I love sarah but disagree with her on this one.
for one thing the funds from the feds that tesla tapped were set up under George Bush. For another, the loan was paid back in full with interest.
Obama’s only part in this story has been and will be that he happened to be president during this time period.
Lest you think we're at loggerheads or that I want to pick a fight with a fellow FReeper, it was your mention of George Kennan that actually captured my attention, hence the "long telegram" mention in my prior post. He lived a long life (died at 101) and was astute enough to warn of the dangers of America being balkanized by the Mexican hordes resulting in a "polyglot mishmash", as he phrased it.