Koch, suckers!
Cher public, you may be interested or alarmed (as the case may be) to glean a little more information about the namesake of the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, home to, among others, the New York City Opera.
Mr. Koch is chairman of the board of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, which finances such right-wing front groups as the Tax Day Tea Party (AKA “Teabagging”) and Patients United Now, an “AstroTurfing” shell organization dedicated to the prevention of health care reform.
So, cher public, come November, as you lean back in your plush red velvet seats and regale your ears with the dulcet tones of Weisgall’s Esther, just do keep in mind that those dulcet strains are brought to you by David H. Koch, co-author (at several removes) of this recent performance piece:
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mrmyster(60#) I suspect that you ‘are on the money’ about this and that we are not very far from the truth in some instances.All you need to do around the opera scene, is keep your ears open and you hear ‘who’s chocking who’! Then you wait, watch and work out the reasons, if one has enough surrounding information to attach to it. Is it mutual attraction or ‘a means to some ambitious end’ for one or both of the parties? The results generally become clear in a short amount of time to any sharp observer.
We just discussed this on my most recent podcast. I’ve taken crap for it, but I think that Koch’s involvement in these organizations is part of a valid debate going on in this country. Both sides have points, and something will have to be hammered out. What’s wrong with debate?
ALSO, Healthcare for America Now is a left-wing group!!!!!!!! Look at Richard Kirsh’s blog post at their site…
http://blog.healthcareforamericanow.org/author/richard-kirsch/