Second Obama fundraiser linked to federal loan for failed solar company

Matea Gold and Stuart Pfeifer Boston Herald 9/17/2011

The White House faced mounting political complications as a second top fundraiser for President Barack Obama was linked to a federal loan guarantee program that backed a now-bankrupt Silicon Valley solar energy company, and as two California lawmakers called for investigations of a state tax break granted […]

Quote of the day

16 September 2011

“Where are you going to find a nickel’s worth of business sense in an administration where there’s no private-sector experience? And caution is for lesser mortals, not The One and his chosen crew.”

– Glenn Reynolds, “SolarGate Update”

 

via The Other McCain, Solyndra as Symbol and Metaphor

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Solyndra employees applying for Trade Adjustment Assistance benefits…

Adam Bitely NetRight Daily 9/16/2011

Solyndra, the solar panel firm that recently filed for bankruptcy, and the firm that is quickly becoming the focal point of the Obama administration’s first scandal after accepting federal loans that were possibly based on bad data, is becoming an even bigger drain on taxpayers as the employees of the […]

Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Resigns Over Global Warming

FoxNews.com 9/14/2011

The global warming theory left him out in the cold.

Dr. Ivar Giaever, a former professor with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the 1973 winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, abruptly announced his resignation Tuesday, Sept. 13, from the premier physics society in disgust over its officially stated policy that “global warming is […]

Treasury Joins FBI, Congress in Investigating Stimulus Loan to Failed Solar Panel Company

FoxNews.com 9/14/2011

The Treasury Department has launched an investigation into a now-defunct solar panel company’s $528 million stimulus loan, focusing specifically on the federal bank that processed it.

The loan to Solyndra has set off a firestorm on Capitol Hill, with a Republican-led House committee releasing emails suggesting the White House had pressured budget officials […]

The return of Mr. Green Jobs Boondoggle

Mr. Green Jobs Boondoggle Rides Again

Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate 8/10/2011

Van Jones, President Obama’s disgraced green jobs czar, is back with a radical progressive plan to rescue America … from his old boss.

The problem, posits Jones, is that his fellow community organizer in the White House hasn’t spent enough, regulated enough or taxed […]

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