Sunday, June 26, 2011

No arrests at Kochapalooza

Here are the 50 patriotic Americans who protested Koch brothers corruption outside of the latest Kochtopus confab in Vail, Colo.

@ProgressNowCO tweets:

Could there be a more beautiful place to protest Koch Bros corruption? CO represents. 

And:
Colorado Progressives to Koch Brothers: End Your War on the Middle Class
@APkristenwyat tweets:
Common Cause Colo. reports Koch protest over, about 50 people attended, no arrests or problems.
Progress Now Colorado gives us this report on the last-minute protest at Beaver Creek:
Progressives from around Colorado gathered today near a top strategy meeting of conservative funders, officials, and opinion makers near Vail, Colorado organized by the billionaire Koch brothers, to demand an end to recent attacks on Medicare and Social Security, and other institutions vital to the middle class in America.
"The billionaire Koch brothers are leading funders of the Tea Party, and the countless unnamed groups who appear on TV every election spreading misinformation," said Kjersten Forseth, executive director of ProgressNow Colorado. "Their agenda is simple: they want to dismantle Medicare and Social Security, cut education and every other source of public funding beneficial to America's middle class, while giving the wealthy and big corporations even more tax breaks."
"This secret conference is where they plot the next steps," said Forseth.