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Thursday
May092013

ALG's Daily Grind - What is the GOP's Debt Ceiling Strategy? 

May 8, 2013

What is the GOP's Debt Ceiling Strategy?

The debt ceiling suspension ends on May 19, but what do Republicans want?

Sarah Palin's Unheeded Example for the GOP

While she may not be the leader that any elective office needs, she sets a bright example for the GOP's emerging leader, whoever he — or she — might be.

Obama's Labor Dept Green Jobs Chief Resigns

Jane Oates had come under fire for the alleged mismanagement of the Job Corps program which was forced to freeze enrollments for three months due to overspending budgeted funds. 

Has the Conservative Party Learnt any Lessons from Ukip's Success?

"There has been a groundswell in the big world – the neglected majority of conservative voters has moved on"

Friday
Jul132012

ALG's Daily Grind: Environmental Extremeists Are Political Goliaths

July 11, 2012

Environmental Extremists Exposed as Political Goliaths

The environmental left is a heavy funder of political operations.

Video: Obama's Blunders: Green Jobs Funded And Shipped Away

The Power of Intimidation

The 9 Justices of the Supreme Court have proven that they can be intimidated.

IBD: A State Revolt Against ObamaCare Emerges

Governors of various states are standing up against the implementation of ObamaCare

Friday
Jun292012

SEIA - Solar Energy Industries Association Responds to Abound Solar Bankruptcy Announcement

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA®) President and CEO Rhone Resch released the following statement in reaction to today’s announcement that solar manufacturer Abound Solar is suspending operations and filing for bankruptcy protection:

"Despite today’s news from Abound Solar, it is important to look at the health of the solar industry – 5,600 companies strong – more broadly.

"Solar is one of the fastest growing industries in the United States, employing more than 100,000 Americans across all fifty states.  In fact, a report released just two weeks ago shows the U.S. solar market grew 85 percent in the last year.

"As did other high-tech industries, such as telecom and Internet, solar manufacturing is experiencing a period of intense competition that will see winners emerge who offer consumers the most competitively-priced products through innovation.

“Competition in the solar industry is good for Americans. Quarter after quarter, prices continues to fall, making solar an increasingly affordable resource to power American homes and businesses.  Within two years, the U.S. is projected to become one of the top solar markets in the world.”


Background Materials:
U.S. Solar Market Insight Report: 1st Quarter 2012: http://www.seia.org/cs/research/SolarInsight

About SEIA®:
Established in 1974, the Solar Energy Industries Association® is the national trade association of the U.S. solar energy industry. Through advocacy and education, SEIA is working to build a strong solar industry to power America. As the voice of the industry, SEIA works with its 1,000 member companies to make solar a mainstream and significant energy source by expanding markets, removing market barriers, strengthening the industry and educating the public on the benefits of solar energy. www.seia.org

Wednesday
Jan252012

CEI on Obama SOTU Address 

OBAMA SOTU - ECONOMY & JOBS - HANS BADER

Examiner.com:
5 Million Missing Jobs Haunt President Obama's 2012 State of the Union Address


In his State of the Union Address, President Obama will reportedly push for more green-energy subsidies at taxpayer expense in the name of job creation: “With a Solyndra-scandal-be-damned attitude, President Obama is expected to revive his push for new green fuel sources in Tuesday’s State of the Union address, claiming that they will boost jobs.”  But these impractical proposals are haunted by the utter failure of Obama’s existing green-energy programs to produce economically-viable jobs or fuel.


There are only 140,000 jobs in the renewable-energy sector, which illustrates the absurdity of Obama’s unrealistic 2008 promise “to create 5 million new green jobs.” Most of America’s existing green jobs predate the Obama Administration, which did not create them: “from 2003-2010, the rate of growth for clean jobs was 3.4 percent.”  By contrast, Obama wiped out 20,000 jobs recently just by blocking the Keystone XL Pipeline, and recent EPA rules will wipe out at least 800,000 more.>Read the full commentary on Examiner.com


> Read more by Hans Bader

OBAMA SOTU - REGULATION - WAYNE CREWS

Forbes.com:
President Obama's State of the Union? Hyper-Regulated

 

Basically, the President cannot be expected to pledge to roll back government in any way whatsoever tonight, a stance that helps account for the state of our union. Even the easy targets like the Federal Communications Commission’s Internet “net neutrality” regulations, opposed in bipartisan fashion and never authorized by Congress, are safe.

At least the administration says it won’t regulate farm dust or something.

The January 24, 2012 State of the Union Address will highlight manufacturing—but not in the ways that involve stepping out of manufacturers’ way. There’ll be something about fairness and equality, and about rewarding hard work–but in ways that involve spending and redistribution rather than fostering the conditions of liberty so all may pursue them.>Read more at Forbes.com.


> Read more by Wayne Crews

 

OBAMA SOTU - GOV'T SCIENCE - GREGORY CONKO

Openmarket.org:
Obama, Scientific Integrity, and the State of the Union

 

With the State of the Union coming up, I’ve been wondering whether, or how, President Obama might address the Plan B fiasco I blogged about here. After all, Obama has addressed science issues in his previous State of the Union addresses. And, in his inaugural address, he pledged to “restore science to its rightful place.” More importantly, he entered office promising the most transparent administration in history and vowing that, unlike previous administrations, he and his appointees would “not suppress or alter scientific or technological findings and conclusions” for political gain. But those promises were forgotten or ignored as soon as they were made.

> View the full commentary on Openmarket.org

> Read more by Gregory Conko, CEI Senior Fellow


 

CEI is a non-profit, non-partisan public policy group dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government.  For more information about CEI, please visit our website, cei.org, and blogs, Globalwarming.org and OpenMarket.org.  Follow CEI on Twitter! Twitter.com/ceidotorg.

Saturday
Nov122011

AFP - Exposed: Obama's Green Jobs Scam 

Do you need any outrageously overpriced solar panels today?

Because President Obama seems to think you and I need a lot of them—and that’s why he steered a whopping $535 million dollars in taxpayer money to Solyndra, a so-called “green jobs” factory.  

But it really was a favor factory run by some of Obama’s biggest financial supporters.

This past September, just months after President Obama called them the “true engine of economic growth,” Solyndra closed its doors, put thousands of people out of work, and left you and me stuck with the bill for $535 million dollars.

Of course, President Obama and the liberal mainstream media are doing their best to keep this story from reaching the American people—to the point that Congress actually had to subpoena President Obama last week, just to find out what actually happened to our taxpayer dollars.

Here’s what President Obama doesn’t want anyone to know:

  • He wasted hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to subsidize a failing company owned by one of his biggest financial supporters,
  • He knew Solyndra was nearly bankrupt—and decided to dump even more of our money down the drain in a failed attempt to keep them afloat,
  • He now plans to spend another billion dollars to subsidize more “green technology” products that the American people don’t want or need.

And that’s exactly why AFP just launched a massive new national TV ad campaign to expose the truth behind Obama’s Solyndra mess.

You can view this ad, “Obama’s Green Giveaway,” by clicking here:

AFP must raise $50,000 to keep this ad on TV and reach the American people with the information they have a right to know. How their tax dollars are being wasted. That Obama wants to push another billion dollars in dead-end subsidies and stick you and me with the bill.

And we’re counting on the help of true AFP activists like you to help us make the difference.

Please click here to make your most generous donation of $25, $50, $100 or more to help keep this TV ad on the air.

Rather than working to fix our critical jobs and economic problems, President Obama chose to waste over a half-billion of our taxpayer dollars on useless “green technology.”

And instead of helping put Americans back to work, or reduce our out-of-control federal deficit, President Obama chose to use our money to bail out his biggest financial supporters’ failing solar panel company.

The American people deserve better— they deserve to know about what’s going on. And the waste and out of control spending must stop.

By helping air AFP’s “Obama’s Green Giveaway” TV ad in as many cities as possible, we can help expose the truth to tens of millions of Americans about what happened with Solyndra and alert them about President Obama’s plan to dump billions more of taxpayer dollars down the drain, all to further dead end “green jobs”.

Can we count on your critical donation today?

Please click here to immediately donate $25, $50, $100 or whatever you can give right to now to help us reach our goal of $50,000.

Sincerely,

JP DeGance, AFP

P.S. President Obama wasted $535 million dollars in taxpayer dollars on Solyndra to reward his biggest financial supporters and subsidize dead end “green jobs” at a time when millions of Americans don’t have real jobs. Please help AFP stop him by keeping our new TV ad campaign on the air. Click here to donate $25, $50, $100 or more by clicking here.