Multigenerational political influence by a very narrow special interest group is rare, but we're seeing it played out right now in front of us. A billionaire family - the Kochs - have gone from influencing my father's generation, to my generation, to my kids' generation - and very few Americans realize it. Daddy Koch - Fred - made his first millions palling around with Joe Stalin in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s. As the fascists rose to power in Europe in the 1930s, he was an enthusiastic supporter of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, who invented the word "fascist," meaning essentially the takeover of democratic governments by big business interests. Mussolini went so far as to dissolve the Italian parliament, and replace elected politicians with representatives of each district's largest corporations. Fred Koch and Mussolini both particularly hated the trade unionists and their sometimes allies, the communists. So after Mussolini, along with his ally Hitler, lost World War II against America, Fred Koch brought the anti-communist pro-business-running-goverment - what some would call "facist" - torch to America big time, helping start the John Birch Society.

The Good! *Anheuser-Busch* At the company's Fairfield, California plant - nearly half of the electricity used is generated by biogas, wind and solar power on site. The plant also has a process for recovering the steam that heats the boilers in the brew house - and turning it into energy. The Bad! *Big Oil* A new report is out detailing just how wealthy the Big Five Oil corporations are. According to the report - in 2011 - the oil giants earned $261000 thousand dollars per minute - more than 96 percent of American households make each year. and the Very Very Ugly! *Family Research Council* A leaked strategy memo is detail the anti-homosexual Conservative hate group's future spending plans. According to the memo - the FRC plans go on the offense - by "advancing the Christian worldview as America's only hope."

Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect magazine joins Thom Hartmann. Despite what the Mayans said - the world is not ending in December - but it might be ending in January if Congress doesn't get it's act together. Do lawmakers in Washington understand just how much our economy is hurting - and can they do what it takes to keep it afloat? If Congress doesn't act fast - America is going to fall off the fiscal cliff come January 2013.

Lachlan Markay, Heritage Foundation & Judson Phillips, Attorney, Tea Party Nation join Thom Hartmann. Why are Republicans so happy about a jobs plan that doesn't create jobs - and will a third-party candidate throw a wrench at Mitt Romney's Presidential hopes? All that and more in tonight's Lone Liberal Rumble