The Political Class

79% of the $2 Billion in Clean-Energy Grants have gone to foreign companies!

Take a stiff drink and sit down. We are borrowing money from the Chinese communist government so we can hand out grants to Chinese companies. Full story here.

Senate Democrats are furious that the vast majority of grants from the clean-energy program from last year’s stimulus have been awarded to foreign companies.

Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Jon Tester of Montana announced Wednesday a new initiative to require the "Buy America" provision of the stimulus to all programs, not just the government ones. A study done by the Investigative Reporting Workshop found that 79 percent of the $2 billion in clean-energy grants allocated since Sept. 1, 2009, has gone to foreign wind companies.

"We are demanding the Obama administration suspend this program immediately ... [and] indefinitely," Schumer said. "We are sending a letter to Secretary [Timothy] Geithner asking him to halt all payouts for this program until we in Congress can go back and fix this law."

The senators highlighted a wind farm project in west Texas, which received stimulus aid and is projected to create 3,000 jobs in China and a tenth as many in the United States.

"Some of us complained about this to the administration back in November when this project was first announced, so it's not that they don't know about it, but the Energy Department in their reply said they were powerless to stop it because projects like this are automatically eligible for the grants. That answer is not good enough," Schumer said. "The goal of the stimulus is to strengthen the American economy, and that means creating jobs here in the U.S. not in China."

I dare anyone to cover the Obama administration 24/7 for a month and not end up with a drinking problem or starting their own fight club. How else could you survive the insanity.

 

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Americans would pay $7 per gallon for gasoline to meet Obama's goal per Harvard study.

The NY Times reports here:

To meet the Obama administration’s targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, some researchers say, Americans may have to experience a sobering reality: gas at $7 a gallon.

To reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the transportation sector 14 percent from 2005 levels by 2020, the cost of driving must simply increase, according to a forthcoming report by researchers at Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

The 14 percent target was set in the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget for fiscal 2010.

In their study, the researchers devised several combinations of steps that United States policymakers might take in trying to address the heat-trapping emissions by the nation’s transportation sector, which consume 70 percent of the oil used in the United States.

Most of their models assumed an economy-wide carbon dioxide tax starting at $30 a ton in 2010 and escalating to $60 a ton in 2030. In some cases researchers also factored in tax credits for electric and hybrid vehicles, taxes on fuel or both.

In the modeling, it turned out that issuing tax credits could backfire, while taxes on fuel proved beneficial.

“Tax credits don’t address how much people use their cars,” said Ross Morrow, one of the report’s authors. “In reverse, they can make people drive more.”

Dr. Morrow, formerly a fellow at the Belfer Center, is a professor of mechanical engineering and economics at Iowa State University

Researchers said that vehicle miles traveled will increase by more than 30 percent between 2010 and 2030 unless policymakers increase fuel taxes.

Does Al Gore give Apple rotten advice? Some investors think so.

 

CNET covered the event. Full story here. Make sure to note that Global Warming groups were there demanding Apple account for their "contribution" to Global Warming. Clowns.

CUPERTINO, Calif.--The presence of one of the world's pre-eminent environmentalists at Apple's shareholder meeting Thursday was the subject of much of the morning's pointed discussion.

As expected, Apple's attitude on environmental and sustainability issues was one of the main concerns of the stockholders present Thursday, followed closely by the company's immense pile of cash. But early harsh comments about former Vice President Al Gore's record set the tone.

Gore was seated in the first row, along with his six fellow board members, in Apple's Town Hall auditorium as several stockholders took turns either bashing or praising his high-profile views on climate change.

At the first opportunity for audience participation just several minutes into the proceeding, a longtime and well-known Apple shareholder--some would say gadfly--who introduced himself as Sheldon, stood at the microphone and urged against Gore's re-election to the board. Gore "has become a laughingstock. The glaciers have not melted," Sheldon said, referring to Gore's views on global warming. "If his advice he gives to Apple is as faulty as his views on the environment then he doesn't need to be re-elected."

Another shareholder immediately got up to defend Gore and endorse his presence as an Apple director. And that wasn't the end of it. Two different proposals from shareholders were presented in regard to Apple's environmental impact. One was from the nonprofit As You Sow, which for the second straight year asked Apple to publicly commit to specific greenhouse gas reduction goals and publish a formal sustainability report; the second came from Herrington Investments, which proposed that Apple's board establish a sustainability committee, just like a compensation or personnel committee.

 

 

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Donald Trump wants Nobel Committee to take back Prize from Al Gore

 

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ConocoPhillips, BP America and Caterpillar pull out of alliance ff businesses and environmental groups pushing for Cap & Tax.

 

Full story here.

ConocoPhillips, BP America and Caterpillar pulled out of a leading alliance of businesses and environmental groups pushing for climate change legislation on Tuesday, citing complaints that the bills under consideration are unfair to American industry. 

The sudden pullout of three corporate giants from a leading alliance of businesses and environmental groups could be the death knell for climate change legislation languishing on Capitol Hill.

ConocoPhillips, BP America and Caterpillar's announced Tuesday they will pull out of the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, citing complaints that the bills now in Congress are unfair to American industry.

BP spokesman Ronnie Chappell said Tuesday's announcements are not a statement on the likelihood that climate change legislation will fail.  

"I would never speculate as to what would happen with a pending piece of legislation," Chappell said. 

But he said the bills on the table no longer "conform" with what USCAP envisioned for a climate change bill. He said the legislation -- including one bill that passed the House but is stalled in the Senate -- does not provide adequate protections to U.S. refineries. 

If any bills are passed, they will result in more oil imports, the closure of U.S. refineries and the loss of U.S. jobs. Plus he said it's too hard on the transportation sector.

Is this a sign that large companies are backing away from throwing their cash at non-profits that help shove the man made global warming theme down our throats?

 

 

 

 

 

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Congress shut down - priceless.

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Climategate Scientist admits No Global Warming in last 15 years.

 

The Daily Mail has the astonishing story. Link here.

• Data for vital 'hockey stick graph' has gone missing
• There has been no global warming since 1995
• Warming periods have happened before - but NOT due to man-made changes

Data: Professor Phil Jones admitted his record keeping is 'not as good as it should be'

The academic at the centre of the ‘Climategate’ affair, whose raw data is crucial to the theory of climate change, has admitted that he has trouble ‘keeping track’ of the information.

Colleagues say that the reason Professor Phil Jones has refused Freedom of Information requests is that he may have actually lost the relevant papers. 

Professor Jones told the BBC yesterday there was truth in the observations of colleagues that he lacked organisational skills, that his office was swamped with piles of paper and that his record keeping is ‘not as good as it should be’.

The data is crucial to the famous ‘hockey stick graph’ used by climate change advocates to support the theory.

Professor Jones also conceded the possibility that the world was warmer in medieval times than now – suggesting global warming may not be a man-made phenomenon.

Waiting to see if ABC, CBS or MSNBC picks up this story and reports any part to the American public.

 

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Global Warming $10,000 contest!

 

Gateway Pundit has a great contest. Link here.

UP TO $10,000 WILL BE GIVEN AWAY—
Get Your Global Warming Sign in the News and Win Some Cold Hard Cash!

After Climategate, Glaciergate, Amazongate and the cold hard facts on the ground it’s become obvious that manmade global warming is a scam.

Big government politicians and scientists were hoping they could convince people that their junk science was real. Then they could further control the energy industry through taxation and regulation. Unfortunately, for them the scam is falling apart right in front of their eyes.

So what better time for a contest?
If you would like to have some fun and make a little cash while you’re snowed in then this is just the contest you’ve been waiting for. Here are the rules:

1.) Create a sign.
Write something in the general spirit of healthy skepticism for manmade global warming junk science.

Here are a few suggestions:

“Is the Global Warming Debate Really Settled?”
“Global Warming: Puh-lease”
“Is this Global Warming?”
“Global Warming Skeptic”
“I could use some Global Warming right about now”

…You get the idea

2.) You must then get your sign in a position so that it can be seen on TV.

For each local TV spot you will receive $100.00.
If a sign is placed on a national TV network the prize will jump to $300.00.

If two or three signs are on one TV spot then the prize would be divided by the participants.

The most original sign would receive and additional $500.00.

The funniest sign will receive an additional $500.00.

This contest applies to the storm hitting the East Coast from Tuesday, February 9th 2010 through Sunday, February 14th 2010.

We will try to monitor TV stations and look for you. But, you must show proof. If you have no proof then your chances of receiving a prize will be diminished greatly and you’ll have to convince us using your superior skills of persuasion. Please don’t be rude to reporters, but also remember that you have every right to be in public with a sign as anybody else.

Have fun, stay warm, make a statement and make some money!

Send your photo with your name and address to my email.

** The contest ends on Sunday. I will post photos on Monday.

Thanks to my secret supporter for coming up with the idea and fronting the prize money.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PASS THIS AROUND.

 

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Miss Me Yet?

When I first saw this image floating around the internet a few months ago I thought it would make a great billboard. Apparently others do as well.

 

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Ed Martin's great political ad. Can he win Missouri's 3rd District?

Now this is an ad. Well done to his campaign staff.

 

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