Posted on 03/22/2014 11:13:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Do monsters get any meaner than Godzilla and King Kong? You bet. Charles and David Koch are ginormous and superbad. Just ask Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid.
These two brothers, the Nevadan said Feb. 26 on the Senate floor, are about as un-American as anyone that I can imagine.
Hedge fund billionaire and Democratic campaign contributor Tom Steyer told this months Mens Journal that David Koch is just a famously evil person.
They make up the heart and the thinking in the minds of those who would belong to the Ku Klux Klan, singer-activist Harry Belafonte fumed last November. They are white supremacists. They are men of evil. They have names the Koch brothers thats their name.
The Kochs critics are free to disagree with the Kansas industrialists and their libertarian ideas. However, most who despise the Kochs would be shocked by what these greedy capitalists do with their profits, beyond campaign donations.
For starters, the Kochs support university programs and think tanks that try to understand the nature of human freedom and how that freedom leads to prosperity, as the Charles Koch Foundation explains. The foundation underwrites research and teaching at Brown, Mount Holyoke, Sarah Lawrence, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Vassar, and some 245 other colleges. This includes a speaker series, reading group and essay contest at the University of Nevada Las Vegas in Harry Reids home state. Koch Industries (which offers same-sex spousal benefits to its legally married employees) also donated $814,000 to the Kansas State University Office of Diversity to assist historically under-represented students.
The Kochs fund cures and treatments. David Koch survived a 1991 plane crash that killed 34 people, including everyone else in first class. He soon was diagnosed with, and then endured, prostate cancer. These challenges reinforced his passion for medical philanthropy.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
The Alinskyites are just looking for more targets. Their taking potshots at the TEA Party all the time is getting old.
Dang. Time for another drink. From an earlier post:
http://americanthinker.com/blog/2014/03/is_it_time_for_a_koch_brothers_dinking_game_yet.html
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If you fund Freedom you are a target.
Notice how evil people call good people evil. Look in the mirror Harry Reid if you want to see evil.
Not that the truth matters.
And then there was that Debunk WaPo article that claimed the Koch brothers owned major Canadian Oil Sands leases: http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2014/03/washington-post-falls-for-left-wing-fraud-embarrasses-itself.php
Yeah.. but the Koch Bros are evil -
$15 million to New York-Presbyterians Weill Cornell Medical Center
$30 million to Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
$25 million to the Hospital for Special Surgery
$20 million to a dinosaur exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History
$65 million to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
$100 million to the Lincoln Center theater that is home to the New York City Ballet and the New York City Opera.
(Source: New York Post)
Rank | Organization | Total '89-'14 | Dem % | Repub % | Tilt |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ActBlue | $97,433,753 | 99% | 0% | |
2 | American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees | $60,949,129 | 81% | 1% | |
3 | National Education Assn | $58,587,238 | 56% | 4% | |
4 | AT&T Inc | $56,772,482 | 41% | 57% | |
5 | National Assn of Realtors | $51,431,322 | 44% | 47% | |
6 | Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers | $45,162,930 | 92% | 2% | |
7 | Goldman Sachs | $44,957,516 | 53% | 44% | |
8 | United Auto Workers | $41,665,653 | 71% | 0% | |
9 | Carpenters & Joiners Union | $39,800,371 | 74% | 9% | |
10 | Service Employees International Union | $38,454,790 | 84% | 2% | |
11 | Laborers Union | $37,929,860 | 84% | 7% | |
12 | American Federation of Teachers | $36,718,575 | 89% | 0% | |
13 | Teamsters Union | $36,155,707 | 88% | 5% | |
14 | Communications Workers of America | $36,073,135 | 87% | 0% | |
15 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | $34,577,982 | 48% | 51% | |
16 | United Food & Commercial Workers Union | $33,876,350 | 86% | 0% | |
17 | United Parcel Service | $32,469,632 | 35% | 64% | |
18 | Citigroup Inc | $32,346,892 | 48% | 50% | |
19 | National Auto Dealers Assn | $32,136,910 | 31% | 68% | |
20 | American Bankers Assn | $31,365,002 | 36% | 63% | |
21 | EMILY's List | $31,362,908 | 98% | 0% | |
22 | Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union | $31,356,147 | 98% | 1% | |
23 | AFL-CIO | $30,981,527 | 61% | 3% | |
24 | American Medical Assn | $30,028,079 | 40% | 59% | |
25 | Microsoft Corp | $29,394,945 | 55% | 43% | |
26 | National Beer Wholesalers Assn | $29,240,010 | 35% | 64% | |
27 | Blue Cross/Blue Shield | $28,845,378 | 36% | 63% | |
28 | General Electric | $28,031,423 | 47% | 51% | |
29 | National Assn of Home Builders | $27,583,880 | 34% | 65% | |
30 | Lockheed Martin | $27,459,523 | 42% | 56% | |
31 | Bank of America | $27,010,428 | 41% | 57% | |
32 | National Assn of Letter Carriers | $26,211,359 | 84% | 9% | |
33 | Morgan Stanley | $26,096,380 | 42% | 56% | |
34 | Verizon Communications | $25,552,735 | 40% | 58% | |
35 | Deloitte LLP | $25,198,883 | 35% | 63% | |
36 | Time Warner | $24,496,722 | 72% | 25% | |
37 | Plumbers & Pipefitters Union | $24,405,648 | 84% | 4% | |
38 | Newsweb Corp | $24,387,371 | 41% | 0% | |
39 | Credit Union National Assn | $24,270,155 | 47% | 51% | |
40 | Altria Group | $23,886,398 | 28% | 71% | |
41 | Ernst & Young | $23,350,168 | 42% | 57% | |
42 | Operating Engineers Union | $23,228,173 | 82% | 14% | |
43 | American Hospital Assn | $23,071,901 | 52% | 46% | |
44 | International Assn of Fire Fighters | $23,002,060 | 79% | 16% | |
45 | Sheet Metal Workers Union | $22,554,778 | 95% | 2% | |
46 | PricewaterhouseCoopers | $22,529,796 | 35% | 64% | |
47 | American Dental Assn | $21,940,258 | 44% | 54% | |
48 | Boeing Co | $21,664,282 | 46% | 52% | |
49 | UBS AG | $21,463,722 | 40% | 58% | |
50 | Comcast Corp | $20,736,760 | 57% | 42% | |
51 | AFLAC Inc | $19,862,059 | 43% | 56% | |
52 | National Rifle Assn | $19,819,553 | 17% | 82% | |
53 | Pfizer Inc | $19,817,239 | 35% | 64% | |
54 | Air Line Pilots Assn | $19,782,547 | 82% | 17% | |
55 | Northrop Grumman | $19,758,351 | 42% | 57% | |
56 | Union Pacific Corp | $19,711,718 | 27% | 72% | |
57 | Honeywell International | $19,592,047 | 44% | 54% | |
58 | Natl Assn/Insurance & Financial Advisors | $19,355,124 | 41% | 58% | |
59 | Koch Industries | $18,139,448 | 8% | 91% | |
60 | American Postal Workers Union | $18,071,408 | 86% | 2% | |
61 | FedEx Corp | $17,717,593 | 39% | 60% | |
62 | American Assn for Justice | $17,714,358 | 81% | 3% | |
63 | Ironworkers Union | $17,482,940 | 92% | 6% | |
64 | Club for Growth | $17,425,010 | 0% | 95% | |
65 | Credit Suisse Group | $17,269,890 | 41% | 57% | |
66 | United Transportation Union | $17,198,250 | 87% | 11% | |
67 | Raytheon Co | $17,059,996 | 44% | 55% | |
68 | New York Life Insurance | $17,000,487 | 49% | 50% | |
69 | General Dynamics | $16,714,927 | 46% | 53% | |
70 | National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn | $16,710,813 | 47% | 52% | |
71 | United Steelworkers | $16,566,444 | 98% | 0% | |
72 | Akin, Gump et al | $16,540,037 | 61% | 37% | |
73 | National Air Traffic Controllers Assn | $16,081,050 | 78% | 20% | |
74 | American Institute of CPAs | $16,052,055 | 41% | 58% | |
75 | Chevron | $15,868,664 | 19% | 64% | |
76 | Anheuser-Busch | $15,718,463 | 47% | 51% | |
77 | Reynolds American | $15,583,198 | 22% | 77% | |
78 | National Cable & Telecommunications Assn | $15,551,560 | 47% | 52% | |
79 | Exxon Mobil | $15,256,487 | 13% | 85% | |
80 | KPMG LLP | $15,192,828 | 34% | 65% | |
81 | Wal-Mart Stores | $14,998,099 | 32% | 67% | |
82 | DLA Piper | $14,925,792 | 68% | 31% | |
83 | Merrill Lynch | $14,864,717 | 37% | 62% | |
84 | GlaxoSmithKline | $14,647,293 | 30% | 69% | |
85 | CSX Corp | $14,400,761 | 34% | 65% | |
86 | Walt Disney Co | $14,141,782 | 68% | 30% | |
87 | News Corp | $14,067,983 | 58% | 41% | |
88 | American Financial Group | $13,986,255 | 15% | 73% | |
89 | Indep Insurance Agents & Brokers/America | $13,841,700 | 34% | 64% | |
90 | American Health Care Assn | $13,807,478 | 51% | 48% | |
91 | Wells Fargo | $13,686,673 | 36% | 62% | |
92 | Associated Builders & Contractors | $13,665,082 | 1% | 98% | |
93 | Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance | $13,629,254 | 38% | 60% | |
94 | University of California | $13,613,133 | 89% | 9% | |
95 | American Crystal Sugar | $13,443,709 | 62% | 37% | |
96 | American Society of Anesthesiologists | $13,385,537 | 41% | 58% | |
97 | WPP Group | $13,260,747 | 53% | 45% | |
98 | Southern Co | $13,103,439 | 28% | 70% | |
99 | Prudential Financial | $13,097,716 | 49% | 50% | |
100 | National Restaurant Assn | $12,621,431 | 16% | 83% | |
101 | Securities Industry & Financial Mkt Assn | $12,451,748 | 40% | 59% | |
102 | Human Rights Campaign | $12,227,659 | 89% | 8% | |
103 | American Optometric Assn | $12,142,933 | 57% | 41% | |
104 | MetLife Inc | $12,064,711 | 51% | 47% | |
105 | Home Depot | $11,953,260 | 25% | 74% | |
106 | American Academy of Ophthalmology | $11,940,708 | 50% | 49% | |
107 | Natl Active & Retired Fed Employees Assn | $11,802,200 | 78% | 21% | |
108 | Saban Capital Group | $11,715,072 | 89% | 0% | |
109 | Eli Lilly & Co | $11,653,605 | 31% | 67% | |
110 | United Technologies | $11,635,694 | 45% | 52% | |
111 | General Motors | $11,382,472 | 38% | 60% | |
112 | Associated General Contractors | $11,313,897 | 14% | 85% | |
113 | National Assn of Broadcasters | $11,290,655 | 44% | 55% | |
114 | Painters & Allied Trades Union | $11,279,480 | 85% | 12% | |
115 | American Maritime Officers | $11,072,831 | 46% | 53% | |
116 | UST Inc | $10,930,093 | 22% | 77% | |
117 | Ford Motor Co | $10,857,519 | 39% | 60% | |
118 | Skadden, Arps et al | $10,738,441 | 77% | 22% | |
119 | BellSouth Corp | $10,681,784 | 43% | 56% | |
120 | Exelon Corp | $10,597,720 | 43% | 56% | |
121 | AIG | $10,549,871 | 49% | 50% | |
122 | Seafarers International Union | $10,493,915 | 83% | 16% | |
123 | Independent Community Bankers of America | $10,440,535 | 42% | 57% | |
124 | National Cmte to Preserve Social Security & Medicare | $10,414,606 | 82% | 17% | |
125 | Amway/Alticor Inc | $10,400,413 | 0% | 97% | |
126 | Freddie Mac | $10,295,909 | 43% | 56% | |
127 | MBNA Corp | $10,282,913 | 16% | 83% | |
128 | Patton Boggs LLP | $10,164,706 | 72% | 27% | |
129 | American Airlines | $10,107,131 | 43% | 55% | |
130 | American Trucking Assns | $9,989,648 | 27% | 72% | |
131 | Blackstone Group | $9,903,753 | 45% | 51% | |
132 | American Physical Therapy Assn | $9,833,983 | 49% | 50% | |
133 | Lehman Brothers | $9,711,364 | 52% | 46% | |
134 | National Fedn of Independent Business | $9,640,533 | 6% | 93% | |
135 | Amalgamated Transit Union | $9,571,618 | 93% | 6% | |
136 | Greenberg Traurig LLP | $9,567,253 | 62% | 37% | |
137 | Transport Workers Union | $9,549,899 | 95% | 4% | |
138 | American Council of Life Insurers | $9,470,228 | 38% | 61% | |
139 | Harvard University | $9,456,565 | 87% | 12% | |
140 | Archer Daniels Midland | $9,411,817 | 42% | 57% | |
141 | Aircraft Owners & Pilots Assn | $9,377,913 | 43% | 56% | |
142 | Fannie Mae | $9,140,477 | 53% | 46% | |
143 | National Rural Letter Carriers Assn | $9,059,600 | 71% | 27% | |
144 | Wachovia Corp | $8,575,944 | 30% | 69% | |
145 | National Cmte for an Effective Congress | $8,447,690 | 99% | 0% | |
146 | Interpublic Group | $8,272,933 | 65% | 33% | |
147 | Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn | $8,177,679 | 73% | 25% | |
148 | Bristol-Myers Squibb | $7,943,399 | 23% | 76% | |
149 | MCI Inc | $7,659,226 | 45% | 54% | |
150 | Bear Stearns | $7,280,973 | 55% | 43% | |
151 | BP | $6,922,020 | 30% | 69% | |
152 | Enron Corp | $6,544,528 | 28% | 71% | |
153 | Andersen | $6,267,045 | 37% | 62% | |
154 | Vivendi | $6,048,917 | 60% | 33% | |
155 | MGM Resorts International | $5,906,055 | 45% | 47% | |
156 | Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp | $5,089,791 | 39% | 60% |
I’m not a fan of the tactic of trying to deflect attacks about a company/organization/person’s main business by playing up unrelated charitable activities. There is nothing wrong with their main business activities, making profits, or supporting political candidates. There is all manner of something wrong with the senate majority leader effectively accusing the Kochs of sedition from the senate floor. If a political party will stoop to this level to defame wealthy citizens who have the means to fight back, what do you think they will do with us nobodies who can’t afford a full page ad in the new york times.
There are 4 Koch brothers. They give tons of money to democrats.
“Time for another drink.”
No, time for another “dink!”
LOL! Did you see the first/original post this morning? The title did say “...dinking game.” and the author’s name came out as Thomkas Lifson. So, who’s been getting a head start on the Koch brothers drinking game. Oh, wait maybe you did see the first one. LOL!
I did see the first one! 8^)
This actually goes well beyond the Koch Bros. Angered by charitable giving. The Left will claim, and the media will parrot, that the Kochs and others are avoiding taxes with their donations. They never address the fact that the deduction is one third of the actual amount and that the donor does not keep the other two thirds. Their complaint is that the donor is deciding where his money will be spent. And every good Progressive believes only the Progressive Elites in govt should decide where money is to be used and spent. Someone on Huff Post even openly advocated ending the deduction for charity, not because it would recoup the one third but because it would defund those institutions not deemed worthy and allow govt to spend where it pleased.
Lets see who else avoids taxes by charitable donations... Seems now that Obama is making a hefty income he now gives more than his 22% of his income to charity... prior he gave around 2%... Now what would be the reason for that 20% increase in giving? Oh, yes, I know... he evolved!
Yeah, that kinda dawned on me as I finished. ;>}
As if we didn’t already have plenty of reasons to detest Harry Reid! Now it appears he is an anti-Semite, too.
In certain Circles of the Insane you may have seen that smear financier George Soros (Dr. Evil) is actually described as a “philanthropist” as well.
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