Florida's felon Governor Rick Scott was secretly off to Vail, Colorado this past weekend to kiss the rings of Charles and David Koch. Mr. Scott, knows that by bowing and grovelling to these two men, his campaign coffers will be filled with riches beyond his wildest dream. What, you have never heard of the Koch Brothers! Let me fill you in. When I think of them my first thought is the 1983 movie, starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy, Trading Places. In this movie the Duke Brothers, played by Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche, have all the money they could ever want or need, so they now want to use their power and wealth to control people. The Koch brothers are just like the fictional Duke brothers in that since they have all the money they could ever use, they have now turned their money and power toward politics. Their number one priority is to keep President Obama from being re-elected. Their number 1-A priority is to buy off and influence our Congress and Senators. They do not stop at the federal level, they are very much involved at the state and local level. They use their money and help elect and then influence, again the politicians to keep everything, for Koch Industries, exactly the way, the brothers want. Koch Industries are involved in oil, asphalt, chemicals, natural gas, energy, commodities trading, plastics, ranching, paper and pulp, financial services and many other areas of industry. Their father started the company and they were fed with the the silver spoon. Over the years Koch Industries have been fined hundreds of millions of dollars for pollution and environmental destruction. They seem to feel this is just a cost of business. They pay fines in the millions, while they make billions of dollars in profit. They have exported crude petroleum to Canada without proper U.S. authorization. Twice they have been fined for stealing more oil from federal and Indian land without paying for it. This is just the tip of the iceberg, where Koch Industries are involved. I am sure that just like Scott the Koch brothers try and contend, they were not aware of these violations.
Now back to the secret meeting in Colorado. The Koch brothers invited Scott and Governors, John Kaisch of Ohio, Bob McDonnell of Virginia and Rick, "Secessionist" Perry from Texas. All Republicans and all governors that are or have been involved with stripping workers rights in their respective states. When reporters, looked at Scott's itinerary, it was blank. This was the first time since being elected Governor. Scott's office issued a statement saying, "All they had to do was ask". It was the weekend and none was available. How convenient. Now we know for sure, who owns Florida, Texas, Virginia and Ohio. The Koch Brothers. They have the best politicians money can buy. So as the meetings broke up and the various governors dispersed around the country, the four politicians, genuflected and kissed the rings of the most powerful men in the country, the Duke, oh sorry, I mean the Koch Brothers. Americans need to wake up, or some day the Koch's and people like them will own America and we will be left without a country.
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