also this ride for paonia's citizen of the year, nice car, congratulations, ma'am. and then there was this. a column of imposing green tanks rolling through the center of town. one of which was equipped with two mounted 40 millimeter anti-aircraft guns. these tanks, it turns out, a, were not props, and b, were the parade contribution from the local zillionaire bill koch. he decided he wanted to roll the military tanks through downtown as his contribution to the parade this year. it's a free country. what are you going to do, right? what one local resident who was, i guess, not fond of this decision, what he decided to do was this. he staged his own personal tiananmen comes to paonia protest, and he refused to move. the guy with the sign is a local resident named sid, sid lewis, he's a hairdresser, a former town councilman, his sign said on one side, buying the planned or just taking it? and on the other, democracy bought and sold. eventually, mr. lewis was physically escorted out of the way of the tanks by one of the men who was riding on top of the koch tank. but n

also this ride for paonia's citizen of the year, nice car, congratulations, ma'am. column of imposing green tanks rolling through the center of town. one of which was equipped with two mounted 40 millimeter anti-aircraft guns. these tanks, it turns out, a, were not props, and b, were the parade contribution from the local zillionaire bill koch. he decided he wanted to roll the military tanks through downtown as his contribution to the parade this year. it's a free country. what are you going to do, right? what one local resident who was, i guess, not fond of this decision, what he decided to do was this. he staged his own personal tiananmen comes to paonia protest, and he refused to move. the guy with the sign is a local resident named sid, sid lewis, he's a hairdresser, a former town councilman, his sign said on one side, buying the

he decided he wanted to roll the military tanks through downtown paonia, it's a free country, what are you going to do, right? >> one local resident not fond of this decision, what he decided to do was this, he staged his own personal tee enamen comes to paonia contest. he refused to move. the guy with a sign is a local resident named sid, former town councilman. buying the planet or just taking it? and the other, democracy bought and sold. eventually mr. lewis was escorted out of the way of the tanks by one of the men riding on top of the koch tank. but not before he made his point. not before the denver post caught wind of the wheel thing and christened the whole thing, tee anna men sid. his outsed local influence as the guy putting the column of tanks in the local parade as the owner of multiple energy companies and not just two neighboring counties as well, it may have been a reference to what bill koch's brothers are doing in national politics. in total, they have said they will spend $400 million trying to defeat president obama this year. $400 million, more than the entire mccai

he decided he wanted to roll the military tanks through downtown paonia, it's a free country, what areng to do, right? >> one local resident not fond of this decision, what he decided to do was this, he staged his own personal tee enamen comes to

of tanks in the local parade as the owner of multiple energy companies and huge swaths of not just paonia but two neighboring counties in colorado as well, may also by a reference to what koch's brothers are doing in national politics. they have reportedly said they will spend $400 million trying to defeat president obama and congressional democrats this year. $400 million, two guys. that's more than the entire john mccain campaign spent in 2008. it's not just them. in addition to them, karl rove has already announced his groups which appear to be mostly funded by rich conservative individuals, they plan to raise and spend somewhere in the neighborhood of $300 million in this year's elections. this doesn't count the romney campaign itself or the republican party. and that's all on top of the koch brothers' money. how are the democrats attempting to match that kind of fire power? to understand that, it may be helpful to keep in mind this image of the hairdresser in sandals against the column of tanks with the guns. this weekend's "new york times" magazine has a long profile on what might b