The Kochs' Keystone clique exposed

[Turborama]

Source: The Guardian

Only the Koch brothers' club of billionaires and political cronies will profit if the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline goes ahead

Robert Greenwald Thursday September 8 2011

Charles Koch, one of our country's most prolific conservative donors, was recorded praising his oil, energy and Wall Street friends who contributed millions of dollars to his political causes. That Koch likely referred to President Obama as Saddam Hussein and framed the upcoming election as the "mother of all wars" overshadowed the real news.

These are the disclosures from the Koch brothers' secret strategy sessions. The recording at the centre of the controversy was taken from the most recent Koch seminar in June – and we now know the litany of polluting tycoons and industrialists who are allied with the Kochs in ideology and corporate greed.

And like the Koch brothers, this millionaires' and billionaires' club stands to gain from the hazardous and unnecessary Keystone XL oil pipeline, which passed a critical assessment in Hillary Clinton's state department. The billionaire brothers are the subject of our activist community that's taking action to stop the Kochs on this controversy and other critical policies that affect our society and health.

The Koch brothers would profit from this oil pipeline at the expense of working families, who live and work along the approximately 2,000 miles of the pipeline's route. The brothers own almost all of the $100bn Koch Industries, which is "among Canada's largest crude oil purchasers, shippers and exporters", according to a Koch subsidiary's website. The Kochs also operate an entire business line called Koch Exploration Canada, LP, which is devoted to exploring and refining one of the most toxic energy sources on Earth. Koch Industries handles 25% of this oil, and the brothers stand to make millions of dollars from the pipeline's construction, which could generate $15tn for special interests in North America.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/sep/08/koch-brothers-keystone-clique-exposed

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BTW The Koch-dar must be very sensitive as the comment section below this article has been hit hard by a swarm of their ever vigilant trolls.

[Warpy]

1. Mother Jones has also published the names of all the scumbags

and there were few surprises there, only that Scaife is not part of that cabal, preferring to stay an indie country wrecker.

That's what these people are, you know, hell bent on destroying the country that allowed them to become rich and stay that way.

[Initech]

2. When the revolution finally hits, I'd hate to be in their shoes.

[Demeter]

3. If you really want to, you might be able to buy them real cheap on ebay...

With or without the feet...

[Lunabelle]

4. When is the revolution really going to hit?

When are our elected officials finally going to stand up for us? The middle class?

[SoapBox]

5. These KKKoch Creeps make me sick...

What a low life bunch of scum...and with billions and billions.

Amazing.

[truedelphi]

11. Aren't they amazing?

And it is very interesting that they finance not only the Republicans, but also the DLC candidates.

While progressives get tarred and featered for their supposed socialism. ALthough Socialism for the Rich happens to be the one thing that the Koch Bros want, demand and indeed establish.

Of course it is easier to establish what you want when you have the Big Money to do it!

[midnight]

6. Thank you for exposing this koch connection to this pipe line...

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

7. +1

[truedelphi]

8. Thank you for posting this expose - K & R.

And the troll phenomena is amazing. Over at the Rolling Stone site, where the recent article on the Republican War on Voting was published, most of the trolls are very conservtive Republicans.

Which might not be so odd except for the matter that RS readers are more liberal and more radical than the average magazine. So it obviously is trolls.

[Turborama]

9. I reckon I've never seen them spread so far and wide and act so rapidly

Sure they have always been there, but the recent "surge" is unprecedented, IMO.

That RS article sounds really interesting, have you got a link to it please?

Thanks for the K&R, BTW.

[truedelphi]

10. Here is the RS link -

Republicam War on Voting:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-gop-war-on-voting-20110830

Boy, those Republicans like to "war" oneverything...

[Overseas]

12. K&R.