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Tip of the Iceberg
A great deal of attention has been focused on Solyndra, a start-up that received $528 million in federal loans to develop cutting-edge solar technology before it went bankrupt, but nearly 90 percent of the $16 billion in clean-energy loans guaranteed by the federal government since 2009 went to subsidize these lower-risk power plants, which in many cases were backed by big companies with vast resources. When the Obama administration and Congress expanded the clean-energy incentives in 2009, a gold-rush mentality took over. (NYT, 11/12/2011)


With every boom there is a bust. Several years hence RedStateVT will be writing about the vast amounts of taxpayer dollars wasted during the "clean energy boom years" of the Obama administration.


Fight Back
Small business owners and local residents fed up with the “Occupiers” at Zuccotti Park in New York City are planning a counterprotest and news conference of their own Monday, to make clear the crowd has long overstayed its welcome — and that businesses will not survive if the “occupation” continues. (Foxnews.com, 11/11/2011)


So here is the choice for gutless mayors like Bloomberg and Quan: keep spending millions of taxpayer dollars to avoid confronting freeloading criminals and anarchists OR protect taxpaying small businessmen. Why are we even asking this question?


Heal Thyself
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is the subject of a report on the stock investments of members of Congress that is to air Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes." (Sfgate.com, 11/11/2011)


The Pelosi Swamp Clean-Up takes an unexpected turn!