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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Ralph Wiggum on February 05, 2014, 03:56:54 PM
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I love all these goofy-ass threads discussing how the Koch Brothers have their hands in everything Republican/conservative/tea party-related in the country. It reminds me of the BFEE stuff. :-)
Faygo Kid (20,643 posts)
A rare look inside the Koch brothers empire (with an amazing chart) (http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024449546)
Quite a revealing article. Shows how truly sham organizations like the 60 Plus Association are. The plutocrats are winning, and the Kochs are their organizers. And DON'T buy Papa John's pizza, apparently. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/02/05/a-rare-look-inside-the-koch-brothers-political-empire/?hpid=z5
The labyrinthian design of the political network backed by the Koch brothers and their fellow conservative donors serves several purposes, but one of the biggest is to ensure the privacy of its financial backers. As we detailed last month, the money flows through a complex maze of tax-exempt groups and limited liability corporations, creating multiple barriers that shield the identities of the donors. Such anonymous contributions should be allowed, Charles Koch has argued, to protect people from the attacks that he and his brother David and their company have fielded. Critics say the Kochs and their allies seek to influence elections without accountability.
Now a document published by Mother Jones provides a rare glimpse inside the closely held network. The spreadsheet -- apparently left behind by a guest who attended a recent Koch-sponsored donor seminar at a resort outside Palm Springs – lists the names of more than 40 top donors, along with the senior Koch officials they met with during the three-day conclave.
This is not the first time we’ve learned the names of some of the Koch network donors. But the document reveals the vast resources of the group’s backers, which includes top corporate executives, hedge fund billionaires and longtime Republican financiers. Several of those in attendance also have been top contributors to American Crossroads, the super PAC co-founded by Karl Rove. . .
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/01/05/National-Politics/Graphics/w-kochnetwork.jpg)
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Poor stupid DUmmies, that spreadsheet was not accidentally left behind. It was the Koch brothers who let you learn of the location of the new Death Star.
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I want a few thousand of those charts........look like they would make good targets to me.
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DUmpmonkiez and mother jones sure do seem to find a lot of "accidently left behind" items. Votes are something they always seem to "find".
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As long as we are in "chart mode", here's another from a different thread (http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4449458), equally amusing:
(http://i.imgur.com/6OlN3S1.jpg)
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(http://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/01/05/National-Politics/Graphics/w-kochnetwork.jpg)
Well, that proves it!
:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
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I wish the Koch Brothers and the Tea Party were as powerful as the DUmmies think they are. But you know DUmmies, everything is about perception, and damn the facts.
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Near the top I see the "Republican Jewish Coalition". Ok some nefarious evil Jews at it again? Nope not really.
Read their mission statement:
http://www.rjchq.org/about-rjc/organizational-biography/
Farther "in":
http://www.rjchq.org/about-rjc/rjc-basic-principles/
Compare and contrast the National Jewish Democratic Council:
http://www.njdc.org/site/page/mission
Yet on another page it turns into this:
http://www.njdc.org/issues/entry/abusiveholocaustrhetoric
Notice anything?
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I have no problem with any of those Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil organizations in the first chart. They're all above-board, legit orgs. They aren't shadowy, mysterious entities such as you might find related to George Soros.
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"Left behind" means stolen out of the dumpster at the hotel. Mother Jones is about as credible a source as TruthOut.