Posted on 07/10/2009 11:03:57 PM PDT by pissant
Gov. Brian Schweitzer is calling on the Obama administration to force General Motors to honor its contract with a Montana mining company instead of going overseas to buy the precious metals used to control vehicle pollution.
By failing to shield the platinum and palladium mines, the Democrat said Friday that the administration had shown a bias against his state -- at a time when other U.S. jobs were protected with a "buy American" clause in the $787 billion stimulus act. GM is shedding its contracts with Stillwater Mining Co.'s platinum and palladium mines as part of the automaker's emergence from bankruptcy protection.....
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Columbus-based Stillwater employs more than 1,300 people and runs the only mines in the United States producing the metals, about 90 miles southwest of Billings.
With platinum and palladium mined in just two other countries, Russia and South Africa, Schweitzer said GM's cancellation would put the U.S. at a strategic risk and hurt the mining industry.
A White House spokesman declined comment.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessweek.com ...
......will these Democrats realize what a loony this President is......
When their urban feral enclaves are burning
Holy $hit
It might as well be Big Sky on the Hudson.
“No. I love them because they cause constant trouble for their master”
Well, your lover is out fundraising for the dems big time. The guy is actively trying to get the dummies reelected. Sorry, not buying it.
I actually didn’t say that as a put down, I’ve seen interviews with the man and he seems very likeable, my comment was more that Obama is screwing a fellow democrat, but then he probably calculated he needs the votes in MI more than MT and, besides, Sweitzer is too conservative for the won’s taste.
We're a mining family that know some of the miners there that this will be affecting. I'm sure this type of reasoning is making them feel better while packing up the household again.
Also putting a “hold” on our missile defense system in Europe.
Yes. This president is trying to destroy our country, and our values-—not save them. He is a true believer in communism, and is fulfilling his duty to destroy the great ‘evil’ empire of freedom and capitolism. He is trying to do what he said he wanted to do, “redistribute the wealth”. He wants to redistribute OUR wealth around the world. Because poor ignorant people are much more easy to control, especially if you control the means of production.
Maybe there is a revenge factor. But it still fits in to the overall plan. Create chaos and grab power while heads are spinning.
Which candidate did Montana vote for in the last election?
Just the circumstantial evidence of his association with people who believe in that kind of thing. Bill Ayers for one. Rahmbo saying "never waste a crisis." Hillary Clinton doing a senior thesis on Saul Alinsky. His Rules For Radicals dovetails with Cloward-Piven Strategy quite nicely.
We're a mining family that know some of the miners there that this will be affecting. I'm sure this type of reasoning is making them feel better while packing up the household again.
Been there, done that myself.
My family connections are through the coal/steel industries and manufacturing tungsten carbide drills and cutting tools for the mining industry. I genuinely sympathize with the families affected and hope for an improved climate for the industry in general (not likely with the enviro-marxists in control.) But looking at the long term strategic value of these specific minerals, I also have to speak my mind when our national interest is at stake.
Look on the bright side... nobody ever listens to me anyway!
I don't "love" him as in I'd vote for him. You are over-analyzing here. I enjoy Schweitzer as I enjoy Ben Nelson (NE). Because they drive the KosNazis up the wall.
Posted yesterday, same title, 10:30 a.m.: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2289804/posts
Good thing I posted it again. LOts more people saw this one.
mnope, plus the fact that he will suck more power from this move. Can you say government bailout and control eventually?
the last paragraph of the article sums it up:
If the Obama administration does not intervene and Stillwater fails to get relief through bankruptcy court, the company would have to file a claim for its losses and line up alongside the automaker’s many other creditors.
It’s not uncommon in such cases for creditors to walk away with pennies on every dollar owed.
Beyond its GM contract woes, Stillwater Mining has been hit by falling commodity prices that last year led it to shed 16 percent of its work force.
The company in May reported a first-quarter loss of $11.6 million, on revenue of $85.8 million. That’s down from a 2008 first-quarter profit of $2.8 million, on revenue of $186.4 million.
Anyone who makes their living from any mineral, ore, or carbon-based material and voted for Obama can go pound sand as far as I’m concerned.
Everyone of these scum in DC have to be voted out. The American people are enraged and Palin will lead the tsunami to dump them 2010 and 2012. Go Sarah Go
Obama and the the scum suckers he shares a bucket with need to go.
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