Obama: The Big Wind

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Obama: The Big Wind
Posted By John Stossel On January 28, 2010 @ 12:56 pm In Economy, Green Energy |

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"We should put more Americans to work building clean-energy facilities and give...(APPLAUSE) ... and give rebates to Americans who make their homes more energy efficient, which supports clean-energy jobs."
http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/files/2010/01/Obama-SOTU-300x225.jpg (http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/files/2010/01/Obama-SOTU.jpg) [1]
Give, give, give. Then Congress applauds itself for spending your money (http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2010/01/28/i-will-micromanage-your-life/) [2].


There was no shortage of wind in the President's State of the Union (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/27/transcript-obamas-state-union-25643153/?utm_source=feedburner%25E8%2591%2588_medium=feed% 25E8%2591%2588_campaign=Feed:+foxnews/politics+%28Text+-+Politics%20%29) [3]speech about "clean energy" jobs. The President still uses the “green” jobs line, but the Heritage Foundation (http://blog.heritage.org/2010/01/27/reaction-roundup-heritage-responds-to-the-state-of-the-union/) [4] notes that Obama now apparently prefers the term "clean energy" for jobs in industries like wind power.


New words, same failed ideas.


Spain provides a case in point. With a world-leading quantity of both wind and solar electricity (both highly subsidized), Spain’s green-job creation should be second to none. However a study by Spanish economist Dr. Gabriel Calzada found 2.2 conventional jobs were destroyed for each green job created.
That’s probably the case here, where the wind energy industry reports 1,500 to 2,000 manufacturing jobs were lost (http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2010-01-26-wind-power-jobs_N.htm) [5] last year -- despite the US pouring $2.2 billion in stimulus into dozens of wind projects and wind turbine-component manufacturers.


Without the stimulus funds, "Things would've ground to a halt," says Gary Hardke, president of the San Diego-based Cannon Power Group. It has installed 400 megawatts of wind power in Washington state in the past 18 months and secured $19 million in stimulus funds. Without the funds, the project "would've stalled out"...


With the funds, the project steals productive jobs from other sectors of the economy. Call it clean energy or green energy, it's still a destructive subsidy.

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[1] Image: http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/files/2010/01/Obama-SOTU.jpg
[2] Congress applauds itself for spending your money: http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2010/01/28/i-will-micromanage-your-life/
[3] State of the Union : http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/27/transcript-obamas-state-union-25643153/?utm_source=feedburner%25E8%2591%2588_medium=feed% 25E8%2591%2588_campaign=Feed:+foxnews/politics+(Text+-+Politics (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/27/transcript-obamas-state-union-25643153/?utm_source=feedburner%25E8%2591%2588_medium=feed% 25E8%2591%2588_campaign=Feed:+foxnews/politics+%28Text+-+Politics) )
[4] Heritage Foundation: http://blog.heritage.org/2010/01/27/reaction-roundup-heritage-responds-to-the-state-of-the-union/
[5] 1,500 to 2,000 manufacturing jobs were lost: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2010-01-26-wind-power-jobs_N.htm

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Won't be long and they all will be GONE!!!!!!!!!

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OBAMA WATCH CENTRAL
WorldNetDaily Exclusive
Taxpayers paid $101,000 for Pelosi's in-flight 'food, booze'
Speaker's trips 'are more about partying than anything else'
Posted: January 29, 2010
12:20 am Eastern

By Bob Unruh

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Part of the tab for alcoholic drinks on a congressional trip arranged by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
It reads like a dream order for some wild frat party: Maker's Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, E&J brandy, Bailey's Irish Crème, Bacardi Light rum, Jim Beam whiskey, Beefeater gin, Dewars scotch, Bombay Sapphire gin, Jack Daniels whiskey … and Corona beer.
But that single receipt makes up just part of the more than $101,000 taxpayers paid for "in-flight services" – including food and liquor, for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trips on Air Force jets over the last two years. That's almost $1,000 per week.
Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by Judicial Watch, (http://www.judicialwatch.org/) which investigates and prosecutes government corruption, show that the Pelosi incurred expenses of some $2.1 million for her use of Air Force jets for travel over that time.
"Speaker Pelosi has a history of wasting taxpayer funds with her boorish demands for military travel," Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said today. "And these documents suggest the Speaker's congressional delegations are more about partying than anything else."
Pelosi, D-Calif., who joined President Obama on a list of Top 10 corrupt politicians, (http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=120407) was added to that list for her "sense of entitlement," Judicial Watch said when the "honors" were announced not long ago.
"Politicians believe laws and rules (even the U.S. Constitution) apply to the rest of us but not to them. Case in point: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her excessive and boorish demands for military travel. Judicial Watch obtained documents from the Pentagon in 2008 that suggest Pelosi has been treating the Air Force like her own personal airline," the evaluation said.
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And WND reported almost a year ago (http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=91335) that Pelosi was shown to have been erratically canceling and rescheduling flights, like one would with an on-call taxi service.
Do the tone-deaf lawmakers in D.C. make your blood boil? Read all about Washington and its politics of corruption in "Breach of Trust." (http://superstore.wnd.com/store/item.asp?DEPARTMENT_ID=6&SUBDEPARTMENT_ID=20&ITEM_ID=1307)
"We have ... folks prepping the jets and crews driving in (not a short drive for some), cooking meals and preflighting the jets etc," said one Department of Defense e-mail then.
Another official sent an e-mail questioning a series of Pelosi's requests for aircraft.
"Any chance of politely querying [Pelosi's team] if they really intend to do all of these or are they just picking every weekend?" it stated. "[T]here's no need to block every weekend 'just in case'..."
The e-mail noted that the speaker's office had "a history of canceling many of their past requests."
Yet another e-mail exchange at that time revealed Pelosi's demand that jets pick her up at Travis Air Force Base rather than San Francisco's airport.
"She lives about 1.5 hours from SFO and much closer to Travis. … Whether it is the best use of assets is not the question. But instead is it worth upsetting the speaker…"
Said another, "This is a battle that we are bound to lose if we tell the speaker('s) office. In the end, this is what will happen. I wish that I could say this is a one-time request, but we know it will probably happen again in the future."
Yet another indicated a deep level of frustration:
"Here is the laydown: there are five G5s. Two are broke. Two off on CODELS. One slated for priority White House… we should keep on G-III for now for Tuesday afternoon and start sacrificing goats and chickens."
Judicial Watch said the newly obtained 2,000 pages of documentation (http://www.judicialwatch.org/story/2010/jan/nancy-pelosi-air-force-documents) show Pelosi's military travel cost the U.S. Air Force $2,100,744.59 over two years – including $101,429.14 which was for in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol.
Among the newest highlights revealed:




Pelosi used Air Force aircraft to travel back to her district at an average cost of $28,210.51 per flight. Of 103 Pelosi-led congressional delegations (CODEL), 31 trips included members of the House speaker's family.
One CODEL traveling from Washington, D.C., through Tel Aviv, Israel, to Baghdad, Iraq, May 15-20, 2008, "to discuss matters of mutual concern with government leaders" included members of Congress and their spouses and cost $17,931 per hour in aircraft alone. This flight included the purchase of the long list of alcoholic drinks.
According to a "Memo for Record" from a March 29-April 7, 2007, CODEL that involved a stop in Israel, "CODEL could only bring kosher items into the hotel. Kosher alcohol for mixing beverages in the delegation room was purchased on the local economy i.e. bourbon, whiskey, scotch, vodka, gin, triple sec, tequila, etc.

Pelosi's office could not be contacted for comment. The answering machine said the office would be closed until Monday, and the mailbox was full so no messages could be left.
Judicial Watch, Inc. is a constitutionally conservative, nonpartisan educational foundation that promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law.