The Kochs--21st Century Quakers

(This is a test post to see whether the blog is back on track)(I can tell it failed.) Libertarians rave that David Koch is the greatest anti-war advocate since Gandhi. They point to his opposition to the Iraq War, which he mentions whenever he thinks about how he was booed at the New York ballet. There is a slight problem with this. Mark Ames and Yasha Levine at www.exiledonline.com decided to research this notion. Ames and Levine were the first to document the Koch brothers' hand in creating the tea parties. After a blizzard of criticism, Playboy took down their article. They were finally vindicated with Jane Mayer's piece in the New Yorker last August. It was the Mayer piece that set off the storm of revelations on the web and the use of the Koch's in the attacks of the progressives on the Republican policies in the House and in various state houses. Mark Ames is an old colleague of Rolling Stones' Matt Taibibi. It seems the Koch Brothers may hate war but they love defense contracts. The two authors found out that they don't really like free markets either. The Kochs won 80% of their defense contracts on no-bid contracts. I sense a theme with the no-bid scheme for the power plants in Wisconsin. From 1995 to 1999, the authors found from open sources that the Kochs won $85 million in defense contracts. They would provide fuel and food for the military. From 2000 to 2006,they were earning from $2 to $6 million a year. After their purchase of Georgia-Pacific, their contracts soared to $68 million per year. By the end of 2010,they had secured $84 million in defense contracts. Small potatoes compared to other oil mogul Mr. Sergeant but nice walking around money nonethless. In light of this, why do they think President Obama is anti-business when he pays them so much. A lack of gratitude. Does anyone know what the Cargills are up to? I have no idea and no one else does. The Cargills are the number 1 private company in America. Periodically, people from past administrations go off quietly to work for them. But unlike the Kochs , they have the sense and class to stay quiet.