Standoff at the Kochtopus Ranch
April 14, 2014 7:53 PM   Subscribe

" By milking and stoking the controversy, the Kochs seek to galvanize public opinion against the federal government, delegitimize the Bureau of Land Management that oversees public lands, and thereby impugn its stewardship of lands that Koch-run industries want to get their hands on. These include lands in Nevada, Utah and pretty much anywhere else they can dig, frack or mine. This isn't about some silly rancher's "grazing fees," to the Kochs and their business pals. It's about their desire to exploit, despoil and pollute lands that we, the public, own by virtue of our citizenship. That's not "freedom." It's greed." Via DailyKos

Maddow's take which includes the observation this has not really been in the mainstream media. Today was the first I've heard of it.

(DailyKos coined Kochtopus, not me.)
posted by sio42 (4 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: For a post about a controversy, this is a pretty slanted presentation; maybe recast, starting with something more introductory/illuminating before going to the Dailykos secret backstage explanation? -- LobsterMitten



 
(DailyKos coined Kochtopus, not me.)

Actually, Kochtopus was not coined by DailyKos. I'm not sure who coined it, but I'm pretty sure it was actually first coined by Libertarians, who were bothered by the Koch Brothers' attempts to buy influence in the Libertarian Party (including getting David nominated as Libertarians' vice-presidential candidate in 1980). Now, instead of trying to buy control of a third party, the Koch Brothers are trying to buy control of a whole country.
posted by jonp72 at 8:01 PM on April 14, 2014 [1 favorite]




Range War In Nevada
posted by homunculus at 8:13 PM on April 14, 2014 [1 favorite]


These "Occupy Nevada" nitwits should instead occupy a job and buy the land their cattle graze on like the rest of us.

Plus there is the whole "use women as human shields" tactic that is particularly.... chickenshit.
posted by Pogo_Fuzzybutt at 8:15 PM on April 14, 2014


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