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Koch Funded Pro-Walker Ads Prove the Need For Truth in Advertising Laws | Crooks and Liars

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/koch-funded-pro-walker-ads-prove-need-truth I guess truth in advertising went the way of the Fairness Doctrine. Here is a shining example of just how far people can go in their advertising without consequence.
The guiding idea at the heart of today's political system is freedom of choice.

BBC - Adam Curtis Blog: THE CURSE OF TINA

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2011/09/the_curse_of_tina.html

Outside Groups Eclipsing G.O.P. as Hub of Campaigns - NYTimes.com

They share polling and opposition research, preview their plans for advertising and contacting voters in swing states, and look for ways to coordinate spending hundreds of millions of dollars over the next 12 months, drawing on years of experience laboring for the party. http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/us/politics/outside-groups-eclipsing-gop-as-hub-of-campaigns-next-year.html&OQ=_rQ3D4Q26partnerQ3DrssQ26emcQ3DrssQ26srcQ3Dig&OP=b7c9460Q2F5Q602)5Q2BgQ5CMeggVx5xduu5ud5Q2Fd50M5Q3CgQ51Q27VQ27Q5CM5g0VMQ27Q2B2Aneg0Q3CMA2Q5CQ51Q27Q3CMQ278nAngQ3CAtMAR0)AgoAQ5CtQ5BQ3CtQ27n8MA82pVAf2teQ7BRVQ5BQ51
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/peopleandpower/2011/10/2011102683719370179.html By People & Power reporter Bob Abeshouse

The Koch Brothers - People & Power - Al Jazeera English

Madison — Governor-elect Scott Walker reached out to two loyal supporters to lead his transition team and build up an administration that will have to tackle enormous challenges in the coming months. Michael W.

Scott Walker names key figures to his transition team - JSOnline

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/106771638.html

Koch brothers and beyond: The anti-union agenda of right-wing billionaires

http://www.pslweb.org/liberationnews/news/who-is-behind-anti-union-bills.html In Wisconsin, the governor wants to gut collective-bargaining rights for public employees. Not to be outdone, the governor of Indiana is pushing two bills that would end bargaining not just for public employees but also for the private sector on construction projects (House Bills 1585 and 1216). In Ohio, Senate Bill 5 would end collective bargaining for state employees and take the heart out of bargaining for local government workers.
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Cancer Risks For Koch Profits - Koch Brothers Exposed

Communities are rising up to stop the Koch Brothers and their greed. We're organizing a campaign to collect messages that will be hand-delivered to the Koch brothers.
http://www.alan.com/2011/10/03/bloomberg-markets-koch-industries-sold-petrochemical-equipment-to-iran-and-bribed-countries-for-contracts/

Bloomberg Markets: Koch Industries Sold Petrochemical Equipment To Iran And Bribed Countries For Contracts « Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Ludmila Egorova-Farines, the Koch compliance officer who blew the whistle wasn’t rewarded for what she found. Her superiors removed her from the inquiry in August 2008 and fired her in June 2009, calling her incompetent, even after Koch’s investigators substantiated her findings.
In May 2008, a unit of Koch Industries Inc., one of the world’s largest privately held companies, sent Ludmila Egorova-Farines, its newly hired compliance officer and ethics manager, to investigate the management of a subsidiary in Arles in southern France.

Koch Brothers Flout Law Getting Richer With Secret Iran Sales - Bloomberg

Yes primarily some links with health insurance, social security and supplementary pensions for one and the pharmaceutical industry for the other not to mention the links of the president with the local oligarchy. But it's not as sprawling as the Bros I guess. ^^ by alwen Mar 6

I don't know much about the Sarkozy's. I suppose there is a story there, always is. Your most welcome. :-) by kallou22 Mar 6

Surely very more powerful as Sarkozy bros but it's good to have a point on this side of the ocean. Thank you Kallou. :) by alwen Mar 5

Your welcome. Yes, the Koch bros. are a serious dangerous threat to whats left of our democracy. by kallou22 Mar 5

Big guys these Koch brothers. Thanks for the add. by alwen Mar 5