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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (120524)	12/23/2011 7:54:22 AM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224717

BP axes solar power businessEnergy group says it 'can't make any money' from selling panels despite spending $20bn annually on oil and gas developments Terry Macalister guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 21 December 2011 guardian.co.uk BP has taken the axe to its solar power business, saying it "can't make any money" from selling panels at a time when it continues to spend $20bn annually on oil and gas developments. The energy group, which once promised to move "beyond petroleum", was an important player in solar but has over the last three years gradually closed its panel factories and made around 1,750 workers redundant. At the same time, the company has gradually retreated from other areas such as carbon capture and storage and shut down its separate London headquarters for BP Alternative Energy. Mike Petrucci, chief executive of BP Solar, wrote to his remaining 100 staff last week, saying "the continuing global economic challenges have significantly impacted the solar industry, making it difficult to sustain long-term returns for the company." A spokesman for the wider group said the plunging value worldwide of solar panels – partly as a result of low-cost competition from China – had convinced BP that it had no future in a "commoditised" business. But the spokesman said BP was fulfilling its previous commitment to spend $8bn on renewable power up to the year 2015 and was continuing to forge ahead with onshore wind in the US and biofuels worldwide. The BP move comes alongside major trouble for other Western solar companies. Panel maker Solyndra, has sought protection from its creditors in the US despite receiving $500m of subsidies from the government, and Solon of Germany is filing for insolvency. Governments in Britain, Spain and elsewhere have been cutting their financial support for solar power as the price of equipment has tumbled. A recent Ernst & Young report predicted solar prices would have halved by 2013 on the levels of 2009.

To: jlallen who wrote (120524)	12/23/2011 8:25:52 AM
From: TideGlider	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224717

Yes, it seems unfair to ship out the only Obama that works for a living, but Odingy Doogey Obama needs to return to the village where he can raise his machete against Odunga Bunga Kenyist 1% ers.

To: jlallen who wrote (120524)	12/23/2011 1:23:44 PM
From: joseffy	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224717

Harvard Runs the US ? ..................................................................................................................... Harvard Law School alumni in the Obama administration ................................................................................................................... law.harvard.edu August 03, 2009 This year, Harvard Law School alumni continued to make an impact in a variety of ways. Most notably, HLS alumni have filled the halls of the U.S. government since Barack Obama's '91 election as the 44th President of the United States in November 2008. In putting together his administration, Obama selected more than 70 HLS alumni and faculty who will assist him in crafting law and policy in areas as diverse as the economy, the environment, and the military. Those named to top-level jobs in the Obama administration include: Faculty David Barron ’94 Principal deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice Jody L. Freeman LL.M. ’91 S.J.D. ’95 Counselor for energy and climate change, White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Elena Kagan ’86 Solicitor general of the United States Daniel J. Meltzer ’75 Principal deputy counsel to the president, Office of the White House Counsel Dean Martha Minow Member of the board of advisors, Legal Services Corporation Cass R. Sunstein ’78 Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget Laurence Tribe '66 President's Commission on White House Fellows Alumni Preeta Bansal ’89 General counsel and senior policy adviser, Office of Management and Budget Jeremy B. Bash ’98 Chief of staff for CIA Director Leon Panetta Jacqueline A. Berrien ’86 Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Charles Blanchard ’85 General counsel, Department of the U.S. Air Force Jason E. Bordoff ’04 Associate director for climate change at the Council on Environmental Quality William Burke-White '02 Office of Foreign Policy Planning, State Department Cassandra Q. Butts '91 Senior Advisor in the Office of the Chief Executive Officer at the Millennium Challenge Corporation Nancy-Ann Min DeParle ’83 Director, White House Office for Health Reform Norman L. Eisen ’91 Special counsel for ethics and government reform, Office of the White House Counsel Chai R. Feldblum ’85 Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Michael Froman ’91 Deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs Jocelyn Frye ‘88 Deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy and director of policy and projects for the first lady Juan Garcia ’92 Assistant secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, in the Department of Defense Julius Genachowski ’91 Chairman, Federal Communications Commission Ian H. Gershengorn ’93 Deputy assistant attorney general, Department of Justice Daniel Gordon '86 Administrator, Office of Federal Policy Procurement Joshua Gotbaum '78 head of U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Michael J. Gottlieb ’03 Associate counsel, Office of the White House Counsel Danielle C. Gray ’03 Associate counsel, Office of the White House Counsel William Gunn ’86 General counsel of the Department of Veterans Affairs Nicole Y. Lamb-Hale ’91 Deputy general counsel of the Department of Commerce’s Office of General Counsel Scott Blake Harris ’76 General counsel, Department of Energy Emily Hewitt ’78 Chief judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims Ketanji Jackson ’96 Member, U.S. Sentencing Commission Tim Kaine ’83 Chairman, Democratic National Committee Helen Kanovsky ’76 General counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development Juliette Kayyem ’95 Assistant secretary for intergovernmental programs, Department of Homeland Security Ron Klain ’87 Chief of staff to the Vice President Harold Hongju Koh ’80 Legal adviser, Department of State David Kris ’91 Assistant attorney general, head of National Security Division, Department of Justice Melissa Lago '82 Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets and Development Michael E. Leiter ’00 Director, National Counterterrorism Center Stuart A. Levey ’89 Undersecretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence John Levi '72 LL.M. '73 Board member, Legal Services Corporation Wilma Lewis ’81 Assistant secretary for Land and Mineral Management at the Department of the Interior Chris Lu ’91 White House Cabinet secretary Bruce E. MacDonald LL.M. ’92 Overseer of military commissions Robert Malley '90 Envoy to Egypt and Syria Raymond Mabus ’76 Secretary, U.S. Navy Demetrios Marantis ’93 Deputy U.S. trade representative Tim Massad ’84 Chief counsel of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Troubled Asset Relief Program Andrew McLaughlin ’94 Deputy chief technology officer for the Obama Administration George Munoz '77 President's Commission on White House Fellows Quentin Palfrey ’02 Associate general counsel of the Department of Commerce’s Office of General Counsel Tom Perez ’87 Assistant attorney general, head of the Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice Thomas Perrelli ’91 Associate attorney general, Department of Justice Samantha Power ’99 Senior director for multilateral affairs, National Security Council Stephen Preston ’83 General counsel Central Intelligence Agency Blake Roberts ’06 Deputy associate counsel to the president, Office of the White House Counsel Paul L. Oostburg Sanz '99 General Counsel of the Navy Edith Ramirez '92 Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission Paul Sarbanes '60 President's Commission on White House Fellows Anne-Marie Slaughter ’85 Director of policy planning, State Department Larry Strickling ’76 Assistant secretary for Communications and Information, Department of Commerce Todd D. Stern ’77 Special envoy for climate change Willard Tom ’79 General Counsel of the Federal Trade Commission Gloria Valencia-Weber '86 Board member, Legal Services Corporation Robert Verchick '89 Deputy associate administrator, Environmental Protection Agency Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation Solomon B. Watson IV '76 General Counsel of the Army Barry White ’67 Ambassador, Norway