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  My Fellow Countrymen and Women,

       On this Memorial Day, in honor of our servicemen and women, as well as all of the patriots living and those who have passed on, I ask you to reclaim the Tea Party from corporate control,

       I know this post isn't going to be popular, but the truth never is. In an investigative piece by the NY Times in 2010, it was uncovered that a majority of Tea Party funding - especially to Americans for Prosperity and Freedomworks, two front organizations operated by Koch Industries and the Koch brothers, two of the worst environmental criminals on the planet (Koch Industries in located in Kansas). The link to my worldwide blog post is :https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8221255610134747713#allposts . 

Read it, then feel free to comment.

I am a Tea Party patriot that wants corporations to stop controlling the United States, to stop meddling in our constitutional rights, and to pay their fair share of taxes. If you truly want America and your constitutional rights back, you will demand that any money contributed to any conservative organization by David and Charles Koch and any of their foundations will be given back.

When corporations pay their fair share of taxes, stop evading taxes, and act responsibly- jobs are created, the deficit of the nation declines, safety regulations are enforced, banks have more money to loan (that is not being loaned to fund government waste and operations, and the economic cycle created benefits not only the wealthy, but every citizen. 

When corporations use political movements like the Tea Party to hide behind, the world laughs at that organization. The Tea Party is being laughed at because they are taking dirty corporate money that is being funneled through political front organizations. 

It is time to get big oil out of our government once and for all- and to EVICT the Koch brothers out of the Tea Party movement and separate ourselves from their records and their tainted money. 

Only then will the Tea Party and conservative organizations  be taken seriously. 

Our Tea Party deserves better than being used as a front organization in an attempt to discard our laws, our constitution, and place a few wealthy individuals in charge of the Tea Party movement. 

Your comments are welcome. 

Mark Winkle, Founder

The Winkle Institute for Worldwide Economic Stability

email: winklepublishing@gmail.com 

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The University of Queensland in Australia is taking legal action to block the release of data used by one of its scientists to come up with the oft-quoted statistic that 97 percent of climate scientists agree that mankind is causing global warming.

Since coming out with this figure last year, climate scientist John Cook of the University of Queensland’s Global Change Institute has been under fire for the methodology he used.

“Our analysis indicates that the number of papers rejecting the consensus on [anthropogenic global warming] is a vanishingly small proportion of the published research,’’ Cook and his fellow authors wrote in their study which was published in the journal Environmental Research Letters last year.

The university has told climate skeptic blogger Brandon Schollenberger that the data on the study he possesses was illegally obtained and they would take legal action against him if he published it.

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“UQ has therefore published all data relating to the paper that is of any scientific value to the wider community,” said Queensland’s acting pro-vice-­chancellor Alastair McEwan.

“UQ withheld only data that could identify research participants who took part in the ­research on condition of anonymity,” McEwan added. “Such conditions are not uncommon in academic ­research, and any breach of confidentiality could deter people from participating in valuable research in the future.”

McEwan said that all the data Cook used to come up with his “97 percent” consensus was published on his blog SkepticalScience.com. The school says it wants to protect the privacy of those surveyed in Cook’s research.

“That’s right. The University of Queensland sent me a threatening letter which threatens me further if I show anyone that letter,” Schollenberger wrote on his blog Thursday. “Confusing, no? It gets stranger. Along with its threats, the University of Queensland included demands.”

“According to it, I’m not just prevented from disclosing any of the ‘intellectual property’ (IP) I’ve gained access to,” Schollenberger added. “I’m prevented from even doing anything which involves using the data. That means I can’t discuss the data. I can’t perform analyses on it. I can’t share anything about it with you.”

“Apparently I badgered Cook too much. I tried too hard to get him to do his duty and try to protect his subjects’ privacy. The University of Queensland needs me to stop. If I don’t, they’ll sue me,” he said.

Cook’s paper has been touted by environmentalists and the Obama administration as evidence that virtually all scientists agree that global warming is a man-made threat.

“Ninety-seven percent of scientists, including, by the way, some who originally disputed the data, have now put that to rest,” President Obama said last year announcing his climate plan. “They’ve acknowledged the planet is warming and human activity is contributing to it.”

But Cook’s 97 percent consensus claim was rebutted in subsequent analyses of his study. A paper by five leading climatologists published in the journal Science and Education last year found that Cook’s study misrepresented the views of most consensus scientists.

Read more at http://barbwire.com/2014/05/16/where-did-97-percent-global-warming-consensus-figure-come-from/#DbzoCdv44mOgWIyS.99

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Eight hundred years ago, King John of England issued some of the earliest environmental legislation; he ordered all of the hedgerows to be cut to the ground. This returned the ground to a more natural state. This caused havoc in England. The peasants used hedgerows as fences. Hedgerows kept animals out of their crops. Without hedgerows animals freely wandered into peasant’s fields to feed on their crops. Many people died of malnutrition and starvation.

Like the environmental leaders of today, King John didn’t really care about spotted owls, snail darters, kangaroo rats or any other species. He cared about exercising power. With the hedgerows down, King John felt a euphoric joy as he and the nobility rode down the crops chasing game, through farmers fields. Modern environmentalists get the same pleasure when they stop road projects, building projects and manufacturing projects. They’ve stopped farmers from watering their crops; put many people out of business and prevented new businesses from developing. They’ve done enormous damage to the country, and Environmental Protection Agency rules are a major factor in sending jobs to foreign countries and continuing the recession. These rules are a weapon against free markets and independent businesses. President Obama made it clear he is going to use EPA rules to bankrupt anyone who tries to mine coal. We can’t build factories, refineries or roads due the these rules. People can’t start and expand businesses without cheap energy and transportation. The businesses that thrive are those that are working on government contracts, or businesses which have some necessary service and no competition. In other words EPA rules are a major tool of crony capitalism. They are used to block and bankrupt people while rewarding chosen friends.

History provides some hope for the future. The social damage caused by the destruction of the hedgerows in England roused the people of England. It bred resentment that became a revolt. After a war, King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta and recognize rights of citizens. It was one of the first times in history people resisted the unrestrained abuse of power. It’s time to do it again.