Posted on 01/18/2011 5:45:16 PM PST by markomalley
Do you think that will help his re election campaign?
Stupid is sometimes forever. WV wanted him, WV got him.
Obama's? No. In 2008 he played a trick that will only work once. If he doesn't do this kind of crap, he loses the lunatic green fringe, which he can't afford. If he does, he'll lose some of his support in Appalachian states, which he can't afford.
On this like so many other issues, he's just screwed. He managed to fake a coalition of disparate interests with spit and baling wire, but the proof is in the pudding. The interests weren't just disparate but in many respects conflicting, and it's a lot harder to tell everyone what they want to hear when you have an actual track record, especially when that "everyone" all want different and conflicting things. If he has a ghost of a chance of winning in '12 he better get the voter fraud machine cranked WAY up.
Of course this neglects any consideration of who the GOP may nominate, and as we all know, they're past masters at snatching crushing humiliating defeat from the jaws of certain victory.
Obama’s War on the USA
Submitted by may on Wed, 2011-01-19 00:12
Last week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shut down Arch Coal’s Spruce Mine No. 1, which is located in Logan County West Virginia. The EPA revoked the mining permit of Spruce Mine No. 1 because Congress and President Obama could not pass effective Cap-and-Trade legislation to harm the coal industry. We can expect more such unprecedented action will soon be coming from the EPA.
The electricity generated by burning coal is still our primary electrical energy source. This electricity is needed to charge the batteries of the unpopular electric vehicles Obama has been pushing Americans to purchase. No matter how much the Left destroys our Texas landscape with ugly, bird-killing windmills, coal will remain the primary producer of electricity in the United States for many years to come.
Obama promised to drive the coal industry into bankruptcy. The attack on Spruce Mine No. 1 is certainly a part of Obama’s battle against coal and other forms of inexpensive and plentiful energy. Closing Spruce Mine No. 1, and wasting $250 million that Arch Coal has already invested in the mining operation, will raise the cost of electrical energy
This action of the EPA has a profound effect on the coal industry and all other businesses in the United States. The EPA approved the mining permit of the Spruce Mine No. 1 four years ago.
The EPA is now a highly effective tool for the Obama Administration to intimidate companies and to cut down investments and money for new development. No private company or private job is now safe.
Obama shut down drilling for oil in our Gulf of Mexico, other offshore areas, and locations in Alaska. The Obama administration scrambles to shut down more of our energy production.
When the cost of oil exceeded $140 a barrel, President George W. Bush quickly brought down the cost of oil to the $30 range by simply opening more offshore oil drilling. Such is not the goal of Obama. China is drilling for oil off the coast of Cuba, and US companies are banned from drilling for that same oil.
Obama’s energy policies have also driven up the cost of food. The diversion of large amounts of our corn crop into energy production not only does not bring down the cost of oil but also raises the cost of food worldwide. Corn as a raw material and as an animal food plays a major role in our economy. Corn and other grain products are in short supply worldwide due to the diversion of corn into fuel production
Our economy is in need of inexpensive and plentiful sources of energy and food. Neither of these are the goals of the Obama Administration.
http://lubbockonline.com/interact/blog-post/may/2011-01-19/obama%E2%80%99s-war-usa
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