On her show tonight Rachel Maddow mentioned Richard Berman and his website rottenacorn.com. To get an idea of the type of person Richard Berman is and the causes he works for, read on.
Rottenacorn.com is located at the IP address 64.225.154.239. Check out some of the other domains hosted at that address:
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There are sites such as obesitymyths.com which downplays the dangers of being overweight. Anti-union sites. Sites downplaying the risks of mercury in fish. There are many others including negligentdriving.org.
Check it out.
http://negligentdriving.org.Over the past 20 years deaths caused by drunk drivers have plummeted, but overall traffic fatalities have increased. Why?
Check out the page that specifically discusses drunk driving:
http://negligentdriving.org/drunk.cfm Drunk Driving
"We have proved the point that drowsy-driving can kill. In fact, someone who is the nominated driver at the office party and resolutely avoids alcohol all night is still likely to be in no state to drive when the time comes to drive their friends and colleagues home."
Jo Whitbourn, Britannia Rescue
I had to read that several times to convince myself that I wasn't misinterpreting it. But there it is, a paragraph downplaying the value of the designated driver. Read the front page of the site. Look around it a little. It's written to subtly downplay the problem of drunk driving by discussing it as if it's on a par with being distracted or tired. Why would anyone do that? Who would pay to put up a site that downplays the dangers of drunk driving and also downplays the value of designated drivers?
Check out their "About Us" page:
http://negligentdriving.org/about.cfm About Us
As diverse as the restaurant industry is, we generally have two things in common—we all have parking lots, and we share the highways with everyone else. Both of these considerations have spurred the development of our Negligent Driving campaign, which is designed to educate the public about the many threats to traffic safety, and what they can do to become safer drivers.
Representing millions of employees and tens of millions of customers, restaurants touch the lives of most Americans—and we are weighing in to do our part to educate drivers about the risks associated with their unsafe driving behavior.
The restaurant industry. An industry that profits by people having "one for the road" rather than drinking at home.
Who took their money and put up this despicable website? Richard Berman, the man responsible for rottenacorn.com.
What else do I need to say?