Coach Roy's Random Thoughts....
How to Get a Government (Green) Contract
Very interesting article in the Washington Post today - trying to put the pieces together as it continues to appear that if you want a Fat government contract, all you need to do is become an Obama "Bundler"
Here's the article: Venture Capitalists play Key Role in Obama's Energy Department
What the Post Politics article is trying to explain is how some of those involved in this growing political issue - something akin to the Teapot Dome or Watergate Scandals all those years ago - have been around since the Clinton administration, and after all they are "good" Venture Capitalists who are investing for the "good of the nation" etc. etc., earning contracts based on merit, etc. etc.
But it appears that administration insiders had more than passing input on who got the fat "green jobs" contracts handed out by the Obama Energy Department and somehow, those big multi-milion dollar fundraisers just magically got those contracts help to feed the "green" energy movement.
And even worse, the Venture Capitalists named in the story seemed to hint that the "fix was in" in DC for an endless supply of cash to prop these shaky industries up while they paid back their investors.
But here is the problem.
Unlike other Post initiated "scandals," this article is full of names of businesses that nobody's ever heard of, and they don't have a neat central name - like Watergate or Teapot Dome - to hang it all on.
If you follow the link and read the story, your eyes will start to glass over from all the names and businesses involved.
Say "Watergate" to someone from the 70's and all of the horrors of the Nixon administration come roaring back. This scandal shows the workings of this supposedly more "socially oriented" administration as just another bunch of Democrat Party Pols lining the pockets of their friends - something they ran against just 4 years ago.
Maybe Solyndra will stick as the name that will eventually identify this administrations forays into state socialism with an over reaching government.
But right now all they seem to be able to do is throw names and money amounts around while the White House looks for enemies to "punish."
Here's the article: Venture Capitalists play Key Role in Obama's Energy Department
What the Post Politics article is trying to explain is how some of those involved in this growing political issue - something akin to the Teapot Dome or Watergate Scandals all those years ago - have been around since the Clinton administration, and after all they are "good" Venture Capitalists who are investing for the "good of the nation" etc. etc., earning contracts based on merit, etc. etc.
But it appears that administration insiders had more than passing input on who got the fat "green jobs" contracts handed out by the Obama Energy Department and somehow, those big multi-milion dollar fundraisers just magically got those contracts help to feed the "green" energy movement.
And even worse, the Venture Capitalists named in the story seemed to hint that the "fix was in" in DC for an endless supply of cash to prop these shaky industries up while they paid back their investors.
But here is the problem.
Unlike other Post initiated "scandals," this article is full of names of businesses that nobody's ever heard of, and they don't have a neat central name - like Watergate or Teapot Dome - to hang it all on.
If you follow the link and read the story, your eyes will start to glass over from all the names and businesses involved.
Say "Watergate" to someone from the 70's and all of the horrors of the Nixon administration come roaring back. This scandal shows the workings of this supposedly more "socially oriented" administration as just another bunch of Democrat Party Pols lining the pockets of their friends - something they ran against just 4 years ago.
Maybe Solyndra will stick as the name that will eventually identify this administrations forays into state socialism with an over reaching government.
But right now all they seem to be able to do is throw names and money amounts around while the White House looks for enemies to "punish."
Posted by Coach Roy at 2/16/2012 8:22 AM 
Categories: Political Theory:Government
Tags: Solyndra venture capital Green Energy Democrat Party Watergate Teapot Dome
Categories: Political Theory:Government
Tags: Solyndra venture capital Green Energy Democrat Party Watergate Teapot Dome
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