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    Tag: Government Regulation

    Any Which Way The Wind Blows ...or Doesn't


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Wed Mar 07, 2012 at 07:21:39 PM EST
    Tags: Obama, Jobs, EPA, economy, environmentalism, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Fred Upton, Incandescent Light Bulb Ban, Global Warming, green energy, government regulation, Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, Coal, Power, Marquette, Presque Isle, Rick Snyder, Granholm, Progressives (all tags)

    I just can't get over this one.

    via FoxNews.com

    Wind farms in the Pacific Northwest -- built with government subsidies and maintained with tax credits for every megawatt produced -- are now getting paid to shut down as the federal agency charged with managing the region's electricity grid says there's an oversupply of renewable power at certain times of the year.

    The problem arose during the late spring and early summer last year. Rapid snow melt filled the Columbia River Basin. The water rushed through the 31 dams run by the Portland, Ore.-based Bonneville Power Administration allowing for peak hydropower generation. At the very same time, the wind howled leading to maximum wind power production.

    Demand could not keep up with supply, so BPA shut down the wind farms for nearly 200 hours over 38 days.

    Read more (with video)

    At least I have my memories of this nation when it didn't blow.

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    Snyder Protects Granholm Administration On Clean Coal


    By jenkuz, Section News
    Posted on Sun Jan 16, 2011 at 05:58:20 PM EST
    Tags: Bill Schuette, coal, Democrats, DEQ, environmentalism, Global Warming, government regulation, Holland BPW, industry, Jennifer Granholm, jobs, MDNRE, Michigan, MPSC, Pettalia, power plant, Republicans, Rick Snyder, sierra club, Walker, Wolverine Energy (all tags)

    Cross-posted

    It's funny, once Granholm leaves, the boys in the house man-up and the nerd-in-chief grows fickle.

    (1 comment, 810 words in story) Full Story

    A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

    Upton Should Call On Sarah Palin


    By jenkuz, Section News
    Posted on Thu Dec 30, 2010 at 11:55:05 PM EST
    Tags: Abortion, economy, environmentalism, EPA, Fred Upton, Global Warming, government regulation, green energy, Jennifer Granholm, John Boehner, Michigan, Politics, Repeal, Republicans, Sarah Palin, sierra club (all tags)

    Cross-posted

    Fred Upton got the post he wanted in the House, as Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.  Boehner gave him the job over massive objections from conservatives.  Perhaps if Upton cries, he will convince some of them that he's going to be a real stalwart.

    JGillman of RightMichigan voices the concern that so many are thinking.  Now that Upton got the post over all the objections, will he do what needs doing?

    Judging from some of  his responses to criticism, I'd say that's a definite no.

    He said he was going to Washington to repeal that healthcare law, then he agreed to support the insertion of Pitt's Protect Life Act, and Smith's No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act into the law.  That's called nibbling around the edges.  The way the genius Republican leadership has been going, if the acts do end up being inserted, they will become known as the Stupak amendment for criminy's sake.   Why in the world would you say you were going to repeal it, but first change it a little to make it better, then repeal it?  Does that make sense?

    (3 comments, 470 words in story) Full Story

    Snyder Must Review Wolverine Air Quality Permit


    By jenkuz, Section News
    Posted on Wed Dec 01, 2010 at 07:22:47 AM EST
    Tags: coal, environmentalism, government regulation, green energy, Jennifer Granholm, MDEQ, MDNR, MDNRE, Michigan, Mike Cox, MPSC, power plant, Rick Snyder, sierra club, Wolverine Energy (all tags)

    Cross-posted
    First of all, I want to heap lavish praise on Governor-elect Rick Snyder for splitting the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Environmental Quality.  In my view, when the state legislature approved the combination of the DNR with the DEQ, it bottle-necked the permit process and lent to the nearly 1,000 day wait for eventual denial of the permit.

    At the time, state lawmakers were giddy with the notion that they were helping "streamline" government by combining the two departments.  One of our Republican state lawmakers was a facebook friend of mine back then, and beneath her ecstatic status update that trumpeted the great news, I commented, "But, doesn't this mean that when we try to extract our natural resources, any industry will be shut down due to environmental concerns?  It seems to me that this is a windfall for the radical environmentalists."  That comment was deleted very quickly, but I still think it's true.  I thought it was foolhardy to trust Granholm's bureaucracy especially after all the studying I did about the Wolverine Clean Energy Venture and how the Granholm administration worked hand in hand with the Sierra Club and other radical groups.  If you don't think the Sierra Club is a radical environmental group, you have not seen what happened here in Rogers City.

    So now that Snyder has said the two departments will be split, it is along that line that I call on Governor-Elect Rick Snyder to review the permit to install for Wolverine Clean Energy Venture.

    (8 comments, 807 words in story) Full Story

    NRLC shines a spotlight on Upton's record; Down With Upton


    By jenkuz, Section News
    Posted on Tue Nov 23, 2010 at 04:41:36 AM EST
    Tags: Abortion, Fred Upton, conservatives. Tagged Abortion, Cliff Stearns, conservatism, Doc Hastings, environmentalism, Eric Cantor, government regulation, green energy, Joe Barton, John Boehner, John Shimkus, Mark Levin, Michigan, Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, Tea Party (all tags)

    Cross-posted at jennerationx.com

    Uh oh.

    Fred Upton, a Republican from Michigan, is insisting he is worthy to chair the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and has written an Op Ed in the Washington Examiner titled, "Rep. Fred Upton: A new majority for America."  In it, he describes what he will do if in fact he is chosen as chair, and reiterates his manly chainsaw approach to the budget, and unfortunately, uses the words, "shine the spotlight" on the Obama-Pelosi regulatory policies.

    Hang on, check the spotlight bulb first, is it the government-mandated type?

    (1 comment, 711 words in story) Full Story

    Upton's Duck and Weave


    By jenkuz, Section News
    Posted on Tue Nov 16, 2010 at 07:49:21 AM EST
    Tags: environmentalism, Fred Upton, Global Warming, government regulation, green energy, Michigan, Politics, science (all tags)

    Cross-posted

    After being flogged by conservatives across the board on the banning of the incandescent light bulb, Congressman Fred Upton changes the subject.

    He posted an article on Right Michigan, saying, in part,

    The American people are fed up and demand that we tackle government spending and the federal budget deficit immediately. The days of the administration printing more money as a solution to meet budget shortfalls are now over.

    The American people, including many Michiganders are clearly fed up with the overreach of government as well.  Banning the incandescent light bulb was just the sort of thing that flipped the switch in most people's minds.  

    (13 comments, 629 words in story) Full Story

    Political Pandering at a Premium in Presque Isle County


    By jenkuz, Section News
    Posted on Thu Apr 29, 2010 at 05:36:52 AM EST
    Tags: Carbon capture and sequestration, coal, elections 2010, environmentalism, government regulation, jobs, Michigan, Politics, power plant (all tags)

    News about the Rogers City Coal Plant

    The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
    Ronald Reagan

    The great election year of 2010.

    In today's Presque Isle Advance, three Democrat politicians issued statements in favor of getting funding for carbon capture, which Wolverine will not get unless there is an air quality permit granted by Jennifer Granholm.

    (2 comments, 574 words in story) Full Story

    Obama the Dream-Sucker


    By jenkuz, Section News
    Posted on Fri Dec 04, 2009 at 12:39:48 PM EST
    Tags: Capitalism, economy, government regulation, industry, jobs, jobs summit, Michigan, Obama, Socialism, Taxation (all tags)

    Yesterday, I listened to President Obama say these words.

        Despite the progress we've made, many businesses are still skittish about hiring.  Some are still digging themselves out of the losses they incurred over the past year.  Many have figured out how to squeeze more productivity out of fewer workers.  And that cost-cutting has become embedded in their operations and in their culture.  That may result in good profits, but it's not translating into hiring and so that's the question that we have to ask ourselves today: How do we get businesses to start hiring again?

    From the perspective of an employee of a small business, I can't tell you how cynical and dream-crushing your perspective is, Mr. President.

    I don't see how you can claim, sir, that your administration has made any progress, economy-wise.   Here in Michigan, I've been told there were some stimulus jobs in the 83rd congressional district, however, there are only 15 districts in Michigan, and they number 1 through 15.

    I don't like to talk about myself as much as you do, but I'd like to share some of my experience to let you know what types of things you all are doing "in Washington that are inhibiting" me.

    I was hired 4 years ago to do a highly-skilled job that I had no idea how to do.  With the help of my fellow co-workers, I learned.  I learned fast.  It wasn't long before I could see some ways of doing things at work to make the job simpler, and more effective.  I became supervisor and was involved in the hiring process.  I helped hire people who had the same amount of knowledge of the job as I did when I got hired.  I am now helping them to become as successful as I have been.

    I can't tell you how many jobs I've had before this that I literally stared at the clock, waiting to go home-where I never did anything either.   That's not living, that is only existing.

    You see, when you learn something, a skill or a piece of knowledge, you feel good about yourself.  You say to yourself, "Wow, I did that.  Maybe there are more things I don't yet know I can do."

    When you know you are able to do something that you never thought you could, you start to think that what you have been dreaming about doesn't just happen to lucky people, you start to think that those people who have reached their dreams worked at it, and learned as much as they could to achieve them.

    Those people become entrepreneurs, small businessmen and businesswomen.

    Every person has a dream of what they really want to do.  Some dreams become nothing because of the lack of work involved in making them come true.  In Michigan, I believe the back-breaking amount of work involved in holding one's dream is a direct result of the "inhibiting" effects of Michigan's current administration and your administration.

    Sir, why would any small business person hire someone to do nothing?  After they worked so hard to take the chance to reach their dreams, why would they disrespect another human being in such a manner?  Who would say to an applicant, "Look, don't try to get ahead in life, sure I did it, but you can't."  Not me, never ever.

    It takes hard work to reach your dreams, it takes a non-productive existence to suck them away.

    For the small business owner out there, I have a few questions that I'd like to ask you to answer in the form of a comment.

    Questions:
    What do you think are the major contributors, specifically, to the past year's loss in sales and/or revenue?

    Do you believe intrusive government is slowing your recovery?  If so, how?

    Do you believe the current administration has made progress in the economy?

    Are you cutting costs on your workers?  If so, how has that resulted in good profits?

    When do you plan to hire, and, what needs to happen so you can hire again?

    (680 words in story) Full Story

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