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Dems Embrace European Model
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats blocked a vote Wednesday on a bill that would have halted the admission of Syrian and Iraqi refugees into the U.S. until they underwent the strictest vetting process ever required for people fleeing their war-torn homelands.
Senators voted 55-43 to advance the bill, falling five votes short of the 60 needed. President Obama had vowed to veto the legislation if it passed.
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Pandering 101
(Not an attack on Trump or an endorsement for Cruz, just an observation)
You know it when you see it. I don’t have a particular stance on ethanol subsidies (RFS)* but if the feds mandate it, it’s probably a bad and expensive idea, but that’s not the point of this post.
Donald Trump said Tuesday that federal regulators should increase the amount of ethanol blended into the nation’s gasoline supply.
Speaking at an event hosted by the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, Trump, a real estate mogul and the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, said the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ought to follow the ethanol volumes Congress set in 2007.
“The EPA should ensure that biofuel … blend levels match the statutory level set by Congress under the [renewable fuel standard],” Trump said Here…
When Donald Trump calls for more ethanol subsidies while he is in Iowa it’s obvious he is pandering for votes in the Iowa Caucuses. I guess that’s why I don’t trust The Donald, like a normal politician he will say or do anything to get elected.
Seems like the same-same we already have in Washington not something a true champion of conservative principles would do, just a champion of the people….in that state….for votes….and endorsements.
If this sounds familiar, it’s because it is. Here….
2002: Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) signs a letter declaring that the ethanol subsidies were “equivalent to a new tax” on gasoline and that there is “no sound public policy reason for mandating the use of ethanol.” Five years later, she visits Iowa as a candidate for president. While there, she announces that the U.S. needs to work on “limiting our dependence on foreign oil. And we have a perfect example right here in Iowa about how it can work with all of the ethanol that’s being produced here.”29
2003: Senator John McCain (R-AZ) says: “Plain and simple, the ethanol program is highway robbery perpetrated on the American public by Congress.” Three years later, McCain visits Iowa as a candidate for president. While there, he calls ethanol “a vital alternative energy source not only because of our dependency on foreign oil but its greenhouse gas reduction effects.”30
2005: Senator John Thune (R-SD) says that ethanol “reduces our dependence on foreign sources of oil and is an important weapon in the War on Terror.”31
2006: Actor Robert Redford says that he supports corn ethanol production: “It’s cheaper. It’s cleaner. It’s renewable. And you know what? It’s American because we grow it.”32
2007: In a speech announcing his plan to run for the White House, Barack Obama declares his support for “homegrown, alternative fuels like ethanol.”
That’s some pretty lousy company he’s keeping, but one politician is standing his ground.
However, Sen. Ted Cruz has broken ranks to criticize farmers’ welfare and he holds a narrow lead over Donald Trump in the upcoming caucuses. (Sen. Rand Paul also flunks the ethanol lobby’s test, but he remains far back in the race.) Cruz’s political strength has dismayed ethanol makers. The group America’s Renewable Future, whose state director is the governor’s son, is deploying 22 staffers in the presidential campaign. Some 50,000 people have signed up, saying that they will only back a friend of the ethanol lobby.
Give Ted Cruz his due, ethanol appears to be one issue on which he put principle before politics. Irrespective of his presidential ambitions, we all would benefit if Iowans engaged in a little political regicide against King Ethanol. here…
Just sayin’.
*RFS: Ethanol subsidies began in 1978 and used to include a high tariff and benefit from generous tax credits, both of which expired at the end of 2011. However, the Renewable Fuel Standard, which requires blending ethanol with gasoline, operates as a huge industry subsidy. Robert Bryce of the Manhattan Institute figured the requirement cost drivers more than $10 billion since 2007.
One Goal
They may be Democrat, Republican, Congressman, Senator, Supreme Justice, whatever….the end game is the same.
Of course, expediting this case is unusual. The reason for the rush is Obama is leaving office in a year. There we see one element of the managerial class helping the other without thinking too much about it. This would not have happened, of course, if Paul Ryan and the Republicans had not gone along with the scheme by funding it in the last budget. So we have one side of the class pushing open borders, another element signing off on it, despite claiming to be mortal enemies of the former. Then another side comes in to help expedite it.
Again, that looks a lot like coordination and one would be forgiven for thinking it is a conspiracy. But wait, there’s more! The court now has the opportunity to remove this issue from public consideration. They will most likely rule that the executive can issue citizenship to whoever he likes whenever he likes. This removes the issue from Congress. From there, it just takes one president to issue green cards to South America for the circle to be complete. Citizenship, as a practical matter, ceases to exist.
The court did not take up the case because they intend to block the administration. They took up the case for fear it could languish until after Obama was gone and the public had become fully aware of what’s happening. Once the court rules in Obama’s favor in a few months, the game is lost. It’s just a matter of time before the ruling elite is completely decoupled from the people over whom they rule. They will have their managerial state, if they can keep it. Keep Reading…..
It’s A Trick!
Cold Winter Days
Other than Sarah Palins paper clip top and the monotonous drone of political blah, blah, blah, not much going on around the homestead. Cold winter days keep me from golfing and skiing is out of the question. But I do need to get in better shape.
Revenge
When she finds out you’ve been cheating.
Heh….
Nothing Adds Up
Type “Swift Release of 10 Sailors” into the Google machine and watch the Obama talking points pop up all over the Cults daily reads. Network news couldn’t get there quick enough to get a nose up Kerry’s ass to show their undying loyalty to everything Obama. All of this for the useful idiot simpletons who pray at the altar of the Cult.
I think the sailors were ordered there, that Obama had a plan for their release before hand, and this was all a fake incident to show how amazing the new relationship between Obama and Iran have magically become with a compliant media having already written the story. This to show Iran can be trusted with the Keys to the Nukes deal.
Their quick release was hailed by the Obama administration as an unintended benefit of the new diplomatic relationship with Iran established by the nuclear accord negotiated between Tehran and the United States and five other nations in July. _ NYT
Kerry said Monday that only because of the recent negotiations with Iran was he able to rapidly secure the sailors’ release. _ CNN
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry tapped the personal relationship he has formed with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in the three years of negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, speaking with him at least five times by telephone. Kerry credited the quick resolution to the “critical role diplomacy plays in keeping our country secure and strong.” _ USNEWS
Among other things, Zarif’s son was the best man at John Kerry’s daughter’s wedding.
A commenter asked for this to be removed so I tried to verify. It is apparently false and the post about the relationship of Kerry & Zarif removed, I apologize for the misinformation.