Koch Brothers and their attacks upon public education. Many of my - and DK readers in general - are now aware of the vociferous attention Charles and David Koch have been paying to our public education system. We've read about their "buying" the Economics and/or business departments at FSU in Florida, ditto in W. VA., Brown University, and several other states. This is their well planned and funded attack upon higher education and a way for them to change the theories and instructions taught at college level regarding economics and business administration. Changed to "their" way of thinking about economy and doing business - as if most of the rest of us would like to change business as usual to "Business as dictated by Koch" philosophy.
Now we have evidence of their targeting of attacks upon higher learning, being widened to include similar attacks upon elementary, middle and high schools.
State by state they have placed school boards under attack by infiltrating good, local communities with their well funded campaigns supporting a "segregationist" agenda of reintroducing segregation into our schools - community by community. Obviously their agenda is to completely tear down public education - on their way to accessing the billions in tax dollars earmarked for education programs. They want that money spent with "private" commercial corporations set up to provide education. The School Voucher Acts and other similar legislation put forth by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) over the past decade and more is written to assist the Koch's in this endeavor.
Below the fold is a rare compilation of MSM reporting on just one of these Koch funded initiatives and attacks identified in North Carolina. Watch this informative and scary video outlining what the future holds for all of us if Koch and their American's for Prosperity have their way in communities across America. More after the video
This video put out by the Brave New Foundation at: http://www.bravenewfoundation.org/... is part of their "Koch Brothers Exposed" campaign. If you haven't visited their site and taken a tour, your should take a few minutes and familiarize yourself with their work and dedication to stopping the constant attacks upon all of us by this Koch funded thirst for installing a "corporatocracy" in place of our democracy.
Of all the concerted attacks upon us as a society by the Kochtopus funded cabal that includes, Heritage Foundation, Heartland Institute, Reason Foundation, Americans For Prosperity and of course, ALEC...this attack upon public education is perhaps the most dangerous to our society.
The writing of pro-corporate or business legislation and getting ALEC's legislative members to disseminate and pass it state by state is evil and against our perceptions and beliefs of democracy. In itself, this practice is dangerous but to combine with this a desire and initiative to entirely destroy public education goes beyond the pale. To deny a decent and unfiltered education to our future generations through this kind of mechanism demonstrates Ol Chucky and Davy Boy are willing to change humanity if that will bring them world dominion and control of all. They obviously suffer from a "God Complex" of immense proportions.
This isn't something that has just begun either. Here is a link to an actual Koch written response on their education "Funding" up through 2000: http://www.communityrights.org/.... This is a must read for all with children in public school - regardless of grade or level.
Please take a few moments to think about today's diary and put this single issue into your data banks beside everything else you've come to understand about Koch and ALEC. Both simply have to be destroyed before they destroy us and our country as we know it. They are like a disease that continues to spread regardless of the type or amount of treatment we apply to rid ourselves of this insidious corporate ailment.