Ethical Oil shares a mailing address with Tony Clement's old campaign office.
Also, note this statement from their "About Ethical Oil" page:
The median size of our donations to date is $38.
This is quite clever. Lets say you have three donations: $1.00, $38.00, and $100,000. The average size of your donations comes in at a little more $33.000; their median size is...$38.00! I should not that the "average" is by far the more commonly used measure of central tendency. So, a good way to not quite lie about the kind of money you are raking in?
Nice catch. Maths is hard for most people :)
ReplyDeleteActually, that was pointed out to me offline.
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ReplyDeleteMind you, I did understand the SIGNIFICANCE of the mathy bit when it was pointed out.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching Kathryn Marshall's performance on Power & Politics over here: http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/01/12/httpletfreedomrain-blogspot-com201201why-is-ethical-oil-so-terrified-of-html/
ReplyDeleteI can claim with certainty two things:
Ethical Oil is an astroturf group, and
Enbridge is a major contributor.
Correct me if I'm wrong here but they aren't a registered charitable organization and don't have to disclose any donation information. It would seem to me that anything they provide is more than you are entitled to.
ReplyDeleteI don't agree that they're "not quite lying." The intent is to decieve which is just another form of lying.
ReplyDeleteWho said otherwise, Frunger?
ReplyDeleteThey are registered in Alberta has a nonprofit group I think.
ReplyDeleteDeep Climate has a new must-read post about them: http://deepclimate.org/2012/01/13/ethical-oil-political-connections-part-1-conservatives-go-newclear/
The funny thing is back in June 2011, Velshi claimed the median donation was $20-25.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, I see Holly Stick has already spread the word about my latest revelations about Conservative- Ethical Oil connections.
This is seriously fine work, and your next post too. Chapeau!
ReplyDeleteRhetoric strikes again. Good thing people are paying attention.
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