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Salmon hooked to fuel mandates

Feb 16, 2012 Comments Off by

On March 1, 2009, a “green” company owned by a hedge fund hired former Rep. Matt Salmon as a lobbyist.  MileageMatrix attempted to promote the use of its products by hiring top political operatives to go to Washington and advocate for “improving the energy …

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Genesis Solar Project is latest Obama taxpayer-backed failure

Feb 15, 2012 Comments Off by

It was just last august when the Department of Energy issued a” partial guarantee on an $852 million loan to the Genesis Solar Project.” Genesis is another failure in a long line of green taxpayer funded boondoggles.

One of California’s showcase solar energy projects, under construction in …

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Athens burns as Greece struggles to implement spartan budget

Feb 15, 2012 Comments Off by

Athens, reputed to be the origin of democracy, is in the 21st century a pariah of the worst extremes of what government by the welfare state can do for an economy.  Civilization has ground to a halt as as the irate, impoverished population spasms in …

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