Did I tell you that they have Custer's rifle?
REH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of D and N Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 5:59 PM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION Subject: Re: [Futurework] Men behind the meltdown Aside from all other crime in the Koch brothers' arsenal, not to mention the pattern of psychopathy (for them and their loyal employees alike), this bit about the justice department grand jury's lack of conviction over obvious ongoing theft is the most irksome. It's downright eerie to know these people hold such powerful positions. I kept thinking as I read along, growing increasingly pained, that the most potent opposition for such scum crook murderers might just be a few brilliant computer hackers. The kind that could affect complete financial ruin of key players. Industry regulation, environmental safety rules, etc. obviously do little to stop Jo Worker from cowing to employer demands/threats, though I doubt that all or even half of them actually mind compromising safety or integrity. The oil industry, particularly, is one big cancer, and the sooner it's a dinosaur, the better. So, I guess the other greatest oppositional threat is government financed installation of renewable technologies. Except that, not unlike better nurturing and education, it's simply not fast enough. Calculating the pollutants from just one adverse incident is challenging enough; to estimate all such past occurrences, then to determine what's in store for decades to come, is mind blowing. Better to take them out of the ball park, and save what we can. Natalia On 10/2/2011 10:39 PM, Ray Harrell wrote: 'Theft is Widespread' The investigators caught Koch Oil's employees falsifying records so that the company would get more crude than it paid for, shortchanging Indian families, Elroy said. Koch's records showed that the company took 1.95 million barrels of oil it didn't pay for from 1986 to 1988, according to data compiled by the Senate. "The theft is widespread and pervasive, and these people are being horribly victimized," Elroy testified. Elroy told the committee that Charles Koch gave a deposition that said that no one could make exact measurements. "There was a lot of uncertainty and tremendous variations," Elroy quoted Koch as saying. The full deposition is sealed, which is committee policy. The committee concluded in a November 1989 report that Koch Oil had engaged in a widespread, sophisticated scheme to steal millions of barrels of oil. The Senate referred the case to the Justice Department, which convened a grand jury that never indicted the company. "We believe that our practices were consistent with industry practice," Cohlmia says.
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