Emails show the White House adamantly kept the GSA away from Solyndra right before it illegally restructured the failed loan to protect a big Obama campaign donor leaving taxpayers on the hook for over $500 million.
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Subsidized and Expensive Solar Energy Bites the Dust Again
The reality is that there is no cheaper substitute right now for fossil fuels as a source of energy, no matter how the administration and its proponents spin it.
Solar Energy: Popular but Corrupt
Crony capitalism and political payback in the form of green energy company subsidies (spelled “bailouts at taxpayer expense”) continue. And Obama wants four more years to route taxpayer-funded subsidies to people who donate to his re-election campaign. – American Thinker
White House Solyndra Scandal Grows – Continues Stonewalling
[T]he White House continues to stall, refusing to turn over documents and blocking key staff from talking to investigators,” said Rep. Fred Upton, Michigan Republican and chairman of the committee. – Washington Times
Another “green” company Biden praised goes bankrupt
Ener1 joins Solyndra and a host of other failed ‘green” companies that received taxpayer funding and praise from the administration before going bankrupt. Instead of “green” it should be called “brown” because its flushing taxpayer money down the toilet.
Michelle Malkin: The Year in Obama Scandals and Scandal Deniers
I am amazed at the stubborn and clingy persistence of President Barack Obama’s snowblowers in the media. See no scandal, hear no scandal, speak no scandal. – CNSNews.com
The Case of CH2M Hill: $2 Billion in Crony Stimulation
Why, having been awarded more than three times as much funding as Solyndra, has CH2M escaped serious scrutiny? Perhaps it is the significant donations and lobbying efforts they have doled out, targeting key Democrats in charge of the stimulus.
Krauthammer: – incompetence, cluelessness – Chu should resign
Another clueless department head in the Obama administration? Chu defends himself like Holder did. “I didn’t know.’ Reminds me of Sgt. Schultz on Hogan’s Heroes who was always saying “I know nothing!”
Bachmann – Solyndragate “stinks” makes Watergate look like childs play
The White House has “to be involved.” She also called for firing of Energy Sec. Chu. Previously she has joined over 50 congressmen calling Eric Holder’s firing. Obama is “leading from behind” on issue after issue.
Obama’s DOE pressured Solyndra to delay layoffs until after election
Emails show that the energy department used loan funding as a threat to Solyndra to delay a planned layoff announcement until after the 2010 elections.