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Power Grab: How Obama's Green Policies Will Steal Your Freedom and Bankrupt America
Christopher Horner, hailed by Glenn Beck as a “Watchdog” and praised by Rush Limbaugh as the “longtime go-to guy on global warming extremism,” has compiled a jaw-dropping account of the government’s arrogant plans to take over America’s access to abundant, afforable energy—and by doing so, take over our economy and limit the individual freedom we’ve so long taken for granted.
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First published March 30, 2010
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August 1, 2010
Before Reading this Book, I believed that Barack Hussein Obama and his fellow Liberal cronies were implementing their radical schemes in order to redistribute Wealth to the poor. This Book identifies what their overall agenda is pertaining to the Global Warming scam; that the Radical Left has conjured up in order to convince everyday Americans that the government should regulate carbon emissions, in order to Save the planet. The redistribution of Wealth has nothing to do with the poor, in fact, if these radical Liberals get their way, the poor will inevitably suffer due to astronomical energy costs… From the words of Barack Hussein Obama himself, “under my plan, of a Cap and Trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket”…
December 24, 2012
I always had problems with recommended books and this one was no exception.
This is also the first time I see a non-factual book speculating on factual characters about things they never did in a framework which purposefully ignores scholar knowledge of the matter or reality itself, whatsoever.
For short, you won't find a single peer reviewed fact inside that book and if you do it has to be twisted in a self-evident way.
I tried to find out about the author of such an absurdity and ended up with an attorney which happens to be a denier of climate science, but, of course, presented as an attorney "and also a scientific" by Alex Jones in his show [...]
Studying this dinosaurs is fascinating, but what a waste if instead of disappearing they still live among us. If most people had a reading method they wouldn't buy into this damaging nonsense...
This is also the first time I see a non-factual book speculating on factual characters about things they never did in a framework which purposefully ignores scholar knowledge of the matter or reality itself, whatsoever.
For short, you won't find a single peer reviewed fact inside that book and if you do it has to be twisted in a self-evident way.
I tried to find out about the author of such an absurdity and ended up with an attorney which happens to be a denier of climate science, but, of course, presented as an attorney "and also a scientific" by Alex Jones in his show [...]
Studying this dinosaurs is fascinating, but what a waste if instead of disappearing they still live among us. If most people had a reading method they wouldn't buy into this damaging nonsense...
March 30, 2024
DID OBAMA INTEND TO ‘GRAB’ YOUR WEALTH, LIBERTY, AND FREEDOM?
Christopher C. Horner is an attorney and a Senior Fellow at the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute.
He wrote in the first chapter of this 2010 book, “It’s the year 2015… Barack Obama’s various policies imposed in the name of ‘energy independence,’ ‘clean energy’… are now really being felt… Obama’s policies have locked up land and sealed off domestic resources … One Monday you wake up to discover that nothing works… Electricity, natural gas, and gasoline have all been made less available as a direct, intended result of Obama and his allies’ agenda. Energy is unreliable now… you now live in a small apartment … you’ll be walking to work, too… You’ve learned to buy small quantities of milk and other perishables, far more often, because there’s no telling how long the refrigerator will stay cold… just as there’s little heat in the winter, there’s little air conditioning in summer… It is difficult to even imagine life without reliable energy on hand… But you had better start trying---because if Barack Obama has his way, this scenario will become daily life in America. (Pg. 1-4)
He continues, “It would be one thing if these measures actually helped alleviate alleged global warming that supposedly threatens our well being. But they don’t … The real issue Americans should be concerned with is the outcome of these ‘green’ schemes: the transfer of your liberties and wealth to the state, and the transfer of jobs to other countries.” (Pg. 6)
He argues, “these niche sources [windmills, solar panels] can ONLY survive with mandates, subsidies, and taxes to pay for them. Nuclear power is hardly without its subsidies, but the greens’ ritual claim against nuclear---that it could not operate without … the ‘Price-Anderson’ government insurance guarantee (providing a fund to cover what’s considered nuclear power’s excessive liability) is speculation, particularly given nuclear’s success elsewhere in the world, under a variety of different regulatory (and subsidy) structures.” (Pg. 33-34)
He asserts, “In response to ‘ClimateGate,’ President Obama panicked and flew to Copenhagen, where he ‘politically committed’ the United States to Kyoto-like promises in order to pressure an obviously reluctant Congress… Attempting to spin his doubling down on green, the White House scurried to its blog to tout the … ‘global warming’ programs Obama was busy forcing on taxpayers as virtuous and the stuff of prosperity.’ (Pg. 84-85)
He asserts, “Obama wants ‘climate’… legislation. And if he doesn’t get it, well, EPA might just have to make some rulings that require them to take on unprecedented levels of oversight in the business community---until business, seeking relief, begs for legislation… It is a reprehensible form of mobster-like ‘insurance’…” (Pg. 108)
He contends, “Cap-and-trade riches are to be the fruit of a panic manufactured by a very deliberate universe of ideologically motivated actors now controlling nearly all levers of power in American government. A (at best) social democrat president, possibly the most radical Congress ever, and increasingly activist courts are being aided by business, pressure groups, and other interests, who receive billions in sops picked right form the public’s pockets.” (Pg. 137)
He asks, “How many job-creation schemes include massive unemployment assistance for the people they put out of work?... calling the statists’ global warming schemes ‘jobs’ programs is more than just another scam: it is an outrage. There is no credible case to be made for this claim.” (Pg. 162-163) He continues, “‘green jobs’ in practice means requiring more man-hours to produce the same kilowatt hour… it is what directly results from mandating a form, and level of use, of less efficient and therefore inherently more expensive energy… All of this increases the cost of anything requiring energy to produce---which is everything---which also puts people out of work.” (Pg. 167-168)
He concludes, “Green jobs mean pink slips.” (Pg. 183)
He acknowledges, “The scarcity and ‘limits to growth’ crowd, led most prominently by ‘peak-oilers’---those who remain convinced, despite the evidence, that we simply must be funning out of the stuff---may be proven partially right. If so, it will only be because politics yet again got in the way of plentiful physical supply. And this makes you less rich, less safe, and less free.” (Pg. 255-256)
He asserts, “What the Left really hate is access to energy. Obama apparently shares this worldview, if only because promoting it inherently promotes his statist objectives.” (Pg. 292)
He concludes, “Implementing this long-sought list of policy demands… will simply transfer decisions from individual producers and consumers to the state. It would give them power. It would give them your wealth. And ‘they’ are the Left’s board coalition of organized labor, organized green, organized Big Government. These people do not like your lifestyle, or your ability to continue it without paying the costs them demand… They have never believed that you can be trusted with freedom. And there is nothing that they see as unreasonable in the pursuit of this goal. So those are the things that this agenda is determined to do. The goal of Obama’s power grab is to grab your power: your wealth, economic liberties, and personal freedoms.” (Pg. 306-307)
Obviously, Horner’s predictions of disaster in his first chapter didn’t come true (he would presumably argue that this is only because the Democrats lost control of Congress in 2010). Some critics of the environmental movement may still find this book of interest; for others, it may be too ‘dated.’
Christopher C. Horner is an attorney and a Senior Fellow at the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute.
He wrote in the first chapter of this 2010 book, “It’s the year 2015… Barack Obama’s various policies imposed in the name of ‘energy independence,’ ‘clean energy’… are now really being felt… Obama’s policies have locked up land and sealed off domestic resources … One Monday you wake up to discover that nothing works… Electricity, natural gas, and gasoline have all been made less available as a direct, intended result of Obama and his allies’ agenda. Energy is unreliable now… you now live in a small apartment … you’ll be walking to work, too… You’ve learned to buy small quantities of milk and other perishables, far more often, because there’s no telling how long the refrigerator will stay cold… just as there’s little heat in the winter, there’s little air conditioning in summer… It is difficult to even imagine life without reliable energy on hand… But you had better start trying---because if Barack Obama has his way, this scenario will become daily life in America. (Pg. 1-4)
He continues, “It would be one thing if these measures actually helped alleviate alleged global warming that supposedly threatens our well being. But they don’t … The real issue Americans should be concerned with is the outcome of these ‘green’ schemes: the transfer of your liberties and wealth to the state, and the transfer of jobs to other countries.” (Pg. 6)
He argues, “these niche sources [windmills, solar panels] can ONLY survive with mandates, subsidies, and taxes to pay for them. Nuclear power is hardly without its subsidies, but the greens’ ritual claim against nuclear---that it could not operate without … the ‘Price-Anderson’ government insurance guarantee (providing a fund to cover what’s considered nuclear power’s excessive liability) is speculation, particularly given nuclear’s success elsewhere in the world, under a variety of different regulatory (and subsidy) structures.” (Pg. 33-34)
He asserts, “In response to ‘ClimateGate,’ President Obama panicked and flew to Copenhagen, where he ‘politically committed’ the United States to Kyoto-like promises in order to pressure an obviously reluctant Congress… Attempting to spin his doubling down on green, the White House scurried to its blog to tout the … ‘global warming’ programs Obama was busy forcing on taxpayers as virtuous and the stuff of prosperity.’ (Pg. 84-85)
He asserts, “Obama wants ‘climate’… legislation. And if he doesn’t get it, well, EPA might just have to make some rulings that require them to take on unprecedented levels of oversight in the business community---until business, seeking relief, begs for legislation… It is a reprehensible form of mobster-like ‘insurance’…” (Pg. 108)
He contends, “Cap-and-trade riches are to be the fruit of a panic manufactured by a very deliberate universe of ideologically motivated actors now controlling nearly all levers of power in American government. A (at best) social democrat president, possibly the most radical Congress ever, and increasingly activist courts are being aided by business, pressure groups, and other interests, who receive billions in sops picked right form the public’s pockets.” (Pg. 137)
He asks, “How many job-creation schemes include massive unemployment assistance for the people they put out of work?... calling the statists’ global warming schemes ‘jobs’ programs is more than just another scam: it is an outrage. There is no credible case to be made for this claim.” (Pg. 162-163) He continues, “‘green jobs’ in practice means requiring more man-hours to produce the same kilowatt hour… it is what directly results from mandating a form, and level of use, of less efficient and therefore inherently more expensive energy… All of this increases the cost of anything requiring energy to produce---which is everything---which also puts people out of work.” (Pg. 167-168)
He concludes, “Green jobs mean pink slips.” (Pg. 183)
He acknowledges, “The scarcity and ‘limits to growth’ crowd, led most prominently by ‘peak-oilers’---those who remain convinced, despite the evidence, that we simply must be funning out of the stuff---may be proven partially right. If so, it will only be because politics yet again got in the way of plentiful physical supply. And this makes you less rich, less safe, and less free.” (Pg. 255-256)
He asserts, “What the Left really hate is access to energy. Obama apparently shares this worldview, if only because promoting it inherently promotes his statist objectives.” (Pg. 292)
He concludes, “Implementing this long-sought list of policy demands… will simply transfer decisions from individual producers and consumers to the state. It would give them power. It would give them your wealth. And ‘they’ are the Left’s board coalition of organized labor, organized green, organized Big Government. These people do not like your lifestyle, or your ability to continue it without paying the costs them demand… They have never believed that you can be trusted with freedom. And there is nothing that they see as unreasonable in the pursuit of this goal. So those are the things that this agenda is determined to do. The goal of Obama’s power grab is to grab your power: your wealth, economic liberties, and personal freedoms.” (Pg. 306-307)
Obviously, Horner’s predictions of disaster in his first chapter didn’t come true (he would presumably argue that this is only because the Democrats lost control of Congress in 2010). Some critics of the environmental movement may still find this book of interest; for others, it may be too ‘dated.’
September 4, 2011
Some very interesting points, brought up in funny smart writing.
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