CREW employs the law as a tool to force officials to act ethically and lawfully and to bring unethical conduct to the public ’ s attention through: litigation, Freedom of Information Act requests, Congressional ethics complaints, Internal Revenue Service complaints, Federal Election Commission complaints, and requests for investigation with government agencies.

* CREW ’ s Most Corrupt 2010: Unfinished Business a review of previous reports concerning corruption in congress.

Roll Call reported that CREW doesn't disclose its donor list, and notes that Deputy Director Naomi Seligman said that " donors play no role in CREW ’ s decisions as to the groups or politicians we target.

On September 19, 2011, the ethics watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ( CREW ) released their annual Most Corrupt Members of Congress report.

In September 2006, the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ( CREW ) released its second annual report on members of Congress with ethics issues, titled " Beyond DeLay: The 20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress ( and five to watch )".

In September 2006, the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ( CREW ) released its second annual report on members of Congress with ethics issues, titled " Beyond DeLay: The 20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress ( and five to watch )".

" One of its most visible projects is " CREW's Most Corrupt ", an annual report of whom CREW determines are Washington's most corrupt politicians.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ( CREW ) named Waters to its list of corrupt members of Congress in its 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2011 reports.

In its 2009 report, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ( CREW ) named Lewis one of the 15 most corrupt members of Congress, saying that his " ethics issues stem primarily from the misuse of his position as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee to steer hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks to family and friends in direct exchange for contributions to his campaign committee and political action committee.

In its 2009 report, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ( CREW ) named Mollohan one of the 15 most corrupt members of Congress, stating that he has " steered hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks to family, friends, former employees and corporations in exchange for contributions to his campaign and political action committees.

CREW issued their analysis of Murphy's alleged ethical lapses, together with various exhibits which CREW asserted supports their naming him to their list of the most corrupt members of Congress.

CREW has published seven annual reports since 2005 of the politicians that CREW identifies as the most corrupt members of Congress.

" An Associated Press story in 2010, however, stated that CREW " has a history of targeting members of Congress representing different races, philosophies and both major parties.

Roll Call reported in January 2008 that CREW files most of its complaints against members of Congress, and " all but a handful ... have targeted Republicans ".

In 2010 Politico's Ben Smith described CREW's founding in 2003 as " one of a wave of new groups backed by liberal donors " and called CREW " a vehicle for assaults on largely – but not entirely – Republican targets ".

CREW currently lists serving politicians as investigation targets on their annual lists of the most corrupt congressmen.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ( CREW ) released a report stating that Rep. Baca had paid his daughter $ 27, 000 from campaign funds and donated more than $ 20, 000 to his sons ' political campaigns from his own campaign funds.

In response, Weldon spokesman Michael Puppio said there is " nothing illegal or improper about any of the actions mentioned " in the CREW report.

" As noted in a September 21, 2006, article in The Delaware County Daily Times, citing the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ( CREW ) report on Weldon, " The CREW report compiles news reports in which Weldon, a member of the House since 1987, is described as using his powerful congressional position to help his daughters, Kim and Karen, son Andrew, longtime friend Cecelia ' CeCe ' Grimes and close political associate Charles Sexton Jr ."

The CREW report incorrectly states, " The relationship between Mr. Schaffer and Rep. Weldon is a long one.

A report by McClatchy News Service described CREW as " a Democratic-leaning watchdog group ".

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ( CREW ) is a nonprofit 501 ( c )( 3 ) organization that describes itself as " dedicated to promoting ethics and accountability in government and public life by targeting government officials – regardless of party affiliation – who sacrifice the common good to special interests.

It can be CRCW, CREW, or EREW.

* The CREW — American Football Club – Champion of Polish American Football League 2007, First polish team played in Europen Competitions EFAF Cup in 2008.

According to a study by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, McKeon's campaign committees paid her a total of $ 263, 168 between 2001 and 2006-the highest such payment in the group of Representatives studied by CREW.

On January 25, 2010, CREW ( Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ) filed complaints against Rep.

According to The Washington Post, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ( CREW ), a watchdog group, asked the Internal Revenue Service in 2005 to revoke CCF's tax-exempt status, alleging that Berman and his company had used CCF to direct over $ 7 million charitable money to himself and his company since 1997, an allegation Berman rejects.

* " CREW Files Complaint Against Social Security Administration -- SSA Paid Fleischman-Hillard $ 1. 8 million ", Media Release, February 23, 2005.

According to its website, CREW advances its mission using a combination of research, litigation and media outreach.

CREW has been variously referred to in media as an " independent ", " liberal ", " non-partisan " watchdog group.

CREW publishes several reports concerning political topics and politicians according to its ideology.

The AMPAS was originally conceived by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio boss Louis B. Mayer as a professional honorary organization to help improve the film industry ’ s image and help mediate labor disputes.

The International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences defines psychological altruism as " a motivational state with the goal of increasing another ’ s welfare ".

Psychological altruism is contrasted with psychological egoism, which refers to the motivation to increase one ’ s own welfare.

One way is a sincere expression of Christian love, " motivated by a powerful feeling of security, strength, and inner salvation, of the invincible fullness of one ’ s own life and existence ".

Another way is merely " one of the many modern substitutes for love, ... nothing but the urge to turn away from oneself and to lose oneself in other people ’ s business.

* David Firestone-When Romney ’ s Reach Exceeds His Grasp-Mitt Romney quotes the song

" Swift extends the metaphor to get in a few jibes at England ’ s mistreatment of Ireland, noting that " For this kind of commodity will not bear exportation, and flesh being of too tender a consistence, to admit a long continuance in salt, although perhaps I could name a country, which would be glad to eat up our whole nation without it.

George Wittkowsky argued that Swift ’ s main target in A Modest Proposal was not the conditions in Ireland, but rather the can-do spirit of the times that led people to devise a number of illogical schemes that would purportedly solve social and economic ills.

In response, Swift ’ s Modest Proposal was " a burlesque of projects concerning the poor ", that were in vogue during the early 18th century.

Critics differ about Swift ’ s intentions in using this faux-mathematical philosophy.

Charles K. Smith argues that Swift ’ s rhetorical style persuades the reader to detest the speaker and pity the Irish.

Swift ’ s specific strategy is twofold, using a " trap " to create sympathy for the Irish and a dislike of the narrator who, in the span of one sentence, " details vividly and with rhetorical emphasis the grinding poverty " but feels emotion solely for members of his own class.

Swift ’ s use of gripping details of poverty and his narrator ’ s cool approach towards them create " two opposing points of view " that " alienate the reader, perhaps unconsciously, from a narrator who can view with ' melancholy ' detachment a subject that Swift has directed us, rhetorically, to see in a much less detached way.

Once the children have been commodified, Swift ’ s rhetoric can easily turn " people into animals, then meat, and from meat, logically, into tonnage worth a price per pound ".

Swift uses the proposer ’ s serious tone to highlight the absurdity of his proposal.

In making his argument, the speaker uses the conventional, text book approved order of argument from Swift ’ s time ( which was derived from the Latin rhetorician Quintilian ).

James Johnson argued that A Modest Proposal was largely influenced and inspired by Tertullian ’ s Apology: a satirical attack against early Roman persecution of Christianity.

Johnson notes Swift ’ s obvious affinity for Tertullian and the bold stylistic and structural similarities between the works A Modest Proposal and Apology.

He reminds readers that " there is a gap between the narrator ’ s meaning and the text ’ s, and that a moral-political argument is being carried out by means of parody ".