25 Activists Arrested After Protesting Conservative Koch Bros. Meeting
- Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:26am by
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Twenty-five people were arrested for trespassing Sunday as hundreds protested outside a strategy session of conservative political donors hosted by brothers David and Charles Koch at a resort near Palm Springs, CA authorities said.
The demonstration had been arranged with authorities, but some protesters crossed the street to the entrance of the Rancho Las Palmas Resort where they were met by deputies in riot gear, Riverside County Deputy Melissa Nieburger said. They were arrested without a struggle, booked at Indio Jail, and released.
According to Reuters, the rally was organized by the liberal group Common Cause, an anti-conservative group that charges the Koch brothers of influencing politics with their money. It was also sponsored by the leftist group Code Pink, whose founder Jodie Evans was reportedly one of those arrested. Trumpeting the message of those groups, rally speakers accused the brothers of being “anarchists with a checkbook”:
George Soros and a branch of the Tides Foundation are listed as donors in the most recent annual report listed on Common Cause’s website.
In addition to the rally, the group also held a pre-protest panel discussion that included Van Jones. After the event, the group posted a quote from Jones on its Facebook page:
Sunday was the second day of the four-day, invitation-only conclave of about 200 wealthy conservative political activists. It was organized by the Koch brothers, whose Wichita, KS-based Koch Industries is one of the nation’s largest privately held companies.
The brothers have held similar conclaves in the Palm Springs area and Aspen, Colo., for years, but this conference was met with increased scrutiny. Liberal groups have targeted the brothers for criticism because of their funding of the fight against global warming laws and their financial support of Americans for Prosperity, an organization that has worked closely with tea party groups. It was the environmental aspect of the brothers’ work that brought out Greenpeace activists:
The group did not say who was attending the conference, and reporters were not allowed inside the resort, but the strategy sessions in years past have included radio talkers Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh, and Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, according to The New York Times.
Organizer Samantha Corbin told City News Service the protesters were there to “voice opposition to the Koches’ funding of climate denial groups, far-right political candidates and anti-health care reform efforts.”
Protesters carried signs reading “Troops Home Now,“ ”Medicare for All“ and ”Tea Party Founded and Funded By The Kochs.”
Several dozen people dressed in hazardous materials suits and held police tape and a banner that read “Quarantine the Kochs.”
The protest, which had nearly 1,000 people at its peak, lasted about two hours. And according to other video of the event posted on YouTube, at least one protest admitted to being a socialist while another called for “revolution now!” like is currently happening in Egypt:
Koch Industries defended the gathering as an exercise in democratic assembly and service to the country.
“This conference brings together some of our nation’s most successful business leaders, job creators and those who make it a priority to support their communities and our country in significant ways,” said Nancy Pfotenhauer, a spokeswoman for the company.
“We respect all Americans’ rights to free speech and to peaceably assemble,” she said in a written statement. “It is disappointing that some members of the group protesting today made the choice to not be respectful of the community or of our right to meet.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
(H/T: Gateway Pundit)
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Comments (283)
stonebridge
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:33amJust curious, maybe the MSM can ask someone publicly: Why is it ok for Soros, RFK, the Hollywood social democrats and others to use their money and the right to assemble to aggressively push for causes that they believe in, but NOT ok for the Koch brothers or others who happen to support conservative causes to do the same? Aren’t they the ones crying for social justice, everyone having an equal piece of the pie, leveling the playing field, having everyone have a voice, etc? We have a president on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade who states how the government “doesn’t have the right to involve itself in such private family matters”. But the same government believes it has the right to tell us what light bulb we are required to use in the bedroom where these children are conceived, and how may, if any, animal crackers we are allowed to give this child once it’s born? Anyone seeing any faulty logic? These progressive “brilliant minds” who claim they know better how to direct our lives all need a basic undergraduate course in logic.
Report Post »mikelivi
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:14pmIts always the liberals that get arrested because the do not know how to peacefully protest! The are hypocrits plain and simple. Code Pink is a joke!!!!!
Report Post »TexanLogician
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:29pm“Why is it ok for Soros, RFK, the Hollywood social democrats and others to use their money and the right to assemble to aggressively push for causes that they believe in, but NOT ok for the Koch brothers or others who happen to support conservative causes to do the same?”
This. It’s as though they are either unaware of their deafening hypocrisy… or think that it’s a virtue. I think that they’re aware, it’s just that the idea of “equal application” of anything – standards, the law, science, “civility,” et. al. – is little more than a pesky inconvenience of which they will eventually be rid. They are always right; they KNOW this, and will dress their ideas in as many layers of Emperor’s clothing until the proletariat sees it, whether through the submission of their own ability to reason, or at the end of a bayonet.
“These progressive `brilliant minds` who claim they know better how to direct our lives all need a basic undergraduate course in logic.”
Considering how much the left cares for the scientific method (choosing instead to formulate a conclusion that pleases them, and manufacture the “proof” leading thereto), I’m sure it would be rejected outright. After all, the left couldn’t argue at all if it did not move the goal post, attack straw men, advance ad hominem “arguments” and false dichotomies, and equivocate, equivocate, equivocate.
Report Post »stonebridge
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 6:46pmAmen, Tex, my questions were purely sarcastic. Anyone who doesn’t see through this faulty logic deserves the designation of “useful idiot”. Whenever I hear my college age relatives talk of their enlightened view of the world and the “plague” of capitalism, I get the urge to put out my eyes (uh, oh, more violent rhetoric).
Report Post »ksagpilot
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:30amThey don’t want a level playing field when it comes to political donations, why do you think BHO scolded the Supreme Court Justices a year ago at the SOTU. BHO is trying to raise 1 Billion for 2012, but they want to leave our side broke. Another thing these protestors don’t realize is when they get their “Change” they will be some of the first to go hungry and Spooky Dude will be somewhere counting his money.
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:29amWhy are they even wasting time showing these idiots. I’m wondering if showing the 2nd video with the greenpeace hot air baloon (which I think is very appropriate for them since they are full of nothing but hot air) is promoting greenpeace since there was no reason to even acknowledge that. These jokers thrive on getting attention from either side. The best way to handle them is to not give them even one second of attention. That way they will fade away into the nothingness that they are.
Report Post »nostromo
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:27amWow, accused of trying to influence politics with their money.
Report Post »janedough1
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:26amGreenpeace: communist thieves with a will to steal that checkbook and redistribute the wealth, to themselves.
Report Post »Tomfang
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:23amDirty money?? I suppose EARNED money is dirty money now. The only “clean” money is what the gov. steals from use and then launders.
Report Post »grym
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:21amSo some protesters, backed by billionaire funded political organizations, protest some billionaires who back political organizations, because they don’t want billionaires influencing politics….. Useful Idiots indeed…
Report Post »Stacey
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 11:41amGood One!
Report Post »QuietRiot
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:12amScrew Highspeed rail I want a Blimpy !!! LOL …..
Report Post »awall1231
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:09amJust bought a Springfeild SOCOM II 308 with 7 20 round magazines and a nice scope. ordered 1,000 rounds from cheaper than dirt. been buying MREs for a few months now along with water from Sams club. got a generator and 100 gals of gasoline. lots of camping gear to boot.
Report Post »troyvar
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:18pmThat .308 is a nice hunting rifle, however, if you’re looking for self defense, I would suggest a 12 gauge shotgun. I like the short-barreled, pumps, myself, with at least a 5+1 capacity. Alternate shell types between buckshot and slugs. P.S.: That generator running, if the power goes out, will work like a magnet for those who would do you harm. Good luck.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:08amWhy do these people have time or the money to stage these idiot demonstrations? Most people are struggling to just make ends meet. Oh yeah, they are being funded. By whom?…Hmmmmmmm
Report Post »JD Carp
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 10:42amPaid protesters. The question us, if this was a “secret” meeting, how did they find out about it? Must be a right wing conspiracy.
Report Post »Jayk Signal
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:29pmRemember back in the old days when community activists and rabblerousers had to have jobs that kept them off the streets for most of the day?
Apparently now, thanks to billions in stimulus funds handed out to these fascist groups, we are treated to 24 hour a day protests paid for with our tax dollars.
America, your bowel movement is complete. Now stand up, turn around, and look in the bowl to see what a steady diet of debt and liberal propaganda has given you.
Report Post »firstlast
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:39pmHow did this turn into a tax-paid protest? Did I miss something?
Report Post »Jayk Signal
Posted on February 1, 2011 at 2:02am@FIRSTLAST
Yeah, you probably missed something. Turn off the MSM.
If you try to figure out the tax-paid protester issue yourself though, don’t try to sort out the myriad convoluted ways stimulus funds (i.e. tax dollars) are funneled to community organizations, liberal non-profits, left-wing think tanks, foundations operated by socialist elites, make-work university research projects, etc. The information is intentionally made hard to get.
Instead, set your eye on a few random anti-capitalist protesters and find out (either by asking them or asking around) how it is that they can spend days and weeks protesting. Ask them what is their source of income. You’ll have to ask several times as the first 3 or 4 answers will be lies or obfuscations. Once you know the source of their funds (or major source of their income), follow the trail back to find where the source got most of its funding for the last 2 years.
I think you might learn something that will make you look at the withholding on your next paycheck a little more skeptically.
Good luck with your endeavors!
Report Post »Dude Doug
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:02amThe useful idiots are gathering…..
Report Post »peezee
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:00amBehold! Children.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:58amPray for me, my grandparents have the same opinion of the Koch brothers that these idiots in the videos do. The funny part is that they don‘t want corporations to be able to donate to election campaigns because they aren’t strictly people. Fine. But what is a union? There perfectly fine with a big union boss taking money from workers and supporting election campaigns that the workers may or may not agree with.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:50amPropaganda never sleeps. We must get out there and tell the truth because Jones, Soros and the MSM are constantly drumming the Big Lies into people’s minds.
The Koch Brothers are not the problem:
1. quadrupling national debt is the problem.
2. shutting down our own oil drilling while the Middle East collapses is the problem.
3. letting China and Russia become leading super powers economically and militarily is the problem.
4. while China is teaching her kids to conquer the world we are teaching our kids how to be good losers. That’s the problem.
Gee, did I miss any….hmmmmm
Report Post »QuietRiot
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:20amNickDeringer
You didnt miss a thing, many of the idiots do …..
Report Post »abseas
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 10:23amSounds about right NICKDERINGER.
Report Post »karen.tolleson
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:45amGeorge Soros has the money that is leading this protest and he’s calling out these guys for using their money. What is wrong with George, besides being an hypocrite? Don’t answer that George because we know that your a Nazi.
Report Post »butler180
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 10:33amI could be wrong, but didn’t he (Soros) work with the Nazi to take Jewish property away from Jews sent to ‘reeducation camps’ . Note: code word for gas chamber
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:43amTypical… Progressive leaders sending their little clueless tools to the streets to protest Conservative gatherings. Whatever happened to freedom of speech or the freedom to peaceably assemble?
Is it okay for unions to fund Progressive candidates, like the $27 million Andy Stern and the SEIU donated to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, but not for private corporations to fund Conservative candidates?
It’s always a massive double standard with Liberals in America…
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:53amThat is only for marxist fools, silly!
Report Post »tompaineknowsthescore
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:35pmdo you not think its hypocritical for glenn to critise billionaires funding the left but not billionaires funding the right
an end to campaign funding would be the way forward give each equal candidate air time, and do-away with excessive advertising
Report Post »Oil_Robb
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:42amLOLOL….do any of these leftwing sheep have an original thought or a mind of thier own?…..OOPS my bad I forgot Marksist want to be herded
Report Post »JimOhio
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:40amKoch Brothers Dirty Money? To Greenpeace I suppose George Soros money is clean? That‘s it I’m gonna go hug a tree… NOT!
Report Post »karen.tolleson
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:40amLook how the tables have term and the pot is calling the kettle black. George Soros is heading this protest and he’s talking about money!!!! PLEASE!
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 10:24amI had to laugh at that one myself. I don’t understand how that double dealing dog has rounded up so much support from the class envy, redistribution crowd. Who do these idiots think they will get a job from after they have broken the back of corporate America? How can they not see that if you take all the money away from the job producers then no more jobs will be produced? Idealistic morons.
Report Post »firstlast
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:36pmJobs are created when consumer demand for the product/service rises.
Report Post »flyguync
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 6:40pmThe Soros funded progressive groups think they are justified in using his money because in their minds they are the only ones that are right. It’s just like how progressives believe in the 1st amendment unless you disagree with them. The Koch brothers are especially hated by the left because they don’t even have to answer to shareholders.
Report Post »martnee777
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:39amWhy don’t we check out Cerberus Capital Management.
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:39amAnother Soros group using idiots and useful idiots to their full potential.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:02amWe are raising a generation of stupid future adults who, apparently, can live without food, clothing, shelter, etc. Just where do they think Spooky Dude gets his money, from the money tree? Where do they think their parents get their money, same tree? Do they get paid to demonstrate (fill out the proper IRS income forms?), who gets them out of jail (income reported to IRS?). If I saw any of my three children, which would never happen, demonstrating for socialism, the checkbook would slam shut so fast their heads would spin; and if they were arrested, too bad, enjoy yourself and don’t bend down. Parents had better wake up in this country and get control of the children still living under their roof, they are helping to send you, and the rest of us, down a path that will be tough to turn around.
Report Post »MrObvious
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:52amOnly 25 arrests… there was a time when they could have convinced 100s of fools to cross the line.
These groups’ powers are waning.
Most fools, can’t stay fools forever; as, their own survival instincts won’t let them.
Report Post »abseas
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 10:19amGRANDMAOF5 . . . I’m a grandpaof15 (so far). I like your take on things. If any of them become radical leftists and start parading in the streets in protest of conservstive ideas and pricipals, they are history!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 6:38pmABSEAS, welcome, Christmas must be lots of fun with all those young’uns! ENLIGHTENEDINGA just got her 5th grandchild on Jan 13th. This is a wonderful site (you’ll see the trolls quickly) and hope to see you alot.
Report Post »pscully17
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:38am- potesters wouldnt get arrested if they were civil, and non intrusive– violence is coming.. the left wing will not tolerate opposition any more. the teaparty movement is a large, well funded constitutional group, they wont let up now!! legislation that they need is being shot down, the Global warming fraud has been exposed, and thanks to Rush, Glenn Beck. and the massive audiences they have. it will necessarily eleveate the leftwings need to reosrt to violence. its not a matter of if. its just now a matter of WHEN they act with destructive riots.
Report Post »martnee777
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:43amYou speak the truth. It is only a matter of time.
Report Post »Oil_Robb
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:44amAnd thats why you have to love amendment #2
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:13amBring ‘em on. Can’t wait!
Report Post »Ron Staiger
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:37amThere’s a “common cause” all right- the redistributive change of a fundamental transformation of America. When the purge begins, we can look to the structure and membership of Common Cause for more transferees to Gitmo. I hope they’ll be happy there with Nancy and Barry!
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:43amThe problem is that they are already ready for the purge. With in excess of 500 famly detention camps all ready to go. Oh yes, it will be us that they intend to re-educate.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 9:49am“…With in excess of 500 famly detention camps all ready to go…” Just not true. period. Maybe check where you’re getting information?
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 10:01amIf you’re referring to HR645, the pdf is here to understand it accurately.
Report Post »peezee
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:37amThese “progressive” fools have much bigger problems that they are completely unaware of. These little tantrums will soon be forgotten as we all are forced to fight for our very lives.
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:43amlimosine communists. See them in their bmws, i pads, expensive clothes protesting capitalism. If they were not so serious it would be a great comedy. The whole anti american movement is of spoiled guilt filled rich people
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:48amI need the Blazers help. I had an Imus moment and said “Nappy Hair”. Now they censor me. Glenn says speak without fear, but I fear that is not the case here. Please send Scott an e-mail asking him to let me post in Freedon Without Fear of Censorship.
Free GeauxAlready
Thank You All
Report Post »Satyr
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:53amGeorge Soros and UN linked to revolution in Egypt…Also Saudi stock had a huge loss the other day and protests are starting to break out there!
Report Post »DUMBASPELOSI
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:53amThe progressive movement has lost all pretense of “being American”. To them “truth” is irrelevant, “consistency” is useless, and integrity is for “losers”.
Thank God – there are a 100 million (give or take 1 or 2) American’s that see truth, have integrity and love Ameirca. The left has not seen the “anger” of the voter. This type of thing along with the abysmal performance of the Obama Administratoin in the middle east and the financial irresponsibility of the Democrats at the State and National levels will continue to confirm to reasonable people that the “progressives/Democrat/socialist/communist/Environmentalist Complex” is Ant-American, Anti-Freedom and Anti-Liberty. We’re lucky to have The Blaze as a quick source to keep tabs on the folly. It’s going to make a great documentary some day.
Dustyluv
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:56amUnions and Government blood suckers. They are the ones who have destroyed the American dream!!!
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:57amIf what is happening on the right with the Koch brothers in terms of funding the right, influencing Supreme Court judges (Scalia and Thomas) and the legislation they adjudicated (Citizens United), etc. happened on the left, there’d be screaming from the rooftops (ala Soros.) IN FACT, what you IMAGINE Soros is to the left, the Koch brothers TRULY ARE to the right. No surprise they’re being defended in here. And it has NOTHING to do with the money they make/have, it has to do with how they use that money to influence politics.
TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:19amTifosa, I see you still haven’t gotten laid…..send me a pic, maybe I can help you out.
mikem1969
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:30amAhh the stupidity and law breaking from the left. Gotta love it when they show their true colors.
Report Post »Independent Tess
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:34amPoor Trifosa. Must be blind in one eye, too. The right eye, probably. Can’t do anything but look left.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 9:38amand TESS, I was wrong how?
Report Post »nomatter732666
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 10:19amSo true peezee! Wait until the people that organized these bozos (G. Soros V. Jones F. F. Piven and so on) have to stay behind metal fences, coordinating with their own home security defenders and the same type hoods are crashing towards their homes. When that happens Police may have other more important calls to tend too.(Lunch) I am, have been, low on the capital $Totem$ pole. but I believe we need more meetings from our capitalist leaders.
I am a veteran who uses V A Healthcare “LOL” we do not need GOVERNMENT in charge of HEALTH!!! THEY ARE KILLING ME with my “earned services” SAVE YOURSELVES!!! Listen to G. Beck sounds like my creator is using him as a Warning Horn to save America
Signed: SGT. AIRBORNE
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:31amCop’s should have used the occasion to try out some of that tax payer training on live Test Dummies.
Independent Tess
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:13amWait…. your telling me they are protesting the Koch’s using their money to fund causes they believe in, but they happily take Soros money?
Report Post »What hypocrites!!
Hope other’s see it, too.
Cobra Blue
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:25amThey accused the “conservative” brothers of influencing politics with their money. Whaaa! They just dream up any reason to protest. These are protestors paid by the liberal progressive machine i.e. Soros Piven cabal. Chaos by design. Side note. People need to quit making the statement that Obama does not have the experience or is in over his head when it comes to handling difficult issues i.e. Middle East. WORD UP – He is completely aware of the situation and understands what is happening. His lack of interest is on purpose. He and all the thugs in the Adminsitration just sit back and watch the socialist take over of the country unfold. Self-Reliance. Get Prepared.
Report Post »ron the veteran
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:37amso we are to belive soros’s money is good and the kochs money is bad? who are these losers trying to fool? if we the people were smart we d make sure they all spent th rest of their lives in jail for subversion and acts of treason.
Report Post »joe3
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 9:02amThese left wing terrorists can pull this but Glen Beck is not allowed to criticize Soros, Piven, and all the other degenerates? Wowwwwwwwwwww
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 9:04amIndependent Tess
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:13am
‘Wait…. your telling me they are protesting the Koch’s using their money to fund causes they believe in, but they happily take Soros money? What hypocrites!! Hope other’s see it, too.”
There is so much about the left that screams “Pot calling Kettle black” that it has become standard fare. Once again, another glaring example of why I have purged my life of Progs!
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 9:25amThat is a pathetic show of strength for the progressives. Yawn
Report Post »indy1
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 9:53amSoros sent these stooges. I’m sure they get paid handsomely, but the lib media will never investigate that.
Report Post »Kpax
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 10:05amWe need to let our police know we have their back and if they need us to stand with them in combating these Anarchists, Communists, Socialists, and Radicals we’re here for them. These demonstrators are easily manipulated by Soros and Van Jones. I hear they are laughing at them.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 10:06amWhat they do is more than “funding causes they believe in.” There‘s AT LEAST an appearance of impropriety when they’re meeting behind closed doors with Supreme Court judges and rulings like Citizens United are passed (which, btw gives unlimited political donation power to corporations AND UNIONS.)
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 10:20amSo the anarchists once again step out of the shadows to show themselves for who they really are. And their masters, the progressives are salvatating at the mouth in anticipation of how they can use these idiots for their own means.
Report Post »tommee
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 10:27amAll private money, individual or corporate, should be out of politics completely. Instead, elections for PUBLIC office should be funded by PUBLIC money from the government with equal amounts going to those who run. Only then can we have a government that is truly elected by the people, for the people.
texasfarmer
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 10:31amPreserve their Democracy? They said they want Socialism. Which is it?
Report Post »By their definition Green Peace is a terrorist organization.
jamesctheman
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 10:33amDo they know th Koch Brothers manufacture filtration for air/gas petrochemical & industrial industries? These products they sell eliminate millions of deadly chemicals from the air & water helping conserve their principle cause. It’s more about these guys being Conservative & rich. If 1 person at any of these protests knew how much nastier the enviroment would have been had Koch not invented some of the products they sell, they might look at these guys in a bit of a different light. Maybe we should peacefully protest outside some of their meetings when Ms. Piven or Mr. Soros stick their heads out of the shadows for appearances. We would be met with violence & people asking why we are picking of the elderly. We need to make some peaceful prtests at their meetings.
Report Post »chuck
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 10:37amBring on your wealth redistribution, bring on your revolution, bring on your socialism —- bunch of lazy pukes!
CatB
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 10:45amSooo .. .. we hear about the “violent” TEA Party .. while actual violence is perpertrated by the LEFT! IMAGINE THAT!
Report Post »GUT_CHECK
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 10:46amthey have a way of telling us who the good guys are…
Report Post »kooooch… gooooood
tenring
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 10:53amThe protest signs look very refined. Wonder if Spooky Dude has something to do with all of this?
Report Post »http://www.workers.org/
Clive
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 11:22amthey are your right wing “soros”. whats the big deal.
Report Post »democratgirl
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 11:31amWhenever the liberals protest someone OR SOMETHING, I TAKE A REALLY GOOD LOOK AT WHO AND WHAT THEY ARE PROTESTING. MOST of the time, THEY HAVE SKEWED, MISINTERPRETED, or just plain out LIED about the information to fit their agenda. DO YOUR OWN HOMEWORK, PEOPLE.
Report Post »franknshadow
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 11:38am*OLDOLDTIMER* Hey there, you got proof for that allegation about the illegals??.. I ask sincerely because I really want to know if it’s the case..
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 11:39amViolence from the left ?? NEVER !!!!
Report Post »firstlast
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:17pm@OLDTIMER. Your post is confusing. Are you thinking Soros is funding Koch brothers?
Report Post »firstlast
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:21pmYou all keep insinuating this was a “violent” protest. From what I read, they crossed the street…
Report Post »NUTHRDUMBCONSERVATIVE
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:22pmAmazing how it is so bad for Conservatives to fund political causes, but somehow Liberals end up with nearly the same amount of money sprinkled like fairydust into their coffers. Please notice and point out to others that these people do exist. Many follow the left because their slogans sound so benign and peaceful but would not support what these people are calling for. They need to see that their warm and fuzzy agenda will never happen because these thugs will grab the power and run.
Report Post »kNOwKINGsmen
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:29pmBe careful how you define a terrorist Joe3
Report Post »Curator_JDR
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:30pmThis is just ridiculous. If you want to get to the bottom of our economic problems, you can start with all of the bad mortgages banks were forced to write for homes people could not afford. And lets not forget the change in our culture since Progressives got their fangs into it nearly 100 years ago.
Learn about how this infiltration happened and how even people who are against it have been covertly infected. This video on “Progressive-dada” – the politic true name — will show you how to combat this barbarian invasion of our souls. watch part 2 first.
http://www.marcrubin.com/dada2.ivnu
Report Post »obamanation
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:43pmOh no! they want to get rid of the IRS! Not the IRS!!
Report Post »IntegrityFirst
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:44pm@Cobra Blue. Dang straight. Get prepared. Food, water, emergency supplies, ammo… Anyone who thinks [it] (violence and revolution) can’t happen here is living in a dream world.
Report Post »ForeignWatcher
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 2:00pmWould someone explain to me how the Kochs funding of tea party related organisations, or even organisations farther right, is different from Soros influence?#
Many of you posted the same question, or slightly different, but strangly with an other background. YOU blazers are the one constantly whining and cowering in fear of the old man you call spooky dude. You call him out for every cent he invests, fear everyone he ever met somewhere, you see your next imperator when you see him in becks clips, yet quite the same behavior on the right is ok and fine?
Blazers never seem to stop to amaze me. Good thing you all think for yourself and do the research. Would be bad if you were just used by billionaires for their profit…
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 2:14pm@ Independent Tess.. These protesters don‘t KNOW that SORO’S is giving them money.. ONLY the top people know.. these lost souls are PAID to show up.. told what to say and JUST do it.. like mindless dummies.. most don‘t even KNOW for sure WHY they are protesting and the MSM is NOT going to bring them any real information therefore they are simply serf’s for the LEFT WING NUTS. the unions do the same thing PAY these people to show up..I had to laugh at one girl who wasn‘t’ even union but told me she was PAID to protest for the union like she was a member and she needed the money so she did..
Report Post »WTH
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 2:49pmThis is the HYPOCRALYPTIC DEUCHEPOCALYPSE!!!!!!
Funded by Soros and spouting off this drivel. Didn’t the former co-founder of this group condemn their actions? You have a problem when one of it’s creators thinks it is now crap.
Report Post »BSdetector
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 3:20pmCan I come live in your fantasy land, ForeignWatcher? It’s too bad this is the only place that takes note of Soros while every media outlet in the country is focused on every single conservative donor who ever lived.
Report Post »Somehow the conservative donors (I.E. Koch and friends) are pure evil but people like Soros who openly admit their destructive intentions for our country *on tape* are utterly ignored.
ZachParslow
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 3:58pm“We respect all Americans’ rights to free speech and to peaceably assemble, it is disappointing that some members of the group protesting today made the choice to not be respectful of the community or of our right to meet.”
Way to go Koch Industries! It is awesome to see them defending their protester’s rights as well as their own…and the best part is it will aslo infuriate the liberials. They protest, 25 protesters are arrested, and the group they are protesting defends the right of the protester’s to peaceably assemble. Who looks like they came ahead in this story? Once again, amazing job Koch Industries!
Report Post »DonoRomantico
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 6:17pmThis happened withing a 10 minute drive from me. I can tell you that these were a bunch of bussed in Useful Idiots.
Report Post »KarenKat
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 6:27pmLOL………….That was rich!
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 6:33pmTo: tifosa Posted on January 31, 2011 at 10:06am
What they do is more than “funding causes they believe in.” There‘s AT LEAST an appearance of impropriety when they’re meeting behind closed doors with Supreme Court judges and rulings like Citizens United are passed (which, btw gives unlimited political donation power to corporations AND UNIONS.)
I would like to point out that the Koch Brothers have a privately held corporation. Their meetings, I believe, do not have to be open to the public. FOI laws only pertain to public institutions and municipalities, and this organization, to the best of my knowledge is neither. Just like Chase Bank, General Electric or Kodak. Who they invite and what they discuss is their private business, just like what Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition is his private business. So, no, I don’t believe there is one iota of impropriety there.
As for who the invited guests fund, well, it is their money, isn’t it? Just like the Democratic big rollers, like Bill Gates, George Soros and Bill Ayers are free to donate their money to causes they support, or are you saying that no one should be allowed to give donations to any causes?
As for the unions, well, I’d be very, very surprised to find out that they were giving to the SEIU or the AFL-CIO. These guests are far more interested in creating jobs than supporting unions that choke the lifeblood out of the taxpayer. Just look at Detroit. Bustling, energetic, and progressive, right?? That’s not what I see. I see a dying city that is fading into the night.
But each to his own.
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:28pmI am awed by the fact that liberals can say or do anything they want to, can insult anyone at any time without having to adhere to the element of truth, and consider the use violence or the threat of it to promote their point as an inherent right. But, as a conservative I can in no way exercise free speach on any subject they disagree with. Wow! What a concept!
“It is not truth that matters, but victory.”
Report Post »ADOLF HITLER
tifosa
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:04pmTUQUOSHI, elections have no business being BOUGHT, on either side. Defending what would get panties in a wad if the “other side” did it is the mark of a hopeless ideologue.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 9:19pmI didn’t say a word about purchasing elections. That‘s ACORN’s terrority.
I do believe that the Koch brothers should have the right to support the political organizations that they wish to, just like the Tides Foundation does.
By any chance, are you referring to the upcoming election in Chicago where Rahm Emanuel will be on the ticket and probably a shoo-in? Or the recent upheaval in Connecticut where the governor’s race was literally too close to call until the largest city in the State screwed up and ran out of ballots? That debacle ended up with the Democratic candidate being elected as governor. What about the last Presidential election when those who had died managed to vote? And yes, I am against “purchased” elections.
Report Post »swagger
Posted on February 1, 2011 at 8:55pmThe one guy says we need “street heat” and that we should be doing the same thing here that they’re doing in Egypt: Depose the leader of our country and his regime?….count me in!..Revolution Now!! :?)
Report Post »Whostolemypig
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:21amThe smart have already prepared. Notice that long term storage food stuffs are dwindling. The company that supplies Sam’s Club is out of stock, as is most other survival food suppliers. http://www.samsclub.com/sams/shop/product.jsp?productId=prod1620354&iid=Category|SPOTLIGHT|Grocery|Augason%20Farms%20Food%20Storage%201%20Year%20Kit
Report Post »I wouldn’t suggest a panic, but a reasonable supply of water and foods that can be stored without refrigeration would be a good thing to have on hand.