Wednesday, August 31, 2011

The Reference Frame: Hurricane Irene and hype
Google News coughs up 117,000 articles in English with the phrase "hurricane Irene" in them. That's something like 2,500 article per casualty. Wow.
“Stealth industrial policy” - By Henry Payne - Planet Gore - National Review Online
Here at Planet Gore, we have noted for the last year that Obama’s “industrial policy” is little more than an attempt to transform America into a green economy, using both the honey of government subsidies and the hammer of government mandates.

The effort has been centered in Michigan — home of key Democrat Big Labor and Government Motors constituencies. Obama has diverted billions in stimulus dollars to corporate cronies like the Big Three, LGChem, A123, and Dow to build his pet, battery-powered toys.
Senator Reid Talks ‘Green’ Jobs - By Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore - National Review Online
I sincerely hope, for the country’s sake, that this is Sen. Harry Reid pandering to the Clean Energy Summit crowd (#NCES4) and not that he actually believes these policies will create jobs:
@SenatorReid Clean energy gives manufacturing/construction wrkrs w/o jobs chance 2 get back 2 work bldg solar panels,smart grids,high-speed trains #NCES4

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