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Tue Dec 18, 2012, 12:28 PM Dec 2012

Merry Christmas from the Koch Brothers



"Americans for Prosperity, the Tea Party organization founded and partly funded by the oil billionaire Koch Brothers, is leading the charge against federal renewable energy investments — even while vigorously defending permanent tax subsidies for the oil and gas industry.

So AFP’s mock Christmas card featuring the stingy, cranky Ebenezer Scrooge disparaging wind tax credits illustrates the organization’s stance perfectly (above).

While voters overwhelmingly back government support of renewable energy and a transition away from fossil fuels, Americans for Prosperity sits scowling in the dark, attempting to protect the fossil fuel industry’s subsidies under the guise of the 'free market.'"

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/12/18/1350551/in-ironic-christmas-card-koch-backed-group-labels-itself-ebenezer-scrooge/

"Poe's law, named after its author Nathan Poe, is an Internet adage reflecting the idea that without a clear indication of the author's intent, it is difficult or impossible to tell the difference between sincere extremism and an exaggerated parody of extremism."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
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