naming names, identifying marketers, corporate interests, major lobbying groups who are trying to go over the heads of parents.

If Patrick Manning wants to run a campaign that takes the side of corporate interests who defrauded regular New Yorkers, that's fine with us. Any time Patrick Manning wants to come over to Eliot Spitzer's house in Columbia County for breakfast, he's more than welcome.

The program is all carrot and no stick. Local schools don't get millions but corporate interests do.

It's not country anymore. It's not really the artists' fault; there's so much pressure (from corporate interests).

We are just trying to be as safe as we can and assure parents that we are working with local officials to make sure it is safe.

They're more likely to complain to parents or insist the child leave if anything goes wrong, rather than trying to work it out.