KOCH KILLS

   

I love this picture. This is how they make sure they are heard in Brussels!

 

This man is having too much fun squirting milk at the riot police in protest of falling milk prices. 

Now, the Koch Brothers. 

 Charles and David Koch have amassed one of the largest fortunes in the United States. 

I am going to tell this story mostly in pictures taken from the web. None of them are mine.

Koch Industries has annual revenues of $100 Billion. The Kochs own oil and gas companies, Dixie Cups, Stainmaster Carpets, and Lycra, to name a few.

Since 2008, the Kochs have spent over $38 million on lobbying alone.

Think tanks and political action groups founded and funded by the Kochs include 'The Cato Institute', the 'Heritage Foundation', the 'Federalist Society', and 'FreedomWorks'. These groups have opposed climate change science and heathcare reform, and support suppression of minority and student votes.

'Americans for Prosperity' worked to build opposition to cap and trade legislation that would have made Koch Industries pay for the air pollution that they create. It also waged a crusade against international climate talks.

'Citizens for a Sound Economy' spearheaded a $2 million tobacco industry campaign in opposition to tobacco regulations in the 1990's.

Need I say More?!

• Largest funders of climate change denial, spending $50 billion.

•  Spent $1 million for prop 23 to repeal California's global warming law
• were found guilty of negligence and malice in the deaths of 2 Texas teenagers in an explosion resulting from a leaky butane pipeline.
•  were fined $30 million in 2000 for illegally discharging petroleum products across 6 states.  
•  were fined millions more over the last decade for continuing pollution and violations.

Their subsidiary - Georgia Pacific has been lobbying to prevent the EPA from classifying formaldehyde, which the company produces in great quantities, as a 'known carcinogen' in humans.

Greenpeace considers them one of the biggest enemies to our Mother Earth.

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Koch Industries conducts twice yearly private "seminars" which include business executives, conservative commentators, political operatives and officeholders to plot strategies for the election of anti-heathcare, anti-climate control candidates.

Some known to have attended this year include House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Home Depot lead investor Ken Langone, former Attorney General Ed Meese, Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips, long-shot GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain and former Jack Abramoff associate and Bush appointee Patrick Pizzella. Other big donors, including retired Sysco chief John Woodhouse and Amway founder Rich DeVos.

Supreme Court Justices Scalia and Thomas have been confirmed to "drop by."

 What we can do?
Educate yourselves and everyone who will listen to you.
A few websites to get you started.
www.commoncause.org
www.banksterUSA.org
www.PRWATCH.org
www.SOURCEWATCH.org