Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Bad News Obama: MTV Rejects Obama Campaign to Use the Network to Reach Young Voters




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Bad News Obama: MTV Rejects Obama Campaign to Use the Network to Reach Young Voters

by Scotty Starnes

The young and ill-informed are the idiots who helped Obama get elected in 2008. Now after three years of "hope and change," all they have is higher unemployment, poverty and debt. Team Obama wants to use MTV to reach these same idiots again, except MTV rejected their plans.

From TheBlaze:

In what seems an unthinkable move, MTV — the network that hosted a youth town hall last October called "A Conversation With President Obama" and made "Rock the Vote" famous — has reportedly declined a request by President Barack Obama's re-election campaign to help the president connect with young Americans. What's more, the network allegedly did so on the grounds that it does not get involved with political campaigns.

MTV helped sell the fraud that is Obama to the weak-minded youths of America. Now that three years of hope and change have failed, MTV decides it doesn't want to get involved. It's hard to defend Obama's terrible record.

According to the New York Post, Obama's Get Out the Vote campaign, run by Buffy Wicks, feared that the high unemployment rate among millennials will turn young voters off to the president.

The Post adds that the campaign called MTV's internal ad agency, MTV Scratch in mid-August:

MTV Scratch, run by Ross Martin, former MTVU boss, and Anne Hubert, who was a policy adviser to Jon Corzine when he was a US senator from New Jersey, works across all the MTV Networks and helps marketers such as General Motors and Dr. Pepper understand the mind-set of young people.

The re-election effort wants to reconnect with youth, which were among its most fervent supporters in 2008.

"The youth initiative is having trouble with big donors and youth votes," said a person familiar with the discussions."They asked, 'Can you tell us how we should be talking to them?' " one source noted.

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Thought it couldn’t get any worse than Solyndra? Now look who’s awarded $1.37 billion ‘stimulus’ for another risky solar plant




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Thought it couldn't get any worse than Solyndra? Now look who's awarded $1.37 billion 'stimulus' for another risky solar plant

by Harold

Aaron Klein, KleinOnline 9/26/2011 President Obama's nominee for commerce secretary served as chairman of the board of a solar energy company that recently received a $1.37 billion federal loan guarantee – the largest the Department of Energy has ever given for a solar power project. Now that company, BrightSource Energy, is attempting to build the [...]

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The young people are mad as hell about the state of the US economy!



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The Mad As Hell Generation: 20 Reasons Why Millions Of Americans Under The Age Of 30 Are Giving Up On The U.S. Economy

<http://endoftheamericandream.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/The-Mad-As-Hell-Generation-20-Reasons-Why-Millions-Of-Americans-Under-30-Are-Giving-Up-On-The-US-Economy-250x165.jpg> <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0029BE7AW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=shatteparadi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B0029BE7AW>Millions upon millions of young Americans have completely lost faith in the U.S. economy and are mad as hell that their economic futures have been destroyed. The recent economic downturn has hit those under the age of 30 the hardest. Today, there are hordes of young people that should be entering their most productive years that are sitting home with nothing to do. Many of them have worked incredibly hard throughout high school and college. Many of them have stayed out of trouble and have done everything that "the system" asked them to do. But once they got finished with school, the promised "rewards" simply were not there. Instead, millions of young Americans are faced with crushing student loan debt loads in an economy where they can't find good jobs. When you are in your twenties, it can be absolutely soul-crushing to send out hundreds (or even thousands) of resumes and not get a single interview. Most of us grew up believing that we would "be something" when we got older, and millions of young Americans are having those dreams brutally crushed right now. Americans under the age of 30 voted for Barack Obama in droves back in 2008 because they believed that he would make things better. Instead,  Significant numbers of young Americans are starting to wake up and realize that neither political party is providing any real answers, and they are starting to get mad as hell about it.
Americans under the age of 30 don't want to hear that they are not going to be able to do better than their parents. They don't want to hear that they are going to have to "pay the price" because of the mistakes of previous generations. They don't want to hear that the "good jobs" that have been held out as a "carrot" for them all these years have disappeared and are not coming back.
Millions of young Americans want what was promised to them. They want good jobs that will enable them to enjoy the "American Dream". They want things to go back to the way that things used to work in America.
If you spend much time around those in their twenties, you know that many of them have a look of hopelessness in their eyes. Large numbers of them have moved back in with their parents. Large numbers of them are flipping burgers or working retail jobs part-time because that is all they can find. There are even a growing number of them that have given up entirely and have completely checked out.
So are we in the process of creating a "lost generation"?
The following are 20 reasons why millions of Americans under the age of 30 are giving up on the U.S. economy....
#1 Only 55.3% <http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CENSUS_RECESSIONS_IMPACT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-09-22-00-17-27> of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 were employed last year. That was the lowest level that we have seen since World War II.
#2 Today, there are 5.9 million <http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CENSUS_RECESSIONS_IMPACT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-09-22-00-17-27> Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 that are living with their parents.
#3 The economic downturn has been particularly tough on men. According to Census data, men are twice as likely <http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CENSUS_RECESSIONS_IMPACT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-09-22-00-17-27> to live with their parents as women are.
#4 Amazingly, less than 30 percent <http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/lawless-america-20-examples-of-desperate-people-doing-desperate-things> of all U.S. teens had a job this summer.
#5 Approximately one out of every five <http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CENSUS_RECESSIONS_IMPACT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-09-22-00-17-27> Americans under the age of 30 is currently living in poverty.
#6 According to one recent survey, only 14 percent <http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/09/07/most-20-somethings-are-pessimistic-about-their-financial-futures/> of all Americans that are 28 or 29 years old are optimistic about their financial futures.
#7 Since the year 2000, incomes for U.S. households led by someone between the ages of 25 and 34 have fallen by about 12 percent <http://www.businessinsider.com/every-age-group-is-getting-poorer-in-america-except-for-one-2011-9> after you adjust for inflation.
#8 The cost of "getting an education" has become increasingly burdensome in recent years. Average yearly tuition at U.S. private universities is now up to $27,293 <College Conspiracy <College Conspiracy <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZtX32sKVE>>>. That figure has increased by 29% in just the past five years.
#9 In America today, approximately two-thirds <http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/student-loan-debt-hell-21-statistics-that-will-make-you-think-twice-about-going-to-college> of all college students graduate with student loans.
#10 Millions of young Americans are absolutely being financially strangled by horrific student loan debt loads. Sadly, the total amount of student loan debt in the United States now exceeds <http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/is-college-worth-it> the total amount of credit card debt in the United States.
#11 In 2010, the average college graduate had accumulated approximately $25,000 <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/26/college-graduates-debt_n_854047.html> in student loan debt by graduation day.
#12 One-third of all college graduates <http://www.businessinsider.com/hey-college-seniors-this-is-whats-happening-to-your-peers-when-they-try-to-find-jobs-2011-4#for-many-of-you-your-degrees-wont-matter-one-third-of-you-will-land-full-time-jobs-that-dont-require-them-5> end up taking jobs that don't even require college degrees.
#13 In the United States today, there are more than 100,000 <http://growth.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/policydocs/26-04-11%20Middle%20Class%20Under%20Stress.pdf> janitors that have college degrees.
#14 In the United States today, 317,000 waiters and waitresses <http://chronicle.com/blogs/innovations/why-did-17-million-students-go-to-college/27634> have college degrees.
#15 In the United States today, approximately 365,000 cashiers <http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/need-a-job-too-bad-the-good-jobs-are-being-shipped-out-of-america-as-part-of-the-new-one-world-economy> have college degrees.
#16 In the United States today, 24.5 percent <http://collegeaffordability.blogspot.com/2010/10/underemployed-college-graduate.html> of all retail salespersons have a college degree.
#17 As the economy has crumbled, fewer young Americans have been getting married. Today, an all-time low 44.2% <http://www.businessinsider.com/america-lost-generation-census-2011-9> of Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 are married.
#18 Young Americans are becoming increasingly frustrated as our politicians stand by and do nothing while our economy is being hollowed out <http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/new-world-trade-center-tower-to-be-made-with-glass-from-china-and-steel-from-germany>. The sad truth is that United States has lost an average of 50,000 manufacturing jobs <http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/how-can-america-create-wealth-if-our-industrial-base-is-destroyed-50000-manufacturing-jobs-have-been-lost-every-month-since-2001> a month since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, and top politicians in both major political parties keep pushing for even more job-killing "free trade" agreements.
#19 Young Americans are becoming increasingly frustrated that pretty much the only jobs that seem to be available are low paying jobs. Back in 1980, less than 30% <http://growth.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/policydocs/26-04-11%20Middle%20Class%20Under%20Stress.pdf> of all jobs in the United States were low income jobs. Today, more than 40% <http://growth.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/policydocs/26-04-11%20Middle%20Class%20Under%20Stress.pdf> of all jobs in the United States are low income jobs.
#20 Young Americans are becoming increasingly frustrated that previous generations have saddled them with a 14 trillion dollar national debt <http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/national-debt> that they are expected to make payments on for the rest of their lives.
A lot of young Americans swing back and forth between anger and despair. Many of them worked like crazy for years because of the promise of a better life, and now they are being bitterly disappointed. Just consider the following testimonial that was recently posted on The Atlantic <http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/09/jobless-in-america-an-anthology-of-testimonials-about-unemployment/245182/2/>....

I am in my mid-20s. I have a university education. I started working when I was 14. I have chemical burns and scars over my hands from dealing with caustic cleaning chemicals. I did not want that to be my life like my uncles. I had to get out. I worked very hard in high school and volunteered and was the member of clubs and all of that great stuff. I got into a good university and worked hard. I took a language course, took things that I loved. I worked through my degree - I was even a janitor in a building that I lived in, because I needed the cut in rent. I did that for no pay.
After these months of unemployment I have fallen into a pretty major depression. I live at home, I do chores, I look for work. As much as I want to get my life together, I have some great mental health issues to deal with - but have neither the money to purchase medication that may help me, nor the ability to pay for psychological or psychiatric help.

So what can be done?
Well, someone could wave a magic wand and fix the U.S. economy, but we all know that is not going to happen.
In fact, there is all kinds of evidence that the U.S. economy is about to get even worse <http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/30-signs-that-the-u-s-economy-is-about-to-go-into-the-toilet>.
So should we just tell our young people that they might as well just give up and start making rap videos about using food stamp cards like this one <Ghetto Capitalist Anthem. My E.B.T. by Mr. EBT prod. by @captnhook_maine <Ghetto Capitalist Anthem. My E.B.T. by Mr. EBT prod. by @captnhook_maine <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylV8y_JZbuk>>>? (*Warning* The video contains some very strong language.)
The number of Americans on food stamps has increased by 74 percent since 2007. Millions of young people are learning that the only way to survive is to be dependent on the government.
We have failed young Americans in so many ways that it would take a series of books to detail them all.
We can say that we are sorry, but that just isn't going to cut it.
Millions of young Americans want what was promised to them, but we no longer have it to give to them.
Anger in this nation is already starting to boil over in strange and unpredictable ways <http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/lawless-america-20-examples-of-desperate-people-doing-desperate-things>. If the economy gets even worse, we are going to have tens of millions of young Americans that are mad as hell and that are ready to riot in the streets.
What are we going to do then?
According to a recent Gallup poll, 81 percent <http://www.gallup.com/poll/149678/Americans-Express-Historic-Negativity-Toward-Government.aspx> of Americans are "dissatisfied with the way the nation is being governed".
That is not a sign of a healthy nation.
The sad truth is that the foundations of America are crumbling and we have millions upon millions of young people that are incredibly angry and incredibly frustrated.
It does not take a genius to figure out that is a recipe for disaster.
So please pray for America.
We are going to need it.

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Re: Biggest Losers in Palestine Veto? The American People

On Sep 28, 9:19 am, GregfromBoston <greg.vinc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The UN security council is all about interventionism.
>
> On Sep 26, 11:53 am, plainolamerican <plainolameri...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Not only does "Palestine" refuse to recognize Israel, their charter
> > calls for its destruction.
> > ---
> > that's israel's problem ... not ours
>
> > the US interventionist policy must end
>
> > On Sep 26, 7:50 am, GregfromBoston <greg.vinc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > The UN CREATED Israel.  Truman and Stalin jumped on board, and that
> > > was that.
>
> > > Not only does "Palestine" refuse to recognize Israel, their charter
> > > calls for its destruction.
>
> > > Good veto
>
> > > On Sep 24, 12:14 pm, Keith In Köln <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > By the same token, Israel is against the United Nations acknowledging
> > > > Palestine as a Nation-State....Uhm....The same mechanism that Israel was
> > > > acknowledged.
>
> > > > On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 4:18 PM, GregfromBoston <greg.vinc...@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> > > > > So much for republicans being the Zionistas, eh?  Maybe Rahm should
> > > > > have been a clue.
>
> > > > > "Palestine", wants to be recognized as a state, while refusing to
> > > > > recognize Israel as a state.  Okey dokey.
>
> > > > > Bravo Mr President
>
> > > > > On Sep 24, 5:51 am, Moe <coates...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > The biggest threat is the undermining of the representatives in the
> > > > > > Congress when it comes to decisions that affect the policies of the
> > > > > > United States. I was surprised to see a clip with Wolf Blitzer and
> > > > > > Netanyahu discussing the fact that during the speech of Netanyahu
> > > > > > before the Congress various Israeli politicians were sitting together
> > > > > > with American representatives to influence their voting. Blitzer asked
> > > > > > Netanyahu if this was correct and how would an Israeli react if Joe
> > > > > > Walsh sat in the parliament of Israel to assure that Israel walk the
> > > > > > line to American interest. Netanyahu said in a joking manner that he
> > > > > > has no control over the politicians in Israel. Netanyahu has gone so
> > > > > > far as to threaten various politicians about their re-election if they
> > > > > > did not pull the Israeli line. It is clear to everyone who can think,
> > > > > > Israel can do what it wants to disrupt the balance in the region. For
> > > > > > any mistake made then the USA will be called to bail Israel out. This
> > > > > > means US Taxpayers and members of the US Armed Forces will pay the
> > > > > > bill. This payment will be in the form of taxpayer's money and lives.
> > > > > > United States pays Israel 3.5 Billion Dollars per year in support.
> > > > > > They pay Palestine 500 million dollars a year.  America does not have
> > > > > > this money.  We should be investing in the USA. Look at the increased
> > > > > > costs due to securing the American interests on a worldwide basis.
> > > > > > American taxpayers cover the increased costs and the host countries
> > > > > > pay their part. After Obama took office, USA has reduced threats. Due
> > > > > > to recent actions by Israel, the threat level has increased for all of
> > > > > > America´s allies in addition to that of the US.
>
> > > > > > Israel is looking at Iran. Israel might take action to destroy these
> > > > > > plants. They have asked or oppressed the US for F-18s and the armament
> > > > > > to destroy the nuclear plants in Iran. Israel has received addition
> > > > > > armaments and cooperation from the United States to the level where
> > > > > > the interest of the United States are in question. Look at the case of
> > > > > > F-15 plans that Israel received from the United States. After USA
> > > > > > terminated the project, Israel then sold the plans to China. China
> > > > > > then had a great technological leap forward with their efforts to gain
> > > > > > American military expertise. Look at the spying cases of Jewish
> > > > > > Americans and the attempts to free the convicted individuals by
> > > > > > putting pressure on Congress members.
> > > > > > If you look at the Israeli population in Israel, 800.000 of their
> > > > > > register citizens are living in the United States. How many of
> > > > > > Israel's citizens are living else where due to the daily risk. The
> > > > > > amount of money made is tremendous for selling homes to Israelis in
> > > > > > who have USA, as their first address. Another case is the cheaper
> > > > > > access to the American market for medical devices and software
> > > > > > products. This costs the average American not only his job but also
> > > > > > increase taxes for services he is not getting. What is it costing us
> > > > > > for a government that has more interest in appeasing Israel and not
> > > > > > supporting the infrastructure of the United States? How many American
> > > > > > lives will be spend for any of the foolish steps that Israel might
> > > > > > take in the region? What are the additional costs to Europe and the
> > > > > > United States due to the Israeli failed action with the Turkish aid
> > > > > > ships? What is the cost of an American Congress that is more
> > > > > > interested in supporting Israel's follies than that of support the
> > > > > > interests of the American people?
>
> > > > > > On Sep 23, 2:26 pm, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Biggest Losers in Palestine Veto? The American PeoplebyPhilip Giraldi,
> > > > > September 22, 2011
> > > > > > > If the Palestinian application for United Nations full membership
> > > > > actually takes place Friday and the United States uses its Security Council
> > > > > veto to stop the process, it will be the final step in a predictable and
> > > > > preventable tragedy playing out. Some are arguing that Washington might
> > > > > actually abstain, thereby gaining considerable favorable sentiment from much
> > > > > of the world and also sending a signal to Israel that there are limits to
> > > > > the bilateral relationship. But it is far more likely that President Barack
> > > > > Obama, who has stated over and over that he will protect Israel in
> > > > > international forums, will not flinch when he calls on Susan Rice to cast
> > > > > the fatal vote. Any expectation that the president might hesitate either
> > > > > because it is the right thing to do or because it benefits the United States
> > > > > is fanciful, particularly with a presidential election looming in 2012.
> > > > > > > Washington's attempts to "mediate" the situation have really been
> > > > > limited to pressuring the Palestinians to back off. Sending National
> > > > > Security Council officialDennis Ross, "Israel's lawyer," to Ramallah to talk
> > > > > around the Palestinian leadership should, if anything, indicate to the
> > > > > Palestinians that Washington is, as it always has been, firmly in the
> > > > > Israeli corner. So let us assume that Palestine will feel compelled to seek
> > > > > full U.N. membership as the world's 194th nation and that Washington will
> > > > > then veto the application. The first question then has to be whether the
> > > > > entire process had any meaning at all or it was just kabuki, a stylized show
> > > > > played out to an appreciative audience with a predictable ending. The short
> > > > > answer is that the Palestinians will certainly be on the losing end as they
> > > > > have been for more than 60 years but the real losers will be the United
> > > > > States and Israel.
> > > > > > > The mainstream media has echoed Israeli and American arguments that
> > > > > Palestinian statehood is meaningless without a negotiated settlement of
> > > > > issues on the ground. But Israel has made it clear that it has no desire to
> > > > > negotiate anything while it continues to occupy the West Bank, so the
> > > > > Palestinian choice is to accept the status quo, in which it is powerless and
> > > > > voiceless, or attempt to line up the international community more solidly
> > > > > behind it and shift the playing field.
> > > > > > > Israel has been working hard to stop the process, or, at worst, to
> > > > > mitigate its impact by having a number of important nations, mostly in
> > > > > Europe, either abstain on the vote or vote no. Prime Minister Benjamin
> > > > > Netanyahu made a glad-handtourof European capitals earlier this year with
> > > > > that express purpose, and he received positive signals from the Italians,
> > > > > the Dutch, the Poles, and the Germans, though it is by no means clear how
> > > > > they will vote. It was for Israel a top national priority, which it has
> > > > > conveyed clearly to its friends in the United States.
> > > > > > > Washington, at the urging of Israel, also joined in the effort,
> > > > > starting withwarningslate last year to Latin American nations that
> > > > > recognizing Palestine as a state would be "unacceptable." More recently, the
> > > > > State Department and the White House have repeatedly expressed their desire
> > > > > that the Palestinians shelve their plans to seek a U.N. seat, and they have
> > > > > been assiduously working both in front of the TV cameras in New York and
> > > > > Washington and behind the scenes to convince the Palestinian leadership to
> > > > > cease and desist. The dialogue has been given some teeth by Congress, which
> > > > > is determined tocut all aidto Palestine if the U.N. action goes through. One
> > > > > congressmen, Joe Walsh of Illinois, is preparing amotionthat will provide
> > > > > congressional support for an Israeli annexation of much of the West Bank if
> > > > > the Palestinians proceed. Walsh describes Palestinian statehood as
> > > > > "absolutely outrageous."
> > > > > > > So Israel sees the Palestinian plan as a major threat and the United
> > > > > States appears to be on board, but many would reasonably observe that Israel
> > > > > often cries wolf and greatly exaggerates what it perceives as threats
> > > > > against it. Is that true in this case, making it just another instance
>
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Re: Biggest Losers in Palestine Veto? The American People

The UN security council is all about interventionism.

On Sep 26, 11:53 am, plainolamerican <plainolameri...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Not only does "Palestine" refuse to recognize Israel, their charter
> calls for its destruction.
> ---
> that's israel's problem ... not ours
>
> the US interventionist policy must end
>
> On Sep 26, 7:50 am, GregfromBoston <greg.vinc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > The UN CREATED Israel.  Truman and Stalin jumped on board, and that
> > was that.
>
> > Not only does "Palestine" refuse to recognize Israel, their charter
> > calls for its destruction.
>
> > Good veto
>
> > On Sep 24, 12:14 pm, Keith In Köln <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > By the same token, Israel is against the United Nations acknowledging
> > > Palestine as a Nation-State....Uhm....The same mechanism that Israel was
> > > acknowledged.
>
> > > On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 4:18 PM, GregfromBoston <greg.vinc...@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> > > > So much for republicans being the Zionistas, eh?  Maybe Rahm should
> > > > have been a clue.
>
> > > > "Palestine", wants to be recognized as a state, while refusing to
> > > > recognize Israel as a state.  Okey dokey.
>
> > > > Bravo Mr President
>
> > > > On Sep 24, 5:51 am, Moe <coates...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > The biggest threat is the undermining of the representatives in the
> > > > > Congress when it comes to decisions that affect the policies of the
> > > > > United States. I was surprised to see a clip with Wolf Blitzer and
> > > > > Netanyahu discussing the fact that during the speech of Netanyahu
> > > > > before the Congress various Israeli politicians were sitting together
> > > > > with American representatives to influence their voting. Blitzer asked
> > > > > Netanyahu if this was correct and how would an Israeli react if Joe
> > > > > Walsh sat in the parliament of Israel to assure that Israel walk the
> > > > > line to American interest. Netanyahu said in a joking manner that he
> > > > > has no control over the politicians in Israel. Netanyahu has gone so
> > > > > far as to threaten various politicians about their re-election if they
> > > > > did not pull the Israeli line. It is clear to everyone who can think,
> > > > > Israel can do what it wants to disrupt the balance in the region. For
> > > > > any mistake made then the USA will be called to bail Israel out. This
> > > > > means US Taxpayers and members of the US Armed Forces will pay the
> > > > > bill. This payment will be in the form of taxpayer's money and lives.
> > > > > United States pays Israel 3.5 Billion Dollars per year in support.
> > > > > They pay Palestine 500 million dollars a year.  America does not have
> > > > > this money.  We should be investing in the USA. Look at the increased
> > > > > costs due to securing the American interests on a worldwide basis.
> > > > > American taxpayers cover the increased costs and the host countries
> > > > > pay their part. After Obama took office, USA has reduced threats. Due
> > > > > to recent actions by Israel, the threat level has increased for all of
> > > > > America´s allies in addition to that of the US.
>
> > > > > Israel is looking at Iran. Israel might take action to destroy these
> > > > > plants. They have asked or oppressed the US for F-18s and the armament
> > > > > to destroy the nuclear plants in Iran. Israel has received addition
> > > > > armaments and cooperation from the United States to the level where
> > > > > the interest of the United States are in question. Look at the case of
> > > > > F-15 plans that Israel received from the United States. After USA
> > > > > terminated the project, Israel then sold the plans to China. China
> > > > > then had a great technological leap forward with their efforts to gain
> > > > > American military expertise. Look at the spying cases of Jewish
> > > > > Americans and the attempts to free the convicted individuals by
> > > > > putting pressure on Congress members.
> > > > > If you look at the Israeli population in Israel, 800.000 of their
> > > > > register citizens are living in the United States. How many of
> > > > > Israel's citizens are living else where due to the daily risk. The
> > > > > amount of money made is tremendous for selling homes to Israelis in
> > > > > who have USA, as their first address. Another case is the cheaper
> > > > > access to the American market for medical devices and software
> > > > > products. This costs the average American not only his job but also
> > > > > increase taxes for services he is not getting. What is it costing us
> > > > > for a government that has more interest in appeasing Israel and not
> > > > > supporting the infrastructure of the United States? How many American
> > > > > lives will be spend for any of the foolish steps that Israel might
> > > > > take in the region? What are the additional costs to Europe and the
> > > > > United States due to the Israeli failed action with the Turkish aid
> > > > > ships? What is the cost of an American Congress that is more
> > > > > interested in supporting Israel's follies than that of support the
> > > > > interests of the American people?
>
> > > > > On Sep 23, 2:26 pm, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Biggest Losers in Palestine Veto? The American PeoplebyPhilip Giraldi,
> > > > September 22, 2011
> > > > > > If the Palestinian application for United Nations full membership
> > > > actually takes place Friday and the United States uses its Security Council
> > > > veto to stop the process, it will be the final step in a predictable and
> > > > preventable tragedy playing out. Some are arguing that Washington might
> > > > actually abstain, thereby gaining considerable favorable sentiment from much
> > > > of the world and also sending a signal to Israel that there are limits to
> > > > the bilateral relationship. But it is far more likely that President Barack
> > > > Obama, who has stated over and over that he will protect Israel in
> > > > international forums, will not flinch when he calls on Susan Rice to cast
> > > > the fatal vote. Any expectation that the president might hesitate either
> > > > because it is the right thing to do or because it benefits the United States
> > > > is fanciful, particularly with a presidential election looming in 2012.
> > > > > > Washington's attempts to "mediate" the situation have really been
> > > > limited to pressuring the Palestinians to back off. Sending National
> > > > Security Council officialDennis Ross, "Israel's lawyer," to Ramallah to talk
> > > > around the Palestinian leadership should, if anything, indicate to the
> > > > Palestinians that Washington is, as it always has been, firmly in the
> > > > Israeli corner. So let us assume that Palestine will feel compelled to seek
> > > > full U.N. membership as the world's 194th nation and that Washington will
> > > > then veto the application. The first question then has to be whether the
> > > > entire process had any meaning at all or it was just kabuki, a stylized show
> > > > played out to an appreciative audience with a predictable ending. The short
> > > > answer is that the Palestinians will certainly be on the losing end as they
> > > > have been for more than 60 years but the real losers will be the United
> > > > States and Israel.
> > > > > > The mainstream media has echoed Israeli and American arguments that
> > > > Palestinian statehood is meaningless without a negotiated settlement of
> > > > issues on the ground. But Israel has made it clear that it has no desire to
> > > > negotiate anything while it continues to occupy the West Bank, so the
> > > > Palestinian choice is to accept the status quo, in which it is powerless and
> > > > voiceless, or attempt to line up the international community more solidly
> > > > behind it and shift the playing field.
> > > > > > Israel has been working hard to stop the process, or, at worst, to
> > > > mitigate its impact by having a number of important nations, mostly in
> > > > Europe, either abstain on the vote or vote no. Prime Minister Benjamin
> > > > Netanyahu made a glad-handtourof European capitals earlier this year with
> > > > that express purpose, and he received positive signals from the Italians,
> > > > the Dutch, the Poles, and the Germans, though it is by no means clear how
> > > > they will vote. It was for Israel a top national priority, which it has
> > > > conveyed clearly to its friends in the United States.
> > > > > > Washington, at the urging of Israel, also joined in the effort,
> > > > starting withwarningslate last year to Latin American nations that
> > > > recognizing Palestine as a state would be "unacceptable." More recently, the
> > > > State Department and the White House have repeatedly expressed their desire
> > > > that the Palestinians shelve their plans to seek a U.N. seat, and they have
> > > > been assiduously working both in front of the TV cameras in New York and
> > > > Washington and behind the scenes to convince the Palestinian leadership to
> > > > cease and desist. The dialogue has been given some teeth by Congress, which
> > > > is determined tocut all aidto Palestine if the U.N. action goes through. One
> > > > congressmen, Joe Walsh of Illinois, is preparing amotionthat will provide
> > > > congressional support for an Israeli annexation of much of the West Bank if
> > > > the Palestinians proceed. Walsh describes Palestinian statehood as
> > > > "absolutely outrageous."
> > > > > > So Israel sees the Palestinian plan as a major threat and the United
> > > > States appears to be on board, but many would reasonably observe that Israel
> > > > often cries wolf and greatly exaggerates what it perceives as threats
> > > > against it. Is that true in this case, making it just another instance where
> > > > Tel Aviv is adopting an extreme position in hopes that Washington will
> > > > deliver the goods? It may not be. Israel sees danger precisely because the
> > > > Palestinian bid will do a couple of things that call into question some
> > > > significant aspects of the status quo. First of all, since it will certainly
> > > > pass with a huge majority in the General Assembly if the
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The Real Problem with Solyndra


The Real Problem with Solyndra
by Laurence M. Vance, September 27, 2011

Executives from the bankrupt solar-energy company Solyndra recently invoked their Fifth Amendment privileges before the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, declining to testify to avoid self-incrimination. "On advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer any questions," said CEO Brian Harrison and CFO Bill Stover at the Subcommittee hearing "Solyndra and The DOE Loan Guarantee Program."

Solyndra, based in Fremont, California, filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on September 6, 2011, shut down all production operations, and laid off its 1,100 employees. At issue is the company's default on a federally guaranteed loan of $535 million.

Solyndra was the first renewable-energy company to receive a loan guarantee under a provision to encourage "green energy" in Barack Obama's stimulus plan, the " American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009." It was not the beginning of the government's effort to encourage "green energy," and neither was it the beginning of Solyndra's attempt to secure a government loan.

The Energy Policy Act of 2005, signed into law by George W. Bush on August 8 of that year, provided, among a host of things in its 551 pages, energy-related tax incentives and loan guarantees to companies investing in innovative "clean" technologies or commercial-scale renewable energy projects. Title XVII, "Incentives for Innovative Technologies," Sections 1701–1704, created the Department of Energy's Loan Guarantee Program. The Energy Policy Act directed

the Secretary of Energy to make guarantees for certain projects, including gasification and liquefaction projects, that: (1) avoid, reduce, or sequester air pollutants or anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases; and (2) employ new or significantly improved technologies as compared to commercial technologies in service in the United States at the time the guarantee is issued.

Companies that received loan guarantees had to pay a credit-subsidy cost representing the cost of the loan to the taxpayer if the recipient of the guarantee defaulted. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 was amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 by the addition of Section 1705 and the appropriating of $6 billion (later reduced to $2.4 billion) in funding to pay for the credit-subsidy costs of the loan guarantees because many applicants had been unable to pay for them. That is the origin of the "Section 1705" loan guarantees received by Solyndra and others. The only thing most people remember about the Energy Policy Act is that it amended the Uniform Time Act of 1966 and changed the start and end dates of daylight-saving time.

Applications for Department of Energy loan guarantees are solicited by the Loan Guarantee Program. According to an internal memorandum of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations regarding the Solyndra hearing, the application procedure is as follows:
... Once an application is filed, DOE reviews the initial application to determine whether the applicant meets the solicitation criteria. If so, those applicants submit a second, more comprehensive application. DOE then conducts due diligence ­ including legal, environmental, engineering, and market reviews ­ and sometimes engages outside consultants for these reviews. Once these reviews are complete, the Loan Programs Office then negotiates a term sheet with the applicant company. A credit paper is then drafted and submitted to a DOE "Credit Committee," which is comprised of DOE officials. If the Credit Committee approves the credit paper and term sheet, a DOE "Credit Review Board" then reviews and votes on the matter. The Credit Review Board is comprised of senior DOE officials, including the Deputy Secretary, the General Counsel, the Chief Financial Officer, and other senior advisors. If the Credit Review Board approves the term sheet, a conditional commitment is made to the company.

Following the conditional commitment, DOE and the loan guarantee applicant begin to negotiate the terms for the final loan guarantee agreement. DOE is also responsible for calculating the credit subsidy score of the guarantee. Under the Financial Credit Reform Act (FCRA) of 1990, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is responsible for determining and approving the subsidy estimates associated with loan guarantees awarded by federal agencies. DOE submits its credit subsidy estimate to OMB along with other information about the guarantee. OMB then reviews the underlying information, and asks questions or seeks additional information from DOE about the guarantee. OMB can either approve the credit subsidy calculated by DOE, or can recommend that the cost be increased or decreased based on the perceived risk of the guarantee. Once OMB approves, the loan guarantee is finalized and DOE begins making disbursements to the company. The tenor of the loan and the repayment schedule is set out in the final loan guarantee document.
Following the loan closing, the DOE Loan Programs Office tracks and monitors the loan guarantee project. The loan guarantee agreement spells out the type of information and data the company must provide about the status of the loan project (in some cases, construction updates), as well as engineering reports and other information. These kinds of reports and data must be submitted to the DOE before the Loan Programs Office will authorize the disbursement of funds to the company.

Solyndra and 142 other companies applied for a DOE loan application in response to an August 2006 solicitation. After the initial review, 16 applicants (including Solyndra) were invited to submit a full application. In May 2008 Solyndra submitted an application for a $535 million loan guarantee to build a full-scale production facility to manufacture thin firm solar modules for flat, commercial rooftops. The application was deemed complete in August, and, after formal "due diligence" of the Solyndra application, it was presented to a DOE credit committee in January 2009, received a conditional commitment in March, and closed in September. The Federal Financing Bank, a government corporation under general supervision of the secretary of the Treasury, gradually advanced Solyndra money beginning with $21,380,155.36 on September 22, 2009. Solyndra was in financial trouble almost from the beginning, and the deal had to be restructured in February 2011.

In September 2009 Vice President Joe Biden spoke by satellite at the groundbreaking ceremony in September of 2009 for the company's new manufacturing plant and emphasized the role of the stimulus plan: "The announcement today is part of the unprecedented investment this administration is making in renewable energy and exactly what the Recovery Act is all about," said Biden.

Obama toured the Solyndra facility in May 2010 and used the company as an example of his administration's efforts to promote "green energy." He said, "Every day that you build this expanded facility, as you fill orders for solar panels to ship around the world, you're demonstrating that the promise of clean energy isn't just an article of faith ­ not anymore."

Republicans have seized on the Solyndra debacle as further proof of their claims that much of the stimulus money was wasted and used for political gain.

Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.), chairman of the Subcommittee, is "concerned that there was a hurry to get this money out of the door and that companies and individuals that supported the president were among the beneficiaries."

The committee also focused on the restructuring deal. Said Chairman Stearns, "We are also determined to know why DOE allowed the taxpayers to be subordinated to the private investors during that restructuring in violation of the clear letter of the law. What we do not know is whether the Solyndra executives here today have something to hide. Was all the information they submitted to DOE accurate and complete?"

Republicans want the Obama administration to turn over all Solyndra-related communications between the Energy Department and the White House and between the Energy and Treasury departments.

Some Republicans maintain that the Bush administration nixed the Solyndra deal and that it was revived by the Obama administration. No, it was actually the Bush administration's idea, said Jonathan Silver, executive director of the Department of Energy Loans Programs Office. Silver testified at the Subcommittee hearing along with Jeffrey Zients, deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. Said Silver, "By the time the Obama administration took office in late January 2009, the loan programs' staff had already established a goal of, and timeline for, issuing the company a conditional loan guarantee commitment in March 2009."

The story of Solyndra shows how bloated, wayward, and out of control the federal government is.

None of the media reports about the Solyndra incident focuses on the real issue. None of the Republicans -- in or out of Congress -- criticizing the Obama administration is focusing on the real issue. No one on the committee investigating Solyndra has the slightest clue what the real issue is.

The real problem with Solyndra is not which administration should be blamed, whether stimulus money was wasted, whether the company was mismanaged, whether Solyndra executives misled the government and the company's investors, whether the loan guarantee should have been denied, whether the Obama administration pressured the DOE to approve the deal, whether the restructuring of Solyndra's loan was done lawfully, whether Obama used the Solyndra loan guarantee to score political points, whether the DOE and the OMB should have exercised more oversight, or whether "green energy" is viable.

The central government has been delegated no authority by the Constitution, nor is it the proper role of government, to regulate, encourage, discourage, license, subsidize, oversee, control, or otherwise have anything to do with energy production, energy conservation, energy efficiency, energy independence, renewable energy, or "green energy." And neither is it the business of government to have an energy policy and "green" initiatives or to guarantee loans and act as a venture capitalist.

Republicans and Democrats may disagree over the extent and scope of government intervention in the energy sector, but both parties are firmly committed to the statist idea that the government should have a role in shaping how Americans produce and use energy.

Rather than focusing on how the Solyndra incident happened, the focus should instead be on why the United States has an Energy Policy Act, a Federal Financing Bank, an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and a Department of Energy.

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Re: Calling All Polite, Rational Cain Supporters

There you go again plain ol' just spewing your anti zionist and anti
semitic rhetoric as the root of every problem we have. It is your
right as an American to be so close minded on all issues, but it
certainly is not being an American.

On Sep 27, 5:48 pm, plainolamerican <plainolameri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Cain, like Bachmann, Perry, and Romney, is an admitted zionist and
> won't put the USA's interests aside from Israel.
> They are not one of our states and do not have anything to offer
> America except as a threat to our security. They spy on us, have
> killed our soldiers, sell our technology and weapons to potential
> enemies, promote socialism and a religious state that excludes
> everyone except jews.
>
> you're either an American or something else
>
> On Sep 27, 1:17 pm, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
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> > September27thCalling All Polite, Rational Cain SupportersTom WoodsThe other day Iwroteabout the Florida straw poll that Herman Cain won by a substantial margin.  I didn't call anyone stupid or evil for supporting Cain. I laid out some facts that appear to speak against him to anyone who supports the market economy and a free society. The three I pointed to in the post were his support for TARP, his 2008 endorsement of Mitt Romney (whom Cain supporters claim they despise), and his failure to see the housing collapse coming or even to detect that something might be wrong with the bubble economy.  It's worse than that, actually he gave the economy a clean bill of health practically until the collapse came.  That is a serious problem.  How can we want someone in charge at a critical moment like this whose grasp of the economy is evidently so poor?
> > I did not invent these things. They really happened. They need to be addressed.
> > Here are the replies I received from Cain supporters:1. There's a reason why Mr. Cain has run multi-million dollar corporations amazingly well, and you have not. Mr. Cain knows what he's talking about, and your just a talking head rattling off rhetoric, and nonsense. You think you are better than those who lack your credentials. NEWS FLASH: YOU ARE NOT! Mr. Cain could school you in humility, which you definitely need educated in. get off your damn pedestal, at the end of the day, you aren't special.How many of my concerns are addressed here? Zero. Evidently it is "rhetoric" and "nonsense" to say Cain supported TARP and Romney, and didn't perceive the housing bubble at all.  It's "rhetoric" and "nonsense" to say Americans need to understand what causes the booms and busts in our economy.
> > As for Cain's ability to run businesses, what on earth does that have to do with my post?
> > What's more, as Ludwig von Mises showed long ago (inBureaucracy, Yale University Press, 1944), it isliterally impossibleto run government like a business.  Business firms make decisions via forecasts of consumer demand, with those forecasts being informed by the existing array of prices, the profits or losses they have earned, and from general entrepreneurial insight. They then decide, on this basis, whether they have too many or too few people in customer service, in order fulfillment, or whatever; whether they should invest in more capital equipment; whether they should discontinue a whole line of products, etc.
> > Government can't do this. It doesn't make profits or losses; it merely seizes what it wants from the public. Thus it has no way of knowing what the public actually wants or the intensity with which it wants it. It can't know if it should produce more of X or more of Y, how it should produce those things, where it should produce them, etc. It must grope in the dark. All the Ross Perots and Herman Cains in the world cannot change the nature of government, which is a non-market institution.2. Herman Cain is by far the strongest supporter of the FairTax.  That gets him my vote.Granted, this one also doesn't answer any of my objections, but at least it's polite. My reply:
> > I would think we'd want opponents of taxes, not supporters.  He said in Florida that any tax reform must be revenue neutral.  That alone disqualifies him.
> > Anything revenue neutral is a bad idea.  I guess I just don't share the optimism of the FairTax people, who seem to think the system is basically fine but just needs to be funded differently.  Say what?
> > The only way this monster is going to be cut down to size is if serious, radical changes are made, including repealing taxes andnot replacing them with anything.  Any other approach is just another shell game, another example of D.C. fakery.  "Tax reform" is always and everywhere a D.C. trick.  Taxrepealis what we want.3. I have been listening to Mr. Cain for years.  Many years.  I don't see anyone who is more sincere than he.  His wife doesn't want him to be president, I heard the story that said she was miffed when some reporter said how cain couldn't win.  Because his whole life…anyone who said he couldn't do something was proved wrong.
> > He's not doing this for glory.  He has plenty of other things to do with his time.
> > And when he supported TARP (which I did/do not) – he did get a lot of flak from people.  but that's what he thought was a good thing…I think it's a breath of fresh air to have a candidate of ANY party that is free to speak his/her mind.  That isn't afraid to not be in lockstep with 'the leadership.'I don't question his sincerity. He could be a decent guy. That's not my gripe. The mention of TARP, which I appreciate because it at least addresses my post, is much more relevant. The fact that he thought it was a good thing isn't an argument. You claim he "isn't afraid to not be in lockstep with 'the leadership,'" but on TARP he sure was!
> > And this is what counts: when the chips were down, he sided with the establishment: the GOP leadership, the Democratic leadership, theNew York Times, and all the rest. Now I've heard it claimed that Cain supported the original rationale for TARP but turned on the program when it went in a different direction. But the original rationale for TARP was rotten, too. Meanwhile, Cain was lecturing "free-market purists" for opposing it.
> > Is that what we need? Someone who will lecture "free-market purists" as if that were the problem in the U.S. today?4. You really can't handle people thinking ON THEIR OWN and believing WHAT THEY WANT and WHO THEY WANT.
> > Go back to Alabama where y'all are safely hidden away with your books and your Stink tank, Mr Woods.So this one makes no argument at all. It says I am upset because people disagree with me. No, I am upset because there are serious problems with Herman Cain that his supporters refuse to address. This comment carries on that tradition.
> > In fact, this comment is completely irrational. People should decide on "who they want" but not actually have to defend that decision, and anyone calling on them to do so is a meanie who should just shut his mouth.5. I have watched the debates and Cain has been the the most coherent of all the candidates. Yes he had some lapses in the libertarian orthodoxy (Jim DeMint also supported Romney in 08) but he carries himself as a leader better than all the other Republican candidates.This is neither insulting nor irrational, so it wins the prize.  But it's no real answer.
> > I think we are talking more than just "lapses" in "libertarian orthodoxy."  When the chips were down, he went with the establishment and supported TARP.  I'm supposed to believe that the next time the chips are down he'll be a maverick?  Sure.
> > That someone would make a decision based on something as superficial as how a candidate "carries himself" is deeply disturbing and, unfortunately, quite revealing.  If he can't perceive the signs of a bubble economy, I don't care if he's Spencer Tracy on stage.
> > So my question is, are there Cain supporters out there who will reply to my concerns straightforwardly and without insulting me?  Again, I want to know why his support for Romney (of all people!) isn't a cause for concern, why his support for TARP isn't an indication that he'll support the next scam the establishment promotes as a necessary emergency measure, and why we should want someone making decisions about the economy who completely failed to diagnose its true condition in the years leading up to the collapse.
> > Meanwhile, I refer people to myresource page on Cainand myYouTubeon the subject.http://www.tomwoods.com/blog/calling-all-polite-rational-cain-support...

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