Ralph Nader hasn't done shit since writing "Unsafe at any Speed"! Except for ....

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Tue Sep-20-11 10:21 PM
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Ralph Nader hasn't done shit since writing "Unsafe at any Speed"! Except for ....

Edited on Tue Sep-20-11 10:22 PM by Better Believe It

Some of the books Ralph Nader has written or helped produce:

◦Unsafe at Any Speed
◦Action for a Change(with Donald Ross, Brett English, and Joseph Highland)
◦Whistle-Blowing (with Peter J. Petkas and Kate Blackwell)
◦Corporate Power in America (with Mark Green)
◦You and Your Pension (with Kate Blackwell)
◦The Consumer and Corporate Accountability
◦Corporate Power in America
◦Taming the Giant Corporation (with Mark Green and Joel Seligman)
◦Verdicts on Lawyers
◦The Menace of Atomic Energy (with John Abbotts)
◦The Lemon Book
◦Who's Poisoning America (with Ronald Brownstein and John Richard)
◦The Big Boys (with William Taylor)
◦Winning the Insurance Game (with Wesley Smith and J. Robert Hunter)
◦Canada Firsts
◦The Frugal Shopper (with Wesley Smith)
◦Collision Course (with Wesley Smith)
◦No Contest: Corporate Lawyers and Perversion of Justice in America (with Wesley Smith)
◦The Ralph Nader Reader
◦Cutting Corporate Welfare
◦Crashing the Party: Taking on the Corporate Government in an Age of Surrender

Instrumental in the passing of the following legislation:

◦Clean Air Act
◦Clean Water Act
◦Consumer credit disclosure law
◦Consumer Product Safety Act
◦Co-Op Bank Bill
◦Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act
◦Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
◦Freedom of Information Act
◦Funeral home cost disclosure law
◦Law establishing Environmental Protection Agency
◦Medical Devices safety
◦Mine Health and Safety Act
◦Mobile home safety
◦National Automobile and Highway Traffic Safety Act
◦National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act
◦Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act
◦Nuclear power safety
◦Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
◦Pension protection law
◦Safe Water Drinking Act
◦Tire safety & grading disclosure law
◦Whistleblower Protection Act
◦Wholesome Meat Act
◦Wholesome Poultry Product Act

Just some of the organizations Ralph Nader founded or helped start:

◦American Antitrust Institute
◦Appleseed Foundation
◦Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest
◦Aviation Consumer Action Project
◦Buyers Up
◦Capitol Hill News Service
◦Center for Auto Safety
◦Center for Insurance Research
◦Center for Justice and Democracy
◦Center for Science in the Public Interest
◦Center for Study of Responsive Law
◦Center for Women Policy Studies
◦Citizen Action Group
◦Citizen Advocacy Center
◦Citizen Utility Boards
◦Citizen Works
◦Clean Water Action Project
◦Congress Project
◦Congress Watch
◦Connecticut Citizen Action Group
◦Corporate Accountability Research Group
◦Critical Mass Energy Project
◦Democracy Rising
◦Disability Rights Center
◦Equal Justice Foundation
◦Essential Information
◦FANS (Fight to Advance the Nation's Sports)
◦Foundation for Taxpayers and Consumer Rights
◦Freedom of Information Clearinghouse
◦Georgia Legal Watch
◦Global Trade Watch
◦Health Research Group
◦Litigation Group
◦Multinational Monitor
◦National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
◦National Coalition for Universities in the Public Interest
◦National Insurance Consumer Organization
◦Ohio Public Interest Action Group
◦Organization for Competitive Markets
◦Pension Rights Center
◦Princeton Project 55
◦PROD - truck safety
◦Public Citizen
◦Retired Professionals Action Group
◦Shafeek Nader Trust for the Community Interest
◦Student Public Interest Research Groups nationwide
◦Tax Reform Research Group
◦Telecommunications Research and Action Center
◦The Visitor's Center
◦Trial Lawyers for Public Justice

All the more reasons to throw Nader under the bus!