Who or what is Public Notice?

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

I keep hearing incredibly irritating ads for the website bankruptingamerica.org on my local radio stations. Basically, the ad is bitching about “Washington overspending” and the $13 trillion debt and so on. A voice at the end says it’s paid for by “Public Notice”.

That appears to be [these people](I keep hearing incredibly irritating ads for the website bankruptingamerica.org on my local radio stations. Basically, the ad is bitching about “Washington overspending” and the $13 trillion debt and so on. A voice at the end says it’s paid for by “Public Notice”. That appears to be these people, who offer no information at all about themselves, except that they’re an “independent” non-profit. The fact that they don’t claim to be non-partisan is pretty telling. SourceWatch doesn’t seem to know anything about Public Notice or bankruptingamerica.org, and neither does the internet (or I fail at searching). So, who are they?), who offer no information at all about themselves, except that they’re an “independent” non-profit. The fact that they don’t claim to be non-partisan is pretty telling.

SourceWatch doesn’t seem to know anything about Public Notice or bankruptingamerica.org, and neither does the internet (or I fail at searching).

So, who are they?

Mods, this is a factual question but if it turns into a debate feel free to move this.

[treis]

A former Bush administration PR specialist has launched a new non-profit designed to raise the alarm about what it sees as “over-spending” in Washington – but is staying mum on how the group is being funded.

Public Notice launched late last month with a column on the website of US News and World Report, in which executive director Gretchen Hamel argued that “**ackroom deals, trillion-dollar deficits, pork-laden spending bills, and multibillion-dollar bailouts have left many Americans wondering if Washington can be trusted with their money.” The group’s sophisticated-looking website, Bankrupting America, adds that “unprecedented government spending and debt, corporate welfare, higher taxes, and poorly designed bureaucratic red tape are undermining economic progress,” and contends that the stimulus bill has been a failure.

Public Notice’s funding source remains obscure. In an interview with TPMmuckraker, Hamel – who served as the Bush administration’s top spokesperson on trade issues, and as press secretary for the House Republican Conference – said Public Notice had “dozens of donors across the U.S.,” but declined to identify them. “We will not be disclosing our donors,” she said. “We want to protect the anonymity of our donors,” she added, noting that other organizations of all political stripes take a similar stance.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/03/former_bush_admin_spox_launches_non-profit_to_comb.php

The website is indeed registered to her.

[purplehorseshoe]

Good for you, He-Whose-Username-Isn’t-Really-All-That-Accurate, for sniffing around. It’s a shame that a lot of people will hear those ads and swallow the rhetoric hook, line, and sinker, without even applying any critical thinking skills.

[jayjay]

Funny how these folks didn’t even exist when GWB turned a surplus into a massive deficit, isn’t it?

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

Thanks, treis. For the record, I’d have found a similar commercial presented from the left equally grating - not least the “man in a hole being ignore by Washington” voiceover.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

They started a new ad this morning. :smack: