Trickle Down Tyranny (50 page)

60
. Kerry Picket, “Obama Administration: Room for Muslim Brotherhood in reformed Egyptian government,”
Washington Times
, February 1, 2011, http://www3.washing tontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2011/feb/1/obama-administration-room-muslim-brother hood-refor/.

61
. Douglas Hamilton, “Israel shocked by Obama’s ‘betrayal’ of Mubarak,” Reuters, January 31, 2011, http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/31/us-egypt-israel-usa-idUSTRE70U53720110131.

Chapter 9. Tyranny of Green Energy

1
. “Henry Juskiewicz,”
Bloomberg Businessweek
, http://investing.businessweek.com/busi nessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=4339939&privcapId=28990&previousCapId=255397&previousTitle=BEST%20BUY%20CO%20INC.

2
. James R. Hagerty and Kris Maher, “Gibson Guitar Wails on Federal Raid Over Wood,”
Wall Street Journal
, September 1, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903895904576542942027859286.html.

3
. “Gibson Guitar Corp. Responds to Federal Raid,”
Gibson.com
, August 25, 2011, http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/gibson-0825-2011/.

4
. “Guitar Frets: Environmental Enforcement Leaves Musicians in Fear,”
Wall Street Journal
, August 26, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904787404576530520471223268.html.

5
. Nancy DeWolf Smith, “The Government and the Guitar Man,”
Wall Street Journal
, November 12, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203554104576655273915372748.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop)

6
. Kate Hicks, “Solyn-drama: Obama Warned Not to Visit Failed Solar Panel Plant,”
Townhall.com
, October 4, 2011, http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katehicks/2011/10/03/solyn-drama_obama_warned_not_to_visit_failed_solar_panel_plant.

7
. Jim McElhatton, “Solyndra put off word of layoffs until after election,”
Washington Times
, November 15, 2011, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/15/solyndra-put-off-word-of-layoffs-until-after-elect/.

8
. Michael Barone, “Obama Tainted by Loan Guarantees to Solar Firms,”
Washington Examiner
, September 14, 2011, http://www.aei.org/article/104134?gclid=CKLj0_Warqs CFaUCQAod7WYYJQ.

9
. Carolyn Lochhead, “Energy stimulus program plagued by problems,”
SFGate.com
, November 3, 2011, http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-11-03/news/30357933_1_stimulus-funds-stimulus-program-stimulus-money.

10
. Carol Leonnig and Joe Stephens, “Solyndra employees: Company suffered from mismanagement, heavy spending,”
Washington Post
, September 21, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/solyndra-employees-company-suffered-from-mismanage ment-heavy-spending/2011/09/20/gIQAMHC3lK_story.html.

11
. Deborah Solomon and Ryan Tracy, “Firm Denied Troubles in Spring,”
Wall Street Journal
, September 17, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903927204576574912734624144.html.

12
. Jim McElhatton, “Bankruptcy scenario played out before Solyndra collapse,”
Washington Times
, September 22, 2011, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/22/bankruptcy-scenario-played-out-before-solyndra-col/.

13
. Guy Benson, “Disgrace: Solyndra Execs Awarded Themselves Huge Bonuses as Company Crumbled,”
Townhall.com
, November 4, 2011, http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/11/04/disgrace_solyndra_execs_awarded_themselves_huge_bonuses_as_company_crumbled.

14
. John Hinderaker, “Solyndra Execs Leave With Cash. Yours,” PowerLine, Novem-ber 2, 2011, http://www.powerlineblog.com/achives/2011/11/solyndra-execs-leave-with-cash-yours.php.

15
. Guy Benson, “BOMBSHELL: Emails Reveal Direct White House Tie to Solyndra Scandal,”
Townhall.com
, September 14, 2011, http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guy benson/2011/09/14/bombshell_emails_reveal_direct_white_house_tie_to_solyndra_scandal.

16
. “PUBLIC LAW 109-58—AUG. 8, 2005, ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005,” p. 499, http://doi.net/iepa/EnergyPolicyActof2005.pdf.

17
. Ibid., p. 526.

18
. Andrew Stiles, “Solyndra Loan: DOE Memo Defends Decision to Put Private Investors Ahead of Taxpayers,”
National Review Online
, October 14, 2011, http://www.nation alreview.com/corner/280161/solyndra-loan-doe-defends-decision-put-private-investors-ahead-taxpayers-andrew-stiles.

19
. “The Solyndra Economy,”
Wall Street Journal
, October 11, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204524604576610972882349418.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop.

20
. Bruce Krasting, “Throw the Bums Out,”
Bruce Krasting: My Take on Financial Events
, December 18, 2011, http://brucekrasting.blogspot.com/2011/12/throw-bums-out.html.

21
. “House Panel Votes to Subpoena White House for Solyndra Records,”
FoxNews.com
, November 3, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/11/02/obama-administration-considered-bailout-for-solyndra-before-bankruptcy/.

22
. Jim McElhatton, “FBI-targeted solar company Solyndra to put shine on law firm’s wallet,”
Washington Times
, September 19, 2011, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/19/fbi-targeted-solar-company-to-put-shine-on-law-fir/?page=all.

23
. Martin Gould, “$737 million Green Loan to Pelosi Kin Fuels Outrage,”
NewsMax.com
, September 30, 2011, http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/New-Green-Loan-Obama/2011/09/30/id/412909.

24
. “Greasing the solar skids,”
New York Post
, November 18, 2011, http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/greasing_the_solar_skids_yf8pKoJEcktj7gUSFOWurO.

25
. “Another Energy Company Goes Bankrupt, $39 million Borrowed From Taxpayers,”
FoxNews.com
, October 31, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/31/another-energy-company-goes-bankrupt-3-million-borrowed-from-taxpayers/.

26
. “Beacon Power’s Catastrophic Flywheel Failures,” Energy Storage Blog, October 26, 2011, http://www.energystorageblog.com/2011/10/26/beacon_powers_catastrophic_flywheel_failures/.

27
. “Is Ener1 Next for Bankruptcy?” Energy Storage Blog, November 1, 2011, http://www.energystorageblog.com/2011/11/01/is-ener1-next-for-bankruptcy/.

28
. “Solyndra Not Sole Firm to Hit Rock Bottom Despite Stimulus Funding,” Fox News, September 15, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/15/despite-stimulus-funding-solyndra-and-4-other-companies-have-hit-rock-bottom/.

29
. John Nichols and Paul Driessen, “Delaware’s very own Solyndra?”
Washington Times
, September 23, 2011, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/23/delawares-very-own-solyndra/.

30
. Darius Dixon, “DOE IG: 100+ stimulus-related criminal probes,”
Politico
, Novem-ber 2, 2011, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67444.html.

31
. Neil King, Neil and Stephen Power, “Times Tough for Energy Overhaul,”
Wall Street Journal
, December 12, 2008, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122904040307499791.html.

32
. “Steven Chu Biography,” Republican National Convention blog, December 15, 2008, http://rncnyc2004.blogspot.com/2008/12/steven-chu-biography.html.

33
. “Price Charts,” GasBuddy.com, http://gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx_.

34
. “Obama says he wants oil producers to boost output,”
Bloomberg Businessweek
, April 26, 2011, http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9MRJH8O0.htm.

35
. Jim Kuhnhenn, “Obama says he wants oil producers to boost output,”
Bloomberg Businessweek
, April 27, 2011, http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9M RQU9G2.htm.

36
. Mark Knoller, “National Debt Up $3 Trillion on Obama’s Watch,” Political Hotsheet, October 18, 2011, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20019931-503544.html.

37
. “Team to probe oil market fraud, manipulation: Obama,” Reuters, April 22, 2011, http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/22/us-obama-oil-idUSTRE73K6WW20110422.

38
. Mark J. Perry, “In Q1 Exxon Paid Almost $1 million per Hour in Income Taxes,” Seeking Alpha, April 29, 2011, http://seekingalpha.com/article/266554-in-q1-exxon-paid-almost-1-million-per-hour-in-income-taxes.

39
. Ibid.

40
. Opelka, Mike, “Exxon Earns Huge Profits, But Also Pays Huge Taxes,”
Blaze
, April 29, 2011, http://www.theblaze.com/stories/exxon-earns-huge-profits-but-also-pays-huge-taxes/.

41
. “Exxon Mobil Corp Earnings Conference Call (Q1 2011),” Yahoo! Finance, April 28, 2011, http://biz.yahoo.com/cc/0/121530.html.

42
. Mark Perry, “Q1: Exxon Paid Almost $1M Per Hour In Income Taxes; Its Effective Tax Rate Was 42.3%,” Daily Markets, April 29, 2011, http://www.dailymarkets.com/economy/2011/04/28/qi-exxon-paid-almost-1m-per-hour-in-income-taxes-and-its-effective-tax-rate-was-42-3/.

43
. Lucian Pugliarese, “The Keystone Debacle,”
Wall Street Journal
, November 16, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204190504577037754000084544.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion.

44
. Christie Parsons and Paul Richter, “Keystone XL pipeline decision delayed until after 2012 election,”
Los Angeles Times
, November 11, 2011, http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-keystone-20111111,0,1732793.story.

45
. Pugliarese, “The Keystone Debacle.”

46
. José De Córdoba, “Reports of Chavez’s Illness Cloud Campaign,”
Wall Street Journal
, November 19, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204517204577046464037810838.html?mod=WSJ_World_MIDDLENews.

47
. Zachary Goldfarb, “A Regulator Heeds Lessons From the Past,”
Washington Post
, July 24, 2009, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/23/AR2009072303609.html.