Opponents of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker are calling for a boycott of the Republican's top campaign contributors. Number one on the list: Koch Industries.
David and Charles Koch's contributed $43,000 to Walker's 2010 gubernatorial campaign through their company's Political Action Committee (PAC). The Koch brothers also founded Americans for Prosperity, the group behind the Stand With Walker astroturf campaign. Walmart also made the boycott list published by BoycottWalker.com. Walmart PAC donated $15,000 to Walker's election campaign.
A new Facebook cause dubbed "Boycott Scott Walker Contributors" has been liked by 9,410 people to date. The cause was mentioned in Milwaukee's Journal Sentinel yesterday.
Boycotting Walmart might be easy, but Koch Industries is a different story. The Koch brothers have their hands in everything from oil to coal shipping, so unless you are ready to stop driving and using electricity, your money will probably end up in their dirty little fingers at some point down the line.
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Comments: 34
So, you avoid a Koch brothers refinery, and end up supporting some other evil oil company executive somewhere else!
Pac Name Category Amount
United Food & Commercial Labor Unions $43,128.00
IBEW Committee on Politics Labor Unions $38,000.00
CWA Legislative Committee Labor Unions $20,000.00
WI Laborers District Council Labor Unions $20,000.00
AFT Wisconsin Labor Unions $18,000.00
That's just top 5 of ONE candidate. It also doesn't show that WEAC (Wisconsin's Teachers Union) spent $1,800,000 lobbying in the State of Wisconsin. I'm not a math teacher but I did OK in the subject and is seems to me that $1.8 million is a lot higher than $43,000. They've spent almost $10 million in the past 12 years. Here's a partial list back to 1999: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2680622/posts
My point. You've been sent on a wild goose chase to find the evil in one contributor when the evil is all around you. If this is your true mission I'm ok with that, I'll boycott Koch industries right along side of you. But you better be prepared to boycott public education, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and any other organization that donates similar money.
Karl Rove must be jealous.
"Listen up - I'm the head object of media derision & scorn in this country, and you best not be claim-jumpin' on my gold-patch!"
Re: the Koch bothers (mispelling intended), I think the best way to address them is to make sure your next auto purchase is a hybrid - or better still - an all electric vehicle. My next vehicle will be the Nissan Leaf - or the new Mitsubishi EV. If Ford has their EV on the market by that time, I'll look at that one, as well.
Breathing batteries could store 10 times the energy
Hemp Toilet Paper
What Is Hemp Plastic?
Btw, any reason you can think of that hemp remains illegal in the U.S.?
Perhaps, independence from the Koch bothers may not be as far off as Doug would like us to believe.
Correction: they do not exist in the U.S. today.
Sure about that, Doug?
"...if the plant was made legal I am sure they would invest in the production to make a profit."
Sure thing - just like Exxon invests in algae ethanol "to make a profit".
"...can you buy any of these hemp products today. The answer is NO."
You can buy them online from other countries. But you already answered why you can't buy them in the U.S.: "...if the plant was made legal...." The fact is that hemp is not (yet) legal in the U.S., and that is primarily for political reasons.
"Have you ever thought about how many acres it would take to product enough hemp to make the products you are talking about."
"1 acre of hemp will produce as much as 2-3 acres of cotton."
One acre of hemp (grown in a single season) yields as much paper as up to 4 acres of trees (which take many more years to grow).
Of the 3 million plus edible plants that grow on Earth, no other plant source can compare with the nutritional value of hempseeds.
Btw, Ron Paul and Barney Frank currently have the legislation proposed to legalize hemp. If that ain't a political "odd couple", I wouldn't know what is. This is bipartisan - so why doesn't it happen?
Write your own post on the topic that interests you, shoot me a PM, and I will come liven the debate and help pump your numbers up.
You're smart enough you don't have to settle for being a gadfly. :)
Then you're just argumentative, because you're arguing against it - even with fallacious information.
"You just bring it up as a way to get around the issues we were posting about."
I address every point you bring up. That's why I use quotes. Now, if you want to use evasive tactics, just start using labels, like "the left". That has nothing to do with any of the specifics of this discussion.
"About the hemp facts, I would venture to guess...."
I'm sure you would. But, unfortunately, that also dodges the fact that I provided information contrary to the opinions you posted re: hemp.
"...maybe you should post articles."
And maybe you should refrain from giving advice that has not been asked for.
"Write your own post on the topic that interests you, shoot me a PM, and I will come liven the debate and help pump your numbers up."
The author of the article has not complained about my comments. Why do you?
If you know what you're doing.
If you are capable of doing it.
Wanna boycott WalMart? Please take a number. Oh - we need a new spool of numbers?
Every activist and his dog has already called for the boycott of WalMart. Fur, Chicken McNuggets, and Everything Else, Too.
It's not take easy to pull off a successful boycott ... and flailing, ineffectual calls for a boycott are in all political fact, not cost-free.
Liberals hurt themselves more than their adversary, with this kind of faux 'call to arms'.
I also saw a report this morning that Target has lower prices than Wal-Mart.
Still, I agree - boycotts are rarely effective. But we all have options to "vote with our $$$", and an EV is within reach for alot of Americans, who are sick and tired of being held hostage to mideast politics. If you're sick of oil companies, an EV is a great alternative.
"Texas Republican Ron Paul, along with ten co-sponsors, is once again seeking to allow for the commercial farming of industrial hemp."
"Upon introducing the bill in Congress, Rep. Paul said: 'It is unfortunate that the federal government has stood in the way of American farmers, including many who are struggling to make ends meet, from competing in the global industrial hemp market. Indeed, the founders of our nation, some of whom grew hemp, would surely find that federal restrictions on farmers growing a safe and profitable crop on their own land are inconsistent with the constitutional guarantee of a limited, restrained federal government. Therefore, I urge my colleagues to stand up for American farmers and cosponsor the Industrial Hemp Farming Act.'"
Maybe the Koch bothers don't want any competition from the legalization of hemp, but it's clear that there alternatives to Georgia Pacific.
Koch industries donated $43,000 to Walker...THAT'S NOTHING! WEAC (The Wisconsin Teachers Union) donated $1,800,000 to candidates all across the state....that's 42 times the amount that was donated by a singel donor to Walker. And that's only ONE union, just think how much the other unions have donated as well and it all goes to BUY the votes of Democrats in the State Legislature, Justices and the Governor....if they are Democrats.
So please, all you Parrots who keep repeating everything you hear just consider the big picture and realize that your candidates aren't any better. If you think differently then we need to examine the education you received because my math teachers taught me that $43,000 is less than $1,800,000.
Haven't you heard? Corporations are persons, and money is speech. Two scotus decisions that have torpedoed our political system.
I would be perfectly satisfied to build a wall between corporate and union money and political campaigns. Would you? If so, perhaps you'd be interested in Public Campaign.