Steyer claims to be a man of principle who has no financial interest
in the causes he supports, but acts only for the public good. That is a ridiculous claim: Steyer is the ultimate rent-seeker who depends on
government connections to produce subsidies and mandates that make his
“green” energy investments profitable. He also is, or was until
recently, a major investor in Kinder Morgan, which is building a competitor to the Keystone pipeline.
And
Today, he is a bitter opponent of fossil fuels, especially coal. That
fits with his current economic interests: banning coal-fired power
plants will boost the value of his solar projects. But it was not always
thus. In fact, Steyer owes his fortune in large part to the fact that
he has been one of the world’s largest financers of coal projects. Tom
Steyer was for coal before he was against it.
The rest is tab clearing:
The point is Mr. Bundy is no Rahm Emanuel, Al Gore, or Jay Carney. He is
no Jay-Z or Sean Penn. He is a world away from the Kardashians and the
BMW meets Mercedes crowd of the California coastal corridor or the
psychodramas of brats at Dartmouth. Bundy does not have the white privilege that those who have it — mostly liberal, wealthy, and seeking an apartheid existence — damn in others.
The 'War on Poverty' that spread poverty. But it DID get blacks voting Democrat, just like Johnson thought.
Yes, Obama's a damned liar. Whether the sycophants want to deal with it or not.
'Consensus' my ass.
And, because I'm sick of politics,
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