Reply #436: Refining the Full Narrative – Koch Brothers Underground Campaign (incl ALEC) Al Jazeera Oct 27 [View All]

This is a MUST VIEW and one of the most comprehensive NARRATIVES on the Koch Brothers and their related orgs 'underground campaign' (including ALEC) to take over American politics and policy.

People & Power FEATURE- The Koch Brothers
Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on Oct 27, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOCHAv25uTw
Tycoon duos, behind an ununderground campaign to swing the balance of US power for Republicans.

Narration by Bob Abeshouse – Reporter for Al Jazeera
Total Run Time - 24:45 mins.

CONTENT (minute:second)
Intro – Koch Brothers Underground Campaign to Swing GOP Power
1:15 Koch secret meeting in Vail CO with Million plus contributors
2:10 “Mother of all Wars” 2012
2:25 Jane Mayer - New Yorker Mag article
4:00 Koch “web of influence from State capitols to Congress”
4:20 Tea Party and takeover by Dick Armey and Koch funded Americans for Prosperity (AFP) with Lee Fang, Center for American Progress: “The Kochs really gave birth to Tea Party…”
6:40 Interviews with Tim Phillips, AFP President
8:10 Role of AFP and Kochs in WI ads and confrontation with Gov Scott Walker and their “radical agenda”.
9:40 AFL-CIO and WI Recall Story – Attack on Unions – “eviscerate the Left in America…”
11:10 Inequality in America exchange with Tim Phillips AFP.
11:45 American Legislative Exchange Council (Cincinnati - first ALEC protest footage)
12:30 Lisa Graves and CMD Press Conference prior to ALEC conference in NOLA – “Corporations pre-voting these bills… Legislators go along with this SYSTEM…”
13:05 ALEC and Voter ID laws – Koch funding of ALEC - “State Houses cheaper than US Congress…”
14:05 Footage of ALEC Conference in NOLA and media credentials denied to reporters
15:10 ALEC & Kochs role ($50M) in Climate Change denial campaigns and big oil policy – Kert Davies, Greenpeace interview.
16:05 Think Tanks and Academia influence – Heritage (ALEC parent essentially), George Mason, and the Cato Institute’s Koch history – interview with Patrick Michaels on Energy policy Cato
17:05 Debunking of “climategate” propaganda campaign by Cato, Kochs and others.
18:30 Lobbying in Washington DC and with Congress, and campaign funding (62 of 87 new GOP US Reps)
19:20 Lee Fang CFAP buttonholes David Koch at Capitol Building
19:50 AFP meeting with US Rep Fred Upton (R-Michigan) Energy & Commerce
20:30 Obstructionist role of Koch funded TPer GOP Congressmen
21:20 AFP national campaign and role of probable ‘excessive’ Koch related speculation affecting Gas Prices – Interview Michael Greenburger former CFTC official
23:20 Summary and comments on future and 2012
24:00 Herman Cain ties to Kochs and Rick Perry was at secret meeting in Vail, CO
24:45 END of VIDEO



What's missing?
1) The linkages of the Heritage Foundation (Council for National Policy) to the State-level think tank network, 2) the historical background of the "New Traditionalist" philosophy that provided the basis for the INDUSTRY and SYSTEM in which ALEC is one of the SERVICE PROVIDERS providing the PROCESS for manipulation of State Legislation and Laws, 3) the role of ALEC alumni now GOP US Congressmen, and 4) the national strategy and role of GOP Governors and the Republican Governors Association in the promotion of ALEC bills/policy in the US States.