The Brothers Koch

The Koch (pronounced coke) brothers are industrial gazzilionaires who have been funding far right PACS and interest groups for decades. Like the Taxaphobic, gun toting, history revisionist Tea party.

How did dumb become a virtue 

in political debate

The crazier the sound bytes are

the more they resonate 

Representing village idiots

A wing nut kind of norm 

Legislate against the people 

while claiming it's reform 

Deregulate the EPA

No more minimum wage

Cut tax rates for billionaires 

So we can be their slaves

Say no to global warming

Keep burning fossil fuel 

Say the facts are inconclusive

Though irrefutable 

Hand us over to the rich man 

The far right battle cry

They prey upon the ignorant

You have to wonder why

The architects of lunacy

The mirror in the smoke 

Aristocratic sabotage

The good old brothers Koch 

The far right sugar daddies 

with money to swing votes

Since citizens united past

unlimited banknotes 

Funding phony grass root parties

Through their super PACS

Generating paranoia 

with fear monger attacks 

Duping the uneducated

into a corporate vote 

Buying off the house and senate

with laws they underwrote 

When "grass root" party politics 

align with industry

You have to wonder what is up

With the duality 

The puppet master in the mix

The hand behind the cloak 

The far right wing nut piggy bank 

The Good old Brothers Koch 

Author's Note

The Koch brothers inherited their empire, as well as their politics from their father "Fred C Koch" who was quite the wing nut himself. Fred was on the board of the old anticommunist right wing group "The John Birch society". Fred fervently believed President Eisenhower was a communist stooge and wasn't to thrilled with JFK being catholic either. To the end of his life Fred was convinced communists were everywhere and he passed that paranoia onto his sons who started the rumor Obama was a socialist long before he was ever elected to the oval office. Koch industries main agenda is government deregulation, particularly the IRS and the EPA so they don't have to pay taxes or spend money cleaning up their factories, hence the Republican main stay of tax cuts for the wealthy and denying global warming. Koch industries have maintained a low profile with very little transparency into their political contributions until recent years when it was discovered their super PAC "Americans for Prosperity" had been the master minds behind the populist tea party uprising after Obama was elected to office. The tea party has been as much a curse as they've been a blessing to the Republican party. Dragging the party so far to the right any sign of bipartisanship is viewed as treason from the rank and file. The Koch brothers are one of the chief players in the severe partisan politics we're seeing today.

Reviews

[Rene Velez]

politics sucks Yak balls, I enjoyed this Ric.

[Baby Ricochet]

LOL! Thank you Rene

[Chris]

There has always been a power behind the throne - is the way of politics and power.

[Baby Ricochet]

That's for sure. In the Roman senate murder was an acceptable form of dealing with one's enemies

[Chris]

...and "friends"

[Jack...]

Why do I feel like I am watching CNN. You tell'em BR.

[Baby Ricochet]

Will do. Thanks for stopping by Jack.

[Tai Ryens]

From what I can derive from history, things have gone downhill ever since the invention of yellow journalism. No actual debates exist, all of these elections are just fashion contests to see who can influence the most in this world. All they do is slander each other and it enrages me to know that the system is being manipulated right before our very eyes and the general public refuses to see. Well done, you're a better source for information than CNN, I daresay.

[Baby Ricochet]

Some believe JFK beat Nixon in 1960 because Kennedy was better looking. Much of Reagan's appeal was his undeniable charm and skill at playing to an audience. Personality contests combined with mass media outlet misinformation and the citizens united ruling created the billion dollar election. Mud slinging slander is nothing new in politics it's just on a much grander scale now.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

The honesty, reverence and down right bleeding temperament of your work never ceases to thrill and titillate me BR, bravo!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Thomas

[Vidya Bacchus]

Always brutally honest BR.Well written for true :)

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Vidya

[Vidya Bacchus]

You are welcome :)

[Ayvid N]

This is a brilliant portrayal of how money and power connive together to kill the common man. Very well said Baby!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Divya

[Pryde Foltz]

Deregulate the EPA
No more minimum wage
Cut tax rates for billionaires
So we can be their slaves

It is this idea of being invulnerable that is so appealing to the average folk. Just a different king of facade. Loved this write.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Pryde

[A. Amos]

Baby you did it again, such a powerful subject and love the way you are spreading awareness...keep it up bro

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Amos

[Rita L. Sev]

You are fast becoming my favorite (and most honest) source for current events.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Rita