hippiechick wrote: 
The Koch Bros did all that?

 hippiechick wrote: 
ooohhhh ouch.

If this had come from almost any other member here I would feel a little bad. But I'm pretty comfortable with my record of sympathy, desire to help others, history of solid actions in doing so, and rational level headed thought that supports all of this.  

I'm liked and respected in every community in which I participate. People don't generally think of me as whakced/reactionary/angry/unreasonable. Can you say the same? 

 sirdroseph wrote: 

 islander wrote: 
While you are sailing your big yacht out there, take a minute or two to give a thought to the 13 million people who can't get jobs, the 50 million people who have no health insurance, and all those people who can't afford food.

 hippiechick wrote: 
I heard this in a movie and thought it was quite profound:   "The trick is to realize that you're always doing what you want to do... always. Nobody's making you do anything. Once you get that, you see that you're free and that life is really just a series of choices. Nothing happens to you. You choose." 
   
 I would suggest that you read this quote very carefully and what the Koch brothers are up to will not upset you near as much, you will realize that your enemy is a large number of your fellow Americans, not any great puppetmaster out there.

 buzz wrote: 
Yes, I fear the vast hordes of mongrels sent by the government to take my wealth (at gunpoint), force me to convert to CF light bulbs, make me participate in death panels, and generally interfere with my constitutional right to vote for the best dancer on the dating game.

 islander wrote: 
I think you're just fear mongreling

 buzz wrote: 

Shocking innit?

 islander wrote: 
WHAT?! HuffPo tries to manipulate people?

 islander wrote: 
My information doesn't just come from HuffPost or other liberal sites. I have known about the Koch Brothers for at least 3 years. Please feel free to find information that is contrary to this.

 hippiechick wrote: 
I'm not convinced that you know how much you are being manipulated by HuffPo, but I don't really think it's effective to try and point it out.

 buzz wrote: 
Okay then. I still think it's important that voters know how they are being manipulated by people like them.

 hippiechick wrote: 
Let me know when they are charged and or convicted of a crime. Otherwise, they are free to do what they wish.

 buzz wrote: 
So what they do is okay with you?

 hippiechick wrote: 
You sound like Glenn Beck when he goes after George Soros.

The Koch Brothers Are Getting Nervous