Comments on: House scrutinizes fake lobbyist letters http://www.ephblog.com/2009/10/30/house-scrutinizes-fake-lobbyist-letters/ All Things Eph Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:56:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Morgan http://www.ephblog.com/2009/10/30/house-scrutinizes-fake-lobbyist-letters/#comment-73865 Morgan Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:02:29 +0000 http://www.ephblog.com/?p=23752#comment-73865 3 thrift store suits, and close to 100 square feet of the cheapest and most flexible astroturf. And then a hot glue gun to put them together - they were quite comfortable, although a little warm, and definitely required cleaning up after because they shed. The coal lobbyists there looked less comfortable in that hearing, even though they didn't have prickly plastic on their suits. Read more on our blog: <a href="http://dc.actionfactories.org" rel="nofollow">dc.actionfactories.org</a> 3 thrift store suits, and close to 100 square feet of the cheapest and most flexible astroturf. And then a hot glue gun to put them together – they were quite comfortable, although a little warm, and definitely required cleaning up after because they shed.

The coal lobbyists there looked less comfortable in that hearing, even though they didn’t have prickly plastic on their suits.

Read more on our blog: dc.actionfactories.org

]]> By: JG http://www.ephblog.com/2009/10/30/house-scrutinizes-fake-lobbyist-letters/#comment-73860 JG Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:17:56 +0000 http://www.ephblog.com/?p=23752#comment-73860 *LOVE* the astroturf suits. Thanks for all that you do! *LOVE* the astroturf suits. Thanks for all that you do!

]]> By: Jr. Mom http://www.ephblog.com/2009/10/30/house-scrutinizes-fake-lobbyist-letters/#comment-73859 Jr. Mom Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:15:13 +0000 http://www.ephblog.com/?p=23752#comment-73859 @<a href="#comment-73856" rel="nofollow">Morgan</a> Well done. Can you tell us a bit more about the suits? Who thought up the idea, how they were constructed, what they felt like, etc.? @Morgan

Well done.

Can you tell us a bit more about the suits? Who thought up the idea, how they were constructed, what they felt like, etc.?

]]> By: Morgan http://www.ephblog.com/2009/10/30/house-scrutinizes-fake-lobbyist-letters/#comment-73856 Morgan Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:58:18 +0000 http://www.ephblog.com/?p=23752#comment-73856 Thanks for the update Ronit. The astroturf suits were a hit. And I was doing media support for the sit-in, so not actually inside myself. But it was worth using my day off to help the folks from WV try and get the EPA to stop mountaintop removal coal mining. Thanks for the update Ronit. The astroturf suits were a hit. And I was doing media support for the sit-in, so not actually inside myself. But it was worth using my day off to help the folks from WV try and get the EPA to stop mountaintop removal coal mining.

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