Solyndra and the Jobs Bill: Today’s Q’s for O’s WH

ABC News ^ | September 15, 2011 | by Jake Tapper

[Oldeconomybuyer]

TAPPER: The House subcommittee has looked into the Solyndra matter to a degree. I’m just wondering, is it normal for the White House to show such interest in a Department of Energy loan? Is that –

CARNEY: I’m not sure what — you’re referring to the –

TAPPER: All the emails back and forth –

CARNEY: Right, the emails, as have been amply demonstrated, because we provided them as part of our cooperation, had to do with trying to schedule whether or not the — there would — the vice president was going to make an announcement. And it was a scheduling issue. That was the focus of the White House’s interest in this.

TAPPER: Do you reject the suggestion that the emails seem to imply that the visit by the vice president, which I guess ultimately was a satellite visit and not an in-person visit, but that that played a role in whether or not the loan was approved?

CARNEY: Well, again, there’s — if you look at the emails and what — you know, the issue that involves the vice president having this event did not drive the loan process. The loan was made on — the loan guarantee was made on a merit-based — as a result of a merit-based process with — by, you know, career professionals over at the DOE. The same process has been used, has been in place for all these investments and –

TAPPER: So it did not — it did not play a role?

CARNEY: Correct.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Special prosecutor.

[jessduntno]

“Special prosecutor.”

At the VERY least. This stinks to high heaven. And these guys are dancing as fast as they can. Half a BILLION dollars went somewhere...and I’m guessing it wasn’t all into a building.

[SubMareener]

When Herman Cain is sworn in a President in Jan 2013, he needs to assign Attorney General Mark Levin to prosecute the entire 0bama executive branch for their corruption.

[Signalman]

Carney needs to get some tapes circa 1972-1974 and watch how Ron Ziegler did it during the Watergate era.

[DCmarcher-976453]

Just another money laundering scheme. Could be that 75 million invested came in from overseas for the campaign. So just wash it a couple of times and eat your peas.

[Retired Greyhound]

I’ll bet the rest of the press corp. treats Tapper like he has lice.

I’m surprised they haven’t Gomer Piled him a la’ Full Metal Jacket.

[taildragger]

Solyndra = SOLARGATE

[wayoverontheright]

The loan was made on — the loan guarantee was made on a merit-based — as a result of a merit-based process with — by, you know, career professionals over at the DOE.

It should have been pretty clear that there was no "merit" to this loan. It's apparent no one did a cash flow analysis, I assume there's not enough collateral to justify such an extension.

Meanwhile, in the private sector, the egregious requirments the feds are putting on the banks means that zero risk is being assumed, and some borrowers who in the bank's eyes, acutually merit a loan aren't getting it because of the audit scrutiny.

I own a small business. I know. This outfit never could have gotten a bank loan, and rightly so, which is why they were donating and buying favor from the only people dumb enough to give them a loan.

Government people should go to jail over this.

[Jeff Vader]

it’s because in this version of full metal jacket, gomer pyle is being played by chuck norris.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Icarus (IK-uh-rus)

Son of Daedalus who dared to fly too near the sun on wings of feathers and wax. Daedalus had been imprisoned by King Minos of Crete within the walls of his own invention, the Labyrinth. But the great craftsman's genius would not suffer captivity. He made two pairs of wings by adhering feathers to a wooden frame with wax. Giving one pair to his son, he cautioned him that flying too near the sun would cause the wax to melt. But Icarus became ecstatic with the ability to fly and forgot his father's warning. The feathers came loose and Icarus plunged to his death in the sea.

[Liz]

A criminal complaint could be filed against Solyndra Staff and Executive Board members for fraud, embezzlement, conspiracy and concealment, and possible criminal civil rights violations. When one felony is committed, L/E knows it is also possible that other federal offenses have been committed including but not limited to;

Title 18 U.S.C. §1341, Mail Fraud,

18 U.S.C.§1001, Presenting a False Document to the an Agent of the United States Government;

18 U.S.C.§1027 False statements and concealment of facts in relation to documents required by ERISA-—the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and other possible offenses including civil and/or criminal RICO violations.

18 U.S.C. §§1961-68 (RICO Act)18 U.S.C. §1001 (False Statements to Agents of the U.S. Government),

18 U.S.C. §1341 (Mail Fraud),18 U.S.C. §1027 (ERISA Violations), and,

18 U.S.C. §241(Conspiracy Against Civil Rights).

Full investigations of a RICO conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. §1962(c) might be warranted because (1) the defendant persons (2) were employed by, or associated with, an enterprise (3) that engaged in or affected interstate commerce and that (4) the defendant persons operated or managed the enterprise (5) through a pattern (6) of racketeering activity, and (7) taxpayers were injured in business or property by reason of the pattern of racketeering activity.

[Rocketwolf68]

I’ve never known known an African dictator that didn’t sock away billions from his starving people. I fear that by the time we figure it all out, it will be too late.