Minutes after the start of the second half of the Super Bowl, the lights went out in the Super Dome. The game was delayed by about forty minutes while they waited to get the lights back on. Ironically, the Department…
This news is a couple of days old, but it’s still notable. The Department of Energy is “investing” millions of taxpayer dollars in projects they admit are “too risky for private-sector investment.” There are no crony investments too risky for…
Taxpayers are still on the hook for the GM bailout to the tune of about $42 billion. But that hasn’t stopped the automaker from teaming up with OnStar to create a village for Chevy Volt drivers called “Pecan Street.” It’s…
I can’t fathom how anyone, regardless of ideology, can advocate for higher taxes when I hear stories like this. The Department of Energy is missing $500,000 in stimulus money. They don’t know what happened to it. Half a million bucks,…
The most transparent administration ever has been ignoring requests from Congress to turn over information on the Department of Energy’s green energy loan program. Shocking, I know. “Last November, a request was made of the Department of the Interior for…
The following is a guest post by Joseph Hall. *** From the Top: Five Reasons to Elect a New Boss The Chairman of the Republican National Convention just published his top five list on the performance of the Obama Administration.…
Hey, what’s $230,000 when it belongs to the taxpayers? That’s the attitude in Washington, DC anymore. A couple of hundred thousand here, a few million there, a billion for whatever. The latest is a “green jobs” website sponsored by the…
According to Politico, the Department of Energy received a $35 billion slush fund from Porkulus – more than the department’s annual budget. Now they’ve launched over 100 criminal investigations tied to the stimulus spending. Perhaps if they had been a…
Democrats in the House rejected a stop-gap spending bill put forth by the Republicans because it doesn’t spend enough money. Their big objection? The bill cut funding for Department of Energy loans. They want more Solyndras, I suppose. A few…
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