Koch brothers donate $1 million in support of Proposition 23

mercury news ^ | 09/04/2010 | Associated Press

[barmag25]

SACRAMENTO (AP) -- Oil billionaires David and Charles Koch have jumped on board an effort to suspend California's global warming law by making a million-dollar contribution this week.

A subsidiary of Wichita, Kan.-based Koch Industries, the nation's second-largest private company with oil refineries and pipelines, made a $1 million contribution Thursday to the campaign for Proposition 23. It joins two Texas-based companies, Valero Energy Corp. and Tesoro Corp., in backing the measure.

[Nitehawk0325]

If the idiot liberals pass the prop 23, it will literally kill this state. Just move to another state and give California back to the Mexicans. What the hell, it’s what they all want anyways.

[Persevero]

Cool.

[EDINVA]

When did they become the ‘2nd largest’ private company? And who knocked them out of 1st place? Anyone know ?

[barmag25]

cargill

http://www.forbes.com/2005/11/09/largest-private-companies_05private_land.html

[truthguy]

If the idiot liberals pass the prop 23, it will literally kill this state. Just move to another state and give California back to the Mexicans. What the hell, it’s what they all want anyways.

I think you got it wrong Nitehawk. Proposition 23 is a good proposition and all California Conservatives should support it. Proposition 23 will stop the implementation of AB32 (carbon tax) until the unemployment rate drops below 5.5% for 4 straight quarters. The liberals oppose Proposition 23 and the Conservatives should support 23.

[antceecee]

I thought Prop 23 was supposed to stop the affect of a global warming law they passed until unemployment in the state is under 5.5% for three consecutive quarters.

[EDINVA]

Did you see the dumas poll ? Fortunately, almost half the responses matched mine .. none of anyone’s business how private businesses expend their own funds.

Poll
What should private companies be forced to disclose?

Basic financial information (9 %)
Detailed financial information (5 %)
Executive compensation (3 %)
Ownership structure (5 %)
Ongoing legal proceedings (2 %)
Accounting practices (3 %)
Environmental impact statements (9 %)
All material information (6 %)
Disclosure requirements should mirror what is required for public companies. (7 %)
Nothing. It’s no one’s business. (48 %)
I don’t know. (5 %)

Total Votes: 10956

[barmag25]

52% of people don’t know what ‘Private’ means.

[Bhoy]

Hey ... I like Koch.

[P3_Acoustic]

I retired from Koch. An excellent company!

[Willie Green]

Libertarian kooks flushing money down the toilet.
Kalifornia kooks may be off basd with their global warming junk science, but at least they're headed in the right direction by trying to wean themselves off their wasteful addiction to fossil fuels.

IMHO, Kalifornia would be best off building nuclear power plants to supply the energy for both electric passenger rail transit systems AND desalination plants to supply fresh water from the sea.

The Kochs are idiots... maintaining Kalifornia's oil addiction isn't going to cause "global warming", but it will piss away dwindling fossil fuel supplies in Kalifornia traffic congestion while jeopardizing people's health with poor air quality.

[Recon Dad]

I loved it when they bought GP. I disliked GP like I dislike liberals.

[Carry_Okie]

The liberals oppose Proposition 23 and the Conservatives should support 23.

So, if unemployment drops below 5.5% you SUPPORT a carbon tax?

Pathetic. You just don't get how the energy racketeering scam in this state works. The whole global warming scare was cooked up by the owners of oil and gas companies in the first place. They want you to fund their investments in "alternative energy."

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Not many can say that.

[Leisler]

Oil is just a natural compound Willie. Not that you would know economics from a hole in the head. People want it, pay for it, like it, want more of it. Billions of people.

Yeah, the Kochs are idiots. Only they run, own, and profit one of the largest private companies in America. And, compared to you Choo-Choo, you run what? Beg for train stops?

You just don’t like freedom. In this case people doing what they want with their own money. Just as you like your union hack friends, hack contractors, family hiring politicians having us forced on to their 1800’s era train schemes.

[steelyourfaith]

The left whines about oil money funding AGW skeptics but those dollars are a drop in the bucket compared to Big Government funding of AGW junk science. Ever wonder why you never stop hearing about studies finding GW responsible for everything from kidney stones to cannibalism? Explains Richard Lindzen (Sloan Professor of Meteorology at MIT): "It's become standard that whatever you're studying, include global warming's effects in your proposal and you'll get your (government) funding."

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[bert]

The fallacy in your post is “wean themselves off fossil fuels”.

There is absolutely no need to wean one’s self from fossil fuels. The fact the phrase exists is a testimony to a leftist agenda put forward by the weaker segment of the race who know better but still follow the crowd off the cliff.

[Willie Green]

There is absolutely no need to wean one’s self from fossil fuels.

You are wrong.

In densely populated regions, the cumulative emissions degrade living conditions and jeopardize public health.

[bert]

drivel