Why Obama May Be About to Give a Giant Handout Out to the Billionaire Koch Brothers

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http://www.alternet.org/environment/152814/why_obama_may_be_about_to_give_a_giant_handout_out_to_the_billionaire_koch_brothers/


The brothers control nearly 25% of the tar sands crude that is imported into the US and own mining companies, oil terminals, and refineries all along the Keystone XL route.



Here's a unique political strategy for you: in the lead up to a crucial election, as anti-corporate sentiment is sweeping the nation, consider giving a huge handout to a major corporation that happens to be your biggest political enemy and is already spending hundreds of millions to defeat you and your agenda.

If that seems too crazy to believe, welcome to the Obama 2012 campaign.

Right now, President Obama is faced with the most crucial environmental decisions he is going to face before the 2012 election: whether or not to approve the permit for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, a 1,700 mile fuse to the largest carbon bomb on the continent, the Canadian tar sands.


The Keystone XL isn't just an XL environmental disaster -- the nation's top climate scientists say that fully exploiting the tar sands could mean "essentially game over" for the climate -- it also happens to be an XL sized handout to Big Oil and, you guessed it, the Brothers Koch. You want fries with that?

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we shall see what we shall see

may the Koch brothers fall down and never get up again

[Jakes Progress]

1. Who would have thought that peaceful old Canada

would be the one to pull the plug on the human race. They seemed so nice.

[bullwinkle428]

2. Money that those bastards will then turn around and use to destroy him.

:banghead:

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. Yeah, it's all about him. If he signs this, he deserves what he gets.

Tell me, what part of "essentially game over" for the climate, doesn't he understand? :shrug:

[Nuclear Unicorn]

5. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't

Would you rather start a project that may profit your political enemies enough to allow them to buy ad time aginst you or would you rather kill a few thousand jobs and let the ads write themselves?

Actually, the Koch brothers have more than enough money to buy negative ad time and they'll do so regardless so it doesn't matter if they make money on this deal. The lesser evil is to not be seen killing potential jobs.

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. "essentially game over" for the climate. Well, Obama if he signs this,

will have one heck of a legacy. :silly:

[bvar22]

6. The current political structure in the USA...

...presents NO problems for the Koch Brothers and their ilk,
Democrat or Republican.

The only threat to their agenda resides in the Progressive Caucus of the Democratic Party,
and THAT has been completely Marginalized/Silenced by the current Party Structure,
and is in the process of being completely eliminated.

Spitzer.....Gone

Wellstone...Gone

Feingold....Gone

Weiner......Gone

Grayson.....Gone

Kucinich....Redistricted

Liberal Challengers in Democratic Primaries...... Steamrolled by the DSCC & DCCC
http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-much-damage-can-bad-democrats.html

(Also SEE: Arkansas Democratic Primary 2010)


The Financial Future is BRIGHT for the Koch Brothers, Wall Street, Big Banks, Health Insurance Industry, Big Pharma,
Armaments Manufacturers, and Friends no matter which Political party is in the White House.
They own both Parties, and their demands WILL be met.

Social Security, Medicare, Social Programs, Unions, Public Schools, The Commons,....KYAGB.




You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their Promotional Marketing.

Solidarity99!
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[Romulox]

7. The campaign is for rubes. Watch what he does, not what he says. nt