THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume XIII, Issue # 11, January 8, 2011
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
THE REAL STORY BEHIND PRESIDENT OBAMA & MICHAEL VICK
By Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr., & Niger Innis
U.S. ENERGY, ENVIRONMENTAL, & ECONOMIC POLICY: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S "GREEN" POLICY AGENDA --
MUCH GREATER RELIANCE ON RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, ENTAILING U.S. GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, & OPERATION OF WIND TURBINES, SOLAR PANELS, & BIODIESEL FUEL PLANTS --
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TO HANDCUFF HYDROCARBON ENERGY PRODUCTION & USE -- EXECUTIVE & ADMINISTRATIVE
ACTIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE DRACONIAN CARBON DIOXIDE & POLLUTION CONTROLS WHICH CONGRESS & THE
AMERICAN VOTERS REJECTED IN 2010 -- THE INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCES OF ADOPTION & EXECUTION OF THE POLICIES
FAVORED BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION: INCREASED ENERGY PRICES, OBSTACLES TO INVESTMENT IN
TRADITIONAL SECTORS OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY, FURTHER CURTAILMENT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH, &
ENDANGERMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY & HUMAN HEALTH & WELFARE.
FULL STORY:
President Barack Obama recently called Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, to thank him for hiring MVP-candidate
Michael Vick, and underscore the President’s support for giving rehabilitated ex-convicts a second chance.
We strongly support both sentiments, and think it is wonderful that a God-gifted athlete like Vick can again market his
formidable talents. Our church has an active, successful rehabilitation program for men and women who “did their
time” and want to become productive members of society.
However, the main purpose of the call to Lurie had nothing to do with rehabilitation. It was to push the President’s
"Green" Agenda. Mr. Obama urged Lurie to make Lincoln Financial Field “greener,” by installing wind turbines and solar
panels; he also discussed the construction of a biodiesel plant nearby.
Mr. Obama has frequently said the economy will be his “singular focus” over the next two years. “We need to work
every day, to get our economy moving again. For most Americans and for me, that means jobs.” He wanted Mr. Lurie
to support that agenda.
However, when Mr. Obama says, “create jobs” and “grow the economy,” he means taxpayer-supported “green” jobs
and a “renewable” energy economy. This may be politically correct and appeal to some voters, but his plan will cause
major trauma to our economic recovery. While Obama’s agenda means subsidizing wind, solar and biofuel power, it
also means handcuffing hydrocarbon production and use. The inevitable result will be increased energy prices and
obstacles to investment in traditional sectors of our economy.
Mr. Obama’s climate and energy czars, EPA Administrator, and Interior Secretary are imposing policies this very week
that will make this untenable result a reality. They will make more energy resources off limits, reduce royalty and tax
revenues – and implement, by executive fiat, the draconian carbon dioxide and pollution controls that Congress and
the American people rejected in 2010. The people rejected the plan because the controls would further curtail
economic growth, and endanger environmental quality and human health and welfare.
For both ex-cons and citizens who have never been inside a jail cell, those policies will mean higher prices, higher taxes,
fewer opportunities, hobbled civil rights progress, and a still moribund economy. They may create more jobs for
government bureaucrats, but will cost millions of jobs in other sectors. These policies will be especially devastating for
ex-cons seeking entry-level work.
Low-cost electricity and transportation fuels are key to improving productivity and giving American companies a
competitive edge internationally, while paying the world’s best wages and benefits. Policies that make energy less
reliable and affordable impair productivity and profitability, freeze hiring, and destroy or outsource jobs. They
adversely affect factories, truckers, airlines, homes, offices, schools, hospitals, ambulances, taxi and delivery services
– virtually 100 percent of our lives.
These “job creation” and “economy building” policies may make sense in the rarified atmosphere of Planet White
House. They make no sense in the real world the rest of us must continue to live in.
Michael Vick may be blessed with God given talent enhanced through his hard work. Most ex-cons, however, are not
as fortunate. These rehabilitated individuals need a booming American economy that provides for a variety of job
opportunities – not a crippled American economy handicapped by fatally flawed energy policies.
Reliable, affordable energy is the foundation for jobs, health, environmental and civil rights progress, and every other
component of human welfare. These misnamed “green energy” policies severely undermine every one of these goals.
Congress, the states, truly responsible companies, and the courts need to stop, defund or overturn this White House,
EPA, and Interior Department power grab. The Affordable Power Alliance will do everything it can to ensure that this
happens.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
Political Environmentalism Versus Human Progress & Prosperity:
Policy Issues Relating to Energy, Environment,
& Natural Resources
The Earth's Natural History, Global Climate Changes,
& the Future of Human Life & Civilization on the Planet:
Science, Ideology, & Public Policy
Political Economy -- Philosophies, Systems, & Public Policies:
Government, the Economy, & Economic Prosperity
Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr., and Niger Innis are Co-Chairs of the Affordable Power Alliance (APA), a humanitarian
coalition of civil rights, minority, small business, senior citizen, and faith-based organizations that champion access
to affordable energy: www.AffordablePowerAlliance.org
In their next APA article, Jackson and Innis will give more specifics as to why many of the green policies have inherent
problems that will affect every American’s pocketbook.
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