Press Release: #OpWisconsin -Anonymous

[Skip_In_Boulder]

Press Release: #OpWisconsin

Dear Citizens of the United States of America,

It has come to our attention that the brothers, David and Charles Koch--the billionaire owners of Koch Industries--have longattempted to usurp American Democracy. Their actions to undermine the legitimate political process in Wisconsin are thefinal straw. Starting today we fight back.

Koch Industries, and oligarchs like them, have most recently started to manipulate the political agenda in Wisconsin.Governor Walker's union-busting budget plan contains a clause that went nearly un-noticed. This clause would allow the saleof publicly owned utility plants in Wisconsin to private parties (specifically, Koch Industries) at any price, no matter howlow, without a public bidding process. The Koch's have helped to fuel the unrest in Wisconsin and the drive behind the bill toeliminate the collective bargaining power of unions in a bid to gain a monopoly over the state's power supplies.

The Koch brothers have made a science of fabricating 'grassroots' organizations and advertising campaigns to support them inan attempt to sway voters based on their falsehoods. Americans for Prosperity, Club for Growth and Citizens United are justa few of these organizations. In a world where corporate money has become the lifeblood of political influence, the labor unions are one of the few ways citizens have to fight against corporate greed. Anonymous cannot ignore the plight of thecitizen-workers of Wisconsin, or the opportunity to fight for the people in America's broken political system. For thesereasons, we feel that the Koch brothers threaten the United States democratic system and, by extension, all freedom-lovingindividuals everywhere. As such, we have no choice but to spread the word of the Koch brothers' political manipulation, their single-minded intent and the insidious truth of their actions in Wisconsin, for all to witness.

Anonymous hears the voice of the downtrodden American people, whose rights and liberties are being systematicallyremoved one by one, even when their own government refuses to listen or worse - is complicit in these attacks.
We areactively seeking vulnerabilities, but in the mean time we are calling for all supporters of true Democracy, and Freedom of The People, to boycott all Koch Industries' paper products. We welcome unions across the globe to join us in this boycott
to show that you will not allow big business to dictate your freedom.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/49513260/OpWisconsin

[Tx4obama]

1. Products produced by Koch Industries/Georgia-Pacific paper company - listed below

Angel Soft toilet paper
Brawny paper towels
Dixie plates, bowls, napkins and cups
Mardi Gras napkins and towels
Quilted Northern toilet paper
Soft ‘n Gentle toilet paper
Sparkle napkins
Vanity Fair napkins
Zee napkins

See full DU article here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x483191

[femrap]

54. Thank you for the list....

This list should be posted daily on DU....someone tell Skinner. He won't listen to me.

And really we should use cloth towels and napkins so trees aren't used for this purpose. I rarely use paper plates or cups. TP? I can't come up w/ an alternative....But I do like Aldi's TP. Cheap yet serviceable.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. While I will never agree on breaking the law...

boys and girls at Anon, a few Denial of Service attacks will be funny.

:hi:

[Skip_In_Boulder]

3. Nope, one should never break the law. That's why we say we live

by The Rule of Law in America. We also exchange information and Twitter tags that are readily available. :hi:

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Yep... RLOL over here

[The Doctor.]

50. Can't tell if you're joking.

Either way, you're not wrong on the ethical point. Unfortunately, the law has been usurped and many operate above it. They are indeed breaking laws, but are protected from consequences. There are times when the only way to stop powerful lawbreakers is to break laws that might otherwise protect them.

If they forsake the rule of law, they shall forsake its protections.

[Skip_In_Boulder]

51. Yep

[alfredo]

38. I'd rather see evidence of bribes, bid rigging, money laundering

and cross species pederasty.

[glinda]

40. Publication of emails, finances and conversations would be excellent.

[alfredo]

43. Roaches avoid the light of day.

[Shiver]

4. My birthday has come early!

I thought they might do something when they restored www.defendwisconsin.com to the wireless in the capitol, but I wondered if they would take on something like this.

I love you, Anonymous ^^

[tabatha]

6. Love it - and love Anonymous.

[PBS Poll-435]

9. Why are the European brands so creepy?

Tenderly?

Kitten Soft?



And my favorite... OKAY Kitchen Towels. Not great, but OKAY.

[a la izquierda]

17. WTH is Kitten Soft?

Good grief!!

[Teaser]

19. sometimes

/b/-tards can be a bit mean.

google "Chin Chan".

[Truth2Tell]

7. We areactively seeking vulnerabilities

:)

[eridani]

8. Anonymous should not fuck up the computer systems of any Koch brothers company, because

--that would be WRONG! :evilgrin: :nopity: :evilgrin: :nopity: :evilgrin: :nopity: :evilgrin: :nopity:

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. Yep this is a land of laws and all that

:evilgrin: And we would not like to see any of that.

[Skip_In_Boulder]

11. Absolutely.

[Bryn]

21. Oh, Yes I completely agree with you!

;-) :evilgrin: ;-) :evilgrin:

[City of Mills]

25. The Internet is like the old West

Here comes the man with no name!




(the character, not the actor }( )

[Name removed]

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Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[sabrina 1]

42. Well, yes, it would be wrong

:eyes:

And none of us would ever encourage such a thing.

However! All is fair in love and war ~

The people have been ambushed, law-abiding citizens were not aware of the enemy within, spying on them, plotting to take away their rights, spending huge amounts of money to impoverish them by attacking their jobs, their benefits, their represnetatives. Killing any real hope of a decent medical care system etc. etc.

So far, the people have been on the defensive, merely reacting to whatever the latest assault on them might be.

Since the Koch Brothers have essentially declared war on the American worker, I would see nothing at all wrong if those workers were to have someone on THEIR side who might do some 'investigative' work, such as finding out their plans by confiscating their emails, eg.

Surely there would be nothing wrong with the people using the same weapons that are used against them.

Opposition Research, I think it's called??

Anonymous might be helpful in doing some of this research.

[AlabamaLibrul]

12. AlabamaLibrul can not condone any illegal act, but hopes grievances are heard n/t

[Skip_In_Boulder]

13. It appears they are being heard. n/t

[blogslut]

14. I'm skeptical

Doesn't "sound" like anon to me.

[Skip_In_Boulder]

15. Maybe it's not

One can never be sure.

[Teaser]

18. anon sounds like whichever one of them is speaking

Even if it's not Anonymous, it is anonymous. It may become Anonymous if enough of Anonymous decides it is Anonymous.

[AsahinaKimi]

27. please....

I am getting dizzy..:P

[robdogbucky]

28. Weather looks good at 7:30AM

here in the Bay Area. This bodes well for a good turn out today at noon in SF at the plaza. I also saw on the news last night of all places, KTVU, that the Libyan sympathizers were planning a demo at that plaza (UN Plaza across from Civic Center in SF) today.

But no mention of the rallies in solidarity with Wisconsin and unions across America. Of course, KTVU is owned by FUXX. They spent the first 15 minutes highlighting the "chance," of snow at sea level overnight. Breathless reports from 4 different locations about the threat of flurries. They did show some flurries on Hwy 17 near Santa Cruz, shortlived, but a novelty for many Californians. Imagine in Wisconsin they have been demonstrating inside and out, before, during and after real blizzards that dump 10 inches that doesn't disappear and temps below 20 degrees.

As for this Anonymous decree, I'm sure the Clown Car Contingent hereabouts will show up to object to any suggestions of disruption that might violate some law or in some way make the movement look bad by putting cyber-pressure on the Koch Industries groups. Same ones that want to lynch Assange in the US, for wait for it......treason. Yup, treason for exposing the war crimes that apparently are ongoing in this administration. They for sure are CONCERNED about threats to US security but care little for popular uprisings or war crimes as a result of US abuses/lies/murders.



Just my dos centavos


robdogbucky

[AsahinaKimi]

30. As for the snow..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x513221

[robdogbucky]

32. I think that footage of snow that you saw

was somewhere in Lake County, a foot in the last couple of days.

[AsahinaKimi]

33. No it was in the City..

They showed someones back yard, in the dark with a few tiny flakes coming down. Said that it fell in the Sunset and Twin Peaks area. No where near my neighborhood. Missed it by..that much! Oh and the video is linked in my posting.

[robdogbucky]

36. So much news, so little time

I don't mean to snow on your parade, but having grown up in Madison, WI, I have no desire to ever experience it again, which I say every time I'm fishing in the Sierra and an unexpected squall makes my day white, or I have to trundle through 3 feet of it up at Lake Almanor just to get to the fish. Almanor is about 3200 ft. and does not freeze, unlike Lake Davis, which freezes every December or so.

Are you going to the rally today?

I think we need a call to rallies on DU

Wear your red for solidarity with Wisconsin!



On, Wisconsin!


Go Big Red!

[Loki]

16. Seems that illegal acts are only in the eye of the republican beholder.

The Koch's are a threat to our Democracy, to the middle class workers and to our nation's national security. With their interests founded in the dismantling of a viable middle class which is the very foundation of our country, I see them as a criminal element that should be investigated just like the Mafia. Kick backs, buying public officials, haven't we seen this somewhere before? Who sought to destroy the trade unions in history? I think we all know the answer to that one.

[Skidmore]

20. Anonymous needs to quit sounding like God thundering from the mountain

and get busy working in the trenches. That last paragraph there begins sounding a little overwrought. Get on with the work.`

[robdogbucky]

29. You obviously didn't see their "trench," work the other day

in the Westboro Baptist Church interview.

Why are you so CONCERNED about what Anonymous is or isn't doing?

Seems they are doing just fine to me.

How many folks do you suppose are working with/for them?

Maybe they have limited resources?

Just interesting that you would choose to sew dissatisfaction with Anon at a time like this.

Situation in US and elsewhere is fluid. Things can change in an instant.


Are you going out to any solidarity rallies today?


Have a nice day

[myrna minx]

22. I have a crush on anonymous. There. I said it.

:D

[RainDog]

23. look at you, getting all flirty with anonymous...

(to quote someone else... LOL)

when the power of corporations undoes democracy, the power of resistance is sex-sey! :)

[myrna minx]

26. LOL- Did they just wink back?! They're being all coy right now,

but I bet they're up for a little footsie. :D I haven't felt this positive in so long it's almost confusing. The people of the world are taking back their rights and their dignity in spite of their leaders. I wish the national Dems cared a bit more, but this train is running whether or not they do. :hi:

[RainDog]

35. you have to see this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQLN1_A2Rj0

[glinda]

41. Thanks Raindog! Amazing! Uplifting! Needed that.

[RainDog]

48. one person is standing in front of a sign that says, "Google Lisa McPherson"

in reference to this protest against the scientology cult.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Lisa_McPherson

The Scientologists refused to get her the medical treatment she needed and she died in their "care."

Just because an organization is wealthy, has celebrities as part of it, or uses propaganda to "normalize" itself - that doesn't mean it's not a cult. (also c.f. fundamentalism)

[myrna minx]

55. Thanks! That was a great vid.

:hi:

[Sabriel]

24. When corporations interfere in the business of the people, the gloves are off

A little tit for tat would be nice.

Go, Anonymous!

[robdogbucky]

31. On that point, I saw a program

on AlJazeera yesterday, a panel discussion at Columbian University in NYC, for the program "Empire," on AJE.

They were discussing Wikileaks and the scope/threat/weaknesses/strengths, etc., of their work.

One of the panelists, a woman from Silicon Valley I believe, were discussing the phenonmena of social networks and the part they play in the current uprisings in Egypt, Bahrain, etc. It was noted that when a government shuts down, then re-opens access to such social networks that some governments have laid traps, using the social network com traffic to locate dissidents. This woman asserted that it is just not governments that are doing this, that corps have led the way in invading such internet services and use something she referred to as PDIs, and they were defined as Package, something, Intrusions, or something like cookies or tracking devices to monitor the behavior of citizen users. It started as a means to retrieve consumer data to be use in marketing campaigns, but the obvious potential for monitoring was not lost on governments.

Anyone here know more of what she was talking about?



Just my dos centavos


robdogbucky

[alfredo]

37. XOXOXO to anonymous

[Gregorian]

39. V

is for vulnerabilities. This is one global concept I can get behind. Turn that stinking new world order around.

Also, I just turned off my heat. Use less, and you'll shrink these guys.

[Shiver]

44. Three people in Guy Fawkes masks here in Madison right now.

Got a picture. Gonna see if I can upload it somewhere from my phone...

[RainDog]

46. Love it. n/t

the corporations declared war on the middle class.

I'm glad we've got an army of netizens.

[MaeScott]

45. K and R. nt

[steve2470]

47. k&r nt

[Politicalboi]

49. Instead of us not buying Koch's shit

We should encourage our grocery stores to STOP carrying those products. Makes it easier for everyone.

[One Voice]

52. K & R......n/t

[femrap]

53. I girlcott and boycott....

haven't bought Georgia Pacific paper products since I learned those asshole bros. own it.

Buy Aldi's toilet paper and paper towels...!!!!

I love you Anonymous...really.

[Poboy]

56. recommend

[upi402]

57. Everybody could email their unions now - "Boycott the Kochs"

They'll have plenty of support for what they already know needs to happen.