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ErikJ Donating Member (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 11:26 PM
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Who are the top 1%?- Koch Brothers
Charles & David Koch
Co-Owners, Koch Industries
Wealth ≈ $50 billion

BANKROLL the Tea Party and others fighting Social Security, worker rights, climate change science, and Wall Street regulation.

SPEW cancer-causing chemicals and spill oil, making them one of the country’s top 10 polluters.

FUNDED group that worked to re-segregate schools in North Carolina. (Source)

http://whoarethe1percent.com/
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sad sally Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 11:27 PM
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1. Outlaw motorcycle gangs (like Hells Angels) are also 1%ers...
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ErikJ Donating Member (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 11:31 PM
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2. Oh REEELY?
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-..__... Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 11:40 PM
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3. Yep... REEELY



One percenter

Some outlaw motorcycle clubs can be distinguished by a 1% patch worn on the colors. This is claimed to be a reference to a comment made by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) in which they stated that 99% of motorcyclists were law-abiding citizens, implying that the last one percent were outlaws. The comment, supposedly a response to the Hollister riot in 1947,<24><25> is denied by the AMA—who claim to have no record of such a statement to the press, and that the story is a misquotation.<26> As a result, some outlaw motorcycle clubs used it to unite or express themselves and are commonly referred to as "one percenters". According to the ATF they are also known as Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs or OMGs.<27>


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlaw_motorcycle_club#One_percenter
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