Ener1 and Barack Obama: If You Own Masterlock Stock, Sell

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  January 26th at 01:30 PM  | 

In 2010, Barack Obama touted Solyndra’s solar panels in his State of the Union speech. We know what happened to Solyndra. In this week’s State of the Union, Barack Obama touted Ener1′s electric car batteries. Today, Ener1 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Also in Barack Obama’s State of the Union this week, he touted Masterlock and the high productivity of its unionized workforce. Given the | Read More »

Is The Administration Going to Use GM to Distract from Solyndra?

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  September 19th at 04:45 AM  | 

Many people call it Government Motors these days. General Motors has been a government slush fund to reward unions and other Democratic loyalists since the Obama Administration arrived in Washington. Now there are signs the Obama campaign and DNC intend to use GM to distract from Solyndra. If you’ll remember back in 2010, General Motors rushed out an ad campaign that claimed it had paid | Read More »

Solyndra, Barack Obama, and Crony Capitalism: Picking a Loser to be a Winner

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  September 14th at 04:45 AM  | 

The Operation Gun Walker scandal has not yet percolated in the mainstream media outside CBS News, though it is only a matter of time that it catches on, given the cirminal enterprise the U.S. Government seems complicit in aiding and abetting. There is, however, a scandal taking off like a rocket and directly relevant to Stimulus II. Via Doug Ross comes word that ABC News | Read More »