<![CDATA[Rolling Stone Reporter Discovers How Easy It Is To Be A Fake Lobbyist In DC...]]>

1.0 link 17781 <![CDATA[Rolling Stone Reporter Discovers How Easy It Is To Be A Fake Lobbyist In DC...]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/03/23/rolling-stone-reporter-di_n_17781.html In the April issue of Rolling Stone, reporter Matt Taibbi shows how pretending to be a lobbyist is the easiest way to meet republican Senator Conrad Burns, the man who gave Jack Abramoff "every appropriation he ever wanted." Taibbi heads to Burns $500 plate birthday party with a set of fake business cards that say he's the Government Relations Advisor representing a fictional oil company named "PerDuNefteGaz" (FartOilGas) that wants to drill for oil in the Grand Canyon. Taibbi is...

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