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| Obama, Clinton Foundation Donors Sold 'Green' Fuel to Military for $149 per Gallon |
| 2015-08-14 |
| [FREEBEACON] The CEO and Board of Directors of Solazyme, a company the military paid $149 per gallon for "alternative" fuel, have donated more than $300,000 to Democratic candidates and committees, according to a Washington Free Beacon analysis. Recipients of significant donations included the Obama Victory Fund and the Democratic National Committee. Additionally, Solazyme donated between $100,000 and $250,000 to the Bill, Hillary, and Princess Chelsea Clinton Foundation. A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report found that the Department of Defense (DOD) paid Solazyme $149 per gallon for fuel made of algal oil, costing taxpayers a total of $223,500 in 2009. The group also received a $21 million stimulus grant from Department of Energy in 2009. "Based in South the Socialist paradise of San Francisco ...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964... , Solazyme's mission is to improve our lives and our planet by producing sustainable, high-performance oils and ingredients derived from microalgae," the company states. Solazyme claims that their process serves as a better alternative to limited resources such as petroleum, vegetable oils, and animal fats. Three members of Solazyme's Board of Directors have donated hundreds of thousands to Dems, which include more than $50,000 in donations that benefited President B.O.. Solazyme's co-founders, Jonathan Wolfson and Harrison Dillon, have together donated more than $7,000 to Democratic candidates and committees. A member of Solazyme's management team, Peter Licari, donated to both Republicans and Democrats before he was employed by Solazyme. Licari donated $16,000 to Republicans and more than $25,000 to Democrats while he was employed by Complete Healthcare Resources. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 Oops, wrong thread. Apologies to Todd Rundgren. The cursor slipped... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2015-08-14 18:47 |
| #13 She was born not suitable to be president. As was jug, as was Billy Jeff, as was Bush W. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2015-08-14 18:47 |
| #12 C'mon now. Obama's gotta pay for that $35 million house in Hawai'i somehow. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2015-08-14 13:26 |
| #11 This is a situation also exacerbated by linguistic problems. Calling what Clinton and Obama are doing "crony capitalism", while technically correct, allows the emphasis to be placed on capitalism, corporatism is the same, correct but misleading. Graft, theft, corruption need to be called what they are. If you want to label it systemically the closest match would be fascism....think Benito rather than Adolph. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-08-14 11:41 |
| #10 One more reason that I always feel like I'm living under a criminal conspiracy when the Donks are in power. The Clintons and Obamas might hate each other but not so much that they don't share in the boodle that is bilked. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-08-14 08:32 |
| #9 The pigs crowd the trough of the crony capitalists Beltway feed. Starve the beast. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-08-14 08:12 |
| #8 The actual problem is not the fuel or the cost, but that the DoD was required to buy it. As I recall, at the time of the Request for Purchase, the fuel didn't even physically exist, but DoD was legally required to buy it anyway. (Read about it at the time.) |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2015-08-14 07:34 |
| #7 Higher number of body bags doesnt seen to be a bad thing to most in the beltway. In fact to some it's a bonus! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2015-08-14 07:03 |
| #6 Talking of fuel: if by the end of the war Soviet pilots were kicking German pilots' a..es it was not only because they had better planes than in or because they were better trained than tin 1941, it was also because high octane fuel (about 90% of it provided by the Allies according to Marshal Zhukov) gave them the extra mph who made the difference between victory or being shot down. Now the US military is voluntarily using inferior fuel. This amounts to treason. |
| Posted by: JFM 2015-08-14 05:28 |
| #5 It was not meraly a scam but endnagering soldiers lives. Military vehicles require high performance not sh.y political correctness. If you ue inferior fuel (and gren fuel is inferior it will translate into body bags. |
| Posted by: JFM 2015-08-14 05:06 |
| #4 USA nowadays is, basically, a Latino-American country---isn't it? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-08-14 05:06 |
| #3 She is here to use her office to continue to run her business. Look at the foundation donors and then track her travels as secretary of state. No diplomacy was really involved other than arms sales and other trinkets. That is all she is,A shallow international crony capitalist in mao pants. Bitch. |
| Posted by: newc 2015-08-14 00:30 |
| #2 Hey, gotta grease a few guys, right? |
| Posted by: Raj 2015-08-14 00:06 |
| #1 I remember that story and the flack from it. Little wonder the fucking Clintons were in on the swindle. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2015-08-14 00:03 |