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Written by Ann Shibler
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Thursday, 03 September 2009 01:02 |
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From Spain to Britain to Brazil to Japan, foreign companies are reaping the benefits of Obama’s corporate welfare giveaway program, a.k.a. stimulus packages. American taxpayers will provide the money, and foreign companies will be the contractors for the newly popular renewable energy projects, then the little energy produced will be sold back to increasingly impoverished Americans.
Spanish company Iberdrola has been awarded most of the $500 million in economic recovery funds from the Obama administration. Iberdrola will be constructing wind farms in Texas, Pennsylvania, Oregon and Minnesota, with Arizona, Illinois, and North Dakota seeing other renewable energy projects constructed by Iberdrola.
A British company, Terra Firma Capital Partners, recently bought a controlling stake in EverPower Wind Holdings, which gets the grant for one Pennsylvania wind farm project.
Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp., stands to reap rewards from this as well — they will provide the wind turbines for Iberdrola.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says, “This renewable energy program will spur the manufacture and development of clean energy in urban and rural America.” He fails to say by whom. President Obama offers the usual mantra that it will create new jobs, again for whom?
Most recently, wind energy companies have been receiving tax credits. But with Obama’s regime, it’s cash on the barrel handed directly to these foreign companies. An Iberdrola spokeswoman says they are “delighted” and will put stimulus money to use right away. I’ll bet.
And then there is the Brazilian oil company Obama is also “lending” our money to through the Ex-Im Bank. Petrobras, the Brazilian state-owned oil company, will benefit to the tune of $2 billion for offshore drilling.
Do you think George Soros knew in advance Obama was going to let Petrobras have $2 billion of taxpayer money? Funny how the Soros Fund Management LLC bought a $811 million stake in Petrobras — Petroleo Brasileiro SA — in the second quarter, making it that fund’s largest holding. (Soros also bought heavily into Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., and expanded his mining and commodities by buying into an iron-ore producer and a Canadian gas and oil company, for those who are curious.)
The Soros-Obama partnership is a win-win situation. Obama’s economic policies help Soros to wildly increase his already stratospheric financial empire, and Soros in turn dumps money into funding Acorn, Obama’s health care reform propaganda machine, his community organizers, the cap and trade crowd, and the global warming extremists for their agenda as well.
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Written by Larry Greenley
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Monday, 06 July 2009 13:12 |
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Click on this photo at left to view video of Glenn Beck's interview with Dr. Alan Carlin, EPA research analyst, who wrote an internal report about some problems with using so-called global warming science to prove endangerment to "US Health and Welfare" from increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide. Based on internal EPA emails, Dr. Carlin's report was suppressed because of pressure to support the Obama administration's agenda of getting a 'cap and trade' bill through Congress.
The title of the internal EPA report is "Proposed NCEE Comments on Draft Technical Support Document for Endangerment Analysis for Greenhouse Gas Emissions under the Clean Air Act." The "Preface" of this report includes this statement: "As discussed in these comments, we believe our concerns and reservations are sufficiently important to warrant a serious review of the science by EPA before any attempt is made to reach conclusions on the subject."
For more information about why 'cap and trade' climate change bills amount to extraordinarily expensive energy taxes on everyone see "Oppose the Cap and Trade ‘Tax’ Increase Bill, H.R. 2454" and "Defeat the 'Cap and Trade' Energy Tax Bill in the Senate."
As stated in the articles referred to in the previous paragraph, a cap and trade bill has already passed in the House, however, the Senate is not expected to vote on its version until this fall. Take immediate action by clicking here to contact your senators in strong opposition to any form of cap and trade legislation.
UPDATE: Since posting this article a couple hours ago, I've found the final version of Dr. Carlin's EPA report along with some explanation of how this report has come to be publicly available. While I'm at it, I've found another interesting article, "EPA May Have Suppressed Report Skeptical Of Global Warming," about this whole EPA report controversy.
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Last Updated on Monday, 06 July 2009 15:54 |
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Written by Larry Greenley
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Monday, 29 June 2009 22:15 |
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Now that the House has passed its 'cap and trade' energy tax bill (H.R. 2454) by 219-212 last Friday, it's the Senate's turn to consider this "climate change" legislation. The current indications are that the Senate won't vote on 'cap and trade' until this fall; however, opponents of this legislation must begin building pressure on the Senate to defeat such a bill immediately, just in case the schedule is moved up to enhance the chances for passage.
Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe has already predicted defeat of 'cap and trade' in the Senate with his statement that "Today's razor-thin vote in the House spells doom in the Senate." Nonetheless, Americans who value their freedom and prosperity and who prefer to avoid adding thousands of dollars of new energy costs per household per year need to take extraordinary measures to build a sufficiently large grassroots voice to be sure that we stop 'cap and trade' dead in its tracks.
Here are three videos to help motivate enough Americans to defeat 'cap and trade.'
First, click on the video at the top of this article to see Senator James Inhofe discuss an EPA report on global warming that was suppressed by the Obama administration to help assure passage of the 'cap and trade' bill by Congress.
Second, click on the video immediately below to see California Rep. Tom McClintock explain why 'cap and trade' must be defeated. McClintock was in the California state legislature when it passed a greenhouse gas emissions reduction bill a few years ago. Implementation of this bill a couple years ago has led to large-scale job losses and higher utility rates in California.
Third, click on the video below to view a video version of Texas Rep. Ron Paul's weekly "Straight Talk" audio report for June 29 on the topic of what's wrong with the 'cap and trade' bill.
Take immediate action by clicking here to send a prewritten, editable message in vigorous opposition to 'cap and trade' legislation to your two senators.
You can get a sense of just how important this issue is when some of the advocates of 'cap and trade' refer to it as a "transformational" bill that is the most important bill most congressmen will ever vote on in their entire career.
The stakes are very high in the upcoming battle in the Senate. And, chances are good that the Senate version will be different from the House version and require another vote in House. So, work hard enough to defeat any 'cap and trade' bill in the Senate. Keep the pressure on the House. And, don't be fooled by various concessions and compromises. Oppose 'cap and trade' legislation in whatever form it might take.
Let's draw a line in the sand right here! Let's make this the moment when we start to bring our out-of-control federal government back under control. Let's make this the moment when the wheels start coming off the Big Government juggernaut.
Defeat 'cap and trade'!
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 08:14 |
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Written by Larry Greenley
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Saturday, 27 June 2009 16:45 |
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On June 26 An expensive new “energy tax” bill was approved by the House of Representatives by a vote of 219 to 212 (click here to see how your rep voted). This bill is known as the “American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009,” H.R. 2454, also known as the Waxman-Markey climate change bill.
Most Americans know this bill as a “cap-and-trade” bill for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and global warming by creating a system of pollution permits that energy companies must buy before releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Now the 'cap and trade' debate moves on to the Senate where a vote is expected to occur this fall. However, sufficient pressure to defeat any form of 'cap and trade' bill must be developed as soon as possible in case Senate consideration is scheduled earlier. Committee hearings on a Senate bill based on H.R. 2454 are planned for early July.
There are several very important reasons for Americans to oppose any form of 'cap and trade' bill:
(1) At exactly the time when more and more Americans are realizing that our federal government is out of control, a cap and trade bill would establish a whole new unconstitutional activity of the federal government and give it yet another regulatory tool for increasing the cost of doing business, which would necessarily translate into higher costs for consumers.
“[U]nder my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.” -- Barack Obama, 2008 (click on photo to see video of this statement)
(2) A cap and trade bill would lead to increased expenses for American households of thousands of dollars per year. A recent Congressional Budget Office report estimated that the cost per household would be as little as $175 per year. However, the Heritage Foundation has responded with “CBO Grossly Underestimates Costs of Cap and Trade,” in which they point out that the CBO study assumes nearly 100% of the increased costs for businesses will be rebated to consumers by the federal government (when has this ever happened?) and omits consideration of negative impacts on the economy of thousands of dollars per household. Bottom line, don’t rely on the CBO report to be an accurate forecast of the additional costs you’ll be paying each year due to passage of a cap and trade bill.
For additional analysis of the Waxman-Markey cap and trade bill, see "The Waxman-Markey Global Warming Bill: Is the Economic Pain Justified by the Environmental Gain?" Furthermore, on June 26 the Wall Street Journal published an excellent article that says this bill would likely "be the biggest tax in American history."
(3) The whole reason for existence of expensive cap and trade schemes is based on the global warming myth that man’s activities are producing significant temperature increases. Take a cold bath in reality by reading "A Cooling Trend Toward Global Warming."
We must not provide the federal government with new powers to regulate businesses that would lead to at least hundreds of dollars of new expenses per household each year and more likely to thousands of dollars of new expenses per year.
Help preserve your freedom and prosperity by telling your senators that you are strongly opposed to any form of cap and trade bill!
Take action now by clicking here and sending an email to your senators in vigorous opposition to any cap and trade energy tax.
Let's draw a line in the sand. We must defeat this huge energy tax!
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 July 2009 14:10 |
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Written by Larry Greenley
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Thursday, 25 June 2009 21:49 |
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'Skyrocketing Energy Costs' vs. 'Clean Energy Bill' -- Which Cap and Trade Obama Video Do You Believe?
Last year candidate Barack Obama said, "[U]nder my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket." Here's the video:
This week President Barack Obama said, "This week the House of Representatives is moving ahead on historic legislation that will transform the way we produce and use energy in America." Here's the video:
If you pick the first video, congratulations!
But now you need to work fast!
The House is expected to vote on a cap and trade bill, H.R. 2454, which amounts to a several thousand dollars per household per year energy tax, as early as Friday, June 26.
The vote is expected to be close.
Click here to learn more about H.R. 2454.
Click here to send an email to your representative in the U.S. House.
We need your help!
Sufficient numbers of Americans simply must begin to band together to convince Congress to bring the federal government back under the control of the Constitution.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 25 June 2009 22:42 |
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