Green Energy

Former President Bill Clinton said Tuesday that the success of the alternative energy movement is hampered by a lack of financing.


Sorry, Bill ... no.  If the alternative energy movement made sense, wise capitalists would be investing in it so they could make more than the banks' 1.5% passbook rates.


But most of the "Green Movement" is a collection of scams.  Solyndra, anyone???


Catch Slick Willie's pitch here:


http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CLINTON_GLOBAL_INITIATIVE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-09-20-19-46-51

Don't buy into his "green" nonsense.

Crooks at the White House?

When a big Obama campaign donor had an idea for a wireless system at his company, LightSquared, he needed radio spectrum -- access to some frequencies to use.  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was reluctant to approve the spectrum requested, since it was near in frequency to the US Air Force's GPS system (same one we also use for our car navigation).

LightSquared contacted the White House for assistance.  Good move, since the FCC Chairman, Julius Genachowski, is one of Obama's buddies from their days together at Harvard Law.  (Genachowski doesn't know much about communications.  He probably picked up a few tidbits along the way but he's a lawyer first, nothing much second.)

Of course, the FCC fast-tracked approval for LightSquared, despite potential interference to GPS, which operates in a nearby frequency block.  Initial tests showed the new system did interfere.

The White House wanted to keep that news suppressed.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/09/15/lightsquared-did-white-house-pressure-general-shelton-to-help-donor.html

We need to get new people in positions of authority.

Paul Krugman Hates Republicans

This is apparent from his latest blog post at the New York Times.  For no good reason, he used the occasion of the 9/11 Anniversary to call Rudolph Giuliani and George W. Bush "phony heroes."  Everybody else had something appealing to say.  Not him.

If you think you want to read what Krugman said, you'll figure a way to find it.  He's not getting any extra readers from the Curmudgeon.

The Government Hates Gibson Guitars

Obama's Justice Department [sic] has attacked Gibson Guitar on the basis that they're using the wrong wood in the wrong country or countries.

Wood crime.  Wood crime?  Yes, wood crime.

Gibson is non-union.  Apparently that's the real "crime."

Read about it from Fair and Balanced Fox News by clicking here.