19 posts tagged “obama”
US energy stimulus dollars go overseas
By Edward Luce in Washington
Published: October 29 2009 19:50 | Last updated: October 29 2009 19:50
More than eight out of 10 US stimulus dollars spent on wind energy farms have gone to foreign companies, according to a report by the Washington-based Investigative Reporting Workshop, a non-profit journalist group.
Of the $1.05bn handed out in grants so far – most of it since August – 84 per cent has gone to European companies, with the US subsidiary of Iberdrola Renewables, the Spanish company, taking the largest share.
Obama administration officials say the $22bn set aside in the $787bn stimulus for alternative energy funding is designed to create or retain jobs and stimulate economic activity. But the report, shared with the Financial Times, shows the majority of jobs are likely to have been created overseas.
The 11 US-based wind farms that received cash grants from the US Treasury have imported 695 of the 982 wind turbines that are to be installed. Since the manufacture of turbines is by far the largest employment generator in wind energy, it is estimated to have created 4,500 jobs overseas – far in excess of the jobs created in the US from these grants.
The IRW report comes amid a broader controversy over the jobs impact of the economic stimulus, with the White House on Friday set to provide an estimate of how many jobs the stimulus has created or saved so far. On Wednesday, the White House strongly rebutted claims by the Associated Press that the administration had overstated by a sixth the number of jobs created by the stimulus.
AP cited several examples, including that of a company working with the Federal Communications Commission, which the Obama administration said created 4,231 jobs, but that AP said had only resulted in 1,000 new positions. The White House said the agency had exaggerated its findings and had analysed only 2 per cent of stimulus spending. “This story draws misleading conclusions from a handful of examples,” said the White House.
The IRW’s findings on the results of stimulus spending on wind energy, which could exceed $3bn when the next round of grants are disbursed, highlights the weak condition of the private US alternative energy sector. The administration may face similar public relations problems when it announces awards to other sectors, including solar power, in the coming months. Even though US companies invented solar photovoltaic technology, the US accounts for only 10 per cent of the global solar component market.
During the election campaign, Mr Obama said that investments in alternative energy would create a new generation of green jobs. But the IRW report, which can be found atinvestigativereportingworkshop.org, illustrates how difficult this may be to achieve.
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Opposing fascism, Marxism, totalitarianism, socialized medicine, government ownership and control of private industry
Canadian Free Press
By JB Williams Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Clearly, if you oppose fascism, Marxism, totalitarianism, socialized medicine, government ownership and control of private industry and a central power rushing to bankrupt the nation by “wasting the labors of the people under the false pretense of taking care of them,” as Thomas Jefferson put it, you are a “racist” according to Obama and his many mindless minions.
But when did opposing policies and principles wholly at odds with founding American ideals become an act of “racism,” much less qualify one as a “potential domestic terrorist,” as suggested by Obama’s Department of Homeland Security?
It happened in November 2008, that’s when...
When America’s biggest “racists” of all time, cast their votes strictly on the basis of Obama’s skin color, in their childish effort to “make history” without realizing that the so-called “black man” has by far more Caucasian and Arab blood in his veins than African blood, that’s the moment at which opposing anti-American policies became an act of “racism.”
From that moment forward, anyone opposed to the anti-American agenda of the hardcore Democratic Socialists in DC, would be labeled a “racist.”
Not because it has anything whatsoever to do with race or racism, but because labeling people “racist” in 21st Century America, is one of the fastest ways to silence the voice of dissent. Once honest dissent has been silenced, labeled an act of “racism” in modern America, all facts are off the table and the left is free to spread its lies, without opposition.
The message is assassinated along with the messenger. Watch how fast I’ll be labeled a “racist” on message boards across the web, just for pointing out this reality.... The message is true and accurate, but will be immediately discredited by the assertion that the messenger is “racist.”
But is Race Really the Issue?
Is individual freedom and liberty really just a “white folk” tool for keeping “black folk” down, as the good Rev. Wright proclaimed from the pulpit during the twenty years Obama sat in his pew?
I have apparently spent my life under the false belief that individual freedom and liberty was meant for every American citizen, no matter race, creed, religion or skin tone. Until recently, I had no idea that it was only a “white folk” set of principles and values.
Now that I see it is an “act of racism” to stand up for these fundamental beliefs, I am a bit confused.
I also thought that individual freedom and liberty was a fundamental precept for both Republicans and Democrats. Now it seems a set of principles shared only by Independents, Libertarians and Constitutionalists, aka “birthers.”
I believed the Founders when they said; “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Although I knew from history class that the men who wrote those words were “white folks,” I had no clue that they wrote those words only for “white folks.” By “all men,” I thought they meant “all mankind,” of all races, genders, creeds, religions and colors. Foolish me…
Now I find out that only “greedy white racists” believe in these founding American concepts. You can imagine my sense of shock and dismay at this news…
Isn’t it Really about Fascism, not Racism?
As every political debate on earth can be boiled down to individual power vs. centralized government power, isn’t the debate really more about that than race?
It’s in vogue to call “capitalists” (aka those who believe in individual economic freedom and liberty) “fascists” today. The left not only labels all dissenters “racists,” but “fascists” too, just in case the one false label doesn’t silence the dissent. But again, how accurate is their claim?
“a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.” - Fascism
Let’s take a close look at who qualifies as “fascists” today...
- Believe me, a leftist White House with a leftist congress, leftist courts, leftist academia and leftist press, is a “dictator with complete power.” They are now refusing even to meet with constituents opposed to the very agenda they intend to bulldoze down American throats, in a blatant act of dictatorial tyranny.
- We see this in their overt efforts to “forcibly suppress opposition and criticism,” by labeling all honest dissenters “racists” and/or “fascists,” viciously attacking all voices of dissent, even threatening dissenters with charges of “domestic terrorism.”
- Hasn’t the Obama administration spent its first six months in power “regimenting all industry and commerce?” Banking, auto manufacturing, energy and health...
- Isn’t Obama’s central message on all of it, ”emphasizing an aggressive nationalism,” from nationalized medicine to federally owned and mandated auto manufacturing, control of private energy use, nationalized banking and even nationalized codes on individual conduct and thought patterns?
- And hasn’t the left built all of its power on their perfected art of “racial divisions?”
Clearly, the new administration is the epitome of “fascism.” Yet their many minions fail to see the fascism in their leader’s deeds, and project their own fascist use of central power to run roughshod over fellow Americans, upon those who fight against all forms of fascism, both foreign and domestic, with their last breath.
Once again, the left is guilty of that which they accuse their political opponents.
Doing the Math
Under the heading of ”The White House - Blog Post - Facts Are Stubborn Things” --the Obama White House is now asking for American citizens to rat on their fellow citizens if they happen to oppose socialized medicine and the government confiscation of 1/7th of the entire US economy in their so-called “Universal Health” plan.
If that isn’t a tyrannical “brown shirt” move reminiscent of an Adolf Hitler style of fascism, I don’t know what is…
If you own a bible, or guns, or a bumper sticker which in any way opposes the Obama administration, speak out against ObamaCare, or Government Motors, dare to mention God in a public forum, or God forbid, attend a TEA Party, Obama’s DHS (Department of Homeland Security) has already laid down the ground rules for your arrest, internment and re-education in their report labeling all such American citizens as “potential domestic terrorists.”
Allegations are already surfacing, that Obama administration officials have gone so far as to threaten members of the mainstream press and their families, if they dare to question Obama’s constitutional qualifications for office, even though the entire world knows that Obama’s entire life remains a complete mystery, locked up in his birth, college, adoption and passport records, which NOBODY has found a way to access.
Why all the Vicious Attacks and Threats from O-bots?
As the Heritage Foundation points out, Polls fromNational Public Radio, Wall Street Journal/NBC News,The Washington Post,Gallup, andPewall show that the American people DO NOT support President Barack Obama’s Marxist health care plan.
But according to Obama & Co., ”The People are Spreading “Disinformation” About ObamaCare.”
As HotAir reports, According to DNC Communications Director Brad Woodhouse, “Republicans and their allied groups --desperate after losing two consecutive elections and every major policy fight on Capitol Hill --are inciting angry mobs of a small number of rabid right wing extremists funded by K Street Lobbyists to disrupt thoughtful discussions about the future of health care in America taking place in Congressional Districts across the country.”
As a result, Democrats have cancelled “town-hell” meetings with constituents back home over the congressional recess, because they DO NOT want to confront “angry mobs” of average Americans furious at the march to unbridled Marxism taking place against their will in Washington DC.
Of course, K Street Lobbyists are NOT funding the “angry mobs” showing up at “town-hell” meetings across the country. Like the false accusations of “racism” and “fascism,” the claim of “lobbyist funded” angry voters is also an outright lie intended to completely discredit the voice of honest dissent coming from millions of American taxpayers who still prefer freedom over Obama’s false promise of “free-stuff.”
Besides, get real! Who knows more about laundering funny-money into anti-American political agenda’s than Obama and his Chicago Cabal, which made career political corruption an art form?
This isn’t Going Well for Obama
The last time we saw Americans so ready to do battle with Washington DC was when DC leftists tried to pander for the illegal immigrant vote via their anti-American Amnesty bill, and the American people locked up government Internet servers and phone lines until DC Marxists gave up on passing Amnesty for twenty million illegal migrants, just to save their own necks.
The time before that was when First Lady Hitlery Clinton tried to pass her version of “Universal Health Care,” referred to as “HillaryCare.”
Once again, with leftists in control of DC, here we are with the American people trying to shut down the leftist march to Marxism, and once again, the baseless cries of “racism,” --"fascism" and “right-wing” conspiracies flood the leftist MSM airwaves and headlines as a Marxist federal juggernaut runs head-on into the average American.
But this time, Obama, Pelosi and Reid are convinced that they can ram all of it down Americans throats against their will because at the moment, they don’t need a single Republican vote to do it. Republicans are not losing the debate, there is no debate.
There are NO checks and balances in places in Washington DC at present and the left knows that they can muster the votes to ram anything they want through congress. The only thing standing in their way is the average American voter, who is clearly running out of tolerance for their heavy-handed fascist tactics, and their overt intentions to ram it all through regardless of how American citizens feel about it.
If they think Americans are “angry mobs” now, just wait until those “angry mobs” become convinced that no amount of talking or protesting is going to get the job done.
They’re angry alright, but they are still civil. Told to shut up, labeled “racists” and “mob fascists,” and cut off from any reasonable dialogue with their government employees who are telling them to go to hell, angry words could become something much worse.
The people are growing SO fed up that an emergency round of “Recess Rallies” has been called across the country, whereby “angry mobs” can gather to discuss how to deal with an increasingly tyrannical power in Washington DC. Don’t expect to see a single Democrat member of congress show up at any of them… They’re in DEEP trouble with voters and they know it! Every public opinion poll shows it.
If you are one of the “angry” American patriots fed up with federal tyranny under this bogus anti-American regime, make sure to attend a “Recess Rally” in your area. The people are awake and they are organizing. Here’s information on how to get involved in the constitutional governance of your country, while you still can.
Many of the original groups behind TaxDayTeaParty.com are joining
together for the Nationwide Recess Rally. This is a collaborative
effort to make it known that we will not stand for socialized,
government controlled healthcare.
Go to the Canadian Free Press link above and see all teaparty protest in your area.
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Art Phillips
Barack H. Obama
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington DC
Art Phillips
Barack,
I am not a Democrat, Republican or any other political party member. I am not Black, White or Latino, I am not Asian or Arabic. I am , however, an American, and for many generations my ancestors have been American. I have always voted for the man I believed to be the best for the job regardless of party affiliation. I served in the Air Force and the Army . I served in the mid east as a Force Protection Officer. My father served in WW2 where he lost one arm and the fingers on his other hand. He was shot in the mouth and riddled with shrapnel from a grenade. My father and I both shed blood for our country as did many other family members. This holds true for many thousands of American families. Another thing that holds true for my family as well as thousands of other American families is the fact that we love our country and we are willing to die for it. We are willing to shed our blood for the freedom and liberty so many have died for. So that there is no misunderstanding I want you to know my priorities, they are God, Family and Country. I hope you, Reid, Pelosi, and Biden along with the rest of your administration notice that government is not included in my priorities. I value things like Honor, Duty, Loyalty and Morality, just as those like me do also, and there are millions of us, Black, White, Asian, Latino and Native American. I am telling you this so you can put into context what I write next.
Obama, you had in your hands the opportunity to be the greatest President America has ever known. You could have done great things and made an entire nation proud of their choice. It is hard to believe that you took the hope and trust of a nation and betrayed every man woman and child in it. I have no doubt that you are not an American citizen. You have dishonored and degraded our military men and women. You have abused our Constitution and called it flawed. You have deliberately bankrupted this nation while destroying business and millions of American jobs. You have lied over and over to the American people while you insulted some of our closest allies. You have been a friend to our enemies and an insult to our friends. You and those in your administration have made the office of president something to laugh at to the rest of the world. You have been the worst mistake the American people have ever made. You have failed miserably in record time. The American people are not fools as you believe them to be. We know the only reason this legislature lets you get away with it is the fact that most of them fear disclosure of things they have done while in office. You must know by now that the majority of Americans reject you and your policies. You have never known the hardships many Americans have known. You have never sacrificed as many Americans have. You have never done one thing to advance the lives of Americans. You spend your time and our money helping those who hate us. You aid our most dangerous enemies in acquiring nuclear status while you destroy our ability to provide the energy our nation so desperately needs . Obama you have proved you hate America and Americans. I suppose its because you were so spoiled by Americas generosity that put you through college on foreign student aid. In closing I have to recognize the liberals and progressives who depend on you. The liberals and progressives who have taken over the Democrat and Republican parties are the most vulgar, hate filled criminal element ever to walk the earth. I never thought Washington DC would become so disgusting, dishonorable, disloyal and untrustworthy. It is truly a sad day for all Americans, I hope the majority of you in this government now never get another vote, at least another honest vote. We all know ACORN will steal and cheat as many votes as the billions of our dollars Obama gave them will supply. We can only hope the FBI still has Honor and Loyalty and will stop them. By the way Mr. Obama, Black Americans have sacrificed for America and they are proud of their country just as all Americans are proud of each other. You, Sir, have never made a sacrifice for anything. This is what makes your arrogance and self righteousness so amusing and despicable. Men like Martin Luther King made the sacrifices and carried the load. I, like most Americans, am proud of men like Mr. King and most of those who followed him. Men like you who use their good names to boost your ego when you have done nothing more than tare this country down are frauds. You have done more to divide this country using class and race than any man in our history. America had great hope for you and you betrayed that hope. All I see in you is bigoted anti American white man hiding behind a dark complexion. Those who trusted you are starting to see your true ambitions and lack of values and they do not like what they see.
Respectfully,
Art Phillips
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A Few More Things About Obama’s New Chief of Staff
By Duane Lester • Nov 7th, 2008
Rahm Emanuel has accepted the position of Chief of Staff for Barry. Here are a few more tid bits about “Rahmbo.” He was a senior adviser for the Clinton Administration through the 1990s. Following that, Bill gave him a nice cushy job with…Freddie Mac:
“Clinton’s going-away gift to Emanuel was a seat on the quasi-governmental Freddie Mac board, which paid him $231,655 in director’s fees in 2001 and $31,060 in 2000,” Lynn Sweet wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times on Jan. 3, 2002.
During Emanuel’s time with Freddie Mac:
Freddie Mac was accused of illegally using corporate resources between 2000 and 2003 for 85 fundraisers that collected about $1.7 million for federal candidates. Much of the fundraising benefited members of the House Financial Services Committee, a panel whose decisions can affect Freddie Mac.
The fundraisers were organized by then-Freddie Mac lobbyists Robert Mitchell Delk and Clark Camper, who described them to the corporation’s board of directors as “political risk management,” the FEC said.
That’s some good change there. Just the type of thing Obama voters were looking for, I imagine. And here’s a look at the idea of “bipartisanship” in the Obama administration:
At a dinner to celebrate President Clinton’s first election victory, Mr Emanuel began to name those who he believed had earned his enmity. As he listed the names of those he saw as traitors, he grabbed a steak knife, stood up and began plunging the knife into the table and shouting “Dead! Dead! Dead!” after each name.
“When he was done, the table looked like a lunar landscape,” one witness recalled. “It was like something out of The Godfather. But that’s Rahm for you.”
That’s just Rahm, huh? Here’s how Paul Begala described his style:
“He’s got this big old pair of brass balls, and you can just hear ‘em clanking when he walks down the halls of Congress. The Democratic Party is full of Rhodes scholars – Rahm is a road warrior.”
Begala also called Emanuel’s style as a “cross between a hemorrhoid and a toothache.”
Here’s what he is talking about. When Tony Blair visited the White House in 1998 during the Monica Lewinsky brouhaha, Emanuel told Blair, “This is important. Don’t **** it up.”
I’m sure this is going to be a centrist administration, full of bipartisanship and full of good will towards Republicans and conservatives. After all, Emanuel once explained to his staff his view of bipartisanship:
“‘I’ll tell you this,’ Emanuel shouted out to his staff. ‘The Republicans may have the 72-hour program. But they have not seen the 22-month program! … Since my kids are gone, I can say it: They can go —- themselves!’”
I get the feeling that unity is just one inauguration away.
Duane Lester is an ex-Navy journalist turned blogger and podcaster. He is the lead writer and editor for All American Blogger. You can also find him on StumbleUpon, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Blog Talk Radio and Newsvine
Some things are more important than high gas prices or a faltering economy. They are life, family, marriage and faith. This November, Christians will have one vote to change the world. Vote your values!
By Newt Gingrich
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