GOPUSA is not a two bit fly-by-night organisation.

[DulceDecorum]

here is a little info derived from one simple search.
A fellow DUER asked about the connection between GOPUSA and the Southeastern Legal Foundation.
And we were off......

This is the first link and a very good jump-off point which has not been fully explored.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=gopusa+%22Southeastern+Legal+Foundation%22+
Going through some of these links is dredging up a lot of dirt.

National Defense is read by:
Members and key staff of the House and Senate
General/Flag officers in military services
Government & military acquisition/procurement workforce
Department of Defense personnel
Corporate executives
Industry prime contractors & subcontractors
Military and industry project managers
Personnel in the research and development community
Professional consulting and service firms
And more...
http://nationaldefense.ndia.org/advertising/readership.htm

Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., writes for National Defense.

March 2003
Base Closures a Top Concern For Incoming GOP Lawmakers
by Elizabeth Book
.....Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., succeeded former committee chairman Bob Stump. Franks said he plans to support the F-16 program at Luke Air Force Base, in his district. As the FOUNDING DIRECTOR of the organization AMERICANS FOR MILITARY READINESS, Franks said, “we must recognize that our modern enemy is different, and there’s no question the United States must modernize to further commensurate with the new challenges of this enemy.”
http://nationaldefense.ndia.org/issues/2003/Mar/Base_Closures.htmL

Rick Erickson has been DIRECTOR of Americans for Military Readiness SINCE ITS INCOPORATION IN 1998. Rick is currently a Captain in the Marine Reserve and an attorney in Phoenix, Arizona. On active duty, Rick deployed with his infantry unit to Mogadishu, Somalia in 1994. Rick also serves on U.S. Senator Jon Kyl's Military Academy Review Board.
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:IIeAD0A2N5cJ:www.gopusa.com/commentary/guest/2001/re_112601.shtml+++%22Americans+for+Military+Readiness%22+GOPUSA++EAGLE+&hl=en

Therefore,
Trent Franks and Rick Erickson have been in cahoots since at least 1998.

Trent Franks Deserving of Freshman Congressman of The Year
Rick Erickson is President of Americans for Military Readiness, a non-profit organization devoted to troop morale and combat preparedness. Formerly an infantryman on active duty, Rick practices law in Arizona and, as a Major and Judge Advocate, will be a reservist student at the Marine Corps Command & Staff College until 2005. Rick is not on military duty and does not represent the government. Send comments to
http://www.azconservative.org/Erickson3.htm

Rick Erickson has written under the byline GOPUSA Eagle,
before said Eagle was reduced to a mere Talon.

PROTESTORS DISGUISE SOCIALISM TO SUBVERT MILITARY
Rick Erickson
From The GOPUSA Eagle
April 12, 2004
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:tO-knKdVsCwJ:www.freedomwriter.com/issue30/headlinen.htm+gopusa+%22Southeastern+Legal+Foundation%22+&hl=en

As you can see
this crowd is very eager to feed the military machine and to wage war.

How Do We Know That Our Troops Are Truly Ready for War?
By Rick Erickson
March 17, 2003
As Director of Americans for Military Readiness, I am frequently asked to define "military readiness" and to otherwise reference a checklist from which we can all be sure that, before they go, our troops are truly prepared to fight the wars we wage. As of late, there is a media frenzy about how our servicepeople can possibly be ready to protect the Homeland from terrorists, conduct a full-scale invasion of Iraq and defend allies like South Korea all at the same time.
http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/rerickson/2003/re_0317.shtml

RightMarch.com is led by long-time conservative activists William Greene and Phil Sheldon; they've combined their years of expertise in online and offline political activism and fundraising to birth the most dynamic conservative grassroots movement ever seen online.
http://www.rightmarch.com/about.htm

GOPUSA and RightMarch.com are proud to announce the
2nd annual Issues and Action Conference!

RightMarch.com is an Official Sponsor of this conference -- Mark your calendars and don't miss out!

GOPUSA Issues and Action Conference
September 16-18, 2004
JW Marriott Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC
GOPUSA Issues and Action Conference

The GOPUSA Issues and Action Conference will be a unique combination of grassroots training/activism and policy education/discussion. You will hear from great speakers, receive hands-on training, and have fun in the process!

Confirmed speakers include:
Robert Alt, Legal and International Affairs Fellow, The John M. Ashbrook Center
L. Brent Bozell, President, Media Research Center
Victoria Cobb, Director of Legislative Affairs, The Family Foundation of Virginia
Horace Cooper, Senior Fellow, Centre for New Black Leadership
Kay R. Daly, President, Coalition for a Fair Judiciary
Raul Damas, Hispanic Outreach Coordinator, Republican National Committee
Patrick Davis, Political Director, National Republican Senatorial Committee
Scott Douglas, Deputy Executive Director, National Republican Congressional Committee
Ronald W. Dworkin, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Rick Erickson, Executive Director, Americans for Military Readiness
The Honorable Tom Feeney, U.S. Congress, FL-24
Jeff Gannon, White House Correspondent, Talon News
Martin Gillespie, Coordinator, RNC GOP Catholic Outreach
Tim Goeglein, Deputy Director, White House Office of Public Liaison
Kerri Houston, Vice President of Policy, Frontiers of Freedom
Cheri Jacobus, President, Capitol Strategies
The Honorable Alan Keyes, Candidate for U.S. Senate (IL)
Thomas P. Kilgannon, President, Freedom Alliance
The Honorable Steve King, U.S. Congress, IA-5
Andrea Lafferty, Executive Director, Traditional Values Coalition
G. Gordon Liddy, Radio Talk Show Host and Former Presidential Advisor
Kevin Martin, Government and Political Affairs Director, African-American Republican Leadership Council
Mark Montini, President and CEO, CampaignSecrets.com
Chuck Muth, President, Citizen Outreach
Paul Rodriguez, Managing Editor, Insight Magazine
Peter Roff, National Political Analyst, UPI
Mark W. Smith, Author, "The Official Handbook of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy"
Dianne Thompson, President, National Federation of Republican Women
Genevieve Wood, Vice President of Communications, Family Research Council
More speakers will be added in the upcoming weeks.
sCRUBBED FROM GOPUSA LINK.

Please note that
Rick Erickson, Executive Director, Americans for Military Readiness
is a featured speaker.
So is
Jeff Gannon, White House Correspondent, Talon News.

So now we have a direct link
from GOPUSA to Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz via Rick Erickson.
One step.
More on Arizona/GOPUSA:
http://www.gopusa.com/arizona/

An effort is already underway to attempt to find a conservative to run for the House seat in District 8 that will open up after the current legislative session ends later this spring.
GOPUSA/Arizona is running a poll this week on the Congressional District 8 race in southern Arizona. Graf has formed an exploratory committee to determine whether or not to challenge the longtime incumbent Kolbe.
Graf, from Green Valley, is a conservative and a state representative in District 30. Kolbe is a Log Cabin Republican and liberal who supports abortion, homosexual rights, a guest worker program and who opposes the Federal Marriage Amendment.
http://www.azconservative.org/switches.htm

Arizona Republicans Unhappy with GOP's Platform Plank on Guest Worker Programs
Most Arizona Republicans think the new GOP platform does a good job in addressing social issues, but it falls far short in the area of illegal immigration, according to a GOPUSA/Arizona poll.
Seventy-one percent of respondents to the poll said the 2004 Republican platform is "good on social issues, but the amnesty plank is unacceptable." Just 2 percent expressed the sentiment that the platform is "fine." Another 25 percent said that "incrementally, the platform and the party are shifting left." And 1.9 percent said they had either not yet read it or were undecided. Exactly 700 persons participated in the recent week-long survey at www.gopusa.com/arizona.
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:_5ScdfSHydgJ:www.azconservative.org/State%2520News%2520Briefs.htm++site:www.azconservative.org+++%22rick+erickson%22++gopusa+&hl=en

90 Percent Say AFRW's Greener Should Go
In a recent GOPUSA/Arizona survey, 90 percent of respondents said that Dot Greener should either resign or be removed as president of the Arizona Federation of Republican Women.
As reported last week by The Arizona Conservative, Greener broke federation by-laws by working for the election of a Democrat. Greener collected nominating petition signatures for Patricia Gerrodette, a Democrat running for the city council in Sierra Vista.
The National Federation of Republican Women has not responded publicly to the Greener scandal.

GOPUSA is actually almost a national organisation.
Behold the reach of its tentacles.
http://www.gopusa.com/news/states.shtml

GOPUSA NATIONAL POLITICAL LINKS
America's Voices
American Conservative Union
American Enterprise Institute
George Bush Presidential Library and Museum
Cato Institute
Christian Coalition
Citizens for a Sound Economy
Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education
College Republican National Committee
Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and Museum
Empower America
The Federalist
Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum
Frontiers of Freedom
GOPAC
The Heritage Foundation
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
The Leadership Institute
Local Victory
Media Research Center
National Federation of Republican Assemblies
National Federation of Republican Women
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Rifle Association
National Taxpayers Union
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Republican Governors Association
Republican Liberty Caucus
Republican Mayors and Local Officials
Republican National Committee
Republican Research Council
Republican State Parties
Republican Study Committee
Teenagers for Republican Victory
U.S. House Republican Conference
U. S. Senate Republican Conference
Vision America
WallBuilders
Young Politicians of America
Young Republican National Federation
POLITICAL WEBSITES
American Spectator
E.politics
Enter Stage Right
eVote.com
GOP Shoppe
LoudCitizen.com
National Review
Politics1
Political Information
Political Insider
Political USA
Politics Online
The Reagan Information Interchange
Real Clear Politics
Right Wing News
Terry's Take!
TikiTrash.Commentary
Townhall.com
The Weekly Standard
POLITICAL COMMENTARY
William F. Buckley, Jr.
Matt Drudge
Rich Galen
Sean Hannity
David Horowitz
Rush Limbaugh
Richard Lowry
Peggy Noonan
Robert Novak
Kate O'Beirne
Thomas Sowell
George Will
http://www.gopusa.com/resources/nat_political.shtml

That Google link posted at the top sure brings home the bacon.
Now, more than ever,
we are wondering
WHO IS FINANCING ALL THIS?
Where is Bobby Eberle getting the money?

[punpirate]

1. A lot of that is fluff... but not excessively so...

... but the salient point is: it's not a news site.

Its primary task is GOP propaganda.

As for the money, I'm not sure there's so much involved. Most of this is linked stuff from GOP/conservative groups happy for more exposure. The conference they say they are sponsoring seems to be mostly an event paid for by rightmarch.com, which is mostly funded by small contributions--they have a PAC and there are only ten contributors in the last election cycle giving more than $200. One only for $2000, according to opensecrets.org, and the entire fund listed only $60K worth of contributions. For the website, if there's a big moneyman behind them, it's strictly cash and no records.

Eberle isn't paying reprint fees for very much of this, and most of his staff is volunteer.

His biggest costs are server maintenance and bandwidth, I would suspect. He might be able to afford those, but if the money's coming from elsewhere, it's not extraordinary, or it's strictly cash.

The right sticks together, as long as the message doesn't vary. Their modus operandi is getting their message out, by any means possible. GOPUSA is yet another means of doing that.

But, from what I can find, GOPUSA and Talon News are punk-ass operations. Sort of in character with the qualifications of their "employees." Jeff Gannon wasn't making his money as a newsman.

Cheers.

[DulceDecorum]

5. Jeff Gannon lived in Washington DC

and attended at least two parties at the White House.
He walked the walk
and in order to do so he MUST have had money.

So far, we have seen nothing to suggest that the man was independently wealthy
and we again have no reason to suppose that his escort service brought in more than just mad-money.

Someone was supporting Jeff Gannon financially
and the question is
WHO?

Now, one would assume that Talon News was paying his way
and that is a logical and reasonable assumption.
But where did Talon News (and the GOPUSA Eagle before that)
get the money for Jeff's weekly paycheck?

From Bobby Eberle's GOPUSA?
OK, then.
Where does GOPUSA get ITS money?
Tell me that
because Bobby Eberle certainly won't.

GOPUSA is one cog in a big machine
and we need to have a good look at what this one little cog turns
and who is turned on.
http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipients/self.htm

[punpirate]

7. As I recall...

... he was selling his escort services for something like $200/hr, or $1400/weekend.

Even living outside DC, that might pay some bills. It's not as if there are no potential clients for people like him in the DC area, and certainly not that no one's got that kind of money to spend there.

But, I agree, in this regard. If he's a volunteer, how did he support himself? If he's a volunteer, did GOPUSA/Talon News pay his expenses? If so, who signed the checks, and for what amounts?

If he was on salary, the above applies. Who signed the checks? What banks were they drawn on? No one, to my knowledge, has asked these questions of him. I would say, with reasonable certainty, that he wasn't making big money on journalism--not with the size of the outstanding state tax bill he has.

Unfortunately, those are the kinds of questions that won't get answered on Google. Prosecutors might be able to find that information, but as far as ordinary folks digging it out, privacy laws prevent the dissemination of that sort of info. And, unless GOPUSA.com is a non-profit (which, by law, it could not be, because of its activities), there would be no Form 990 to search. Even then, only contributions over $50,000 need be listed, and that's an easy requirement to get around.

But, I wouldn't categorically say that Gannon could not be kept on a part-pay retainer paid out of small contributions to GOPUSA.com.

Here's something you can look at, though. AmericaBlog.com said his company is called Bedrock Corp. Maybe someone in Delaware can see if he's paid his annual incorporation fees to Delaware for that corp. (kinda think Delaware doesn't have that info online). Also, what might be interesting would be to see if Delaware has "DBA" records available, to see if Bedrock or Guckert or Gannon is an owner of any other companies hidden under different names, and if they're in good standing, or have co-owners, or boards of directors.

On edit, I wonder just how fixed the guy is. We know he's not a real journalist, because he has no real background in it. Others have found that he's listed on one referral site as a court reporter, and yet, he seems to have no listing in his bio for training in that, either (I've known people taking court reporter courses--the course is intensive, months long and demanding). Which also makes me wonder--don't court reporters have to be sworn as officers of the court, or at least have a notary's license?

I just found that he's on another referral site as someone doing receivables factoring:

http://www.accounts-receivable-invoice-factoring.com/DE/Delaware-Business-Factoring.htm

That's basically buying someone's business receivables at a discount, collecting later and taking the difference. Lots of people try to pick up a little cash doing that, but I don't think it's a money-maker unless it's done full-time. Ah, well, maybe more later.

Cheers.

[moggie12]

2. Good work - that's what this story is about - the RW propaganda machine

There is a huge machine at work, as described in David Brock's book.

Frank Rich has a piece in the NYT that makes the critical connection between Gannon and the Bush administration other calculated propaganda efforts. I posted about this yesterday:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1602600&mesg_id=1602600I

The "sex angle" of the Gannon story is great -- because it's what's gotten the story so mcuh attention -- but it's the propaganda angle that's so critically important (and why I titled my post, "It's all about the PROPAGANDA, STUPID!!"

Im my opinion, the kind of research you are doing is terrific: It exposes the huge web of interlocking, interconnecting relationships between all these right-wing Republican think tanks, advocacy groups, and "media outlets".

[DulceDecorum]

3. GOPUSA Eagle

Before GOPUSA launched the Talon, there was the GOPUSA Eagle.

The privacy practices of this statement apply to the http://www.GOPUSA.com web site, the GOPUSA Eagle, and/or any of our other services and products offered by GOPUSA.
http://gopusa.com/legal/privacy.shtml

On several colleges
the republican websites have a small blurb that says:
For great conservative commentary,
subscribe to the GOPUSA Eagle.
Click here...

Keep up to date on the latest news, political information, and commentary!
With a free subscription to GOPUSA, you will receive our award-winning e-mail magazine, The GOPUSA Eagle, each Monday. You will also receive our News Updates on Tuesday through Friday.
GOPUSA has become a leader in conservative news and commentary. We hope you enjoy your subscription and encourage your friends to sign-up as well.
http://www.gopusa.com/subscribe/

Many of the college republican websites
have come into being under the auspices of GOPweb.com.

If you are part of a Republican organization...
don't miss this opportunity!
You can now have a great website for your organization for only $15.95 per month!
To put this in perspective, if you were to have a website like this created individually for yourself, it would cost around $2000.00 or more, and I assure you that is no exaggeration. In addition, you'd need to pay an average of $20 - $30 per month for the web site hosting. With our offer, you get everything for just $15.95 per month!
<snip>
Our mission...
GOPweb.com is dedicated to doing one thing - creating web sites that will help Republicans get elected to (and stay in) office.
What we have developed over the years, is an incredible system that allows the organization to have a top quality web site at an unbelievably affordable cost.
http://gopweb.com/

Our Organization Web Site is perfect for County Republican Parties, as well as College, Young Republicans, Republican Women's Groups, etc. This web site system includes all of the features you need to operate a great web site for your organization.
Click here to see an example of a live site that uses this system!
http://gopweb.com/organizations.html

GOPweb boasts that it is
IN PROUD PARTNERSHIP WITH GOPUSA.

GOPweb.com
A Division of
Wood Interactive, LLC
Contact: Steve Wood
715-XXX-XXXX
1-877-XXX-XXXX

Steve Wood teaches web design.

So who is the instructor, and why is he qualified to teach you the web design business?
My name is Steve Wood, and I am the Instructor for the course and the owner of Wood Interactive, LLC. Here is just a brief bio:
http://webdesigncourse4u.com/instructor.html

Are You Getting Your Fair Share?
By Steve Wood
Web Hosting is growing at over $16 million a day. If you are in the business of designing websites for small business clients, you should be offering your clients web hosting services as well. It’s only logical – most of your clients don’t know what they need as far as hosting, they are already relying on you to provide design services, they will also trust you to provide the best hosting service for them as well.
<snip>
About the Author: The author, Steve Wood, designs & hosts small business websites. He owns & runs Wood Interactive and RedHotHosting.com.
http://www.acehosts.com/arti12.shtml

The link to
RedHotHosting.com.
produces just the hosting stuff....
Q. Do you operate your own data center or do you lease servers from another provider?
A.Our servers are leased from Alabanza, Inc., a highly respected leader in providing hosting solutions for hosting companies. You'd be surprised at how many top-quality hosts use the services of Alabanza.

Q. Why should I use your services rather than from a company that operates its own servers on-site?
A. We can provide you with the very best server reliability and speed for a great price, while focusing on customer support. Through "economies of scale", Alabanza is able to provide us with the very best Internet connection, reliability, speed, Control Panel automation, monitoring, security, etc. for a price that we could not even come close to if we did it ourselves. This efficiency is passed on to you in our pricing structure. Sure, we could invest in hardware, obtain a T1 connection, and maintain our own servers, but the whole package would not be near the quality, reliability, speed, etc. as provided by Alabanza, and it would probably cost us more at the same time. Alabanza's quality, speed, and reliability have a great reputation and we are proud to offer it to you. For a very impressive description of how our servers are maintained at Alabanza, click here. In addition, take a look at the constant server monitoring actions taken at the Alabanza Data Center. We think you'll agree that you'd be hard-pressed to find a better server solution than this, and next to impossible for us (or anyone) to offer this same level of quality, reliability, connection speed, and Control Panel automation on our own for the same affordable prices.
http://redhothosting.com/faq.shtml

The link
http://woodinteractive.com/
leads us to this:

Republican Resources is an exciting new idea in conservative politics. For the first time, conservatives have a one-stop destination for all of their political needs. Featuring news that is important to you, lively opinion, informational services, educational services, consulting services, human resources services, and much more. Republican Resources has it all in one easy to reach spot. At Republican Resources, we are changing the way politics gets done
http://www.republicanresources.com/

Daniel J. Cherry C.E.O. and President
Mr. Cherry is the founder of RepublicanResources.com. As C.E.O. and President, Mr. Cherry is responsible for implementing and carrying out the corporate mission and strategy for RepublicanResources.com. Prior to founding RepublicanResources.com, Mr. Cherry's background included both corporate and political experience. He received his political science education at Louisiana State University, ranked by SUNY Stony Brook as one of the top twenty political science programs in the country. He is a member of the American Association of Political Consultants, as well as the American Political Science Association. Mr. Cherry's book Republican Battlefield Manual: Conservatism Calls is due out in early 2002.

Lori Joubert Chief Operating Officer
As the Chief Operating Officer, Ms. Joubert is responsible for overseeing the daily operation and functions of Republican Resources. Ms. Joubert brings to Republican Resources her extensive experience of being the Grassroots Legislative Coordinator at a major Fortune 500 company. Ms. Joubert's political experience ranges from legislative work to statewide Republican efforts, as well as judicial and state legislative campaigns. She received her degree in political science from Rhodes College.

Jeff Crouere Chief Political Officer
Mr. Crouere's role as CPO of Republican Resources allows him to bring his unique and persuasive insights and skills to the forefront of national politics. Mr. Crouere is the founder and creator of Ringside Politics, one of the hottest political radio and TV enterprises in America today. In this role, his extensive news reporting and political commentary skills have been widely recognized. Mr. Cruere has served in numerous media and political positions. Among these, he has served as the Executive Director and Vice-Chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party, Louisiana Chairman of the Republican Catholic Task Force, and on the National Board of Directors of the Young American's for Freedom. Mr. Crouere's consulting experience includes such notables as Senator Bob Smith, Vice-President Dan Quayle, Steve Forbes, and Senator John McCain
http://www.republicanresources.com/staff.shtml

Hmmmm
OK, techies, take it from there.

[DulceDecorum]

4. Alabanza.

Thomas V. Cunningham, Founder, Chairman and CEO
Mr. Cunningham founded Alabanza in 1995 and serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board.
http://www.alabanza.com/6.1Team.shtml

Thomas V. Cunningham, Founder, Chairman and CEO
Mr. Cunningham founded BulkRegister and serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. Mr. Cunningham earned his Master's degree in Instructional Systems Development from the University of Maryland and possesses extensive experience in digital multimedia and web hosting technologies. He started BulkRegister in 1999 with the strong conviction that domain name Registrars and reseller channels would enable a global revolution in e-commerce, communications and business management. Mr. Cunningham was named Ernst & Young's 2002 Regional Entrepreneur of the Year and is also founder and Chairman of Alabanza.
http://www2.bulkregister.com/team.php

Outage in Baltimore
An apparent generator malfunction at a Baltimore building that houses Alabanza and Bulkregister.com left hundreds of thousands of web sites unreachable for much of Wednesday night. An overheating generator in the basement of 10 E. Baltimore created a smoke condition that forced the shutdown of the building's electrical systems.
Alabanza's chief executive officer, Thomas V. Cunningham, told the Baltimore Sun that all of its client Web sites - about 200,000 across the United States - were affected. A support forum message from ChristianWebHost, one of Alabanza's largest clients, placed the total length of the outage at 11 hours.
Alabanza provides turnkey hosting programs that automate essential functions for its reseller clients. Its hosted software allows resellers to sign up web hosting customers without the intervention of customer support employees or a billing department. Its sister company, BulkRegister, is the third-largest registrar of Internet domain names.
The outage creates a headache for Alabanza, which like most hosts has touted its reliability. "Alabanza recognizes that downtime is not an option for your servers," the company says on its web site. "That's why we invest heavily in hardware and facilities that ensure that your clients are up and running on the web 24 hours a day, seven days a week."
http://www.carrierhotels.com/wiredspace/archives/2003_09.html

September 18, 2003
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting automation firm Alabanza (alabanza.com) was affected by a generator malfunction in the building that houses its offices and data center last night, leading to two hours of downtime.
<snip>
Alabanza expanded its operations at 10 E. Baltimore St. in a ceremony at the building earlier this year. The company also operates BulkRegister.com (bulkregister.com), a leading domain name registration firm.
http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/ala091803.cfm

September 23, 2004
It may not have helped the company that a similar incident had similar effects one year ago, when fire was again the culprit in what amounted to downtime and lost dollars for many of Alabanza's hosts.
Some posters resented a second outage with similar circumstances, arguing it was something Alabanza said it was planning to avoid.
http://thewhir.com/features/alabanza-blackout.cfm

And for those of you who were wondering at the speed with which GOPUSA altered its WHOIS data:

The one-step TransferXpress process requires BulkRegister members to enter the domains they wish to transfer, and the existing registrar name. Confirmation emails still have to be approved as required by ICANN, but the process has been greatly simplified. Transfer Agents now carefully monitor each transfer, says the company, whereas in the past, status emails were sent at various steps throughout the transfer process and often caused confusion.
http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/bul092804.cfm

[DulceDecorum]

8. GKG.Net: a Minority/Woman-Owned Business in Texas

February 18, 2005
It was also revealed that Jeffgannon.com had been registered by the same Delaware-based company that had registered other Republican-oriented web sites, along with those catering to pornographic military gay themes and male escort services.

TalonNews.com and GOPUSA.com are both registered to Endeavor Media Group LLC, operating from Post Office Box 891354 in Houston, Texas. The phone number provided is 999-999-9999. The registrant for a series of web sites, including Jeffgannon.com, Theconservativeguy.com, Exposejessejackson.com, Militaryescorts.com, militaryescortsm4m.com, and hotmilitarystud.com is Bedrock Corporation of 4001 Kennett Pike in Wilmington, Delaware. Bedrock is owned by Jim Guckert, the apparent real identity of Jeff Gannon. The administrative contact for Bedrock was listed as "J. Daniels," possibly another alias.

After the Gannon story broke, militaryescorts.com and hotmilitarystud.com were redirected to a secure log-in site at Cupertino, California-based www.dividezero.net/, which was registered to GKG.Net, which had a contact email in College Station, Texas, the home of Texas A&M University and the George H.W. Bush presidential library. Dividezero.net had a secure log-in window but no subscription information. Experts who track illegal content on the web, including child pornography, report that such sites are common where log-in information is provided separately by regular mail so that the identities of subscribers cannot be easily tracked by online enrollment and entry of credit card information.
http://onlinejournal.com/Media/021805Madsen/021805madse...

You said
Marvin Enterprises, Inc./Global Knowledge Group - gkg.net
And we are off.......to Mexico.....

April 30, 2001
Paul Marvin formed Global Knowledge Group with his brother Taylor back in 1993, while the two were still finishing their engineering degrees at Texas A&M University. Soon after graduating, the twosome partnered with Texas A&M to establish a NAFTA Web site in Mexico.
According to Paul Marvin, now the company's chief operating offices, its ties to Latin America remain strong.
"Our company started down in Latin America—the US is our second home," he said. "We don't have an office down there, but that is where we started from."
By the time the company was ICANN-accredited in May 1999, it had already established a Web development, Web hosting and colocation business with resellers worldwide—and they've kept on growing.
"We're dealing with over 160 countries right now," Marvin said. "We have somewhere between 400 and 500 resellers, a large portion of them in Latin America."
http://isp-planet.com/services/registrars/gkg.html

PAUL MARVIN
PRESIDENTE
GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE GROUP
TAYLOR MARVIN
VICE-PRESIDENT
GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE GROUP
http://agrinet.tamu.edu/kb/staff.html

Executive Biographies
http://www.gkg.net/info/bios.html

GKG.NET, INC. was founded in 1993 by two brothers in order to create income while finishing engineering degrees at Texas A&M University. In late 1994, Paul Marvin Jr. and W. Taylor Marvin entered the Internet business as Global Knowledge Group (GKG). Their management, engineering, and technical backgrounds demanded that they take immediate advantage of the burgeoning Internet commerce of the World Wide Web.
GKG was designed to provide complete Electronic Business (e-business) and Internet solutions to companies who prefer a single source for all their needs. Between 1994 and 1996 GKG's main thrust was research and development, both on the technical side and the marketing side. By late 1996, only two years after inception, GKG entered the commercial market providing a full portfolio of products and service solutions to organizations such as Texas A&M University, Airtouch, and Cellular One.
http://www.gkg.net/info/history.html

HUB - Historically Underutilized Business
Global Knowledge Group (GKG.NET, Inc.) has successfully met the requirements as established by the State of Texas as a Minority/Woman-Owned Business. Certificate number: 1742239087600
As a certified HUB, Global Knowledge Group (GKG.NET, Inc.) can assist state agencies in meeting HUB expenditure requirements of the General Services Commission.
http://www.gkg.net/qisv/hub.html

Shucks,
and here I thought that those two brothers were regular white guys.

Locate minority and women-owned businesses certified to sell products/services to local and state government procurement agents in Texas
http://www.webcatonline.com/hub/AllCustomerList.asp

[msongs]

6. are there comparable democrats/liberals networking groups or are

the dems/liberals so busy being nice to bush and co that they do not want to be an actual opposition party?

Msongs
www.msongs.com/political-shirts.htm

[DulceDecorum]

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