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Originally posted by Oaktree
For anyone interested in the whole story:
This mailing was sent to Georgia-Pacific employees.
Koch Industries owns this company, and the union that represents this companies employees is the USW.
That's right, as a matter of fact, the vast majority of Koch Industries 56,000 employees in the U.S. are union members.
Too be fair, here is a link to the United Steel Workers Union website.
USW.org
A quick glance at the website might explain why a company would feel both sides of an argument need be heard.
Originally posted by Koros
So, show me the crimes committed by the Koch brothers. You say that Obama legally obtained his power, thus setting up that the inverse is true of the Koch brothers. So, show me.
Originally posted by Blarneystoner
Then I must be dreaming.... Or maybe you're confused about the difference between power and influence. Pretty sure I'm not dreaming so....
Your statement would be more accurate if you changed a few words.... "The only difference between the power bought by the Koch brothers and the power legally obtained by Obama is the means they choose to utilize to get said power."
I think that there are some politicians, yes, who are public servants and who actually want to better their society. But, I think those people are both few and far between and tend to be concentrated at the local level, where the most impact can be made.
Originally posted by Blarneystoner
reply to post by Koros
So... your opinion is that all politicians and corrupt business men have the same goal; to obtain power. Fine. You're entitled to that opinion but I think you're wrong... some politicians are actually public servants.
Originally posted by IrVulture
A new phase to the corporate takeover of America....
Koch Industries, other CEOs warn employees of layoffs if Obama is reelected
Originally posted by MrXYZ
Originally posted by Koros
So, show me the crimes committed by the Koch brothers. You say that Obama legally obtained his power, thus setting up that the inverse is true of the Koch brothers. So, show me.
Originally posted by Blarneystoner
Then I must be dreaming.... Or maybe you're confused about the difference between power and influence. Pretty sure I'm not dreaming so....
Your statement would be more accurate if you changed a few words.... "The only difference between the power bought by the Koch brothers and the power legally obtained by Obama is the means they choose to utilize to get said power."
They committed multiple crimes...one of them was circumventing Iran sanctions and trading with "the enemy". They also polluted on a massive scale ON PURPOSE because the fines were lower than the cost of not polluting at all. And yes, they were convicted in both cases.
Originally posted by Hawking
I wasn't going to vote but I'm so sick of hearing republican CEOs saying "if Obama wins I'm firing everyone" that I will vote for him now
Originally posted by AuranVector
Originally posted by IrVulture
A new phase to the corporate takeover of America....
Koch Industries, other CEOs warn employees of layoffs if Obama is reelected
Newsflash: the US is already a Fascist country. Fascist = Corporate Socialist.
The mega corporations already control the US.
Obama wants to drive the US further Left using the West European model;
and to make the US subordinate to the UN.
Obama is a NWO/ One World Federation/ Communitarian* shill.
The Koch Brothers are Libertarians who love the US and want to maintain US hegemony.
Libertarian = fiscally Conservative minimal government + social Liberalism.
The US is surrounded by enemies who would love to destroy us and plunder our assets.
When the US collapses as a world power, who will replace the US?
Red China? A new Ayatollah? Who will your children & grandchildren be slaves to?
*Communitarianism is the name of the "new" politics of the New World Order given by Bilderbergers.
Originally posted by AuranVector
Originally posted by Red Cloak
The Koch brothers are criminals. They are also Zionist Bolsheviks that want to install a Zionist order in the USA. They are the exact definition of the slime of humanity.
LOL You mean you don't know that a Zionist order was installed in the USA DECADES ago?
Originally posted by Vitruvius
I met David Koch once in the late '90s. Sort of.
That was a good day for Georgia Pacific's competitors.
A Superfund site is an abandoned site with significant amounts of toxic waste. The EPA and companies responsible for the waste take remediation efforts to reduce hazardous content. The Kalamazoo River Superfund site is contaminated by PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) due to a variety of paper mills waste and other waste disposal into the river. PCBs can have harmful effects on the river wildlife and humans
The Potentially Responsible Party is an individual, corporation, or group that can be held financially responsible for the cleanup of the Superfund site. Any group that is in any way responsible can be charged some or all of the cost. Even if the hazardous substance was there before the current company arrived they can still be held responsible.[7] H. Millennium Holdings, Plainwell Inc., and Georgia-Pacific Corporation are the past and present owners of paper facilities that contributed to the PCB contamination.
In 1990, the Allied Paper, Inc./Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River was declared a Superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Cleanup for Kalamazoo River Superfund site starts upstream and works downstream. The continuing PCB sources are first removed so that PCB levels will not further increase and spread into Lake Michigan.
This removal began in June 1998 and lasted until May 1999.
Time Critical Removal Action was declared in spring 2007 at the Plainwell site. Currently the area of the Kalamazoo River between Plainwell and Otsego is currently unavailable to the public while remediation takes place.