Obama's Failed Public Equity Record

What about Obama's failed record giving out taxpayer money to "green" projects public equity?



From the Washington Post:

Abound Solar, Inc -$400M in taxpayer money - now Bankrupt
Raser Technologies - $33M - Bankrupt
Beacon Power - $43M- Bankrupt
Solyndra — $535M - Bankrupt
ECOtality - $126M - near bankrupt (stock price at 52 cents)
Nevada Geothermal Power - $99M - Near bankrupt (Stock price at 3 cents)
First Solar - $3 billion- Headed towards bankrupcy (last qtr- $500 M in revenue $950 in expenses)
SunPower - $1.2 billion loan
Brightsource - $1.6 billion - failing - (IPO withdrawn)

Fully 71 percent of the Obama Energy Department’s grants and loans went to “individuals who were bundlers, members of Obama’s National Finance Committee, or large donors to the Democratic Party. According to Politico, “The Energy Department’s inspector general has launched more than 100 criminal investigations” related to the department’s green-energy programs.

CBS News counted 12 clean energy companies that are having trouble after collectively being approved for more than $6.5 billion in federal assistance. Five have filed for bankruptcy: The junk bond-rated Beacon, Evergreen Solar, SpectraWatt, AES' subsidiary Eastern Energy and Solyndra.

Nobody from the Energy Department would agree to an interview

Not Everyone is a Kung Fu Expert

While this story makes everyone say, "Ha! Awesome!", we should remember not everyone is a kung fu expert and everyone is entitled to their own personal protection. The ability of ordinary citizens to carry firearms benefits women, the elderly and the handicapped the most (all groups that liberals profess to care about.

Jogger targeted by teenagers turns out to be Kung Fu expert


VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Two teenagers got more than they bargained for when a Washington state woman they attempted to assault turned out to be an expert in martial arts. KATU reports that Priscilla Dang was jogging in her Vancouver neighborhood last Friday when she was approached by two teenagers on their bikes. One pulled in front of her as the other groped her from behind.
Fortunately for Dang she had studied Kung Fu for 18 years at a martial arts school owned by her family. She used the training to teach her attacker some manners. "I grabbed him and said, 'You need to apologize, and he did,'" said Dang. Then things escalated when the second teen started swearing at her. Dang said that something snapped inside her and that is when her Kung Fu background really kicked in as she punched him twice in the face. "He started coming in for a few, and I was lucky enough to dodge his shots. I came up for another one and I got him good, and I think that upset him," she told the news station.

That is when the second teen pulled out a knife, said Dang, and her instincts kicked in telling her to back off and play it safe. Two people witnessed the confrontation taking place and called 911. Dang was not hurt and thinks she taught the teenagers a lesson. "I think they knew they messed with the wrong girl," she said.
The suspects were 16 and 18 years old. The 18-year-old was arrested while the younger suspect was turned over to his parents.

Adventures in Socialized Medicine

More decline in the quality of care from a government run healthcare system:

A coroner has ruled a 18-year-old hairdresser needlessly died from a kidney infection because a blundering hospital failed to observe her properly.

Laura Garner was admitted to Bradford Royal Infirmary on 22 September 2009 suffering suspected appendicitis.

The teenager, who was otherwise fit and healthy, died a little more than 24 hours later after staff failed to carry out checks on her for up to 11 hours at a time.

A post-mortem revealed she died as a result of septicaemia and acute pyelonephritis - a serious bacterial infection of the kidney - but a three-day inquest into her death revealed missed chances to diagnose her.

An independent expert said if observations had been carried out regularly and diligently by staff at Bradford Royal Infirmary, Laura’s tragically young life could have been saved.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2169224/Laura-Garner-18-needlessly-died-kidney-infection-Bradford-hospital-neglected-her.html#ixzz1zm95KCsT

Top Union Political Donations

While Yahoo profiled top companies that donate politically, what about the top unions?


2012 Donations (to date)
SEIU: $2,820,018 (100% to Dems)
American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees: $2,861,920 (100% to Dems)
American Federation of Teachers: $2,739,150 (100% to Dems)
IBEW: $2,215,801 (98% to Dems)
Teamsters: $2,070,810 (97% to Dems)
United Food & Commercial Workers: $1,293,830 (100% to Dems)
Communication Workers: $2,025,570 (97% to Dems)
Laborers Union: $1,554,200 (82% to Dems)
Carpenters Union: $1,222,500 (80% to Dems)




source: opensecrets.org

Oh, Roberts What have you done!

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court upheld Obamacare. The shocker was that it wasn't Kennedy to be the deciding vote, but Roberts. Another Republican appointee goes left. This never happens to Democrat appointees. They always vote left-wing and never "grow" into being a conservative.

The ruiling is ridiculous. The court said Obamacare couldn't pass as part of the Commerce clause, but it could pass as a tax. So now the government can tax inactivity. What's next, "if you don't buy a Chevy Volt, you will be taxed."

The judicial problems with this law are broad and deep. The government said it wasn't a tax over and over to the American people, said it wasn't a tax before the court (to avoid the anti-Injunction act), but did say it was a tax to the court to argue for it being Constitutional.

Obamacare is all about government control of people's lives. If you can control people's access to healthcare, you have substantial control over many people, including a major block of voters: senior citizens.

I hope Republicans are elected in droves and this is repealed.  Americans don't like laws that are passed with bribery, trickery, and bullying.  First and foremost, Congress is exempt from their own legislation.
2. The People of Massachussets voted for a REPUBLICAN in order to stop Obamacare.  Democrats changed the rules to vote for it anyway.  Democrats buy off Ben Nelson (the Cornhusker kickback). Democrats buy off Mary Landreiu (the Louisiana purchase). Democrats strong armed Bart Stupak into voting for it.  A law which takes over 1/6 of the US economy by the government should have broad support, but it passed without 1 Republican. Democrats talk about bipartisanship is phony.  The Democrat party has been taken over by a gang of radical leftists, who will lie, cavort, and bribe their way to attain more government power. Gone are any moderate Democrats. The few remaining moderates are either leaving the Democrat party (Artur Davis), have their votes drowned out (13 Dems in the House voted against it), or end up going along with the radicals.