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Meet Daddy Greenbacks [Enviro-radical Tom Steyer]
Financial Post [Canada] ^ | Monday April 29, 2014 | Peter Foster

Posted on 04/29/2014 7:14:26 AM PDT by canuck_conservative

... The Yale and Stanford graduate, and his brother Jim, a law professor, have been dubbed “The Koch Brothers of the left.” Mr. Steyer rejects the comparison because he claims that the fossil fuel-rich Kochs speak only for their own interests, while he speaks for the people and the planet. In fact, the Kochs speak out against subsidies. He speaks for them....

The public appears less and less convinced of, or concerned about, climate catastrophe, and appears positively gung ho for Keystone XL. A poll for the American Petroleum Institute, released last week, indicated strong support for the pipeline from voters of all political stripes. The API’s Cindy Schild took at clear shot at Mr. Steyer when she said “Unfortunately, President Obama has decided to side with a billionaire activist and a handful of shrill extremists instead of the thousands of skilled American workers who have been shut out of the good paying jobs KXL would provide.”

Asked to comment on Mr. Steyer last Friday, TransCanada’s CEO Russ Girling — who has been vilified in Steyer ads — responded that “There are certain organizations and individuals who continue to spread misinformation and mistruths related to Keystone XL … It is obvious these individuals and organizations have ulterior motives other than protecting the environment or the public…” Like, say, running for the White House and/or ruling the world?....

The piece started with Mr. Steyer saying of his political enemies “The goal here is not to win. The goal here is to destroy these people.” It concluded that Mr. Steyer “almost looks presidential, which, if climate turns out to be the key issue . . .”

In fact, there seems little likelihood that that’s where the dots will lead. Instead, Mr. Steyer may find himself destined to go down with ....

(Excerpt) Read more at business.financialpost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Canada; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; canada; envirokooks; keystonexl; pipelines; tomsteyer
Here's the menace on the Left.

Don't expect too much other coverage of him in Big Media.

1 posted on 04/29/2014 7:14:26 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: canuck_conservative

“The goal here is not to win. The goal here is to destroy these people.” - Tom Steyer, environmentalist hero

“The camp internees are enemies of the National Socialist state and hence subhuman. They may be disposed of as we see fit.” - Theodor Eicke, Commandant of Dachau


2 posted on 04/29/2014 8:01:18 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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Thanks canuck_conservative.
The piece started with Mr. Steyer saying of his political enemies “The goal here is not to win. The goal here is to destroy these people.” It concluded that Mr. Steyer “almost looks presidential, which, if climate turns out to be the key issue . . .”

3 posted on 04/29/2014 10:33:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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