Tim Roemer, Mercatus,Koch family, Richard Mellon Scaife..DNC chair?

[madfloridian]

MyDD points out the connection of Tim Roemer, running for the DNC chair and Scaiffe, who funds the Noise Machine. Since Roemer is endorsed supposedly by Reid and Pelosi, our leadership, I have special interest in this.
http://www.mydd.com/section/Activism

Koch family on board of directors, Roemer a distinguished fellow.
http://www.mercatus.org/board.php?menuid=1

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http://www.mercatus.org/pdf/materials/805.pdf

The people who have Bush's ear
Bob Davis | Wall St Journal
2004/07/19

In 2001, the new Bush White House sought suggestions for
what government regulations to kill or modify. A small
group called the Mercatus Centre named 44 it didn't like -
among them rules governing energy-efficient airconditioners
and renovations to electric-utility plants.

Ultimately, 14 of the 23 rules the White House chose for
its "hit list" to eliminate or modify were Mercatus entries
- a record that flabbergasted Washington lobbying
heavyweights. A year later, the National Association of
Manufacturers failed to persuade George Bush's
administration to embrace even one item on its regulatory
wish list.

Now it's trying to copy Mercatus. "We said, 'Why
were they more successful than we were?'," says Lawrence
Fineran, the manufacturers' vice-president for regulation.
When it comes to business regulation in Washington,
Mercatus (Latin for market) has become the most important
agency you've never heard of. Staffed by veterans of the
White House office that reviews and often scales back
proposed rules, Mercatus, with its free-market philosophy,
has become a kind of shadow regulatory authority. The White
House's top regulator, John Graham, was briefly a member of
Mercatus's board of advisers before taking the government
post.

Many well-known independent Washington advisers, such as
the Brookings Institution or the American Enterprise
Institute, issue analyses of regulations but usually only
on broad themes or prominent issues. Industry lobbyists -
representing, say, car makers or drug companies - circulate
views on more obscure regulations but with the specific
purpose of boosting their sponsors' profits.

Mercatus is a rare hybrid. It is considered an independent
agency because it's part of George Mason University and
gets funding from many sources. But Mercatus issues biting
opinions on dozens of rules, including little-known ones
that only lobbyists usually get excited about...."

[DireStrike]

1. If Roemer becomes head of DNC, I'm reregistering Independent.

[peacetalksforall]

2. I'm already an Independent and now I have another reason to be.

The DNC is going to have a tough time raising money - instead of going right they must go towards the American people.

Roemer- booooooo!

Thanks for posting this. It is essential that we get into the backroom of all these foundations and sinister planning groups.

[blm]

3. The Koch brothers have pushed themselves onto many Dem pols and

I believe they hold paperwork that has been deliberately contorted to make those pols look dirty.

I have no doubt that if Dean became the nominee that the Koch's had some "damning evidence" that would have made the Vermont Yankee deal worse than the "damning evidence" of the Swift vet liars.

That is what they DO and have been doing for decades. Poppy Bush was Nixon's enforcer to blackmail even members of their own party to assure their support and votes for Nixon's agenda.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

4. Who are the Koch's?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

5. Well, for one thing, Bushboy's sister is married to one of them

:shrug:

[Mandate My Ass]

10. I've heard the Koch (oil) family is to Bush environmental policy

what Ken Lay was to the energy policy.

A huge DOJ lawsuit was settled right after the Bush inauguration with the Koch's paying a tiny percent of the possible fines and no jail time for two Koch employees who were facing several years each.

[madfloridian]

6. Which again makes me wonder why Pelosi and Reid want this?

Could there be pressure? Yes, I will just flat out ask it.

[Robbien]

8. Or

Pelosi and Reid are part of the global capitalist group who just happen to have a D after their name instead of the usual R.

[madfloridian]

9. It certainly makes one wonder.

Yes, it does.

[Robbien]

11. Have been following along with

the "See the Forest" blog which seems to be on top of the issue (along with MyDD)

http://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_seetheforest_archive.html#110503295949981736

I see Roemer is holding a global capitalist retreat for Democrat Congressional Chief of Staffs. Its my guess there may be only at most a dozen real Democratic congressmen left in the party, everyone else belongs to the elites.

[pberq]

7. Roemer and the 9/11 Commission

Roemer's mere presence on the 9/11 Commission is enough to give me serious doubts about the guy. It is now clear that the role of the commission was to give a show of investigating 9/11, but make sure that the real story remains hidden.

Here is a short list of critical questions either ignored or inadequately answered by the commission:

http://www.911truth.org/index.php?topic=history

Building 7 of the WTC, rubbled without even being hit

Structural analyses that said the towers should not have fallen from a fire alone

Clear warnings in advance that were ignored

A pattern of secrecy, denial, and retribution for those in the FBI, CIA, and administration who warned about the pending attacks

Unusual patterns of debris, strewn over miles, making it appear that Flight 93 was shot down, despite official government reports

Insider stock trades that made millions off selling American and United short, trade whose origins were not fully investigated

Advance warnings to key politicians and business leaders not to fly that day

The quick exit of the extended Bin Laden family from the country with full governmental protection.

Families of the victims being stonewalled or silenced

Evidence that the Pakistan ISI wired $100,000 to Mohammed Atta, one of the orchestrators, right around the time ISI chief Gen. Mahmoud was meeting with American political leaders days before the attack.

Anthrax attacks of suspicious origin, putting the US Congress into a state of fear right before passage of the Patriot Act

[madfloridian]

12. I would like to find more on this.

It really bothers me.