Too much power for the Koch brothers?
March 24, 2011
A Dylan Ratigan Show panel debates how far the Koch brothers’ influence reaches across the conservative spectrum.
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I would surmise with the power of these Koch bros. is a large reason HEMP is not being utilized for industrial purposes. Medical marijuana? We all saw that coming and it is about time, but more importantly the use of HEMP for paper alone would save billions of trees. If we used it to make paper bags alone (in grocery stores) can you imagine the impact we could make on the environment (see deforestation).
I find it amusing that the Koch brothers are being critized simply becaue they help conservatives. All the while, George Soros is considered a great person in the liberal world yet he is the largest contributor (also a billinoaure like the Koch's) to most liberal/socialist movements.
I need an answer to the simple question…is hemp useless? If not, why are we NOT using it? This natural plant regenerates the soil it grows in. It is FAST growing. It may be the most useful green plant this earth has ever given us. The bad news: I think I know the answer – It is here on this page…"Too much power for the Koch brothers." Follow the money and we will find that keeping marijuana illegal (and as a result HEMP) benefits the very powerful money people. Please, Dylan, look into this. The people deserve to know more than the ridiculous propaganda that has been sold to us for almost SEVEN decades. You can do this…Thank you for your show.
This was a very interesting important report…excellent journalism..as we have personel ties in Alaska..we have followed the news there..then the Wixconsin political iessue…The tea party political scene..we also have a family member// a journalist who worked in Russia as a journalist for 5 years..everything you and the two reporters said..all is very true and very important.
Power rests at the feet of those who make our laws. Edward R Morrow understood this.
We The People have lost control of That process through ALL the special interests (Business, Unions, the UN, etc) claiming rights to Our Country’s Future. The Constitution is being disregarded, people that report the TRUTH are the ENEMY and will be locked up without Trial. Who’s Side are you ON you dumb ass….WAKE THE FUCK UP…..
Only the media can expose corruption.
If the media is owned by Business and Disclosure of funding is not required by Government than there is no balance.
Think about a balance scale.
The upright portion is the Government comprised of the legislative, executive and judicial branches.
The business is on the left hand side.
The people are on the right hand side.
The media is ever vigilant for corruption between any of the three parties.
No media willing to expose corruption.
You have corruption
Virgil
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There are plenty of valid reasons to oppose the Birch Society — but it is not, as this article claims, a "racist" organization.
This is one of the most common accusations made about the JBS and it normally is based exclusively upon the fact that the JBS described our civil rights movement as a Communist dominated enterprise and it opposed civil rights legislation of the 1960's. But that opposition did not originate from racist motives — just as Sen. Barry Goldwater's opposition did not.
Lowest-common-denominator reasoning is a trap all of us are prone to fall into but it discredits our argument. It is entirely possible to oppose national legislation which one believes is an unconstitutional infringement upon state's rights, or one believes violates precepts regarding the proper limits between federal and state authority — without being a racist or being motivated by bigotry.
The Birch Society (as an organization) did not believe in compulsory integration or compulsory segregation. It believed that whatever problems existed would best be addressed at a state and local level — through gradual evolution of local customs and laws.
I totally understand why that position might be considered unacceptable especially when one is on the receiving end of discrimination — but one has to consider the historical context and the actual motivation behind the position.
From the JBS perspective, history proves that government always seeks more power and more reach into people's lives — more laws, more regulations, and more coercion. That situation (which always results in less individual freedom) is just as troubling and potentially dangerous as the underlying problems which government seeks to address.
Consider, for example, what happened after 9/11 — i.e. how our government used that crisis to create a new bureaucracy and enact new laws which shredded our Constitutional protections and which now subject us to ever-more-onerous government intervention into our lives.
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