Figures. Money and murder aren't enough; they have to possess mementos
by which they conjure imagined control of the present. Start a rumour
that it's a fake.
Natalia
On 10/3/2011 5:00 PM, Ray Harrell wrote:
Did I tell you that they have Custer's rifle?
REH
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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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