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nakocal

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17. Keep out the competition

Reply to ClaireConner (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 07:42 PM

Feb 2015

Probably the real reason that Fred Koch helped start the John Birch society was to make dealing with "communists" appear to be so UnAmerican that no company would want to do it. That let his companies work in the USSR for many years free of any competition.

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The John Birch Society and the Kochs: Peas in a Pod [View all] ClaireConner Feb 2015 OP

K&R Starry Messenger Feb 2015 #1

Thanks for posting! SalviaBlue Feb 2015 #2

I am Claire Conner and I wrote a book about my experiences inside the radical right ClaireConner Feb 2015 #4

Glad to see you here and hifiguy Feb 2015 #15

Great post! Thank you! And I loved your book. Read it twice, in fact. octoberlib Feb 2015 #3

Thanks so much ClaireConner Feb 2015 #5

Thanks for this reminder. What they have planned for us is hideous. Will people unite against it? freshwest Feb 2015 #6

I don't know the answer. But I'll share some of my experiences ClaireConner Feb 2015 #8

100% agreed. I've known this for years. I find the memes of dismissing the danger by calling them freshwest Feb 2015 #19

big kick and big rec! nt steve2470 Feb 2015 #7

Thanks Steve ClaireConner Feb 2015 #9

how do you get the photos on your post? ClaireConner Feb 2015 #10

you have to post the photo first on a photo-sharing site, like Photobucket or Imgur etc steve2470 Feb 2015 #11

Oh dear, more new technology for an old woman to learn. LOL ClaireConner Feb 2015 #12

just go to photobucket.com, sign up, and we can help you! nt steve2470 Feb 2015 #13

You can also try right clicking on a photo and clicking on octoberlib Feb 2015 #20

I don't photobucket google search photos: freshwest Feb 2015 #22

K and R. hifiguy Feb 2015 #14

Loved your book! Glad to see you here! LiberalLoner Feb 2015 #16

Keep out the competition nakocal Feb 2015 #17

Honored to see you here. Duppers Feb 2015 #18

Welcome aboard, Claire!! gelsdorf Feb 2015 #21

Not to nitpick brucefan Feb 2015 #23

Thanks -- I appreciate the correction. I'll fix it right now. ClaireConner Feb 2015 #28

I seem to have stumbled into a meeting of the House Un-American Activities Committee. jtuck004 Feb 2015 #24

Kochs' tentacles very insidious down to local politics nationwide ErikJ Feb 2015 #25

In most states it's ALEC writing "model" legislation ClaireConner Feb 2015 #30

Welcome Claire, wonderful post. I saw you on Thom Hartmann a couple years ago. appalachiablue Feb 2015 #33

Again, thanx Douglas Carpenter Feb 2015 #26

thankyou olddots Feb 2015 #27

Time for a kick. madfloridian Feb 2015 #29

Thanks for the comments and for the warm welcome ClaireConner Feb 2015 #31

Thanks for the links, your book looks fascinating! arcane1 Feb 2015 #32