Abdon M. Pallasch, “Obama Applauds Unions at Convention,” Chicago Sun-Times, April 25, 2008, www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/915251,CST-NWS-union25.article. * “‘and we’re proud of it’” Michael Mishak, “Unplugged: The SEIU Chief on the Labor Movement and the Card Check,” Las Vegas Sun, May 10, 2009, www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/may/10/stern-unplugged-seiu-chief-labor-movement-and-card. * “twelve of the twenty top donors from 1989 to 2008” Open Secrets, “Top All-Time Donors 1989-2008 Summary,” opensecrets.org, March 2, 2009, www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php?order=A. “Beck Rights” Communications Workers of America et al. v. Beck et al., 487 U.S., no. 86-673 (1988), www.law.stanford.edu/publications/projects/
campaignfinance/collection/487us735.pdf. PAGE 117 * “60 percent of workplace elections” National Labor Relations Board, Seventy Third Annual Report of the National Labor Relations Board for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2008, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/shared_files/brochures/
AnnualReports/Entire2008Annual. pdf. * “‘restraint and coercion of employees’” National Labor Relations Board, Seventy Third Annual Report of the National Labor Relations Board for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2008, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/shared_files/brochures/Annual%20Reports/Entire2008Annual.pdf. * “‘rightful share of the economic pie’” New York Times Editorial Board, “A Hopeful Year for Unions,” February 7, 2008, www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/opinion/07thu3.html. * “‘positions taken by our editorial boards’” Carrie Sheffield, “NYT: Do As I Say, Not As I Do With Unions,” Washington Times, May 4, 2009, www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/politics-101/2009/may/04/nyt-do-as-a-i-say-not-as-i-do-when-it-comes-to-uni. PAGE 118 * “‘to have a secret ballot’” Brendan Sasso, “McGovern Joins Business Groups’ Push to Defeat Labor-Backed ‘Card Check’ Bill,” The Hill, October 7, 2008, http://thehill.com/business--lobby/mcgovern-joins-business-groups-push-to-defeat-labor-backed-card-check-bill-2008-10-07.html. * “‘groundswell from unrepresented employees;’” Peter J. Hurtgen, Testimony in front of U.S. Senate Committee, March 27, 2007, http://help.senate.gov/Hearings/2007_03_27_a/Hurtgen.pdf. PAGE 119 * “the only requirement” James Sherk and Ryan O’Donnell, “EFCA: High-Pressure Spin Selling and Creative Organizing for Labor Unions,” The Heritage Foundation, March 11, 2009, www.heritage.org/research/labor/wm2335.cfm. * “binding government arbitration” Newt Gingrich, “Arbitration the Real Threat in EFCA,” Politico, April 22, 2009, www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21509.html. * “a particularly bad time” Josh Drobnyk, “Specter Pulls Back Support of Card Check Law,” Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2009, www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-specter25-2009mar25,0,2212293.story * “when the economy returns to normalcy” Josh Drobnyk, “Specter Pulls Back Support of Card Check Law,” Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2009, www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-specter25-2009mar25,0,2212293.story * “proposed a compromise” Alec MacGillis, “Executives Detail Labor Bill Compromise” Washington Post, March 22, 2009, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/21/AR2009032101449.html. PAGE 120 * “fired 75 of its 220 employees” Alec MacGillis, “Union in Dispute Over Layoffs,” March 19, 2009, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/18/AR2009031800709.html * “filed unfair labor practices charges” Alec MacGillis, “Union in Dispute Over Layoffs,” March 19, 2009, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/18/AR2009031800709.html * “Union of Union Representatives” Alec MacGillis, “Union in Dispute Over Layoffs,” March 19, 2009, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/18/AR2009031800709.html * “‘by reducing its membership’” Steven Greenhouse, “Union is Accused of Violations,” New York Times, March 18, 2009, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CEFDC1530F934A25750C0A96F9C8B63. * “by helping elect President Obama” Alec MacGillis, “Union in Dispute Over Layoffs,” March 19, 2009, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/18/AR2009031800709.html PAGE 121 * “A More Perfect Union www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/18/AR2009031800709.html PAGE 121 * “A More Perfect Union . . .” SEIU website, Biography, “Anna Burger Chair, Change to Win; International Secretary-Treasurer Service Employees International Union, CLC,” www.seiu.org/a/ourunion/anna-burger.php. See also Service Employees International Union, “Our Union: Anna Burger,” seiu.org, accessed July 1, 2009, www.seiu.org/a/ourunion/anna-burger.php. See also “Unions benefit from Obama decisions: President enacts labor-friendly policies, waits on card check,” by S.A. Miller, Washington Times, May 5, 2009, http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/05/unions-benefit-from-obamas-early-decisions; http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124226652880418035.html. See also S.A. Miller, “Unions Benefit from Obama Decisions: President Enacts Labor-Friendly Policies, Waits on Card Check,” Washington Times, May 5, 2009, http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/05/unions-benefit-from-obamas-early-decisions/. See also “Andy Stern’s Go-To Guy: Meet Craig Becker, Labor’s Secret Weapon,” Wall Street Journal, May 14, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124226652880418035.html. 3. “Mixed reviews for W.H.’s surprise FEC pick,” By KENNETH P. VOGEL, Politico, May 1, 2009, www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22009.html. See also White House press release, “President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts,” March 19, 2009, www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Announces-More-Key-Administration-Posts-3/19/09. See also SEIU, “Former SEIU Political Leader Appointed as Obama’s Political Director,” www.seiu.org/2008/11/former-seiu-political-leader-appointed-as-obamas-political-director.php. See also Kate Thomas, “Former SEIU Political Leader Appointed as Obama’s Political Director,” seiu.org, November 21, 2008, www.seiu.org/2008/11/former-seiu-political-leader-appointed-as-obamas-political-director.php. See also GAO, “GAO Announces Appointments to Health Information Technology Policy Committee,” April 3, 2009, www.gao.gov/press/health_it_committee2009apr03.pdf PAGE 122 * “how we can fix our economy” Artists for Workers Choice, “The Stars Come Out in Support of Employee Free Choice Act,” media release, May 11, 2009, www.artists4workerschoice.org/mediareleases.cfm. * “gave a key endorsement to Obama” Kathleen Hennessey, “SEIU Nevada Endorses Obama,” USA Today, January 9, 2008, www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2008-01-09-1792078901_x.htm. * “threatened with the loss of $6.8 billion” Evan Halper, “U.S. Threatens to Rescind Stimulus Money Over Wage Cuts,” Los Angeles Times, May 8, 2009, www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-health-cuts8-2009may08,0,4592200.story. * “SEIU was given ‘unprecedented access’” Russell Goldman, “State Suggests Union May Have Tried to Block Federal Funds,” ABC News, May 13, 2009, www.abcnews.go.com/Business/Story?id=7570203. * “‘have stakeholders on a call like this’” Russell Goldman, “State Suggests Union May Have Tried to Block Federal Funds,” ABC News, May 13, 2009, www.abcnews.go.com/Business/Story?id=7570203. * “threatened Wells Fargo” Sandra M. Jones, “Hartmarx Union Protest Puts Pressure on Wells Fargo,” May 8, 2009, www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-fri-factory-battles2-0508-may08,0,2515792.story * “’State of Illinois any longer’” Sandra M. Jones, “Hartmarx Union Protest Puts Pressure on Wells Fargo,” May 8, 2009, www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-fri-factory-battles2-0508-may08,0,2515792.story * “before I was elected to anything” Political Radar blog, “Obama Parties Post- Debate with SEIU,” ABC News, January 16, 2008, http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/01/obama-parties-p.html. PAGE 123 * “unspecified cuts to wage and benefits” U.S. Office of the Press Secretary, “Obama Administration Auto Restructuring Initiative: Chrysler-Fiat Alliance,” April 30, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/
autoplan20090430.pdf. * “waive Chrysler’s $8 billion payment” John Lippert and Mike Ramsey, “UAW Said to Get 55% Chrysler Ownership, Board Seats (Update1)” Bloomberg, April 28, 2009, www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=aRyHgTljlyFI. * “55 percent equity stake” U.S. Office of the Press Secretary, “Obama Administration Auto Restructuring Initiative: Chrysler-Fiat Alliance,” April 30, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/
documents/autoplan20090430.pdf. * “99 percent of their 2008 election-cycle donations” Center for Responsive Politics via Open Secrets, “United Auto Workers,” opensecrets.org, accessed May 20, 2009, www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000070. * “Daimler waived the $2 billion” U.S. Office of the Press Secretary, “Obama Administration Auto Restructuring Initiative: Chrysler-Fiat Alliance,” April 30, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/
documents/autoplan20090430.pdf. * “an additional $600 million” U.S. Office of the Press Secretary, “Obama Administration Auto Restructuring Initiative: Chrysler-Fiat Alliance,” April 30, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/
documents/autoplan20090430.pdf. PAGE 125 * “gave up all of its assets” Jones Day Law Firm, “Affidavit of Ronald E. Kolka in Support of First Day Pleadings,” United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, May 1, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/
documents/20090430_chrysler_affidavit.pdf. * “absolutely nothing in return” U.S. Office of the Press Secretary, “Obama Administration Auto Restructuring Initiative: Chrysler-Fiat Alliance,” April 30, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/
autoplan20090430.pdf. * “it’s all gone” Chris Isidore, “Chrysler Won’t Repay Bailout Money,” cnnmoney.com, May 6, 2009, http://money.cnn.com/2009/05/05/news/companies/chrysler_loans. * “another $4.7 billion” Chris Isidore, “Chrysler Won’t Repay Bailout Money,” cnnmoney.com, May 6, 2009, http://money.cnn.com/2009/05/05/news/companies/chrysler_loans. * “20 Worst CEOs Ever” Portfolio Staff, “The Best (and Worst) CEOs. Ever.,” Portfolio, April 22, 2009, www.portfolio.com/executives/2009/04/22/20-Worst-CEOs. * “‘more than enough to do’” Stephanie Condon, “Obama: ‘I Don’t Want to Run Auto Companies’” CBS News, Political Hotsheet blog, April 29, 2009, www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/04/29/politics/
politicalhotsheet/entry4979228.shtml. * “handed over $3 billion in loans” Hugo Miller and Alexander Deslongchamps, “Chrysler to Receive $10.5 Billion From Canada, U.S. (Update 3),” Bloomberg, April 30, 2009, www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=aqGtF27fAJHA. * “Chrysler won’t ever be repaying” Sinclair Stewart and Shawn McCarthy, “‘Low Likelihood’ Chrysler Loans Will Be Repaid,” Globe and Mail, May 15, 2009, www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/article1139608.ece. * “$195 more per week than non-union workers” U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Median Weekly Earnings of Full-Time Wage and Salary Workers by Union Affiliation and Selected Characteristics,” bls.gov, January 28, 2009, www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.t02.htm. * “‘Nobody’s even close’” Micheline Maynard, “Union Takes Rare Front Seat in Deal For Chrysler,” New York Times, May 1, 2009, www.nytimes.com/2009/05/02/business/02bankrupt.html. PAGE 126 * “private-sector job growth” U.S. Labor Department, Drs. Barry Hirsch and David Macpherson, “Private Sector Employment Growth, 2003-2008,” accessed May 22, 2009, http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_otfwl2zc6Qc/SghMi5dchqI/
AAAAAAAAKEs/PsMZt9QZ-BI/s1600-h/jobs.bmp. * “Chart: Private Sector Employment Growth” Dr. Barry Hirsch and Dr. David Macpherson, “Private-Sector Employment Growth, 2003-2008,” U.S. Labor Department, accessed July 1, 2009, http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_otfwl2zc6Qc/SghMi5dchqI/
AAAAAAAAKEs/PsMZt9QZ-BI/s1600-h/jobs.bmp. PAGE 127 * “at $73 an hour” Mark J. Perry, “GM Paid $73.26 Per Hour for Labor Costs in 2006,” Carpe Diem: Professor Mark. J. Perry’s Blog for Economics and Finance, November 21, 2008, http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2008/11/gm-paid-7326-per-hour-for-labor-costs.html. * “earn $48 an hour” Mark J. Perry, “GM Paid $73.26 Per Hour for Labor Costs in 2006,” Carpe Diem: Professor Mark. J. Perry’s Blog for Economics and Finance, November 21, 2008, http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2008/11/gm-paid-7326-per-hour-for-labor-costs.html. * “Amounted to $1,800” Jenny Gold, “Cutting Worker Costs Key to Automakers’ Survival,” NPR, December 23, 2008, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98643230. * “around $3,000 per car” Jenny Gold, “Cutting Worker Costs Key to Automakers’ Survival,” NPR, December 23, 2008, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98643230. * “fired General Motors Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner” Mike Allen and Josh Gerstein, “GM CEO Resigns at Obama’s Behest,” Politico, March 30, 2009, www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20625.html. * “slash wages in half for new workers” Judson Berger, “With GM’s Wagoner Ousted, Should Union Head Have Met the Same Fate,” Fox News, March 31, 2009, www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/31/union-head-met-fate-general-motors-ceo. * “is down 50 percent” Bree Fowler, “GM Cuts 10,000 Salaried Jobs, Trims Employees’ Pay,” newsvine.com, February 10, 2009, www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/10/2416422-gm-cuts-10000-salaried-jobs-trims-employees-pay. * “paid for their labor fairly.” Associated Press, “West Wing Stars Stump for Union Bill,” msnbc.com, March 31, 2009, www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29980172. PAGE 128 * “paid nearly their full salary” Lou Ann Hammond, “Job Banks—Protecting the People, Not the Jobs,” carlist.com, accessed May 20, 2009, www.carlist.com/autonews/2005/autonews_164.html. * “over 72 percent of their full-time pay” Robert Schoenberger, “GM and UAW Will Drop Jobs Bank Program That Paid Employees When There Was No Work,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 28, 2009, http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2009/01/gm_
and_uaw_agree_to_drop_jobs.html PAGE 129 * “only 112 were terminated” Associated Press, “Superintendant: Bad Teachers Hard to Fire,” msnbc.com, June 28, 2008, www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25430476. * “‘Unless they commit a lewd act’” CashCopywriter, “Organization Holds Contest That Will Pay Bad Teachers to Quit: Why Poor Performing School Teachers Are Almost Impossible to Fire,” associatedcontent.com, March 17, 2008, www.associatedcontent.com/article/653231/
organization_holds_contest_that_will.html. * “lewd act may not be enough” Teachers Union Facts, “Protecting Bad Teachers,” Center for Union Facts, 2008, http://teachersunionexposed.com/protecting.cfm. * “‘It’s almost impossible’” John Stossel, “Teachers Unions Are Killing the Public Schools,” realclearpolitics.com, February 15, 2006, www.realclearpolitics.com/Commentary/com-2_15_06_JS.html. * “‘more than $300,000 in salary’” John Stossel, “Teachers Unions Are Killing the Public Schools,” realclearpolitics.com, February 15, 2006, www.realclearpolitics.com/Commentary/com-2_15_06_JS.html. * “decline an average of 10 percent” David Lee and Alexandre Mas, “Long-Run Impacts of Unions on Firms: New Evidence from Financial Markets 1961-1999” (working paper, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, 2009), www.princeton.edu/~davidlee/wp/w14709.pdf. PAGE 130 * “How to Fire a Tenured Teacher in NYC” John Stossel, “How to Fire an Incompetent Teacher: An Illustrated Guide to New York’s Public School Bureaucracy,” Reason, October 2006, www.reason.com/news/show/36802.html.
PAGE 133 * “approximately two-thousand people willfully ignore” Fred Ebel for The American Resistance, “How Many Illegal Aliens Are in the U.S.?” theamericanresistance.com, www.theamericanresistance.com/ref/illegal_alien_numbers.html (accessed May 4, 2009). * “range from 10-20 million” Brad Knickerbocker, “Illegal Immigrants in the US: How Many Are There?” Christian Science Monitor, May 16, 2006, www.csmonitor.com/2006/0516/p01s02-ussc.html. PAGE 134 * “‘promoting racial hatred’” Associated Press, “Some Hispanics Decry Group’s Border Patrols,” kvoa.com, June 12, 2005, www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=3464545. * “‘without question, a racist’” David Edwards and Mike Sheehan, “Lou Dobbs Protested as ‘Racist’ at Book Signing,” rawstory.com, November 12, 2007, http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Lou_Dobbs_protested_as_
racist_at_1112.html. * “‘Nothing short of base racism’” Peter Nicholas and Robert Salladay, “Gov. Praises ‘Minuteman’ Campaign,” Los Angeles Times, April 29, 2005, http://articles.latimes.com/2005/apr/29/local/me-governor29. * “‘that’s just not going to fly’” Susan Carroll, “Border Watch to Widen: Minuteman Project Plans to Patrol More States,” azcentral.com, April 19, 2005, www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/
0419minuteman19.html. * “‘punished—or destroyed—for existing” Clara Reyes, “Jeers to KMBC-TV for Promoting a Police State,” Dos Mundos 25, no. 4. * “‘scare Latinos out of the state’” Marcelo Ballvé, New America Media, “Immigrant Rights Activists Battle Harsh Laws Across U.S.” alternet.org, December 23, 2008, www.alternet.org/immigration/114785/
immigrant_rights_activists_battle_harsh_
laws_across_u.s. * “‘incoherent, distracted mass.’” Thomas Jefferson, “Notes on Virginia,” 1782, F. III., 190. PAGE 135 * “‘tell the bigots to shut up’” The Brownsville Herald, “GOP Senator Hangs Tough on Immigration,” The Brownsville Herald, May 29, 2007, www.brownsvilleherald.com/articles/
immigration-76854-graham-issue.html. * “less than $2.50 a day” Anup Shah, “Poverty Facts and Stats,” globalissues.org, March 22, 2009, www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats. * “‘translate belief into policy’” Amy Gershkoff and Shana Kushner, “Shaping Public Opinion: The 9/11-Iraq Connection in the Bush Administration’s Rhetoric,” Perspectives on Politics 3 (2005): 525-537. PAGE 136 * “Wages dropped to $3.35 an hour” Federation for American Immigration Reform “Immigration Issues: Immigration and Job Displacement,” fairus.org, September 2006, www.fairus.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=16983. PAGE 137 * “between four and six million jobs . . . since 1990.” Robert Justich and Betty Ng, CFA, “The Underground Labor Force Is Rising to the Surface,” Bear Sterns, January 3, 2005, www.bearstearns.com/bscportal/pdfs/underground.pdf. * “‘moving walls’” Indiana General Assembly, State Chambers Senate Committee on Pensions and Labor, Michael W. Cutler, Hearing on IN Senate Bill 0580 (Indianapolis, 2009), www.cis.org/testimony/CutlerIndiana0580. * “hundreds of residents lined up” Randall Parker, “Illegal Alien Meat Packing Plant Raids Raise Wages,” parapundit.com, December 23, 2006, www.parapundit.com/archives/003974.html. PAGE 138 * “one woman who drove 40 miles” Tom Blumer, “‘Jobs Americans Won’t Do’ Meme Takes Another Hit in Mississippi,” newsbusters.org, September 6, 2008, http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2008/09/06/jobs-americans-wont-do-meme-takes-another-hit-mississippi. * “half of whom were subsequently hired” Evan Perez and Corey Dade, “An Immigration Raid Aids Blacks for a Time,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 17, 2007, www.post-gazette.com/pg/07017/754517-28.stm. * “it’s free, web-based, 99.5 percent accurate” Janice Kephart, “If It’s Fixed, Don’t Break It: Moving Forward with E-Verify,” Center for Immigration Studies, September 2008, www.cis.org/Everify. * “off the ships at Ellis Island” Steven Camarota, “Our New Immigration Predicament,” American Enterprise, December 1, 2001. * “average of 34 percent less by 1998” Robert Rector, “Amnesty and Continued Low Skill Immigration Will Substantially Raise Welfare Costs and Poverty,” Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, May 2006, www.heritage.org/research/immigration/bg1936.cfm. * “the requested five years” Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, HR 1105, 111th Cong. (March 11, 2009), www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1105. PAGE 139 * “50 percent more likely to use welfare than citizens” Steven Camarota, “Senate Amnesty Could Strain Welfare System: Newest Data Shows Latin American Immigrants Make Heavy Use of Welfare,” Center for Immigration Studies, June 6, 2007, www.cis.org/articles/2007/welfarerelease.html. * “twelve percent of our nation’s poor” Robert Rector, “Illegal Alien Amnesty Bill Bloats Welfare: Largest Expansion in 35 Years,” humanevents.com, June 5, 2006, www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=15343. * “‘liberty enlightening the world’” Elizabeth Koed, “A Symbol Transformed—The Statue of Liberty,” Social Contract Journal 2, no. 3 (Spring 1992): 134-42. www.thesocialcontract.com/artman2/publish/
tsc0203/article_147.shtml. * “income taxes become significantly less positive” Bernard Wasow, “Illegal Immigrants, Our Low-Income Taxpayers,” Mother Jones, May 26, 2006, www.motherjones.com/politics/2006/05/illegal-immigrants-our-low-income-taxpayers. * “in California for about $150” Eduardo Porter, “Illegal Aliens Are Bolstering Social Security With Billions,” New York Times, April 5, 2005, www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/business/05immigration.html. * “Our nation spends more than $4.7 billion a year on healthcare for illegal aliens” Steven Camarota, “The High Cost of Cheap Labor: Illegal Immigration and the Federal Budget,” Center for Immigration Studies, August, 2004, www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscal.html. * “close over 70 hospitals” Reuters, “Barry Arbuckle, PhD, MemorialCare Medical Centers CEO and Immediate Past Chair, California Hospital Association, Speaks Out on California Budget Passage,” reuters.com, February 20, 2009, www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS273333+20-Feb-2009+PRN20090220. * “three percent of the population” Carl Limbacher, “Justice Dept. Figures on Incarcerated Illegals,” freerepublic.com, March 27, 2006, www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1604385/posts. * “spending about $30 billion each year” Federation for American Immigration Reform, “Breaking the Piggy Bank: How Illegal Immigration Is Sending Schools Into the Red,” fairus.org, June 2005, www.fairus.org/site/DocServer/piggybank05.pdf?docID=2301. * “‘more on alcoholic beverages than fresh fruits and vegetables” Philip Martin, “Farm Labor Shortages: How Real? What Response?” Center for Immigration Studies, September 2007, www.cis.org/articles/2007/back907.html. PAGE 140 * “425,000 ‘anchor babies’ born in the U.S. each year” Federation for American Immigration Reform, “Anchor Babies: Part of the Immigration-Related American Lexicon,” fairus.org, April 2008, www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecenters4608. * “Dallas taxpayers another $31.3 million” John Reiniers, “Anchor Babies Weigh Down Economy,” Hernando Today, January 26, 2008, www2.hernandotoday.com/content/2008/jan/26/ha-anchor-babies-weigh-down-economy. * “‘don’t even know what we know’” Majority Staff of the House Committee on Homeland Security, “A Line in the Sand: Confronting the Threat at the Southwest Border,” Washington, D.C., 2006, www.firecoalition.com/downloads/A_Line_In_
The_Sand_Report.pdf. * “almost 70 percent of illegal aliens are Mexican” Pia M. Orreniou, “Illegal Immigration and Enforcement along the U.S.-Mexico Border: An Overview,” Economic and Financial Review, January 2001, http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DKI/is_1_
2001/ai_75891496/pg_6. PAGE 141 * “over 13 million unemployed Americans” U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, “The Employment Situation: June 2009,” news release, July 2, 2009, www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm. * “85 percent of ‘catch-and-release’” Kris Axtman, “Illegal Entry by Non-Mexicans Rises,” USA Today, July 25, 2005, www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-07-25-csm-otm_x.htm. * “‘any law enforcement officer’” Kris Axtman, “Illegal Entry by Non-Mexicans Rises,” USA Today, July 25, 2005, www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-07-25-csm-otm_x.htm. * “currently 554,000 illegal-alien fugitives on the loose” Rural Migration News, “DHS: Border, ICE, USCIS,” Rural Migration News 15, no.2 (April 2009), http://migration.ucdavis.edu/rmn/more.php?id=1428_0_4_0. PAGE 143 * “sued him for $32 million” Michael Cutler, “Exclusive: Illegal Alien Suit against Arizona Rancher Should Signal a Call to Action by Citizens,” Family Security Matters, February 19, 2009, www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/
id.2563/pub_detail.asp. * “the second-highest number of kidnappings in the world” Brian Ross, Richard Esposito, and Asa Eslocker, “Kidnapping Capital of the U.S.A.,” ABC News, February 11, 2009, http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6848672. * “‘rapid and sudden collapse’” Fox News, “Military Report: Mexico, Pakistan at Risk of ‘Rapid and Sudden Collapse,’” foxnews.com, January 14, 2009, www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479906,00.html. * “‘makes Al-Qaeda look like Sunday-schoolers’” Joseph Myers and Patrick Poole, “Hezbollah, Illegal Immigration, and the next 9/11,” Front Page, April 28, 2006, www.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=4639. * “note of our messy southern border” Joseph Myers and Patrick Poole, “Hezbollah, Illegal Immigration, and the next 9/11,” Front Page, April 28, 2006, www.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=4639. Graph: Historical levels of illegal immigrants Jeffery S. Passel, “Background Briefing Prepared for Task Force on Immigration and America’s Future” (Pew Hispanic Center, Washington, D.C., June 14, 2005), http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/46.pdf. PAGE 144 * “‘experts as the drug cartels’” Sara A. Carter, “Exclusive: Hezbollah Uses Mexican Drug Routes into U.S.,” Washington Times, March 27, 2009, www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/27/hezbollah-uses-mexican-drug-routes-into-us. * “‘pretending to be Hispanic immigrants’” Robert S. Mueller, testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee of Appropriations Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice, and Commerce, and Related Issues, March 8, 2005, www.fbi.gov/congress/congress05/mueller030805.htm. * “he did it over and over again” Majority Staff of the House Committee on Homeland Security, “A Line in the Sand: Confronting the Threat at the Southwest Border,” Washington, D.C., 2006, www.firecoalition.com/downloads/A_Line_In_The
_Sand_Report.pdf. * “‘written on the Statue of Liberty’” Darragh Johnson, “Immigration Is Not in the Script for Hollywood’s Cause Celebs,” Washington Post, April 20, 2006, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/006/04/19/AR2006041902937.html. PAGE 145 * “settled for a mere $100,000” Ted Poe, “Free Gilmer,” poe.house.gov, February 9, 2007, http://poe.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=60369. * “‘into a real celebration’” Sara A. Carter, “Al Qaeda Eyes Bio Attack From Mexico,” Washington Times, June 3, 2009, www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/03/al-qaeda-eyes-bio-attack-via-mexico-border. * “train and arm all of their guards by 2017” Christopher Mason, “Canada to Arm Its Border Guards,” New York Times, September 1, 2006, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpagehtml?res=9903E4D91E3EF932A3575AC0A9609C8B63. * “with 800,000 illegal immigrants a year” N.C. Aizenman, “Number of Illegal Immigrants to U.S. Is Down, Report Finds,” Washington Post, October 3, 2008, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/10/02/ST2008100203040.html. PAGE 146 * “it’s proposed to be only 670 miles long” Stephanie Simon, “Border-Fence Project Hits a Snag,” Wall Street Journal, February 4, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123370523066745559.html. PAGE 147 * “three years to even start . . . just 23 miles” Ginger Thompson “Work Under Way on ‘Virtual Fence,’” New York Times, May 8, 2009, www.nytimes.com/2009/05/09/us/09border.html. * “‘to be addressed later’” Ginger Thompson “Work Under Way on ‘Virtual Fence,’” New York Times, May 8, 2009, www.nytimes.com/2009/05/09/us/09border.html. * “‘written by a professor’” Adam Liptak “Ginsburg Shares Her Views on Influence of Foreign Law on Her Court, and Vice Versa,” New York Times, April 11, 2009, www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/us/12ginsburg.html. PAGE 148 * “‘opinions of mankind’” Stuart Taylor, Jr. and Evan Thomas, “The Long Arm of the Law: A Looming Battle Over the Role Foreign Judges Should Play in U.S. Courts,” Newsweek, April 18, 2009. * “30 percent of a restaurant’s operating costs” Drew DeSilver, “Low-Paid Illegal Workforce Has Little Impact on Prices,” Seattle Times, September 19, 2006, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/
2003265139_imprices19.html. * “‘handshake or anything like that’” Kurt Nimmo, “Obama Feigns Ignorance of CFR, NAU,” infowars.com, April 1, 2008, www.infowars.com/obama-feigns-ignorance-of-cfr-nau. “weapons and violence” Associated Press, “Mexico’s Ex-President Fox Says Racism Dictates U.S. Immigration Policy,” Arizona Daily Star, October 9, 2007, www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/205318.php. PAGE 149 * “Chicago Branch of the CFR” Chicago Council on Global Affairs, “Board of Directors,” thechicagocouncil.org, www.thechicagocouncil.org/chicago_council_board_directors.php. * “‘outer security perimeter’” Task Force on the Future of North America, Building a North American Community, (New York: Council on Foreign Relations, 2005), www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/
NorthAmerica_TF_final.pdf. * “‘and I am proud of it’” David Rockefeller, Memoirs, (New York: Random House, 2002), 405. * “‘Immigrant Mother Describes Terror’” Susan Donaldson James, “Immigration Raids Cripple Small Towns,” ABC News, August 29, 2008, http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/Story?id=5679696. PAGE 150 * “‘and a private nurse’” Miriam Jordan, “Flight on This ‘Airline’ Is One-Way Ticket Home for Illegal Immigrants,” pantagraph.com, October 20, 2008, www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/10/20/news/
doc48f8e1c8f4102072249437.txt. * “‘treat us like animals’” Jordana Hart, “ICE Air Flying Undocumented Immigrants Home in Larger Numbers,” immigrateusa.com, February 12, 2009, www.immigrateusa.us/content/view/1778/48. * “‘spread terror’” Audrey Hudson, “Napolitano’s Priority: Canada Border,” Washington Times, January 26, 2009, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/26/canadian-border-key-priority-in-napolitano-securit. * “In 1986 . . . was about 5 million” William Branigin, “Illegal Immigrant Population Grows to 5 Million,” Washington Post, February 8, 1997, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/march/31/immig6.htm. PAGE 151 * “as many as 90 percent” Matt Hayes, “Bush Amnesty Sparks Surge in Border Crossings,” FOX News, February 19, 2004, www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,111818,00.html.
