{"id":17502,"date":"2010-02-17T07:28:29","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T12:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=17502"},"modified":"2010-02-17T07:28:29","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T12:28:29","slug":"jimmy-carter-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=17502","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Carter once again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the past few years, several bloggers have made the comparison between President Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama, and every time Obama has lived up to our comparisons. Well, here we go again. In today’s Washington Times<\/a>, Joseph Weber writes that Obama is backing the first nuclear power plant construction in decades. <\/p>\n

President Obama on Tuesday announced roughly $8 billion in federal loan guarantees to build the first U.S. nuclear power plant in three decades.<\/p>\n

The president said the initiative was part of his administration’s ongoing effort to develop “safe, clean” energy and reduce the country’s dependency on foreign oil.<\/p>\n

However, he also used the announcement to issue stern warnings about the United States falling behind others countries and about how upgrading the domestic power grid and making high-tech batteries in U.S. factories through the American Recovery Act is not enough. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ya know what else happened three decades ago besides the fact that we stopped building power plants? Jimmy Carter, in his “malaise speech”, sensing that he was in political trouble if he didn’t do something about the energy crunch, said this;<\/p>\n

To make absolutely certain that nothing stands in the way of achieving these goals, I will urge Congress to create an energy mobilization board which, like the War Production Board in World War II, will have the responsibility and authority to cut through the red tape, the delays, and the endless roadblocks to completing key energy projects. <\/p>\n

We will protect our environment. But when this nation critically needs a refinery or a pipeline, we will build it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, not one more refinery has been built since the day Carter gave that speech. Our domestic resources remain unused and undeveloped.<\/p>\n

I do not promise a quick way out of our nation’s problems, when the truth is that the only way out is an all-out effort. What I do promise you is that I will lead our fight, and I will enforce fairness in our struggle, and I will ensure honesty. And above all, I will act. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, he acted by forming the Energy Department, and then nothing. Democrats have thwarted our energy independence ever since they promised to solve it. What makes this Democrat any different?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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