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Inside the Koch Brothers' Toxic Empire [Rolling Stone Magazine Hit Piece]
Rolling Stone ^ | 10/04/2014 | Tim Dickinson

Posted on 10/04/2014 7:47:44 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind
Dear Tim Dickinson,
I noted you missed a lot of things the Koch Brothers are responsible for. I thought maybe you were getting 'writers block'. In the interests of being a bi-partisan, helpful citizen, I offer you these:

The Koch Brothers cause global warming, infanticide, glacial formation, the sinking of the Titanic, the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and fire ants. The Koch Brothers are the cause of late mail, lack of adequate punctuation, the heartbreak of psoriasis, and feminine itching. The Koch Brothers are the cause of fixed greyhound races, the metric system, errors in longitudinal measurements, and smaller portions. The Koch Brothers are the cause of angry wives, Speedos on fat people, mismatched socks, and mold on cucumbers. The Koch Brothers are the cause of the Zombie Apocalypse, interstellar planetary collisions, muteness in albinos, and killer bees. The Koch Brothers are the cause of gingivitis, off-key chorus singing, air inversions, and incremental floods. The Koch Brothers are the cause of fans that quit, entropy, soap shards in the shower, and fat girls. The Koch Brothers are the cause of cold oatmeal, excessive blogging, sweat stains, and misfires in 9mm ammunition. The Koch Brothers are the cause of cabinet doors that do not line up, cracks in the sidewalk, the scourge of heroin, and every plane crash since 1972. The Koch Brothers are the cause of John McCain, senility, traitorism, and infiltration by the left (but I repeat myself). The Koch Brothers are the cause of low toner, high transmission rates, delivery service price increases, and gaudy shirts. The Koch Brothers are the cause of splinters, earth tremors, Gamma ray emission by the element Lawrencium, and the lack of hobbits in real life. The Koch Brothers are the cause of Facebook monitoring, trigger happy SWAT teams, pencil-neck geeks, and the Yellowstone Caldera. The Koch Brothers are the cause of Russia, France, Sweden, and Zambia. The Koch Brothers are the cause of carbon buildup, broken bungee cords, bad lap dances, and a lack of friendly greetings in cities. The Koch Brothers are the cause of paper cuts, whirlpools, thunder, and machine disconnects. The Koch Brothers are the cause of honey badgers, rigidity, painful exercise, and linear contraction. The Koch Brothers are the cause of Nancy Pelosi, botox overdoses, pure insanity, and Alzheimers (but I repeat myself). The Koch Brothers are the cause of regression analysis, micro-stamping, failed unions, and misaligned microwave towers. The Koch Brothers are the cause of blurry lenses, spider bites, stains, and legless crocodiles. The Koch Brothers are the cause of missing keyboard keys, unexpected phone calls, broken pottery, and squeaking doors. The Koch Brothers are the cause of warning labels on appliances, erectile dysfunction, waterspouts, and potholes. The Koch Brothers are the cause of canker sores, narcissistic Presidents, leaking toilets, and crack addiction. The Koch Brothers are the cause of corroded pennies, locomotive derailments, internet trolls, and wardrobe failures. The Koch Brothers are the cause of ADHD in the clergy, Blue Screens of Death on personal computers, the French Revolution of 1789, and thorns. The Koch Brothers are the cause of bad Muppet shows, holes in circus nets, the NFL going all-queer, all-the-time, and Sandra Fluke's birth-control deficit. The Koch Brothers are the cause of Israel's problems with Syria, excessive salt in the Pacific Ocean, the disappearance of Malaysian Air flight 370, and infomercials. The Koch Brothers are the cause of low-calorie diet soda, smudges on the Xerox, dry technical text, and animal abuse. The Koch Brothers are the cause of glass shards, bad pudding, hair cancer, and sun-dried dead worms. The Koch Brothers are the cause of porcelin stains, droughts, turbulence above 10000 feet, and power brown-outs. The Koch Brothers are the cause of low scores on Angry Birds, weak tea, Michael Jackson's early demise, and Micheal Jackson. The Koch Brothers are the cause of bad combovers, Chris Matthews, alcoholism, and spittle (but I repeat myself). The Koch Brothers are the cause of the Koch Brothers, micturition syncope, solar eclipses, and dead lithium batteries. The Koch Brothers are the cause of Quiznos spongmonkeys, badly behaved Colonels, Boris Badenov, and the shipwreck of the Minnow. The Koch Brothers are the cause of failed sitcoms, knots you cannot get undone, overly-rare hamburgers at restaurants, and Miley Cyrus.

Hope that helps heaps.
Love,

Laz
41 posted on 10/04/2014 9:21:33 AM PDT by Lazamataz (First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them.)
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To: SeekAndFind

When will Rolling Stone publish an article about George Soros, the Jewish Nazi?


42 posted on 10/04/2014 9:25:27 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s actually a fascinating article. While the tone is tinfoil hat conspiracist, it does point out that it’s pollution totals are a function of their being one entity buying up inefficient companies which produce large amounts of pollution. They then bring in technological improvements and grow the businesses - and the article doesn’t seem to hint that the pollution gets worse while under the Kochs, aside from allusions about Fracking and greenhouse gases.


43 posted on 10/04/2014 9:35:16 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: SeekAndFind

Harry was not just the financial springboard for the Koch dynasty, he was also its wellspring of far-right politics. Harry editorialized against fiat money, demanded hangings for “habitual criminals” and blasted Social Security as inviting sloth. At the depths of the Depression, he demanded that elected officials in Washington should stop trying to fix the economy: “Business,” he wrote, “has always found a way to overcome various recessions.”


Hmmm.


44 posted on 10/04/2014 9:38:08 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: SeekAndFind

You take most of the flak over the target. Its good to know the Koch brothers are having an effect.


45 posted on 10/04/2014 9:39:03 AM PDT by muir_redwoods ("He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative." G.K .C)
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To: SeekAndFind

I found that with close reading both this article and the follow-up revealed the Koch’s to be astute businessmen with high ethical standards who have been quite successful despite government overreach bordering (and sometimes crossing) the boundaries of legality.

Hats off to the Kochs!


46 posted on 10/04/2014 10:10:18 AM PDT by Vesparado (The American people know what they want and they deserve to get it good and hard --- HL Mencken)
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To: cicero2k

No one who reads that magazine isn’t going to read that article. Too many words, too many paragraphs!


47 posted on 10/04/2014 10:14:10 AM PDT by CityCenter (Resist Obamacare!)
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To: CityCenter

CORRECTION: No one who reads that magazine IS going to read that article. Too many words, too many paragraphs!


48 posted on 10/04/2014 10:16:00 AM PDT by CityCenter (Resist Obamacare!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I find this whole “Koch” issue hilarious, and very indicative of both Beltway and Media thinking. No one outside the Beltway gives a rip about the Koch brothers. But that doesn’t stop the Beltway crowd (and their accomplices) from trying to convince us that the Kochs are Public Enemy #1.


49 posted on 10/04/2014 11:03:18 AM PDT by cincinnati65
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To: SeekAndFind

Really? I thought George Soros already bought the political system.


50 posted on 10/04/2014 11:12:57 AM PDT by Jean2 (ox)
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To: SeekAndFind

I suggest the Progressives that despise the Koch Industries’ products burn the products they own. They could start with their own houses that contain GeorgiaPacific products.


51 posted on 10/04/2014 11:57:37 AM PDT by griswold3 (I was born here in America. I will die here in a third world country. Obama succeeded.)
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To: GeronL

thanks


52 posted on 10/04/2014 12:58:37 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: SeekAndFind
Rolling Stone Magazine Hit Piece

Has Rolling Stone Magazine done an article about Tom Steyer?

It would be interesting to juxtapose the two articles and see how they were able to reconcile the differences.

53 posted on 10/04/2014 3:13:37 PM PDT by MosesKnows (Love many, trust few, and always paddle your own canoe.)
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To: GeronL

thanks for the link!

It was a great article. I knew they were lefties but I had no idea they were the very, very farrrrr left!

As for their capital structure and ownership, I have no idea.


54 posted on 10/04/2014 5:35:36 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

If the Koch Bros donated a hefty sum to the Dems, we’d never be reading about their “horrible” activities.


55 posted on 10/04/2014 5:37:54 PM PDT by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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