Posted on 08/08/2010 10:43:45 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
(VIDEO AT LINK)
When Democrat Joe Biden said on the campaign trail in 2008: “Guess what? We’re not supporting Clean Coal… No coal plants here in America,” liberal reporters rushed in to protect Barack Obama. They passed it off as a gaffe.
Typical was this report from Jonathan Martin of Politico: “McCain seizes on Biden coal gaffe”:
Barack Obama is actually on record supporting the expansion of such technologies, but Biden’s words are prompting Republicans to lick their lips about the potential resonance of the issue in key coal states such as Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Colorado.
To drive the issue, they’re circulating the above video, will hold a conference call later today with a coalition of elected officials, coal miners and executives from such states, stage local media events on the matter later in the week and likely cut an ad targeted at relevant markets
McCain himself is also picking up on it.
Fortuitously stumping in Ohio today — where he picked up the support of an Operating Engineers local — the Republican sought to shift attention from Wall Street to Biden’s gaffe.
Good gravy. At least my blog is labeled opinion, not news. Note that McCain is reported to be using this gaffe to turn “attention from Wall Street.” Nice straw man.
Once Obama took office, Biden’s words were proved to be prophetic.
Coal permits are being arbitrarily pulled or delayed as the administration tries to kill an industry, with the permission of former UMW president Rich Trumka.
Via Glenn Reynolds, this blog post: “Report: Peak coal could happen by 2011… if we don’t start any more mines!”
The blogger that Glenn Reynolds linked seems to think this is a good thing because this will save mountaintops from being blown off.
But why is coal evil?
No one gives a straight answer.
Is it the surface mining of hills — “mountaintop” removal — that makes it evil?
Biden said in that clip that coal causes global warming and that’s his reason — but then he goes on to say that coal burned in China is going into your lungs.
They give every reason, but no reason because what they are trying to do is stop America’s supply of cheap electricity.
Under Jimmy Carter, Democrats killed the domestic nuclear industry. GE is cool with that as it builds nuke plants overseas.
Now they are killing coal. Obama was deceitful in 2008 about his plan. The press never called him on it.
That’s a shame.
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And they intend to kill coal,,,, Ask any railroad man how much business the railroads do hauling coal. He will bankrupt the railroads, and then be forced to nationalize them too! Obama is a radical communist who intends to destroy America.
He must be stopped.
Don’t electric cars depend on coal generators for recharging?
Well, he was a merry old soul.
No, Dear Leader has set up special unicorn-powered plants for those.
Wasn't there some news article a few months ago about Warren Buffett buying a lot of shares in BNSF? BNSF is a major freight railroad.
Oh yeah, last November, here it is:
http://cjonline.com/news/local/2009-11-03/buffett_company_buys_bnsf
Yes. A big percentage of electricity in this country is generated at coal fired power plants.
But the liberal enviro-nuts want to invest in solar and wind and geothermal power. They eventually want to get rid of fossil fuels altogether.
And they think that windmills will generate enough power to charge up the millions of electric cars they hope to see on our streets in the future.
What makes you think 0bama wants anyone to even drive electric cars?
Independent Transportation is just that independence. Anathema to 0bama.
Speaking of railroads, had a good time as a bodyguard at this confab:
http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/top-5/2008/06/25/No-Decision-in-CSX-Proxy-Fight/
The 2011 Obamamobile.
ROTFLMAO!
Just about 48% to be exact.
Anybody else remember candidate Obama's words about coal fired power plants? "If they build a coal fired power plant, we'll bankrupt them!"
By nationalizing the railroads, the government will be able to take over all intermodal transportation of goods and services throughout the country. The government will be able to decide which states and cities will be able to get which goods and services.
Interestingly enough, "central planning" has been tried throughout the world, and it always fails. We saw it in the Soviet Union. We can see it today in North Korea, Cuba, and Zimbabwe. But of course, the leftists believe that it's not the ideas and policies that are flawed, just the people who tried to implement them... Remember the words of the Great and Powerful O(z):"We are the ones we've been waiting for!"
Mark
So, roughly half of our electricity comes from coal.
And they think that we can replace most or all of that with windmills, solar, ocean waves, and the rest of the “green” energy techniques?
No, the ones in power don't think that, they want the peasants to believe it, the low ranking left wing useful idiots, but the leaders know damn well that eliminating coal will simply leave a large part of the country without energy, which is their plan.
The Democrats (energy policy) are against whatever works and for whatever does not work or will not be available for at least 20 years.
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