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October 19, 2012 | 
Author The total set aside by the Obambi administration for Green Energy businesses was $80 Billion. We’ve heard about Solyndra, Fisker, and A123 among some of the bigger ones. However, there are a total of 34 companies on this list totaling $3.770 Billion in taxpayer funded loans. Admittedly, that is only 1/2 of 1% of the total. But, given that we are talking BILLIONS that still is no chump change when it comes to our taxes. I found the list here. We can’t afford having the government pick and choose who the winners and losers are. Given that Global Warming has been debunked and we now find out that there has been absolutely no global warming over the last 16 years – this is plain ridiculous.
The complete list of faltering or bankrupt green-energy companies:
- Evergreen Solar ($25 million)*
- SpectraWatt ($500,000)*
- Solyndra ($535 million)*
- Beacon Power ($43 million)*
- Nevada Geothermal ($98.5 million)
- SunPower ($1.2 billion)
- First Solar ($1.46 billion)
- Babcock and Brown ($178 million)
- EnerDel’s subsidiary Ener1 ($118.5 million)*
- Amonix ($5.9 million)
- Fisker Automotive ($529 million)
- Abound Solar ($400 million)*
- A123 Systems ($279 million)*
- Willard and Kelsey Solar Group ($6 million)*
- Johnson Controls ($299 million)
- Schneider Electric ($86 million)
- Brightsource ($1.6 billion)
- ECOtality ($126.2 million)
- Raser Technologies ($33 million)*
- Energy Conversion Devices ($13.3 million)*
- Mountain Plaza, Inc. ($2 million)*
- Olsen’s Crop Service and Olsen’s Mills Acquisition Company ($10 million)*
- Range Fuels ($80 million)*
- Thompson River Power ($6.5 million)*
- Stirling Energy Systems ($7 million)*
- Azure Dynamics ($5.4 million)*
- GreenVolts ($500,000)
- Vestas ($50 million)
- LG Chem’s subsidiary Compact Power ($151 million)
- Nordic Windpower ($16 million)*
- Navistar ($39 million)
- Satcon ($3 million)*
- Konarka Technologies Inc. ($20 million)*
- Mascoma Corp. ($100 million)
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Tags: election, failed business, global warming, government, green energy, Taxes | 
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While it has essentially been an assumption and campaign rhetoric that should Obambi be elected we would get 4 more years of the same bad policies – it was just that – assumption and supposition. Now – it is fact:
Democrats lay out second-term wish list for President Obama
These quotes from the article above posted at The Hill
An Obama victory in November would lend the president a new fistful of political capital as he confronts Republican leaders over how to avoid the fiscal cliff and steer the polarized country through the next four years. More than a month before November’s elections, his allies in the House are already offering tips for how to spend it.
“He’s got to continue to concentrate on jobs,” Rep. Bill Pascrell said last week as the House was leaving town for a long, pre-election recess.
Uh – Mr. Pascrell – if he concentrates on jobs any more – there will be absolutely NO jobs left! His jobs policies have been to destroy jobs. No thanks.
“I’m hoping he’ll do immigration reform,” said Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas).
Mr. Cuellar – is that code for complete amnesty and open borders? You don’t think doing an end around Congress was enough when he gave amnesty to all those illegal immigrants last month? The only thing we want in immigration reform – is – well – no reform. Enforce the damned laws that are ALREADY on the books!
“We should get back to an energy policy – one that acknowledges that climate change is real,” said Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.).
OMFG! Climate change is real? Where the Fudgecicle did that idea come from? Global warming has been debunked – in case you’ve had your head in the sand these past 2 years. Your idiotic ideas that we have global warming is what is already guiding his energy policy. Have you looked at the price of gas and consumer products lately? We can’t afford any more of Obambi’s non-energy producing policies!
“The critical issues will be revenue generation … and … a concerted push on immigration reform,” said Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.).
Obviously, Mr. Grijalva is in the same corner as Mr. Cuellar when it comes to open borders and complete amnesty. As for his “revenue generation” I think we all know what he means – increase taxes. Despite the fact Keynesian economics and tax increases have been proven wrong and bad for the economy countless times – all these idiots really want is to find a way to get more money for their pet projects and to continue to enslave our poor and lower class on the government plantation. If you’re serious about revenue generation – how about lowering taxes – especially corporate taxes and create policies that actually incentivises investors, business owners, and entrepreneurs to build their businesses. In other words – read some Milton Friedman or Thomas Sowell books – you might learn how our capitalist system and economy actually works.
“I think he’d want his administration to start on healthcare,” said Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.).
Oh, good Lord, Mr. Honda! Obamacare wasn’t enough? The nationalization of our healthcare system isn’t enough for you? What the hell more can you guys in Congress possibly do with healthcare that you haven’t already done? The best healthcare system in the world is being reduced to third-world status and you want to do more? Have you looked at what is happening in Canada, Greece, the U.K., Germany, and other countries with nationalized healthcare? It is failing miserably and causing a major financial crisis in those countries. Leave our healthcare system alone. Repeal Obamacare. If you want to work on healthcare – reduce the regulations that have overinflated the costs. Provide affordable access – not insurance. Idiot.
“Debt and jobs,” Welch said. “That’s the fundamental issue: How are we going to deal with the debt in a way that promotes growth?”
Welch? Aren’t you the same idiot that believes in global warming? Debt and Jobs? Every policy this administration has advanced the past for years has increased the debt and decreased jobs! Do you really need another primer on how to deal with the debt and promote job growth? Cut the debt in half – get rid of 50% of the government off the top – get your job killing policies off the books, and lower taxes. Start drilling again and get rid of the EPA, Department of Energy, and the Department of Education to start with. How the hell did you get elected?
If these quotes from current Congressmen aren’t enough to persuade a person to vote against Obambi and for Romney – try this on for size:
Although the Republicans are expected to keep control of the House, an Obama win amid a lingering jobs crisis would – at least in the eyes of Democrats – validate some of the policies the president has adopted on the campaign trail and pressure Republicans to reach deals on them. Indeed, some leading Republicans have said an Obama victory would be “a referendum” for raising taxes on the country’s highest earners, one of Obama’s top priorities.
The power of post-election momentum was evident four years ago when Obama was swept into the White House in a wave of Democratic victories that allowed the party to secure the early passage of their controversial economic stimulus package and paved the way for the enactment of sweeping healthcare reforms the following year.
Although voter enthusiasm toward Obama waned, reelection would give the president new – if fleeting – leverage in his negotiations with GOP leaders over a range of issues.
His House supporters are hoping he uses that leverage to fight for a long list of Democratic priorities that were lost to the partisan battles of the last Congress.
The highlighted sections are mine. As I said in the headline – 4 more of the same crap – but at lightspeed. This country can’t afford another 4 years of this anti-American dolt.
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This is Mia Love – she is the current mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah and is currently running for a seat in Congress. She was born to Haitian immigrants – who did it the legal way – and she tells the story that her parents came here with only $10 to their names. What is so special about this woman anyway? Could it be that this is a black woman running for Congress in a traditionally Republican state? No. Not really. There are plenty of African-American women in Congress. Could it be that she is a Republican woman?
Yes – she is a Republican. Not only that – she is Mormon. Surely, though – those tolerant liberals must be so very supportive of her, right? After all, she was a gubmint funded hood rat like the rest of the African-Americans that the liberals like to keep enslaved, right? Nope – ever since it was announced that she would be speaking at the RNC – those oh, so very tolerant liberals have jumped all over here.
What do you call a black woman that embraces conservative values? I mean, they call Allen West – “Uncle Tom.” Since she could be the very first ever black Republican woman to hold a congressional seat – we’ll just have to wait and see what those inclusive elite liberals come up with as a slander for her.
In the meantime – they are bashing her hard – Check this out.
By the way – did you read this campaign poster? How dare she go against the government? Doesn’t she know that she is a double minority? The only thing The Daily Kos can bash her on is her spelling. Oh well.
She was a shining star at the RNC convention Tuesday evening. What a helluva speech! if I wanted to, I could find the transcript and post it up here – but – just going from what I heard – I think this woman really has what it takes. She called Obama to task for dividing this country and playing the race card – she even alluded to the fact that she “did build that.” 
She invoked MLK and Rosa Park in her speech while talking about how Americans are looking for opportunities – not handouts.
keep an eye out for this young lady – she’s going places – as long as the liberal elite class doesn’t put her under their thumbs and back in the chains of government slavery where they think all good African- Americans belong. Oh – one more thing – if white liberals oppose her – does that make them racist too? Just wondering? I mean, really – if we white conservatives disagree with P-BO because of his America destroying policies – why – that automatically makes us racist. So – just wondering – will the liberals be crying racism once one of them starts bashing her for her policies and votes? Oh – that’s right – liberals don’t care about facts. All they know is talking points fed to them by Soros and moveon.org.
Here’s her speech from the RNC Convention – Enjoy!
Posted in African-Americans, America, Civil Rights, Congress, Conservative, Elections, Politics | Tags: African-American, Congress, Conservative, Martin Luther King, Mia Love, MLK, Mormon, Obama, Politics, republican, RNC Convention, Rosa Parks, Utah, video, woman, youtube | 3 Comments »
Okay – so it didn’t take very long for me to put up another post – so – one of the tools I use to get around this Blogosphere and to build credits is through EntreCard – well – I came across THIS POST! Holy Shitburgers Batman!
This bonehead is seriously trying to defend Socialism – yet claims to be a moderate – this is the definition of Socialism as found on that page:
Socialism
A political theory or system in which the means of production and distribution are controlled by the people and operated according to equity and fairness rather than market principles.
REALLY? What the HELL liberal education did this dolt get? I know my readers are smarter than this – but – just in case some of you other libs or moderates who got a healthy dose of liberal education – here is the REAL definition of Socialism straight from Merriam Webster’s Dictionary:
1: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
2a : a system of society or group living in which there is no private propertyb : a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional betweencapitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done
Now, those of you who know me – know that I don’t run away from a good fight like this – so – I left a comment. Unfortunately – this blogger does not publish comments. GEEZ I wonder why? 
Wherever that blogger got that quote – the originator made a very great attempt at cleaning up the fact that it is based in the MARXIST principle of government control and equal distribution!!! This bonehead finishes off the post with this amusing finale:
What makes the morality of needless suffering so terribly wrong when you are talking about someone you know and love but when you are talking about someone you don’t morally righteous?
The fact is we must have social interaction to be successful; rich or poor, young or old, man or woman, we all benefit from socialism. It has made us who we are today and is the key to our success. We all know this and the idea and practice of socialism can and should be the same at the macro level as well as the micro level.
Socialism is not a bad word; it is the way we progress and the way to success as a nation.
Dude – or – Dudette – whichever one you are – you are so totally confusing Sociology and Social Theory with Socialism! They are COMPLETELY different things. What you are attempting to describe – SOCIOLOGY and the science behind human interaction – is NOT anywhere near the same as SOCIALISM which is a form of government. I certainly understand your point that we are our brother’s keepers. However, this is through CHARITY – that which is based on kindness, empathy, and compassion – an individual’s freedom to choose to help those who need the help. You are confusing it with the Socialist theory of government forced redistribution of wealth – that is NOT Charity!
Marx said -
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs
That is not Charity – and that is not American exceptionalism. It is our exceptionalism and our Republic Representative form of government where Capitalism is the engine driving this economy that allows us to be charitable as individuals. In case you missed this – the TOP 10 most charitable states are mostly CONSERVATIVE states and the bottom 10 charitable states are mostly LIBERAL states.
and – here is the analysis – from the same article:
“People who lean to the political left will rely on the government and pay higher taxes to manage social needs,” he said. “People who lean conservative will rely more on the individual and on religious institutions and civil society nonprofits to handle those needs.”
Get it? Those that believe in self reliance, limited government, and on the true power of the people are the most charitable whereas those that are big government lemmings that believe in Marxism and Socialism are the least charitable. Paying taxes is not being charitable. Or as Davy Crockett put it:
I have as much respect for the memory of the deceased, and as much sympathy for the sufferings of the living, if suffering there be, as any man in this House, but we must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for a part of the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living. I will not go into an argument to prove that Congress has no power to appropriate this money as an act of charity. Every member upon this floor knows it. We have the right, as individuals, to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right so to appropriate a dollar of the public money. …
We cannot, without the grossest corruption, appropriate this money as the payment of a debt. We have not the semblance of authority to appropriate it as a charity. Mr. Speaker, I have said we have the right to give as much money of our own as we please. I am the poorest man on this floor. I cannot vote for this bill, but I will give one week’s pay to the object, and if every member of Congress will do the same, it will amount to more than the bill asks.
and he went on to say
The people have delegated to Congress, by the Constitution, the power to do certain things. To do these, it is authorized to collect and pay moneys, and for nothing else. Everything beyond this is usurpation, and a violation of the Constitution.
You can find it in the book about the 3 term Congressman (yes, he was a real person – not just a TV show with Fess Parker) “Not Yours to Give”.
Nuff Said!
Posted in A Nation at Risk, America, Congress, Conservative, Constitution, Freedom, government, Idiots, Liberals, marxism, Politics, progressives, Taxes, US Constitution | Tags: charity, Conservative, Davy Crockett, government, Idiots, Liberals, marxism, Politics, Socialism | 5 Comments »
There is a reason that I am no longer a registered Republican and have begun working with The American Conservative Party to develop a viable third-party option to those pinheads in Washington – one of those being they consistently vote against our military veterans every step of the way. Imagine my surprise when I read this from our buddy Marc Chamot over at The Examiner.com:
House Cuts 10,000 “2011″ HUD Housing Vouchers for Homeless Veterans
Really, people? We’re facing a $3.6 Trillion spending budget with a deficit of $1.6 Trillion – you submit a budget with only $61 Billion in cuts, the OMB publishes a report stating there is over $100 Billion in overlapping departments and programs – and you decide our military Veterans need to get the shaft? I was truly hoping that the new TEA Party candidates would have a bigger impact – apparently, not.
I guarantee you I can find at least $1.6 Trillion to cut out of our government based on the 2010 Budget:
The Department of Education – $46.7 Billion
The Department of Energy – $26.3 Billion
The EPA – $10.5 Billion
Medicare – $453 Billion
Medicaid – $295 Billion
Social Security – $695 Billion
Social Security Administration – $9.7 Billion
National Infrastructure Bank – $5 Billion
Corporation for National and Community Service – $1.1 Billion
Total of All the Above – $1.54 Trillion – okay – I was a little close. My figures are based on if you cut those programs and departments out completely. If you click that link above to see the total 2010 budget – you will see the percentage increases of 2009. I would cut back all of those increases to the 2006 levels of spending. In addition, you will notice what is absent as itemized in the budget – all the Congressional perks such as a subsidized cafeteria, gas, car, insurance, housing allowance, lifetime benefits consisting of a pension and health care. Also absent the itemization are the IRS and Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac. I would cut out ALL the perks these politicians enjoy, do away with the IRS entirely, and sell of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac. I guarantee you I will would produce a surplus.
Those idiots in Congress need to do the right thing and just start slashing everywhere. This country is in serious financial disaster right now. Our dollar is tanking, the stock market is headed downward again, gas prices are going through the roof, food prices are about to spike, and true unemployment is about to hit 20%.
They need to lay off our Veterans.
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Found this today:
House GOP Lists $2.5 Trillion in Spending Cuts
See further below for the complete list of cuts.
In my opinion – if you read the article – you will see these cuts are phased in over a 10 year period. That is TOO long AND the cuts don’t go deep enough. This freakin’ government is so bloated it will take a helluva lot more than this to bring it back under control.
I’m recommending the following additional cuts that are not in this list:
Eliminate the Department of Energy
Eliminate the Department of Education
Eliminate the EPA
Eliminate the FDA
Eliminate the Department of Agriculture
Eliminate ALL Foreign aide to those countries who oppose us in any manner
Eliminate ANY and ALL subsidies to the U.N.
Remove the U.S. from the anti-American U.N. thereby eliminate our annual dues
Eliminate ANY and ALL subsidies to ANY private or non-profit non-governmental business or agency
These are just the one’s that I could come up with off the top of my head. The American taxpayer should NEVER be on the hook for anything that isn’t specifically allowed in the enumerated powers of Congress in the U.S. Constitution. All of the above departments usurp states’ rights. We should never be providing foreign aide to any country. We can give them loans with fixed interests rates to be paid back over a specified period of time – but never a freakin’ handout. These loans should only be made to staunch allies – not terrorist nations like Paleoswine. Lastly – since when has it EVER been the government’s business to decide which private and non-profit businesses should survive in a free-market capitalist open-society? Those businesses should thrive or fail on their own merits.
Anyway – like it said – it is a start. Now – let’s hope they keep this promise as well. WE elected them to do just this – now we need to hold their feet to the fire and demand more cuts more rapidly in addition to actually making the below listed cuts.
List of GOP Budget Cuts
Additional Program Eliminations/Spending Reforms
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy. $445 million annual savings.
Save America’s Treasures Program. $25 million annual savings.
International Fund for Ireland. $17 million annual savings.
Legal Services Corporation. $420 million annual savings.
National Endowment for the Arts. $167.5 million annual savings.
National Endowment for the Humanities. $167.5 million annual savings.
Hope VI Program. $250 million annual savings.
Amtrak Subsidies. $1.565 billion annual savings.
Eliminate duplicative education programs. H.R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon, eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3 billion annually.
U.S. Trade Development Agency. $55 million annual savings.
Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy. $20 million annual savings.
Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding. $47 million annual savings.
John C. Stennis Center Subsidy. $430,000 annual savings.
Community Development Fund. $4.5 billion annual savings.
Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid. $24 million annual savings.
Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half. $7.5 billion annual savings.
Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20%. $600 million annual savings.
Essential Air Service. $150 million annual savings.
Technology Innovation Program. $70 million annual savings.
Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program. $125 million annual savings.
Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization. $530 million annual savings.
Beach Replenishment. $95 million annual savings.
New Starts Transit. $2 billion annual savings.
Exchange Programs for Alaska, Natives Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts. $9 million annual savings.
Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants. $2.5 billion annual savings.
Title X Family Planning. $318 million annual savings.
Appalachian Regional Commission. $76 million annual savings.
Economic Development Administration. $293 million annual savings.
Programs under the National and Community Services Act. $1.15 billion annual savings.
Applied Research at Department of Energy. $1.27 billion annual savings.
FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership. $200 million annual savings.
Energy Star Program. $52 million annual savings.
Economic Assistance to Egypt. $250 million annually.
U.S. Agency for International Development. $1.39 billion annual savings.
General Assistance to District of Columbia. $210 million annual savings.
Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. $150 million annual savings.
Presidential Campaign Fund. $775 million savings over ten years.
No funding for federal office space acquisition. $864 million annual savings.
End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.
Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act. More than $1 billion annually.
IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget. $1.8 billion savings over ten years.
Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees. $1 billion total savings.
Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees. $1.2 billion savings over ten years.
Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of. $15 billion total savings.
Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress.
Eliminate Mohair Subsidies. $1 million annual savings.
Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. $12.5 million annual savings.
Eliminate Market Access Program. $200 million annual savings.
USDA Sugar Program. $14 million annual savings.
Subsidy to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). $93 million annual savings.
Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program. $56.2 million annual savings.
Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs. $900 million savings.
Ready to Learn TV Program. $27 million savings.
HUD Ph.D. Program.
Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act.
TOTAL SAVINGS: $2.5 Trillion over Ten Years
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