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Audio: Obama's Cap and Trade Policy So Aggressive It Will Bankrupt Coal Powered Plants
Wizbang —
Newsbusters posted this Obama audio from January 2008 in which he says he supports a Cap and Trade policy that is so aggressive that it would bankrupt coal powered plants. Take a listen: Voters in coal states around the country need to know this. Barack Obama wants to essentially kill the coal industry, which is in line with Biden's previous comment that there should be no coal plants in America. These are the coal states that would be affected if Obama is able to implement his Cap and Trade policy.
Discovered 'Hidden Audio': Obama Tells SF Chronicle He Will Bankrupt Coal Industry
Hyscience —
... Here is the transcript from NewsBusters of Obama's statement about bankrupting the coal industry (HT - Pam): Let me sort of describe my overall policy.
What I've said is that we would put a cap and trade system in place
that is as aggressive, if not more aggressive, than anybody else's out
there. I was the first to call for a 100% auction on the cap and
trade system, which means that every unit of carbon or greenhouse gases
emitted would be charged to the polluter. That will create a market in
which ...
Obama’s Plan To Bankrupt The Coal Industry
Nice Deb —
... Do the voters in Pennsylvania, and Ohio know about this?:
Transcript via Newsbusters:
Let me sort of describe my overall policy.
What I’ve said is that we would put a cap and trade system in place that is as aggressive, if not more aggressive, than anybody else’s out there.
I was the first to call for a 100% auction on the cap and trade system, which means that every unit of carbon or greenhouse gases emitted would be charged to the polluter. That will create a market in which whatever ...
Still Time to Cut and Ad in PA, OH, et al
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] Barack Obama on his plan for coal companies: So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted. ...
Obama's Plan To Bankrupt New Coal Plants [Nice Deb]
Ace of Spades HQ —
Obama's Plan To Bankrupt New Coal Plants [Nice Deb] This is another gem uncovered by Naked Emperor News. It's from an interview Obama gave to the San Francisco Chronicle in which he speaks of his approach to global warming and cap-and-trade systems. It's an approach I'm not sure the bitter gun clingers of Pennsylvania would appreciate: The transcript via Newsbusters: Let me sort of describe my overall policy. What Ive said is that we would put a cap and trade system in place that is as aggressive, if not more aggressive, than anybody elses out there. I was the first to ...
Obama Told Paper He Will Intentionally Bankrupt The Coal Industry
Flopping Aces —
... That was audio from an interview he gave to the San Francisco Chronicle. Funny thing is, the story written based off that interview did not include ANYTHING about the bankrupting of the coal industry. ...
Obama Told SF Chronicle He Would 'Bankrupt' the Coal Industry
Little Green Footballs —
... NewsBusters points out that the SF Chronicle didn’t mention this statement in their article based on this interview. Shocka! ...
Obama Promises to Bankrupt Coal Industry
Moonbattery —
... A partial transcript, via NewsBusters:
So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted.
You might think that not even Obama could be enough of a fool to prevent us from using our plentiful coal reserves when the economy is already teetering. But to implement their radical agenda, the Moonbat Messiah and friends will require an extreme economic crisis. Jacking up taxes in the face ...
Political Will and Technology
Chicago Boyz —
So, Obama plans to implement an auction based carbon cap-and-trade system so onerous that it would bankrupt anybody that tried to build a coal fired plant. Not worry, however, he will use the proceeds of the auction to fund alternative energy sources. [video, transcript] [h/t Instapundit]
Obama’s plan drives home a trait of leftist that I have noticed for several years: They do not seem to distinguish between altering human behavior (which requires nothing but the willingness to use force) and creating new viable technology (which depends on the ...
Shocking Audio: Obama Promises to Bankrupt Coal Industry
Stop The ACLU —
... I don’t know why the McCain camp is not running constant ads - at least in PA and Virginial, highlighting Obama’s admission that - given the opportunity - he’ll bankrupt any new coal plants. Give him a chance, the news just hit today thanks to the new media, not the old. It was hidden before. Newsbuster’s points out that the SF Chronicle didn’t mention this statement in their original article on this interview. ...
McCain And Obama Criticize New Coal Plants — Right Wing Goes Insane
Wonk Room —
... The right wing has gone insane over these remarks, falsely claiming that Obama said he “will bankrupt the coal industry.” This false claim is the headline of a Newsbusters story — the same right-wing front group that falsely attacked Al Gore using ...
Obama And Coal
Winds of Change.NET —
There's a lot of heated words on Memeorandum on Obama's taped conversation with the SF Chronicle about coal, and I think they are unfair.
Here are some headlines:
Hidden Audio: Obama Tells SF Chronicle He Will Bankrupt Coal Industry
EXPLOSIVE NEW AUDIO-- Obama Promises San Francisco Audience He Will Bankrupt Coal Industry!!
OBAMA BRAGS ABOUT BANKRUPTING COAL POWER PLANT COMPANIES
...and so on.
They're kind of full of it.
First of all, he's talking about making it ...
Brainless Obama the Warmist wants to bankrupt coal-fired electricity generation
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
... Obama about bankrupting the coal industry has been kept under wraps until this time. UPDATE: NewsBusters' Tom Blumer has found out that the San Francisco Chronicle story published on January 18 based upon this January 17 interview did not include any mention of Obama's willingness to bankrupt the coal industry which you can hear on the audio. You can read the story here when you scroll down to the "In His Own Words" section. Way to cover up for The One, SF Chronicle! Source (See the original for links, graphics etc.) Posted by John Ray. ...
Looking At Obama's Plan To Bankrupt the Coal Industry
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
Thanks to some good investigative work by
NewsBusters, we now have the audio of a January, 2008 interview
that Barack Obama gave to the San Francisco Chronicle in which he
says he plans
to bankrupt the coal industry and the majority of America’s
electrical power generation. Both Barack Obama and Joe Biden
have views about coal which should concern all Americans but which
represent very substantial danger to several states, at least a few
of which (Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Colorado) are critical in this
week’s election.
Putting this in perspective for my state, Colorado, Obama’s view
represents a serious threat and one which should cause all but the
most partisan Democrats to ...
Dirty Tricks Done Dirt Cheap
Newshoggers.com —
... This from the same interview - and unmentioned by the unethical smear-merchants at Newsbusters, who first floated the rightwin's version of the truth: ...
Coal, Mining Groups Blast Obama
News —
... today by a Charleston, W.Va. TV station to have "resurfaced" Sunday. The tape was featured yesterday on right-leaning media blog Newsbusters; it has been a lead story on the Drudge Report this morning. "Bankrupting the coal industry would be tantamount to bankrupting the American economy. Coal generates half of our nation s electricity, employs hundreds of thousands of Americans and provides millions of dollars in revenue to coal states," National Mining Association President and CEO Hal Quinn said today. "Destroying the coal industry would break America s energy backbone. ...
Dirty Tricks Done Dirt Cheap
Crooks and Liars —
... This from the same interview - and unmentioned by the unethical smear-merchants at Newsbusters, who first floated the rightwing's version of the truth: ...
Right Wing Flips Out Over ‘Hidden’ Obama Interview That Was Never ‘Hidden From The Public’
Think Progress —
... the San Francisco Chronicle’s editorial board in January 2008 that under his cap and trade plan, “if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can,” but “it will bankrupt them.” The right-wing blog Newsbusters lactched onto the audio, falsely claiming it had been “been hidden from the public” and “kept under wraps until this time.” ...
Democrats Don’t Need to Read the Bill, They Know What They’re Getting
The Sundries Shack —
... do three things, which is really all they care to know. First, it’ll let them say they “did something” about the imaginary threat of manmade global warming. Second, it’ll bank them some fat contributions from their environmental buddies who will use this bill as a weapon against nearly every source of energy currently powering our economy, especially coal and nuclear. Third, it will give them unmatched control over the entire energy sector of the country, allowing them to fulfill President Obama’s desire to bankrupt the coal industry . In short, the bill is about power and ...
Carol Platt Liebau: Democrats Vote for Higher Taxes and Energy Prices
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
... . During the campaign, the President stood in support of an energy plan that would "bankrupt" the coal industry . He likewise admitted that ...
Obama Warned Us: Cap & Trade Will Cause Electricity Rates to Skyrocket & Will Bankrupt the Coal Industry (Video)
Gateway Pundit —
... trade will likely cost $700 to $1,400 dollars per US family per year: Democratic Congressman John Dingell (D-MI) summed up cap and trade at a Congressional hearing on April 24th-- "It's a Great Big Tax!" It's not just a great big tax... It's the biggest tax in US history. Barack Obama also told a San Francisco audience he would bankrupt the coal industry: Hat Tip Über Here's the transcript via Free Republic from his talk to the ...
Lyin’ Messiah tour de farce
Cold Fury —
... .…as well as energy legislation that will make clean energy the profitable kind of energy, leading to whole new industries and jobs that cannot be outsourced. Nope. Lie . Ed ...
Transport for the Obama Era
Moonbattery —
... Even before he took power, Comrade Obama let it be known that he wanted to drive the coal industry — our most efficient source of energy — our of business. Our Dem rulers severely restrict oil drilling and will not let us build new refineries or nuclear plants. If ...
Moonbat Tech: Toilet Turbines
Moonbattery —
... It doesn't matter that our rulers severely restrict oil drilling and won't allow new refineries or nuclear plants to be built, or even that Comrade Obama promised he would put the coal industry out of business. New means have been devised to generate the electricity we need to keep civilization from collapsing — like ...
Is There Nothing That Obama Can't Do?
small dead animals —
Is There Nothing That Obama Can't Do? Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose! Barack Obama, 2008 - "So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted." ...
Good News And Bad News On Cap And Trade
Nice Deb —
... of three cap-and-trade bills, rode herd on an overweening Environmental Protection Agency, and steadfastly insisted that global researchers were “cooking” the science behind man-made global warming.
I hope to God Inhofe is right about this, but one has to keep in mind that cap and trade is a policy very near and dear to Obama’s heart:
Obama began last year promising the editors of the San Francisco Chronicle that he’d bankrupt one sector of the economy:
Let me sort of describe my ...
