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Think Solyndra was the only green energy boondoggle to emerge from the White House gang that can't invest straight? Think again. Is there any green company that didn't get govt secured loans?

Beacon Power follows Solyndra into bankruptcy - Hot Air Beacon Power follows Solyndra into bankruptcy

That government auto bailout that paid for itself? Not so much. We're $24 billion in the whole with none of the underlying structural problems addressed. Look for Bailout 2 in the future.

U.S. boosts estimate of auto bailout losses to $23.6B The Treasury Department dramatically boosted its estimate of losses from its $85 billion auto industry bailout by more than $9 billion in the face of General Motors Co.'s steep stock decline.

Robert Kennedy has a company with $13 million in revenue that secures a $1.4 billion govt guaranteed loan. No, nothing possibly wrong with this scenario, is there?

» Robert Kennedy, Jr.’s ‘Green’ Company Scored $1.4 Billion Taxpayer Bailout - Big Government President John F. Kennedy’s nephew, Robert Kennedy, Jr., netted a $1.4 billion bailout for his company, BrightSource, through a loan guarantee issued by a former employee-turned Department of Energy official.

The Obama administration is setting new records for crony capitalism. Where are the OWS occupiers when you really need them?

» SHOCK CLAIM: Energy Dept. Kickbacks Make Obama America’s Biggest Crony Capitalist… Ever At least ten members of President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign finance committee, plus more than a dozen of his campaign bundlers, benefited from sweetheart loans through the Department of Energy (DOE) that collectively dwarfed those given to Solyndra and Fisker.

More crony capitalism from the Obama administration. This time $433 million for untested, unnecessary smallpox vaccines from one of the wealthiest Dems in the country.

Cost, need questioned in $433-million smallpox drug deal Over the last year, the Obama administration has aggressively pushed a $433-million plan to buy an experimental smallpox drug, despite uncertainty over whether it is needed or will work.

Obamacare is shaping up to be more disastrous than even many conservatives predicted. Can the left ever admit their mistakes when faced with such overwhelming evidence?

Since Obamacare’s Passage, Millions Have Lost Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance About 4.5 million Americans lost their employer-sponsored insurance over a span of just 18 months thanks to Obamacare

The legacy of the assorted Occupy movements? Crime, sexual assaults, violent clashes and rampant disease. Sounds about right.

Guy Benson - Death, Disease, Violence Plague 'Occupy' Protests Death: A young man was fatally shot Thursday evening just yards from the Occupy Oakland

I never thought I'd see a story like thus in the NYT. Is this the beginning of the end of the federal green boondoggles?

A Gold Rush of Subsidies in the Search for Clean Energy Renewable energy has received exceptional help from the government, mostly as part of the 2009 stimulus bill. That is ending, but some say it has been unnecessary.

Perfect illustration of the overreach of government. Is there any reason in the world why the federal government needs to promote the Xmas tree industry?

Obama Grinch to ax Christmas tree tax, for now Following criticism by conservative media outlets and the public, the Obama administration has decided to delay a tax on Christmas trees. The 15 cent tax on each Christmas tree was intended to support a new government ...

Mind boggling. After all the recent turmoil over spending cuts it appears that the government cut... nothing.

MURDOCK: It’s official: Obama is spending champ Barack Obama is the Barry Bonds of big government. He offers America liberalism on steroids. While he earns grand slams for spending and debt, his pitiful results constitute strikeouts.

Obama keeps insisting on pumping more federal money into public sector unions, but even his own party can't stomach this excess. Have we seen the end of huge union spending efforts?

Dems abandon Obama on jobs again President Obama is an increasingly unpopular president whom the American people trust less and less on economic matters, and his repeated failure to secure Senate Democrat votes for his American Jobs Act is only showcasing this fact.