Trickle Down Tyranny

by Michael Savage

  58. Bruce McQuain, “Meanwhile, In the Middle East—Saudi/US Strains Appear,” Questions and Observations: Free Markets, Free People, March 15, 2011, http://www.qando.net/?p=10512.

  59. Maggie Michael and Diaa Hadid, “Israel Embassy Attacked: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Condemns Violence in Egypt,” Huffington Post, September 10, 2011, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/10/israel-embassy-attacked-egypt_n_956627.html.

  60. Kerry Picket, “Obama Administration: Room for Muslim Brotherhood in reformed Egyptian government,” Washington Times, February 1, 2011, http://www3.washing tontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2011/feb/1/obama-administration-room-muslim-brother hood-refor/.

  61. Douglas Hamilton, “Israel shocked by Obama’s ‘betrayal’ of Mubarak,” Reuters, January 31, 2011, http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/31/us-egypt-israel-usa-idUSTRE70U53720110131.

  Chapter 9. Tyranny of Green Energy

  1. “Henry Juskiewicz,” Bloomberg Businessweek, http://investing.businessweek.com/busi nessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=4339939&privcapId=28990&previousCapId=255397&previousTitle=BEST%20BUY%20CO%20INC.

  2. James R. Hagerty and Kris Maher, “Gibson Guitar Wails on Federal Raid Over Wood,” Wall Street Journal, September 1, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903895904576542942027859286.html.

  3. “Gibson Guitar Corp. Responds to Federal Raid,” Gibson.com, August 25, 2011, http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/gibson-0825-2011/.

  4. “Guitar Frets: Environmental Enforcement Leaves Musicians in Fear,” Wall Street Journal, August 26, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904787404576530520471223268.html.

  5. Nancy DeWolf Smith, “The Government and the Guitar Man,” Wall Street Journal, November 12, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203554104576655273915372748.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop)

  6. Kate Hicks, “Solyn-drama: Obama Warned Not to Visit Failed Solar Panel Plant,” Townhall.com, October 4, 2011, http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katehicks/2011/10/03/solyn-drama_obama_warned_not_to_visit_failed_solar_panel_plant.

  7. Jim McElhatton, “Solyndra put off word of layoffs until after election,” Washington Times, November 15, 2011, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/15/solyndra-put-off-word-of-layoffs-until-after-elect/.

  8. Michael Barone, “Obama Tainted by Loan Guarantees to Solar Firms,” Washington Examiner, September 14, 2011, http://www.aei.org/article/104134?gclid=CKLj0_Warqs CFaUCQAod7WYYJQ.

  9. Carolyn Lochhead, “Energy stimulus program plagued by problems,” SFGate.com, November 3, 2011, http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-11-03/news/30357933_1_stimulus-funds-stimulus-program-stimulus-money.

  10. Carol Leonnig and Joe Stephens, “Solyndra employees: Company suffered from mismanagement, heavy spending,” Washington Post, September 21, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/solyndra-employees-company-suffered-from-mismanage ment-heavy-spending/2011/09/20/gIQAMHC3lK_story.html.

  11. Deborah Solomon and Ryan Tracy, “Firm Denied Troubles in Spring,” Wall Street Journal, September 17, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903927204576574912734624144.html.

  12. Jim McElhatton, “Bankruptcy scenario played out before Solyndra collapse,” Washington Times, September 22, 2011, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/22/bankruptcy-scenario-played-out-before-solyndra-col/.

  13. Guy Benson, “Disgrace: Solyndra Execs Awarded Themselves Huge Bonuses as Company Crumbled,” Townhall.com, November 4, 2011, http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/11/04/disgrace_solyndra_execs_awarded_themselves_huge_bonuses_as_company_crumbled.

  14. John Hinderaker, “Solyndra Execs Leave With Cash. Yours,” PowerLine, Novem-ber 2, 2011, http://www.powerlineblog.com/achives/2011/11/solyndra-execs-leave-with-cash-yours.php.

  15. Guy Benson, “BOMBSHELL: Emails Reveal Direct White House Tie to Solyndra Scandal,” Townhall.com, September 14, 2011, http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guy benson/2011/09/14/bombshell_emails_reveal_direct_white_house_tie_to_solyndra_scandal.

  16. “PUBLIC LAW 109-58—AUG. 8, 2005, ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005,” p. 499, http://doi.net/iepa/EnergyPolicyActof2005.pdf.

  17. Ibid., p. 526.

  18. Andrew Stiles, “Solyndra Loan: DOE Memo Defends Decision to Put Private Investors Ahead of Taxpayers,” National Review Online, October 14, 2011, http://www.nation alreview.com/corner/280161/solyndra-loan-doe-defends-decision-put-private-investors-ahead-taxpayers-andrew-stiles.

  19. “The Solyndra Economy,” Wall Street Journal, October 11, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204524604576610972882349418.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop.

  20. Bruce Krasting, “Throw the Bums Out,” Bruce Krasting: My Take on Financial Events, December 18, 2011, http://brucekrasting.blogspot.com/2011/12/throw-bums-out.html.

  21. “House Panel Votes to Subpoena White House for Solyndra Records,” FoxNews.com, November 3, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/11/02/obama-administration-considered-bailout-for-solyndra-before-bankruptcy/.

  22. Jim McElhatton, “FBI-targeted solar company Solyndra to put shine on law firm’s wallet,” Washington Times, September 19, 2011, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/19/fbi-targeted-solar-company-to-put-shine-on-law-fir/?page=all.

  23. Martin Gould, “$737 million Green Loan to Pelosi Kin Fuels Outrage,” NewsMax.com, September 30, 2011, http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/New-Green-Loan-Obama/2011/09/30/id/412909.

  24. “Greasing the solar skids,” New York Post, November 18, 2011, http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/greasing_the_solar_skids_yf8pKoJEcktj7gUSFOWurO.

  25. “Another Energy Company Goes Bankrupt, $39 million Borrowed From Taxpayers,” FoxNews.com, October 31, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/31/another-energy-company-goes-bankrupt-3-million-borrowed-from-taxpayers/.

  26. “Beacon Power’s Catastrophic Flywheel Failures,” Energy Storage Blog, October 26, 2011, http://www.energystorageblog.com/2011/10/26/beacon_powers_catastrophic_flywheel_failures/.

  27. “Is Ener1 Next for Bankruptcy?” Energy Storage Blog, November 1, 2011, http://www.energystorageblog.com/2011/11/01/is-ener1-next-for-bankruptcy/.

  28. “Solyndra Not Sole Firm to Hit Rock Bottom Despite Stimulus Funding,” Fox News, September 15, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/15/despite-stimulus-funding-solyndra-and-4-other-companies-have-hit-rock-bottom/.

  29. John Nichols and Paul Driessen, “Delaware’s very own Solyndra?” Washington Times, September 23, 2011, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/23/delawares-very-own-solyndra/.

  30. Darius Dixon, “DOE IG: 100+ stimulus-related criminal probes,” Politico, Novem-ber 2, 2011, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67444.html.

  31. Neil King, Neil and Stephen Power, “Times Tough for Energy Overhaul,” Wall Street Journal, December 12, 2008, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122904040307499791.html.

  32. “Steven Chu Biography,” Republican National Convention blog, December 15, 2008, http://rncnyc2004.blogspot.com/2008/12/steven-chu-biography.html.

  33. “Price Charts,” GasBuddy.com, http://gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx_.

  34. “Obama says he wants oil producers to boost output,” Bloomberg Businessweek, April 26, 2011, http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9MRJH8O0.htm.

  35. Jim Kuhnhenn, “Obama says he wants oil producers to boost output,” Bloomberg Businessweek, April 27, 2011, http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9M RQU9G2.htm.

  36. Mark Knoller, “National Debt Up $3 Trillion on Obama’s Watch,” Political Hotsheet, October 18, 2011, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20019931-503544.html.

  37. “Team to probe oil market fraud, manipulation: Obama,” Reuters, April 22, 2011, http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/22/us-obama-oil-idUSTRE73K6WW20110422.

  38. Mark J. Perry, “In Q1 Exxon Paid Almost $1 million per Hour in Income Taxes,” Seeking Alpha, April 29, 2011, http://seekingalpha.com/article/266554-in-q1-exxon-paid-almost-1-million-per-hour-in-i
ncome-taxes.

  39. Ibid.

  40. Opelka, Mike, “Exxon Earns Huge Profits, But Also Pays Huge Taxes,” Blaze, April 29, 2011, http://www.theblaze.com/stories/exxon-earns-huge-profits-but-also-pays-huge-taxes/.

  41. “Exxon Mobil Corp Earnings Conference Call (Q1 2011),” Yahoo! Finance, April 28, 2011, http://biz.yahoo.com/cc/0/121530.html.

  42. Mark Perry, “Q1: Exxon Paid Almost $1M Per Hour In Income Taxes; Its Effective Tax Rate Was 42.3%,” Daily Markets, April 29, 2011, http://www.dailymarkets.com/economy/2011/04/28/qi-exxon-paid-almost-1m-per-hour-in-income-taxes-and-its-effective-tax-rate-was-42-3/.

  43. Lucian Pugliarese, “The Keystone Debacle,” Wall Street Journal, November 16, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204190504577037754000084544.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion.

  44. Christie Parsons and Paul Richter, “Keystone XL pipeline decision delayed until after 2012 election,” Los Angeles Times, November 11, 2011, http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-keystone-20111111,0,1732793.story.

  45. Pugliarese, “The Keystone Debacle.”

  46. José De Córdoba, “Reports of Chavez’s Illness Cloud Campaign,” Wall Street Journal, November 19, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204517204577046464037810838.html?mod=WSJ_World_MIDDLENews.

  47. Zachary Goldfarb, “A Regulator Heeds Lessons From the Past,” Washington Post, July 24, 2009, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/23/AR2009072303609.html.

  48. “The Talented Mr. Gensler,” The Wall Street Journal, December 12, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204903804577080480063317856.html.

  49. Jeff Mason, “Symbolism and Sympathy: Obama’s risky gasoline strategy,” Reuters, May 1, 2011, http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/01/us-obama-gasoline-idUSTR E7401G920110501.

  50. “Obama Eyes Speculators for Rising Gas Prices, as Other Factors Play Role,” Fox News, April 22, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/22/obama-form-task-force-tackle-rising-gas-prices/.

  51. Andrew Restuccia, “ ‘I’m a Shell Oil creation,’ says EPA chief,” Hill, April 26, 2011, http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/157741-jackson-im-a-shell-oil-creation.

  52. “EPA Head Lisa Perez Jackson’s Radical Brand of Environmental Justice,” Liberty Journal, February 18, 2010, http://thelibertyjournal.com/2010/02/18/epa-head-lisa-perez-jacksons-radical-brand-of-environmental-justice/.

  53. Martin Gould, “Shell Oil Lambastes Odd EPA Denial on Drilling,” NewsMax.com, April 26, 2011, http://www.newsmax.com/US/Shell-oil-drilling-EPA/2011/04/26/id/394138.

  54. Stephen Power, “Senate Halts Effort to Cap CO2 Emissions,” Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2010, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703467304575383373600358634.html.

  55. “A Majority of the House and Senate Vote to Limit EPA’s Regulations,” Institute for Energy Research, April 13, 2011, http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2011/04/13/a-majority-of-the-house-and-senate-vote-to-limit-epa%E2%80%99s-regulations/.

  56. “Clean Air Act Timeline,” http://www.edf.org/documents/2695_cleanairact.htm.

  57. “Clean Air Act Timeline,” Clear the Air, http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=60844.

  58. “The EPA’s Reliability Cover-Up,” Wall Street Journal, November 14, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204358004577030110213488278.html.

  59. Ibid.

  60. “Global Warming: Why Can’t the Mainstream Press Get Even Basic Facts Right?” National Center for Public Policy Research, March 22, 2004, http://www.national center.org/TSR032204.html.

  61. “IPCC Official: Climate Policy Is Redistributing The World’s Wealth,” US Message Board, November 19, 2010, http://www.usmessageboard.com/economy/142699-we-redistribute-worlds-wealth-by-climate-policy.html.

  62. Charles Biggs, “Thousands of scientists sign petition against global warming,” Tulsa Beacon, June 5, 2008, http://www.tulsabeacon.com/?p=462.

  63. “CERN: The Sun Causes Global Warming,” EU Times, September 3, 2011, http://www.eutimes.net/2011/09/cern-the-sun-causes-global-warming/.

  64. Terry Hurlbut, “Hadley CRU hacked with release of hundreds of docs and emails,” Examiner.com, November 19, 2009, http://www.examiner.com/essex-county-conserv ative-in-newark/hadley-cru-hacked-with-release-of-hundreds-of-docs-and-emails.

  65. “The Rules of the Game,” http://www.futerra.co.uk/downloads/RulesOfTheGame.pdf.

  66. Jurrian Maessen, “Unearthed Files Include ‘Rules’ for Mass Mind Control Campaign,” Infowars, November 25, 2009, http://www.infowars.com/unearthed-files-include-rules-for-mass-mind-control-campaign/.

  67. “A Majority of the House and Senate Vote to Limit EPA’s Regulations,” Institute for Energy Research, April 13, 2011, http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2011/04/13/a-majority-of-the-house-and-senate-vote-to-limit-epa%E2%80%99s-regulations/.

  68. Ibid.

  69. Mark Clayton, “Global warming: Congress set to decide if EPA can regulate greenhouse gases,” Christian Science Monitor, April 6, 2011, http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/0406/Global-warming-Congress-set-to-decide-if-EPA-can-regulate-greenhouse-gases.

  70. Sabrina Valle, “Losing Forests to Fuel Cars,” Washington Post, July 31, 2007, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/30/AR2007073001484.html.

  71. Glenn Hurowitz, “Soros, Goldman Sachs financing destruction of Brazilian forests,” Grist, August 2, 2007, http://www.grist.org/article/george-soros-vs-the-planet.

  72. Rodrigo Orihuela, “Soros-Backed Adecoagro Raises $314 million in IPO,” Bloomberg Businessweek, January 28, 2011, http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-01-28/soros-backed-adecoagro-raises-314-million-in-ipo.html.

  73. “Senators Feinstein, Coburn Introduce Bill to Eliminate Ethanol Subsidy, Tariff,” United States Senator Dianne Feinstein, May 3, 2011, http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=b7bfdc b4-5056-8059-766d-4ea48cce735d&IsPrint=true.

  74. Sabrina Valle, “Losing Forests to Fuel Cars,” Washington Post, July 31, 2007, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/30/AR2007073001484.html.

  75. “Soros hedge fund invests $811 million to buy Petrobras stake,” Sweetness & Light, August 15, 2008, http://sweetness-light.com/archive/soros-invests-811m-in-brazilian-oil.

  76. Dominic Rushe, “George Soros to close hedge fund management group to outside investors,” Guardian, July 26, 2011, http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jul/26/george-soros-to-close-hedge-fund.

  77. Ed Lasky, “Keep an eye on InterOil & George Soros,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 3, 2011, http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/s_730320.html.

  78. Amanda Carey, “Report says U.S. has largest fossil fuel reserves in world,” Daily Caller, March 10, 2011, http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/10/new-report-says-u-s-has-largest-fossil-fuel-reserves-in-world/.

  79. Ben German, “It’s George Soros versus Exxon in fight over oil payment disclosures,” Hill, March 1, 2011, http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/146749-its-george-soros-against-exxon-on-oil-payments-disclosure.

  80. Ed Lasky, “George Soros Handicapping American Energy,” American Thinker, March 2, 2011, http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/03/george_soros_handicapping_amer.html.

  81. Giuseppe Marconi, “There will be no new refineries,” Oil-Price.net, July 23, 2008, http://www.oil-price.net/en/articles/oil-refineries.php.

  82. Ben Smith, “Hochberg to head Ex-Im,” Politico, January 9, 2009, http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0109/Hochberg_to_head_ExIm.html?showall.

  83. “The New School,” http://the-new-school.co.tv/#Founding.

  84. Douglas Kellner, “Herbert Marcuse,” Illuminations, http://www.uta.edu/huma/illuminations/kell12.htm.

  85. “PEBO to Name Fred Hochbert to Head Export-Import Bank,” ABC News, January 9, 2009, http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/01/pebo-to-name-fr.html.

  86. “Export-Import Bank of the United States,” Fe
d Up USA, http://fedupusa.wordpress.com/export-import-bank-of-the-united-states/.

  87. “Milano Reunion 2007,” http://www.newschool.edu/milano/alumninewslettersp07.pdf.

  88. Stephen Dinan, “Obama climate czar has socialist ties,” Washington Times, January 12, 2009, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/12/obama-climate-czar-has-socialist-ties/.

  89. David Limbaugh, “Obama’s Scandalous War Against Domestic Oil,” Townhall.com, May 6, 2011, http://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2011/05/06/obamas_scandalous_war_against_domestic_oil.

  90. Ibid.

  91. Pete Kasperowicz, “Obama administration floats draft plan to tax cars by the mile,” Hill, May 5, 2011, http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/159397-obama-floats-plan-to-tax-cars-by-the-mile.

  92. George Soros, The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror (New York: PublicAffairs, 2006), Prologue, p. xvi.

  Chapter 10. Tyranny of the Anti-Justice Department

  1. “Iranian plot to kill Saudi ambassador thwarted, U.S. officials say,” CNN Justice, October 11, 2011, http://articles.cnn.com/2011-10-11/justice/justice_iran-saudi-plot_1_informant-iranian-plot-saudi-arabia?_s=PM:JUSTICE.

  2. “Journalist: Obama Lied to 9/11 Victims’ Families About Terrorist Trials,” News maxTV, May 17, 2011, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pSLMCWaaD8.

  3. Nathan Koppel, “Holder Shines Spotlight on CIA Interrogation Methods,” Wall Street Journal, June 30, 2011, http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2011/06/30/eric-holder-shines-spotlight-on-cia-interrogation-methods/.

  4. Byron York, “Holder defends DOJ ‘kids’ who represented Gitmo detainees,” Washington Examiner, April 14, 2010, http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/holder-defends-doj-039kids039-who-represented-gitmo-detainees.

  5. Thomas Joscelyn, “Meet the DOJ Lawyers Who Defended Terrorist Detainees,” Weekly Standard, March 3, 2010, http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/meet-doj-lawyers-who-defended-terrorist-detainees.

  6. “Journalist: Obama Lied to 9/11 Victims’ Families About Terrorist Trials,” NewsmaxTV, May 17, 2011, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pSLMCWaaD8.

  7. Steven Emerson, “Justice Dept. Keeping Islamic Bank Settlement Secret,” Jewish World Review, April 29, 2011, http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0811/emerson082911.php3.