Are the Koch brothers the worst humans in America?

[KamaAina]

http://blog.sfgate.com/morford/2015/01/28/are-the-koch-brothers-the-worst-humans-in-america/

This particular hate-storm is borne of a single question: What would you get if you crossed a ruthless drug kingpin, a mafia crime lord, the willful blindness of the NRA, the combined CEOs of Monsanto, Exxon and RJ Reynolds and a couple scared old wolverines with God complex and a penchant for contaminating the world?

Why, you’d get the brothers Koch, of course, David and Charles, easily the most unsavory, power-mad libertarian mega-capitalists in modern American history.

I say that with a pretty healthy degree of certainty, too: No one anywhere likes the Koch brothers. You have never read a truly kind word about them, or how they have a terrific sense of humor, lots of warmth and charisma, a generous spirit, are always a delight to be around, bring good things to life and the planet.

On the contrary. Their companies (oil, coal, paper, energy) are some of the worst offenders in the country in terms of pollution and toxic waste. They have paid record fines, legal fees, hush moneys. They refuse to debate all sorts of allegations against them (“They are truly cowards in the worst way,” says filmmaker Robert Greenwald, who made not one, but two documentaries exposing them). They only recently started to grant interviews, because they do not come off well and they prefer to stay in the shadows. But when you’re trying to forcibly buy the entire US political agenda, you gotta play nice. For a minute.

Today's Worst. People. In The World!

[TheMastersNemesis]

1. They Seem To Be Immortal As Well.

[roguevalley]

34. I think you should extend the boundaries to Andromeda

and I am sure it wouldn't change a single conclusion. Tape worms are nicer spirits than these two.

[SummerSnow]

2. probably in the top 5

[misterhighwasted]

3. In a dead heat with the generations of the Bush Crime Family

Equally destructive to American democracy.

[KamaAina]

4. the Busch Crime Family?

Kurt and Kyle?

[misterhighwasted]

5. edited for spelling.

Corrected.

[hifiguy]

9. Anheuser.

[misterhighwasted]

11. edited for spelling. This happens when on my phone.

Corrected.

[GeorgeGist]

29. Free with a 12 pack?

[misterhighwasted]

33. ??? I was answering the OP as to worse in America. I claim the Bush Crime Family is equal to Kochs.

Don'nt know what your 'free with a twelve pack' refers to.
Irrelevant anyway by now, enjoy your evening.

[kimbutgar]

6. And what's sad is that a good 40% of the U.S. voters support them

I am so sick and disgusted by these cretins. And those same 40% will be fooled by the propaganda they see on TV. But as history has shown small people can take down those who cause them harm.

It's my one fantasy that aliens will come from outer space and vaporize their private jet with both of them in it. Of course it would be sweeter if Scalia, Thomas and Alito were on that jet with them.

[Bluenorthwest]

7. They threw a bunch of money at Oregon last Nov and we threw it right back at them, they pulled

their money and ran. Before the election I got a polling call that started with general questions but quickly it became apparent that the poll was trying to find out 'what could the Koch Bros do to make you like them more?'. I laughed and laughed.
Their candidate lost by 20 points or so, I think without them she'd have still lost but maybe not so badly. Americans are catching on to their game and they know it.

[hifiguy]

8. They are unquestionably in the top handful.

J Edgar Hoover, James Jesus Angleton, Joe McCarthy, Henry Kissinger and Richard Helms are pretty stiff competition, though.

[KamaAina]

12. Um, Hoover and McCarthy (at least) are dead.

Unless, of course, they're down in Costa Rica with Ken Lay.

[hifiguy]

13. I was thinking worst since 1900.

Shoulda read the OP more closely.

Angleton and Helms are dead too. The fact that you have to compare them to the worst American villains of the last 115 years to find people as evil does say something about the heads of the Kochtopus, though.

[Dont call me Shirley]

30. I heard Kenny went to Dubai along with Falwell.

[salin]

16. I'd toss Dick Cheney - both in and outside of Gvt Service into that handful.

[hifiguy]

22. D'oh! Cheney is undisputed #1.

How could I have forgotten him. He, Kissinger, and the Kochs are 4/5 of the living top five.

[lpbk2713]

10. Limbaugh, Rove, Ailes, Murdoch ...

I don't think I could narrow it down to just those two.

[CanonRay]

23. Rupert Murdoch has got to be in the top 10 at least.

[Glassunion]

14. Depends... Do they eat at Olive Garden?

[KamaAina]

15. Only when they're breastfeeding their pit bulls

[tridim]

17. Close, but The Dick is definitely #1

[jeff47]

18. Wait......they're human? (nt)

[hifiguy]

31. There is a distinct chance that the entire Koch family

are well assimilated space lizards under the masks.

[QC]

19. Well, aside from the surviving members of the Manson Family,

they might very well be.

[ARMYofONE]

20. All billionaires are dirtbags, regardless of where they spend their money.

[KamaAina]

25. Would you say that to Warren Buffett's face?

[backscatter712]

21. You use the term "human" loosely... n/t

[Initech]

26. To quote the late great Bill Hicks:

"They are demons set loose on the earth to lower the standards."

[nruthie]

24. Not any more vile than the whores they pay..

to do their bidding in Washington, D.C. They are all equally loathsome.

[mfcorey1]

27. Yes! eom

[leveymg]

28. This is an insult to drug kingpins, Mafia Dons, the NRA, and most CEOs. The Koch are a virus

that afflicts American politics advancing money power over every other human consideration.

[ChosenUnWisely]

32. Not really just your typical conservative/republican/teahadist/libertarian with the financial

resources and will to implement their vision of 'their' America.

Give ANY conservative/republican/teahadist/libertarian the same resources and they would do pretty much the same things as the Koch brothers.

[Tsiyu]

35. We need a flow chart

but I'd say they're in the running.