Tea Party Flacks Are Drill, Baby, Drill Messengers Too


Uncle Sam | 207284 hits | Jun 22 2:47 pm | Posted by: Zipperfish
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Exposing how the Tea Party evolved out of the pro-offshore drilling astroturf movement in 2008, and the Koch billionaires' role in backing it.

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  1. by avatar GreenTiger
    Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:07 pm
    They have been keeping their traps shut as of late. Please don't jinx us.

  2. by avatar Zipperfish Gold Member
    Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:11 pm
    INteresting that the organizers of the Tea Party movement are the same "Drill Here! Drill Now!" lobbyists.

    Our research led again and again to the right-wing Koch brothers, who are worth a combined $32 billion as owners of the largest private oil company in America, Koch Industries. Koch-linked front groups like FreedomWorks and the Sam Adams Alliance (named after the leader of the original Boston Tea Party) played key roles in both the 2008 campaign to deregulate offshore drilling, and in the Tea Party movement.

  3. by avatar Zipperfish Gold Member
    Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:12 pm
    and apologies--this is a an opinion piece NOT news. Braincramp.

  4. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:18 pm
    "Zipperfish" said
    and apologies--this is a an opinion piece NOT news. Braincramp.


    No worries. All news anymore consists of opinion pieces and not actual news. :wink:

    That said, the Koch brothers are not doing anything that George Soros didn't do first.

  5. by avatar bootlegga
    Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:29 pm
    "Zipperfish" said
    and apologies--this is a an opinion piece NOT news. Braincramp.


    Still interesting though, thanks!

  6. by DerbyX
    Wed Jun 23, 2010 3:25 pm
    This seems as good a place as any for this downer of a picture:

    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas ... 6/22/damn/


  7. by avatar Zipperfish Gold Member
    Wed Jun 23, 2010 6:27 pm
    This seems as good a place as any for this downer of a picture:

    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas ... 6/22/damn/


    Wow. Just "wow."

  8. by DerbyX
    Wed Jun 23, 2010 6:30 pm
    "Zipperfish" said
    This seems as good a place as any for this downer of a picture:

    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas ... 6/22/damn/



    Wow. Just "wow."

    Sorta like the tub after you took a bath back in your 80s hair phase right? :P

  9. by avatar SprCForr Gold Member
    Wed Jun 23, 2010 7:45 pm
    Oooo snap!

    :lol:

  10. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Wed Jun 23, 2010 7:49 pm
    "DerbyX" said
    This seems as good a place as any for this downer of a picture:

    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas ... 6/22/damn/



    Wow. I was going to +1 you for that.



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