Jon Stewart discovers Koch advertisements running during his show and then makes his own "improved' - Polidicks

[quote]Jon Stewart realized that Koch Industries (of David and Charles Koch fame/infamy) had been running ads during the Daily Show, and, unsurprisingly, decided to address it. The ad isn't political, it highlights the company's work and the people working there. Many wondered if the ads were designed to counter negative reactions to the Kochs' political activity when they debuted in June. An executive at Koch Industries denied that in a Washington Post story last month. [quote]Holden disputed that notion, saying the ads are aimed at spotlighting jobs available because of Koch’s continued growth. “We have not been impacted by the political attacks in our recruiting, hiring or retention, nor have our businesses been impacted,” he said. Where the toll has been felt, Holden said, is personally by the Kochs, who have faced harassment from opponents, including death threats. The vitriol has affected Koch Industries employees as well, Cohlmia said. “The collateral damage is something important that should be spoken about,” she said, adding: “We know the family. We know the businesses. And they are very good people. So the effect of that on us as employees, it’s very hard.”[/quote] [/quote] [url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/10/30/jon-stewart-realized-that-koch-industries-was-running-ads-during-his-show-so-he-trolled-them/?TID=SM_FB[/url] [I]Video in the link[/I]

Mirror link for Europe?

[QUOTE=booster;46375704]Mirror link for Europe?[/QUOTE] If you are using Chrome, use this extension: [url]https://hola.org/[/url] It will allow you to view websites as if you were from the US when it is turned on.

[quote] “We know the family. We know the businesses. And they are very good people..."[/quote] The Koch brothers? Good people? Lol

As someone in the UK I have no idea what the obsession over these brothers whose second name is dangerously close to being pronounced as cock.

[QUOTE=E1025;46376092]As someone in the UK I have no idea what the obsession over these brothers whose second name is dangerously close to being pronounced as cock.[/QUOTE] Hyper-rich corporatists who insist on being balls-deep in the democratic process, monetarily speaking. They spend an absurd amount of money lobbying to get favorable laws and candidates pushed through. They make full use of the Citizens United ruling to run quite a few PACs.

[QUOTE=E1025;46376092]As someone in the UK I have no idea what the obsession over these brothers whose second name is dangerously close to being pronounced as cock.[/QUOTE] Rich family that donates to the right wing groups over here. Their industries are in the energy and manufacturing sectors so they contribute to pollution and the like. Personally don't like them because I don't trust any uber rich internationalists, but it gives people like Sen. Harry Reid an Emmanuel Goldstein to attack.

snip realized I can view it with that chrome thing

[QUOTE=E1025;46376092]As someone in the UK I have no idea what the obsession over these brothers whose second name is dangerously close to being pronounced as cock.[/QUOTE] Its OK if we let them win here it'll do quite a lot of damage there, they fully believe ian rand is a prophesy unless they don't stop the evils of government spending, regulation and allow the free market to decide what kind of gasses they can release, where they can dump their waste, what they can pump into the water and what kinds of science and history are factual And by free market I mean a secret network of dozens of super PACs funneling more money than switzerland and they kaymans

Koch funds my youth entrepreneur class, so it's the only class with a surplus of money. The first assignment in the class was a little odd, we had to watch and take notes over a video about if rich people and CEO's have to much money (answer was mostly a no) and if they are evil (again, a no with "acceptions"). Koch isn't mentioned much in class other than saying that they fund the class, and stories of people of the koch family from my teacher's personal experiences.

[QUOTE=Psycho9182;46376819]Koch funds my youth entrepreneur class, so it's the only class with a surplus of money. The first assignment in the class was a little odd, we had to watch and take notes over a video about if rich people and CEO's have to much money (answer was mostly a no) and if they are evil (again, a no with "acceptions"). Koch isn't mentioned much in class other than saying that they fund the class, and stories of people of the koch family from my teacher's personal experiences.[/QUOTE] That's not a little odd, that's really weird.

[QUOTE=mcattack1092;46375712]If you are using Chrome, use this extension: [URL]https://hola.org/[/URL] It will allow you to view websites as if you were from the US when it is turned on.[/QUOTE] I like the message it gives in Canada "If you can't give up your free healthcare and move to america"

[QUOTE=E1025;46376092]As someone in the UK I have no idea what the obsession over these brothers whose second name is dangerously close to being pronounced as cock.[/QUOTE] I think that's why people like bringing them up. The name is supposed to be pronounced Coke, just like Heckler & Koch. But people intentionally mispronounce it so they can make penis jokes.

Thought their name was pronounced "kotch."

[QUOTE=Psycho9182;46376819]Koch funds my youth entrepreneur class, so it's the only class with a surplus of money. The first assignment in the class was a little odd, we had to watch and take notes over a video about if rich people and CEO's have to much money (answer was mostly a no) and if they are evil (again, a no with "acceptions"). Koch isn't mentioned much in class other than saying that they fund the class, and stories of people of the koch family from my teacher's personal experiences.[/QUOTE] If they have so much money to swing elections and lobby agendas against what's good or right to increase their revenue even more then Yeah, they've got too much money

[QUOTE=Alxnotorious;46377901]Thought their name was pronounced "kotch."[/QUOTE] If it's actually German (which I'm pretty sure it is, but they're of course American now so they've probably changed the ponunciation), it wouldn't be pronounced like that and the video also got it wrong. Pretty hard to explain how it would pronounced in German. Though Google Translate actually does a decent job, so if you're interested just check that out.

[QUOTE=Dalndox;46376306]Hyper-rich corporatists who insist on being balls-deep in the democratic process, monetarily speaking. They spend an absurd amount of money lobbying to get favorable laws and candidates pushed through. They make full use of the Citizens United ruling to run quite a few PACs.[/QUOTE] Which is why voters are pretty much powerless against cold hard cash, which is actually sad from my understanding.

[QUOTE=Dalndox;46376306]Hyper-rich corporatists who insist on being balls-deep in the democratic process, monetarily speaking. They spend an absurd amount of money lobbying to get favorable laws and candidates pushed through. They make full use of the Citizens United ruling to run quite a few PACs.[/QUOTE] this is shit we dont need

[QUOTE=Nerokhan;46379364]Which is why voters are pretty much powerless against cold hard cash, which is actually sad from my understanding.[/QUOTE] That's what PACs are for.