First the very idea that Charles "only came to politics recently and kicking and screaming" is the laugh of the century.Secret Notes Out In The Open = so very interesting
The Secrets of Charles Koch’s Political Ascent
Two new documents reveal the political blueprint the billionaire developed 40 years ago, heavily influenced by the ultraconservative John Birch Society.www.politico.com
Mar 14, 2016 · The agenda of the Koch Brothers and their anarcho-libertarian allies, the John Birch Society and a large part of the GOP is to repeal every major piece of legislation that’s been signed into law over the past 80 years. That includes every piece of legislation that has assisted the middle class, the elderly, children, sick folks, poor folks and working Americans.
www.dailykos.com › stories › 2013/8/7INSIDER Proof: Tea & Libertarian Parties ARE The John Birch ...
Aug 07, 2013 · We now have INSIDER proof that today's Tea & Libertarian Parties are just a repackaging of the John Birch Society. Here's a must read book written by Claire Connor (one brave woman I might add...claireconner.com › kochs-selling-america-libertarian-hoaxThe Kochs: Selling America the Libertarian Hoax
Mar 14, 2016 · The agenda of the Koch Brothers and their anarcho-libertarian allies, the John Birch Society and a large part of the GOP is to repeal every major piece of legislation that’s been signed into law over the past 80 years. That includes every piece of legislation that has assisted the middle class, the elderly, children, sick folks, poor folks and working Americans.jbs.org › education › the-new-americanThe New American - The John Birch Society
American Opinion was a monthly journal that began as One Man’s Opinion back in 1954 by Robert Welch, four years before he founded The John Birch Society. Review of the News was started in 1965 as a weekly round-up of news. JBS members have access to every issue of these magazines in our archives. The solid track record of The New American and ...www.alternet.org › 2013 › 09The True History of Libertarianism in America: A Phony ...
Sep 06, 2013 · The FEE’s board included the future founder of the John Birch Society, Robert Welch; the most powerful figure in the Mormon church at that time, J Reuben Clark, a frothing racist and anti-Semite ...
Secret Notes Out In The Open = so very interesting
The Secrets of Charles Koch’s Political Ascent
Two new documents reveal the political blueprint the billionaire developed 40 years ago, heavily influenced by the ultraconservative John Birch Society.www.politico.com
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, while the politicians and pundits declared the Birchers dead and buried, the moneyed Birch leadership went to Plan B
redirecting their cash and their influence into THINK TANKS and FOUNDATIONS.
Fred Koch, on of the original Birch founding members..
invested a small fortune on his pet projects, including the so-called RIGHT-TO-WORK laws, designed to hamper union organizing.
(from a recovering adult child of JBS parents)
The tea party extremists are the modern shoots of the JBS, and, in fact, some of the big private money that fueled the early JBS now underwrites the fiery extremism of the modern tea party. Fred Koch - father of David and Charles - was a founding member and funder of the JBS. Like the JBS, the tea party and many parts of the libertarianmovement there is a nasty authoritarian streak running right up the spine of the modern right wing movement. It is a rigid authoritarian rule that can be scaled up from the family, to a business or school, projected further to a political party (as it has) and onward to an entire nation, as is happening.
(from another recovering adult child of JBS parents)
There are many reasons, after reading the book, to see very similar ugliness in the Tea Party of today. Some of the same Birch members are fanning their flames of utter fear of some conspiratorial world domination by communists, Islam and whatever else is the fear of the day.
From her conservative upbringing to her current political views, the story she tells is riveting and helped me to understand today's Tea Party movement and the influence the John Birch Society had on our society. I highly recommend Wrapped In The Flag to anyone who is interested in the real motivations behind today's extreme right wing conservatives.
Just in case the reviews are not convincing enough to connect JBS with the Tea Party, here's an excerpt from the Preface, page x, that helps explain how think tanks and foundations have taken over legislators:The author skillfully connected the dots starting back with the American Liberty League despising the efforts of FDR, through the Birchers and Posse Comitatus and the connections to the ultra-scary Koch Brothers' father, Fred. ..... When the Republicans maintained radio silence in the days immediately following Obama's election in '08, an updated version of the JBS was conceived and born - the Tea Party.
Koch's are scum. Dancing on David's grave is on my list of things to do next time I'm in Ontario.Secret Notes Out In The Open = so very interesting
The Secrets of Charles Koch’s Political Ascent
Two new documents reveal the political blueprint the billionaire developed 40 years ago, heavily influenced by the ultraconservative John Birch Society.www.politico.com
do enjoy yourselfKoch's are scum. Dancing on David's grave is on my list of things to do next time I'm in Ontario.
The Birchers vote anti-government, anti-immigration, anti-compromise, anti-tax and anti-business fees. The Birchers' pro-billionaire agenda is not the mainstream Republican businessmen's agenda. They differ with the Business Members on matters related to campaign financing, selections for SCOTUS, individual tax loop holes, most federal regulations, thinking that Democrats are commies/Sharia-ists, and generally believing whether or not a No Governance Model should be inflicted on America.· Regular Democrats(now 160 Members)
· Business Democrats (28 Members)
· Business Republicans (78 Members)
· Birch Society Republicans (168 Members)
Charles Koch laid out much of the road map for the Kochs’ future attempted takeover of American politics and ALEC's belief in the necessity of political subterfuge(deception).....Subterfuge = Deceit used in order to achieve one's goal. Can we say lying? Yes we can.An obscure conference subsidized by Charles Koch laid out much of the road map for the Kochs’ future attempted takeover of American politics. In 1976, with a contribution of some $65,000 from Charles Koch, the Center for Libertarian Studies in New York City was launched and soon held a conference featuring several leading lights of the libertarian movement. Among those delivering papers on how the fringe movement could obtain genuine power was Charles Koch.
The papers are striking in their radicalism, their disdain for the public and their belief in the necessity of political subterfuge(deception). Speakers proposed that libertarians hide their true antigovernment extremism by banishing the word “anarchism,” because it reminded too many people of “terrorists.” To attract a bigger following, some suggested, they needed to organize synthetic “grassroots” groups and issue meaningless titles to volunteers, without yielding any real control.
Charles Koch’s contribution was a paper that methodically analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of a group he knew intimately, the John Birch Society, as a model for his budding movement’s future enterprise. His assessment was clear-eyed and businesslike. He pointed out that despite the fringe group’s shortcomings, it boasted 90,000 members, 240 paid staffers and a $7 million annual budget. While these numbers were impressive, he faulted the John Birch Society’s obsession with conspiracies, as well as the unchecked cult of personality that the society’s founder Robert Welch had built up.
He noted that Welch’s ownership of the organization’s stock had centralized control in his hands, making him impervious to constructive criticism. (Interestingly, Charles would go on to issue stock in his own nonprofit think tank, the Cato Institute, in much the same way.) But he also found much to admire. In particular, he argued in favor of copying the John Birch Society’s secrecy.
“In order to avoid undesirable criticism, how the organization is controlled and directed should not be widely advertised,” Charles wrote, arguing for stealth in his future plans to influence American politics.
He also wrote that to fund their future political enterprise, the organization’s leaders should, like the John Birch Society, make use of “all modern sales and motivational techniques to raise money and attract donors … including meeting in a home or other place the prospect enjoys being.” The Kochs’ donor summits would follow this marketing approach, transforming fund-raising into exclusive, invitation-only social events held in luxurious settings.
The Secrets of Charles Koch’s Political Ascent
Two new documents reveal the political blueprint the billionaire developed 40 years ago, heavily influenced by the ultraconservative John Birch Society.
www.politico.com
We now have INSIDER proof that today's Tea & Libertarian Parties are just a repackaging of the John Birch Society. Here's a must read book written by Claire Connor (one brave woman I might add) that connects the dots from 1934 to the present of right wing extremism:
Wrapped in the Flag: A Personal History of America's Radical Right
I learned of this book from a tweet connecting to this The Nation article:
Growing Up in the John Birch Society
The book is listed with Amazon.com and, based on the comments, is a must read for anyone wanting to better understand both the Tea Party and todays so-called Libertarian movement.
However, when I went to the Amazon link, the customer reviews are what really grabbed my attention. (click on the "5 Star link on the left to view the entire text of each review)
Apparently, the author, Claire Connor, is the first to write an insider account of being raised by John Birch Society devotees. Her father was a national JBS operative.
Many of the commenters are also recovering adult children raised within the JBS culture and they clearly state and warn us that todays Tea & Libertarian Parties resemble the John Birch Society teachings they were bullied as children to believe.
Here's what they have to say. I searched the customer reviews for "Tea Party" and found 7 references. The following are just these excerpts:
Just in case the reviews are not convincing enough to connect JBS with the Tea Party, here's an excerpt from the Preface, page x, that helps explain how think tanks and foundations have taken over legislators:
www.dailykos.com › stories › 2013/8/7INSIDER Proof: Tea & Libertarian Parties ARE The John Birch ...
ALEC is a lie as is The Tea Party as is the Libertarian Party as is today's GOP. They are under the same umbrella. Thus they are all trying to overturn the USA.I read the first line.
This is an obvious lie.
ALEC is a lie as is The Tea Party as is the Libertarian Party as is today's GOP. They are under the same umbrella. Thus they are all trying to overturn the USA.
The Koch Machine is the problem as is Newt as is Rump as is the effort to take over the entire voting mechanism in each state. All of this is a very real threat as we speak. It is underway.
“The Coming Coup”: Republican Efforts to Steal Future Elections = How Republicans Are Laying the Groundwork to Steal Future Elections
Democrats are nearly out of time to stop them.
The coming coup: How Republicans are laying the groundwork to steal future elections
Democrats are nearly out of time to stop them.www.motherjones.com
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