April 13, 2014

And it goes back to Charles Koch losing against Reagan in 1980, so he decided to buy the media:

BERNIE SANDERS Uncovers 1980 Koch Agenda- "What Do the Koch Brothers Want?"

What else do the Koch brothers want?

In 1980, David Koch ran as the Libertarian Party’s vice-presidential candidate in 1980.

Let’s take a look at the 1980 Libertarian Party platform.

Here are just a few excerpts of the Libertarian Party platform that David Koch ran on in 1980:

“We urge the repeal of federal campaign finance laws, and the immediate abolition of the despotic Federal Election Commission.”
“We favor the abolition of Medicare and Medicaid programs.”
“We oppose any compulsory insurance or tax-supported plan to provide health services, including those which finance abortion services.”
“We also favor the deregulation of the medical insurance industry.”
“We favor the repeal of the fraudulent, virtually bankrupt, and increasingly oppressive Social Security system. Pending that repeal, participation in Social Security should be made voluntary.”
“We propose the abolition of the governmental Postal Service. The present system, in addition to being inefficient, encourages governmental surveillance of private correspondence. Pending abolition, we call for an end to the monopoly system and for allowing free competition in all aspects of postal service.”
“We oppose all personal and corporate income taxation, including capital gains taxes.”
“We support the eventual repeal of all taxation.”
“As an interim measure, all criminal and civil sanctions against tax evasion should be terminated immediately.”
“We support repeal of all law which impede the ability of any person to find employment, such as minimum wage laws.”
“We advocate the complete separation of education and State. Government schools lead to the indoctrination of children and interfere with the free choice of individuals. Government ownership, operation, regulation, and subsidy of schools and colleges should be ended.”
“We condemn compulsory education laws … and we call for the immediate repeal of such laws.”
“We support the repeal of all taxes on the income or property of private schools, whether profit or non-profit.”
“We support the abolition of the Environmental Protection Agency.”
“We support abolition of the Department of Energy.”
“We call for the dissolution of all government agencies concerned with transportation, including the Department of Transportation.”
“We demand the return of America's railroad system to private ownership. We call for the privatization of the public roads and national highway system.”
“We specifically oppose laws requiring an individual to buy or use so-called "self-protection" equipment such as safety belts, air bags, or crash helmets.”
“We advocate the abolition of the Federal Aviation Administration.”
“We advocate the abolition of the Food and Drug Administration.”
“We support an end to all subsidies for child-bearing built into our present laws, including all welfare plans and the provision of tax-supported services for children.”
“We oppose all government welfare, relief projects, and ‘aid to the poor’ programs. All these government programs are privacy-invading, paternalistic, demeaning, and inefficient. The proper source of help for such persons is the voluntary efforts of private groups and individuals.”
“We call for the privatization of the inland waterways, and of the distribution system that brings water to industry, agriculture and households.”
“We call for the repeal of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.”
“We call for the abolition of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.”
“We support the repeal of all state usury laws.”

In other words, the agenda of the Koch brothers is not only to defund Obamacare. The agenda of the Koch brothers is to repeal every major piece of legislation that has been signed into law over the past 80 years that has protected the middle class, the elderly, the children, the sick, and the most vulnerable in this country...

Tomorrow it will be Social Security, ending Medicare as we know it, repealing the minimum wage. It seems to me that the Koch brothers will not be content until they get everything they believe they are entitled to.

Our great nation can no longer be hijacked by right-wing billionaires like the Koch brothers.

For the sake of our children and our grandchildren, for the sake of our economy, we have got to let democracy prevail.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024806298

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/koch-brothers

http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a7980koch

to kpete:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024806298

The people who drank the Koch-aid are voting in people to do what the Koch brothers want for America. There are no opposing voices as they have been bought or closed down by media owners. We have been swimming against the tide, and to those who have listened to and believe the paid choruses of Alex Jones, Glenn Beck, FNN, RW religionists, television and radio, see us as singing out of tune with their choir. It's been every effective in causing Democrats to stay out of politics.

April 13, 2014

We just need to remember who approves of Putin's style:

G.A.S., Glenn Beck, Alex Jones, Bryan Fischer, Sarah Palin, Bill O'Reilly, Shawn Hannity, Tea Partiers, the Koches and Libertarians.

It's not all about Obama, it's about the government style that keeps them on top of the rest of humanity.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024806298

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/koch-brothers

http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a7980koch

April 13, 2014

Thanks for connecting this. Same station, same time:

And people think this guy has principles?

No, he's got principals who pay him to sling bull for them.

Just like the media supporting Bundy.

April 13, 2014

Here's your gun-totin' fetus. Note the umbilical cord attached to the rifle:

Yes, that is a fetus.

Resister in the Rockies

"We beg no longer; we entreat no more; we petition no more. We defy them!" ~ William Jennings Bryan, 1896



http://co-ironwill.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-51st-state-initiative-blog.html

Their viewpoint:



Another viewpoint:

Colorado Counties Want To Form 51st State To Avoid Environmental Protections

By Nicole Flatow on July 11, 2013

At least ten rural Colorado counties are taking aggressive steps to form a 51st state, saying their interests are not being met by moves to regulate the oil and gas industry, increase renewable energy, and better regulate guns. Organizers in Kansas and Nebraska are also interested in joining the state they call “North Colorado.”

Organizers met this week to draw up boundaries of the new state, as part of an ambitious schedule to draft a ballot initiative by August 1, and get a proposal before the voters in November. Congress must approve admission of a new state into the Union. But the U.S. Constitution also requires that secession of parts of any existing state be approved both by the voters and legislature of that state. This means Colorado would have to approve of the counties’ secession, as would Kansas and Nebraska if parts of those states wanted to join. One of the ten counties that initiated the movement, Weld County, is larger than Delaware and Rhode Island, according to a county commissioner.

One of the laws that movement representatives say “broke the camel’s back” requires rural energy cooperatives to get 20 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2020. The current goal is ten percent. While Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) signed the bill into law, he also signed an executive order committing to make an independent assessment of whether the 20 percent requirement is feasible, and to revisit the legislation next session if need be. The organizers also cite several failed bills to regulate the oil and gas industry that would have increased fines for violations of state law, and imposed other measures to address the fast-increasing number of both wells and oil spills and contaminations in Colorado over the last several years.

Proponents of the movement say the legislature is not recognizing its “main economic drivers, agriculture and energy.” But these energy-heavy rural counties are also particularly vulnerable to environmental degradation, which is why some residents have voiced strong opposition to the movement. “I don’t want be in a 51st state,” Washington County resident Steve Frey told the local CBS affiliate. “I don’t want any part of their fracking that they’re doing in Weld County...”

More at link:

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/07/11/2288901/colorado-counties-want-to-form-51st-state-to-avoid-environmental-protections/

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014572446#post16

April 13, 2014

I see it the opposite. The Russians aren't Communist. They are of a variety of Libertarianism that

is Anarcho-Capitalism, proto plutocracy. It's why the Republicans support him. They see him as a strong man dictator who will force the people to bow down to them. They see that as making a society that will leave them in power and mobilize the people to do what they want. Because that is what Putin did, he is a front man for oligarchy.

April 12, 2014

Keynote Address at Civil Rights Summit 2014 (Full Speech)

Published on Apr 10, 2014

'I have lived out the promise of LBJ's efforts'

'My fellow Americans, I am confident we shall overcome'

Obama marks 50th anniversary of Civil Rights Act

President Obama Speaking At UT For Civil Rights Summit

AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) -

President Barack Obama has arrived at the University of Texas campus for his part in a civil rights summit.

The president and first lady Michelle Obama flew from Houston to Austin late Thursday morning. The first couple and the director of the LBJ Presidential Library, Mark Updegrove, viewed the "Corner Stones of Civil Rights" exhibit at the presidential center.

Obama remembered Lyndon B. Johnson as a giant of a man whose efforts to pass the Civil Rights Act made real the promise of the nation's founders. That is — Obama says — that all men are created equal.

"I have lived out the promise of LBJ's efforts," Obama said, speaking at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, the landmark legislation that helped clear the way for him to become the nation's first black president.

Obama praised Johnson's ability to cajole and strong-arm the legislation through Congress over the objections of lawmakers from his own Democratic Party, calling him a man who understood the power of his office. But amid the celebrations of the law, Obama cautioned that work remains in order to fulfill the goals of the legislation Johnson championed.

"The story of America is a story of progress, however slow, however incomplete," Obama said.

This is the final day of ceremonies to commemorate the Civil Rights Act of 1964. LBJ's daughters Luci Baines Johnson and Lynda Bird Johnson Robb were on hand for Obama's address in the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at UT.

April 12, 2014

Sorry, but the rhythm of 'The Highly Perturbed White Rose Pit Viper' reminds me of...

Used to watch a late night show on television called 'WEIRD.' It made me feel just like that skit... Totally freaked me out a few times.

April 12, 2014

No kidding. What a bullshit artist. He don't wanna pay? Fine, give it back to the tribes!

Fuck Off, Republicans and Libertarians. We know what you want:

BERNIE SANDERS Uncovers 1980 Koch Agenda- "What Do the Koch Brothers Want?"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024806298

Check out all the links. It's all there in B&W. We can't hide behind saying we don't know what's going on.

to kpete

And thanks for posting, Cali_Democrat

April 11, 2014

And the media focuses on those people instead of the real issues that would change our lives.

It wasn't always this way. Such things were minor as far as networks were concerned, they were what people paid to see at the movies or listen to music on the radio.

Now the eye candy is so pervasive, it's in school text books as if it mattered. It doesn't. The same goes for the stories of just how awful or stupid some people are. It keeps the babblers busy.

What matters is who owns the media, resources and influences people to vote for their agenda, not ours. I look at media inversely, as when many were protesting the Iraq War that was totally blacked out. Instead of covering the life and deaths of many, some celebrity's drug induced death spiral was on the news 24/7. The appeal is to personality, and not political reality.

The adage of the mushroom says that they keep us in the dark and feed us bullshit. We can argue about the quality of the bullshit, but we're still in the dark, that's what is missed every time.

April 11, 2014

And who pays for the words. And what behavior they want to promote.

In general, American media promotes dismissing other human beings, denigrating all living things, buying crap, and voting Republican or Libertarian. Or not voting at all, giving the same result, because the only positive action they promote is voting for the billionaire owner candidate.

This has been full spectrum methodology in American media since the eighties and increasingly no opposing voices are allowed, except to be overwhelmed and mocked, until real people don't talk about doing anything democratic. There's no dividing line between entertainment, advertisements, alleged news outlets and formerly believed educational venues who blatantly censor while promoting Koch. theocratic and RWNJ views as factual.

It's an ugly process. They'll create the next generation of idiots, who will react like dogs trained by whistles and incapable of self-governing. They will be given as much respect as they deserve by those with knowledge, and that will be none.