Posted on 03/26/2012 11:00:47 AM PDT by John Semmens
President Obama went on the offensive against criticism of his green energy approach.
There are some who would have the American people believe that the failure of the Solyndra Corporation is somehow my fault, Obama said. At best, it is a shared responsibility. True, the idea that we should promote clean energy was mine. Blame me for wanting to save the planet.
But it was Congress that appropriated the money, Obama continued. Without this appropriation my Department of Energy would not have had and money to hand out to firms like Solyndra. Blame Congress for enabling my Administration to climb out on a limb that got sawed off by a bad economyan economy, I might remind everyone, that we inherited from George Bush.
At the same time they appropriated funding for the production of green energy products Congress neglected to mandate their purchase, the President pointed out. This oversight is all the more puzzling considering that they did not overlook mandating the purchase of health insurance when they passed the Affordable Care Act. Blame Congress for leaving a job half done.
Of course, consumers have done less than they could have to make green energy work, Obama concluded. Even though Congress hasnt yet mandated the purchase of green products, consumers can still voluntarily buy them. Unfortunately, too many of them are selfishly concerned with a products cost or performance to make the kind of sacrifices we need to make for the sake of the environment. So, blame human greed, I guess.
The Solyndra firm received over $500 million in government loans to subsidize its production of solar panels. Solyndra has since filed for bankruptcy and there is little prospect that any of this money will be paid back. Luckily, bonuses were able to be paid out to Solyndras management before the funds ran out.
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news posts you can find them at...
http://azconservative.org/2012/03/24/pelosi-predicts-court-will-find-obamacare-constitutional/
It’s never his fault.
They appropriated the money because of pressure from who?
Another winner, John.
A sure sign of terrific satire ... you have ridiculed the thinking of the Left ... and made it believable! Well done.
He is incorrectly assuming that Obama is to be believed.
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