Thursday, March 29, 2012

Koch brothers

  • WASHINGTON -- Over the past two years, Charles and David Koch have commanded a great deal of attention and been held up as an example of how corporate forces have corrupted the democratic process in America.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Libertarians say its like watching dear friends in an ugly divorce, as the billionaire Koch brothers try to take control of the highly regarded Cato Institute. The head of Cato says the Kochs are out to politicize the think tank.
  • (NPR News)
  • The American Energy Alliance is the political arm of the Institute for Energy Research, and sources tell POLITICO that both groups are funded partly by the Koch brothers and their donor network. The groups are run by Tom Pyle, a former lobbyist for Koch Industries.
  • (Politico.com)
  • Do all roads lead to Koch? Conservative activists will rally at the Supreme Court tomorrow to encourage the overturn of the Affordable Care Act. The "Hands Off My Health Care" protest—which will feature the likes of Rep.
  • (DAILY KOS)
  • Simon Johnson is the Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management and co-author of "White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You.
  • (New York Times Blogs)
  • As usual, Fang's piece stretches, distorts, ignores and misstates the facts. The headline on Fang's post: "Exclusive: How the Koch Brothers Spent At Least $3.9 Million in Unreported Partisan Attack Efforts During the 2010 Election.
  • (Daily Caller)
  • The markets can't solve everything: Billionaire brothers and libertarian icons Charles and David Koch are taking to the courts to solve an ownership dispute involving the Cato Institute.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • The death of William Niskanen (left), chairman of the Cato Institute, on October 26, 2011, should have been noted and his life's work honored quietly by his friends and Cato supporters, including especially the Koch brothers, Charles and David.
  • (New American)
  • Koch Brothers ALEC keeps popping up everywherein your neighborhood and up your vagina. Koch Brothers ALEC is at it again. If they arent disenfranchising minorities, they working hard behind the scenes to legalize their murders.
  • (OpEdNews.com)

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