The Place of Dead Roads

My previous post reminded me of the following gem. Last Feburary, the Center for Responsive Politics released a report detailing how money flows from the adult film industry, through the cable companies, and in the pockets of the GOP. As reported by ABC News,
Cable Companies Provide Porn While Funding Politicians:

Feb. 8, 2005 - While its previous owners considered adult entertainment "immoral," Adelphia Communications Corp....last week became the first to offer hard-core adult films on pay-per-view to its subscribers.

Adelphia's programming decision is being applauded by the adult film industry. "I think they made a really smart business decision," said Tim Connelly, publisher of Adult Video News, the trade journal of the adult entertainment industry. "So today Adelphia, tomorrow Wal-Mart."

Comcast Cable has given millions in political donations since 1998. The national Republican Party committees are its biggest organizational recipient, with donations totaling $851,000. President Bush is its biggest individual recipient with $109,000 in donations.

Adelphia has given $166,000 to Republican committees, $17,000 to conservative Rep. John Peterson, R-Pa., and $12,000 to Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., one of the most conservative members of the Senate.

Santorum would not comment on Adelphia's decision.

Conservative activist Donna Rice Hughes: "If their business practices, whatever they are, do not line up with the values of the politician, I think it's important to walk the talk."

Conservative activists say Adelphia's decision...is hypocrisy fueled by billions in corporate profits.