Haiwen points out an amusing article in this week's issue of The Nation headlined ALEC Meets His Match. (ALEC, in case you don't know, stands for the American Legislative Exchange Council, a right-wing legislative group that The Nation plausibly claims is in the pocket of corporate lobbyists.) I'm tempted to quote the entire thing, but here are some choice exerpts:

"What really caused a lot of us to recognize the need for this kind of organizing was the recognition that we were going to have to build some networks of our own to block ALEC."

"ALEC was once a relatively sincere if extreme right-wing group....In the 1980s and '90s, however, ALEC was remolded by corporate lobbyists to implement their agenda."

"For all the good efforts of CPA and other groups, however, there is a general agreement that progressives still need more organizational muscle -- and better coalitions -- if they want to counter ALEC's multistate, multi-issue thrust."

And finally...

"We want ALICE to make ALEC's life miserable."