Are y'all watching Rachel???

[CleanGreenFuture]

My head is exploding. Koch is controlling our political process!

Of course I knew this already but what Rachel is reporting is outrageous!

[northoftheborder]

1. yes, and our guv being with Koch's is disgusting, but not surprising.

[CleanGreenFuture]

3. It certainly is disgusting. But the knuckledraggers who support him in this

state will go right on supporting him.

I sure miss Ann.

[madfloridian]

2. Not just Republicans, either.

Koch donations: $43,000 to Scott Walker. $87,000 to Andrew Cuomo.

"Andrew Cuomo's Koch Problem

I was handed the flyer below by a student at yesterday's rally in support of Wisconsin Public Employees and Worker's Rights by a student. I foolishly forgot to ask his name so that he could get proper attribution for his work. However, he did some leg work I was planning on doing and, low and behold, he found what I expected would be the case -- Andrew Cuomo has a Koch habit.

As you can see in the pdf below, Cuomo has accepted $92,000 from the Kochs -- yes those Kochs who are working as hard as possible to eliminate the Human Right of Collective Bargaining in Wisconsin, Ohio, Illinios, and New Jersey. The very same people, so addicted to greed that they feel entitled to trample on the lower and middle classes in their quest to acquire more.

In case you were wondering if this was faked, I went and checked it out myself. Granted, the first time I did it was the really dumb, hard way of scrolling through names (I didn't see the link for the search page!). As this student demonstrates, there is an easier way. You can check for yourself by going to the New York State Campaign Financial Disclosure Database's Search Page and entering the search criteria he outlined above (Andrew Cuomo 2014, Inc.; 1/1/2009 to 1/1/2011; donations from $1 to $100000). If you want to skip entering everything online, you would get this page. Then, just hit <alt>F in your browser to find text and enter "Koch". You can see for yourself."

[Motown_Johnny]

4. I always thought the bad thing about National Socialism was that

a very small group of very powerful people control both government and industry.

This leads to fascist methods of suppressing the masses.


I honestly believe that we are taking a different path to the same place. In this version industrialists are controlling the government instead of those in government controlling industry. No functional difference.

[Sportsguy]

5. Yes I Am. She IS Excellent!

Looks like Wisconsin has become a goddamned domino.

P.S. I have to admit something here. I never knew a thing about the Koch brothers till Walker pulled his shit. Seemed to me, it looked like they were sort of under the radar.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

10. Here's a primer on the Koch brothers (and others) from 2004.

Banana Republicans: How the Right Wing is Turning America Into a One-Party State
http://www.amazon.com/Banana-Republicans-Turning-America-One-Party/dp/1585423424

It *ain't* pretty.

[malaise]

6. But kill ACORN first

and wipe out the unions

[marlakay]

7. Watching..

And i feel as apalled as you!

[CleanGreenFuture]

9. I mean, isn't this the definition of "conspiracy"? Or at least something illegal?

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. Actually it is the classic definition of Benito Mussolini's

child, FASCISM

[CleanGreenFuture]

12. Can't disagree with that. It's been creeping up on us for a long time

and if nothing is done to stop it, we're in a world of trouble.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. We are also reaching tipping point

yes the tea party is astroturf, but it will also be a blow back moment, Readying on what led to Independence... and we are moving towards a civil war (which independence was) and a tipping point

[Logical]

8. Nope! Watching Keith on DVR. Have not seen Rachel in a few weeks. n-t

[cliffordu]

14. The Kochs are a clear and present danger.

you can take that any way you'd like.

[BattyDem]

15. At what point ...

does "political activism" become "conspiracy to overthrow the United States government?" If the Justice Department under a Democratic president won't do a damn thing about this, what chance do we have? :(