November 16, 2011
— rdbrewer So? It's a green company. And he's a Kennedy. From Big Government:
President John F. KennedyÂ’s nephew, Robert Kennedy, Jr., netted a $1.4 billion bailout for his company, BrightSource, through a loan guarantee issued by a former employee-turned Department of Energy official.. . .
Wagle was one of the principals in KennedyÂ’s firm who raised money for Barack ObamaÂ’s 2008 presidential campaign. When Obama won the White House, Wagle was installed at the Department of Energy (DOE), advising on energy grants.
From an objective vantage point, investing taxpayer monies in BrightSource was a risky proposition at the time. In 2010, BrightSource, whose largest shareholder is KennedyÂ’s VantagePoint Partners, was up to its eyes in $1.8 billion of debt obligations and had lost $71.6 million on its paltry $13.5 million of revenue.
We guaranteed loans for an ailing company, and a former employee of Kennedy helped decide whether BrightSource got the money. Sweet.
Obama supporter: It's good work if you can get it.
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Unfortunately honor and a lack of connections would preclude me from this type of work. But mostly the lack of connections.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at November 16, 2011 01:28 PM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 16, 2011 01:28 PM (l9zgN)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at November 16, 2011 01:29 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: al-Cicero, Tea Party Jihadist at November 16, 2011 01:31 PM (QKKT0)
Dunno about that writer, but JFK ain't been President for a while.
Posted by: KG at November 16, 2011 01:31 PM (LD21B)
In the side-bar there is the story of the Texas couple that was arrested, handcuffed and still managed to "get busy" in the back of a police car.
This pair fills me with more hope than any of these corrupt criminals running our government.
Posted by: Cheri at November 16, 2011 01:32 PM (G+Wff)
Posted by: Dr Spank at November 16, 2011 01:32 PM (H/kgP)
Posted by: EC at November 16, 2011 01:32 PM (R15UB)
Posted by: dagny at November 16, 2011 01:33 PM (/EyLO)
I found that one this morning and posted in it the DOOM thread to give the morons hope. She ain't Houdini, she's Lewdini.
Posted by: mpfs, Perry Gal at November 16, 2011 01:33 PM (iYbLN)
Posted by: Barry Hussein O'buttfuck at November 16, 2011 01:34 PM (IoUF1)
Posted by: Cheri at November 16, 2011 01:34 PM (G+Wff)
Posted by: The DOE at November 16, 2011 01:36 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: dagny at November 16, 2011 01:36 PM (/EyLO)
No, it's the one for solar-powered mining equipment.
Posted by: pep at November 16, 2011 01:36 PM (YXmuI)
Posted by: willow at November 16, 2011 01:37 PM (h+qn8)
OWS.....You dumb fucks are so misguided. You're protesting the WRONG PEOPLE, assholes.
Posted by: © Sponge at November 16, 2011 01:37 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: ontherocks at November 16, 2011 01:38 PM (HBqDo)
At least that's what I hope.
Posted by: pep at November 16, 2011 01:39 PM (YXmuI)
Posted by: Paladin at November 16, 2011 01:39 PM (YNPwP)
In the side-bar there is the story of the Texas couple that was arrested, handcuffed and still managed to "get busy" in the back of a police car.
This pair fills me with more hope than any of these corrupt criminals running our government.
Posted by: Cheri at November 16, 2011 05:32 PM (G+Wff)
When the officer attempted to stop the sexual act, the woman was quoted as yelling "I suck cock TO COMPLETION!!!"
Posted by: © Sponge at November 16, 2011 01:39 PM (UK9cE)
mpfs & Dagny.......
should we name her as an honorary Moronette? I mean it takes a little brass to give a BJ in the back of a patrol car after being arrested on a felony count!
Posted by: Cheri at November 16, 2011 01:40 PM (G+Wff)
Posted by: Vic at November 16, 2011 01:40 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: toby928© Perrykrishna with tattooed knuckles at November 16, 2011 01:41 PM (GTbGH)
Poltroon? Sir, you have offended my honor. I am a Mountebank.
Posted by: Barky O'Genius at November 16, 2011 01:41 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Ted Kennedy at November 16, 2011 01:42 PM (ursg4)
Posted by: tmitsss at November 16, 2011 01:43 PM (V4Pya)
My only sin was that I loved too much.
Posted by: Tina Marie Arie at November 16, 2011 01:43 PM (QKKT0)
This shit adds up after a while in lost force projection.
Posted by: toby928© Perrykrishna with tattooed knuckles at November 16, 2011 01:44 PM (GTbGH)
mpfs & Dagny.......
should we name her as an honorary Moronette? I mean it takes a little brass to give a BJ in the back of a patrol car after being arrested on a felony count!
Posted by: CheriI say the Yeas have it!
Posted by: mpfs, Perry Gal at November 16, 2011 01:44 PM (iYbLN)
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at November 16, 2011 01:46 PM (bjRNS)
So every single time this whiny little bitch was saying to Lunkhead Hannity "So what sean, eh eh eh, it doesn't maaater if I fly on a private jet." the asshole was really just setting himself up for a government funded payout.
Just lovely. This green shit is worse than the DotCom bust, this is stealing right from the Treasury.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Racism Identifier at November 16, 2011 01:46 PM (tcSZb)
How many teacher-jobs does building an aircraft carrier create or save?
Waste. Of. Money.
Nothankyouuuuuuu.
Posted by: President Dildobama at November 16, 2011 01:46 PM (sqkOB)
The clusterfuckedness of this president has reached terminal velocity.
Posted by: © Sponge at November 16, 2011 01:48 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: davidt at November 16, 2011 01:50 PM (12WTA)
Yes. His entire platform? Abortion.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at November 16, 2011 01:51 PM (qZPzt)
step 1. Get $500,000,000 loan from government to to start new green company.
step 2. ???
step 3. Profit.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 16, 2011 01:53 PM (pdRb1)
ThatÂ’s the plan of tea party activist David Lewis who announced his candidacy on Friday and said he will unveil those ads Monday on his website.
The 26-year-old Batavia resident and married father of a 2-year-old girl said he’s riding on a single issue: Boehner’s support of a federal budget that provided funding to Planned Parenthood, which Lewis calls “the largest killer of unborn babies in America.”link
Posted by: laceyunderalls at November 16, 2011 01:53 PM (qZPzt)
That settles it. I'm registering as a Dem and donating the max to the party each year. I'm also converting to Islam. That way I can kill, rape, and steal as much as I want, and take my share of the skim from the poor taxpaying saps, too.
Win-freakin'-win, baby.
Posted by: The Most Cynical Cynic Whoever Cyniced Cynically at November 16, 2011 01:54 PM (jAqTK)
step 1. Get $500,000,000 loan from government to to start new green company.
step 2. ??? Loot company.
step 3. Profit.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 16, 2011 05:53 PM (pdRb1)
FIFY
Posted by: Insomniac at November 16, 2011 01:55 PM (DrWcr)
Posted by: t-bird at November 16, 2011 01:56 PM (FcR7P)
It's almost like they're good with the way things are, isn't it?
Posted by: nickless, back with the banned (99.174.64.43) at November 16, 2011 01:57 PM (cBVAS)
@8: "President John F. Kennedy? What, people wouldn't recognize who you're talking about without the title?"
Gotta admit, it flows a lot better than Privileged Dumbass Son Of A Bootlegger Who Turned Off The Engines On His PT-Boat While It Was In A Shipping Lane During Wartime And Got It Rammed And Sunk By An Enemy Destroyer As A Result John F. Kennedy.
Posted by: Zombie John F. Kennedy, Parade Fan at November 16, 2011 01:58 PM (jAqTK)
@19: "Uh, when does my Unicorn arrive?"
Yo, Reindeer Games1 - your cracka-ass cracka ass doesn't get one.
1You white? You Ben Affleck
Posted by: Prezidizzle Obizzle at November 16, 2011 02:00 PM (jAqTK)
I have to ask: how is it that you keep getting banned? It's not like you're new, and I've never seen you cross any of the lines (such as they are). Now, I don't hang around for the ONT, but really, how does this keep happening to you?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at November 16, 2011 02:00 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: ontherocks at November 16, 2011 02:00 PM (HBqDo)
Posted by: befuddled at November 16, 2011 02:01 PM (xJU23)
Posted by: steevy at November 16, 2011 02:01 PM (7WJOC)
Posted by: Miss'80s at November 16, 2011 02:03 PM (d6QMz)
This regime is in power until January 2013. I can't even imagine the damage that they'll cause until then. And I truly believe that these payoffs are just the tip of the iceberg.
Posted by: Soona at November 16, 2011 02:05 PM (X/0mk)
That's good. That's very good.
When does the Senate take it up?
And how likely are they to get the other 18 votes to overturn veto (should that occur)?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at November 16, 2011 02:05 PM (8y9MW)
That is a dangerous question to ask with this administration.
Posted by: KG at November 16, 2011 02:06 PM (LD21B)
How the fuck can you have 1.8 billion of debt and 13.5 million of revenue?
We're getting rogered by this administration.
Posted by: boniface ballers at November 16, 2011 02:06 PM (bPbwB)
Well, yes.
Actually, the whole thing is wish-casting, though it's good wish-casting. The Senate won't take it up, won't approve it if it did, and Obama would veto, even if the Senate were to pass it.
But, at least it's something the congress cretins can take home and say, "Hey, I tried."
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at November 16, 2011 02:10 PM (8y9MW)
This time I posted on an apparently closed thread that I found in the AoSHQ Facebook group and the anti-spammer software torpedoed my IP.
That, and I posted nude photos of Ace to alt.furry.sex.hairball.
Posted by: nickless, back with the banned (99.174.64.43) at November 16, 2011 02:11 PM (cBVAS)
When does the Senate take it up?
And how likely are they to get the other 18 votes to overturn veto (should that occur)?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at November 16, 2011 06:05 PM (8y9MW)
It'll be like everything else that's passed in the House. It won't get beyond Dingy's desk.
Posted by: Soona at November 16, 2011 02:11 PM (X/0mk)
How the fuck can you have 1.8 billion of debt and 13.5 million of revenue?
We're getting rogered by this administration.
Posted by: boniface ballers at November 16, 2011 06:06 PM (bPbwB)
Well.... lets see... what did he do before??? Congress???
So... he learned to do business just like the Government, who is now 15 TRILLION in debt, on 4.7 Trillion in revenue.
Posted by: You are what you learned. at November 16, 2011 02:12 PM (NtXW4)
When does the Senate take it up?
And how likely are they to get the other 18 votes to overturn veto (should that occur)?
Considering Reid's way of operating, the bill may never come before the Senate.
Posted by: Miss'80s at November 16, 2011 02:13 PM (d6QMz)
Posted by: willow at November 16, 2011 02:13 PM (h+qn8)
Ain't that just a hoot? Someone's trying to set up a solar power facility in the California desert, where it would make the most sense, and some dumbshit Democrat California senator is trying to put the kibosh on it.
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at November 16, 2011 02:14 PM (1rHeD)
That, and I posted nude photos of Ace to alt.furry.sex.hairball.
Posted by: nickless, back with the banned (99.174.64.43) at November 16, 2011 06:11 PM (cBVAS)
And just how did you get THOSE photos? Hmmmm??? Did you get them from.... oh.... I don't know..... SATAN?
Posted by: Church Lady at November 16, 2011 02:14 PM (NtXW4)
Posted by: t-bird at November 16, 2011 02:15 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: willow at November 16, 2011 06:13 PM (h+qn
If, by chance, he wins in 2012.....yes.
Posted by: Soona at November 16, 2011 02:15 PM (X/0mk)
Ain't that just a hoot? Someone's trying to set up a solar power facility in the California desert, where it would make the most sense, and some dumbshit Democrat California senator is trying to put the kibosh on it.
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at November 16, 2011 06:14 PM (1rHeD)
Hey now.... we don't want the Kennedys in OUR backyard either!
Posted by: Desert Tortiose at November 16, 2011 02:16 PM (NtXW4)
typical isn't it, We need wind farms and Solar panels!
not in my backyard.............. any dem.
Posted by: willow at November 16, 2011 02:16 PM (h+qn8)
Posted by: Jean at November 16, 2011 02:17 PM (3FXA5)
typical isn't it, We need wind farms and Solar panels!
not in my backyard.............. any dem.
Posted by: willow at November 16, 2011 06:16 PM (h+qn
OK.... trade one Southern Cal Desert Solar Farm... for one Wind Farm off the Cape???
Posted by: Green Czar at November 16, 2011 02:17 PM (NtXW4)
You just can't win for losing, can you?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at November 16, 2011 02:18 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: willow at November 16, 2011 06:16 PM (h+qn
OK.... trade one Southern Cal Desert Solar Farm... for one Wind Farm off the Cape???
Posted by: Green Czar at November 16, 2011 06:17 PM (NtXW4)
How about trade you one desert tortoise for one bald eagle?, can't transport them though, not allowed to be touched, But let's call it a deal. no-one will care
Posted by: willow at November 16, 2011 02:19 PM (h+qn8)
Anything else is a damn waste of time and a PR stunt. That's what this BS bill for concealed carry is. Salve for the base just before they OK a GD tax increase.
Posted by: Vic at November 16, 2011 02:19 PM (YdQQY)
"To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities"
Posted by: Miss'80s at November 16, 2011 02:20 PM (d6QMz)
Posted by: Vic at November 16, 2011 06:19 PM (YdQQY)
Or better yet, from their perspective, the supercommittee takes care of that tax increase automatically.
Posted by: KG at November 16, 2011 02:21 PM (LD21B)
(cars, planes, companies oh my)
Posted by: just sayin' at November 16, 2011 05:35 PM (J+4F0)
You couldn't pay me to get on a plane with a Kennedy either.
Deaths on planes with Kennedys: 6
Deaths in cars with Kennedys: 1, plus 1 paralyzed.
I would take my chances in a car, going to a ski resort to play golf with a Kennedy before getting on a plane with one. All of that only adds up to 3 deaths and a wheelchair.
Posted by: MrCaniac at November 16, 2011 02:21 PM (GomcF)
@8: "President John F. Kennedy? What, people wouldn't recognize who you're talking about without the title?"
Gotta admit, it flows a lot better than Privileged Dumbass Son Of A Bootlegger Who Turned Off The Engines On His PT-Boat While It Was In A Shipping Lane During Wartime And Got It Rammed And Sunk By An Enemy Destroyer As A Result John F. Kennedy.
Posted by: Zombie John F. Kennedy, Parade Fan at November 16, 2011 05:58 PM (jAqTK)
Don't forget Ambassador's Horndog Doofus Son Who Was Hustled Out To The Navy Because He Was Rumored To Be Banging A Suspected Nazi Spy In Wartime London.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 16, 2011 02:23 PM (G+B5p)
Posted by: Rob Roy at November 16, 2011 02:28 PM (zzlGA)
Posted by: Call me Ishmael at November 16, 2011 02:29 PM (QwdsI)
--------------------------
Since Obama's election, I've been preparing for this day by paying strangers to kick me in the nuts on a daily basis.And with a nightly regimen of shoving arugula up my pooper, I have finally grown quite accustomed to further bad news from this administration. Perhaps a 4 year plan of substance abuse, I might get through another 4 years.
Posted by: befuddled at November 16, 2011 02:36 PM (xJU23)
Posted by: Julie at November 16, 2011 02:37 PM (O/fK8)
How about trade you one desert tortoise for one bald eagle?, can't transport them though, not allowed to be touched, But let's call it a deal. no-one will care
Posted by: willow at November 16, 2011 06:19 PM (h+qn
Sounds like a deal...
Posted by: Carlos Santini, Owner, Gourmet Club at November 16, 2011 02:39 PM (NtXW4)
Posted by: just sayin'
Heh.
Cruel but heh.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 16, 2011 02:45 PM (HZbzj)
Posted by: befuddled at November 16, 2011 02:51 PM (xJU23)
Posted by: joeindc44 at November 16, 2011 02:55 PM (QxSug)
Posted by: joeindc44 at November 16, 2011 02:56 PM (QxSug)
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at November 16, 2011 03:05 PM (KOQBP)
Since Obama's election, I've been preparing for this day by paying strangers to kick me in the nuts on a daily basis.
Heh.
It has the advantage of being less painful.....
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 16, 2011 03:16 PM (G+B5p)
Posted by: Jean at November 16, 2011 03:45 PM (liPvR)
Posted by: SGT Dan at November 16, 2011 04:59 PM (/I/Y7)
Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at November 16, 2011 08:16 PM (C7KNt)
amv converter for mac
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Posted by: chuck in st paul at November 17, 2011 06:30 AM (EhYdw)
I have brilliant business plan.
Get 500 million loan. Put it in Ally bank for a year at 0.89%. Declare bankruptcy and just give back the 500 million. Pocket the 4.5 million of interest.
Posted by: Schwalbe : The © at November 17, 2011 07:13 AM (UU0OF)
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