Scott Walker, Hosni Mubarak, & David Koch

Scott Walker and David Koch

David Koch and his brother have been financing the Tea Party and many candidates like Scott Walker, the newly-elected governor of Wisconsin. Last week, in a long conversation with someone he thought was David Koch, Scott Walker indicated that he had considered planting "trouble makers" in the crowd of  the protesting union workers at the state capitol. The question is; for what purpose? Did he want his "troublemakers"  to turn the peaceful protest to violence? Did he want  them to create an excuse to send in the national guard to break up the demonstration? Did he want them to create trouble in the hope that the corporate media would have TV footage of  dangerous demonstrators? Would he have notified the  media in advance to stage the "news" of the 'violent protesters"?

If you recall, placing "troublemakers" among the protesters was the tactic Hosni Mubarak used in Egypt,  and other dictators throughout the Mideast are still using.


The concern is: why would a state governor who has sworn to uphold the Constitution and "the rule of law" ( a favorite Republican theme) even consider such tactics?


The Madison, Wisconsin,  police chief has similar concerns.  He said, "I find it very unsettling and troubling that anyone would consider creating safety risks for our citizens and law enforcement officers. Our department works hard dialoging with those who are exercising their First Amendment right, those from both sides of the issue, to make sure we are doing everything we can to ensure they can demonstrate safely,"  (Raw Story 2/26/2011) Perhaps the governor is not concerned about the safety of the citizens or the police.


Of course, there is a strong possibility that Governor Walker is not calling the shots. He may be the puppet  controlled by the Koch brothers. Based on that fake telephone conversation, Walker felt obligated to take the call he thought was from David Koch and explain his actions and/or lack of actions to the puppet-master.


How often in history have we seen such a scenario take place when politicians are beholden to those with obscene amounts of money?