Koch Industries..the REAL force behind Right Wing America

[Mari333]

eye opening!!

'Although it is both a top campaign contributor and spends millions on direct lobbying, Koch's chief political influence tool is a web of interconnected, right-wing think tanks and advocacy groups funded by foundations controlled and supported by the two Koch brothers.
Among those groups are some of the country's most prominent conservative and libertarian voices including the Cato Institute, the Reason Foundation, Citizens for a Sound Economy and the Federalist Society. All regularly beat the drum in official Washington for the causes the Koch's hold dear—minimal government, deregulation, and free market economics.

Look at that group funded, controlled and somtimes founded by "koch"...STUNNING!, and then there's THIS;

For the Kochs, conservative and libertarian views are a family tradition. Fred Koch, who founded the company's predecessor in 1940, helped establish the ultra right-wing John Birch Society.'











http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/4068

[Captain Hilts]

1. This is very true. I even stopped supporting America3 in sailing because of it. nt

[hfojvt]

5. Bill Koch, although he is brother to David and Charles, is a liberal

The treasurer of the Kansas Democratic Party was just talking to me about him last weekend (although I already knew because politics1.com had listed him as a potential Democratic Candidate for Senate in 2004, so I researched him.)

[Captain Hilts]

8. That's new! My firm did some work with the brother and they certainly did not get along..

but Bill is a real shit, no matter what his politics are.

[monmouth]

10. And......the Palm Beach home is neighbor to ....you guessed it....Rush!.....LOL.

[tangent90]

2. And true to their heritage, they are thieves too. The "Koch barrel" as it's known in the oil biz

is somewhere around 35 gallons instead of the standard 42 because it's about how much they pay for, thanks to creative metering and bookkeeping.

[suston96]

3. Didn't they steal oil from native tribal lands? nt

[hfojvt]

7. there was a lawsuit about that, but I don't remember details of it

or how it was settled.

[tangent90]

12. Not "a" lawsuit, dozens of them. Here's just one

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_19991003/ai_n11737007

[tangent90]

11. They steal it from anyone with a claim to it. They stole from me in the past

before I started going out to the oil patch and checking the tanks...and even after they were caught, they were just made to pay the difference (no fines, no punitive damages, not shit thanks to the Kansas authorities)
...
spelling goof

[Warpy]

4. I've been mentioning the Koch family for years

and getting only a blank "Huh?" as a response.

I'm glad this stuff is finally getting out. They are some of the prime movers, shakers and funders of the New Fascism in America.

The Bushes are their hired help.

[Ikonoklast]

6. They are the Kings of Astroturf.

I get the very same response whenever I mention the Koch brothers.

They will literally do anything to further their empire.

[Mari333]

9. from everything I have read they keep

a low profile.

http://projects.publicintegrity.org/oil//report.aspx?aid=347

[SoCalDem]

13. Is Doro's husband one of them?? Same name

:shrug: