Discussion: Success After Solyndra: Clean Energy Program Showing Successes, Profits

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God, I hate mainstream media reports about stuff like this. As the article correctly points out, there’s only been a 2 percent default rate in this Obama clean energy loan program, an astonishing rate given such a new, untested industry, and a rate that any major bank would be happy to report for regular old business loans to established industry. And yet, it feels as though every other word of this AP report is “failure.” Why can’t they just say it? Republican claims that the program is a boondoggle and a waste are lies. Oh wait, that wouldn’t be “balanced.” Just true.

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And never a word about all the billions lost on failed weapons development.

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Amazing when considering how private venture capital usually fails, and the government took on funding considered too risky by the private markets.

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Once again, REALITY has a Liberal Bias.
This is why Conservatives live in a Fantasy World where the WWE is all real, Obama is the Anti-Christ, and the South shall Rise A’Gin!

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another good SCREW YOU to republicans. Why do republicans want us all poor?

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Or failed technical solutions to police the US borders.

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There was a recent story about the ICBM defense system that still can’t hit a missile with a known launch position, known flight characteristics, and known point of impact. At a minimum it’s been $40 billion wasted.

You can bet your sweet bippy that the money fountain is still on for this Reagan era folly.

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And helped Tesla build the best car ever. http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2013/07/tesla-model-s-review/index.htm

Conservatives are not dumb. But they are required to protect the status quo of a fossilized energy system. So we get ginormous sputtering opposition to programs that fund great opportunity.

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FOX Newsflash:
Solar doing fairly good for now, but how long is the sun really going to be there? Tune in to Hannity for details.

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“… local farmers that would otherwise be useless…”

Let’s have a little more respect for the hardworking American farmer, shall we?