smooth talkin'

October 27, 2009
Mack answers questions about Obama visit
news-press.com
http://www.news-press.com/article/20091027/OBAMA/91027025/1075

Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fort Myers, held a phone conference this morning to answer questions about his position on President Obama’s visit to the DeSoto County solar power plant. He said the president is on a sales pitch to increase his popularity on the taxpayer’s dime.

“Once again we see the president take a tour of the country in what appears to be a PR swing to move legislation and policies that the American people don’t want, don’t need — hurting the American people.”

He specifically mentioned the bailout and stimulus laws, health care reform bills and cap and trade legislation, as examples.

Mack said “liberal ideas” are destroying the “fabric of America.”

On the issue of alternative and renewable energy, Mack said the issue is about encouraging more energy products.

He is against a “tax and spend” philosophy and prefers “government getting out of the way” with less and smarter regulation.


for those who may be unfamiliar with this project, here’s some of the skinny.

Powering Up The Nation’s Largest Solar Power Plant
October 13th, 2009
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/powering-nations-largest-solar-power-plant/

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) has announced the near completion of its DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Arcadia, Florida. This solar power plant will be producing electricity by the end of month. This project is ahead of its schedule. The plant has an impressive number of 90,000 photovoltaic panels. Experts claim that this solar power plant will generate around 110MW of electricity by the end of 2010. This will provide Florida with the distinction of the second largest solar power-producing state in the country


DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center
http://www.fpl.com/environment/solar/desoto.shtml

Project facts
- Construction commenced in late 2008 and will be completed by October 2009
- At 25 megawatts, the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center will be the largest solar photovoltaic plant in the country
- Annual estimated generation will be about 42,000 megawatt-hours or enough power to serve about 3,000 homes
- Located on FPL-owned property in DeSoto County, Fla.
- Plant consists of more than 90,500 solar panels

Project benefits
- The project will provide around 400 jobs during the peak of construction
- DeSoto County will receive more than $2 million in additional property tax through the end of 2010
- The project represents one of the largest private capital investments in the county
- Over 30 years, the solar facility will prevent the emission of more than 575,000 tons of greenhouse gases; according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, this is the equivalent of removing more than 4,500 cars from the road every year for the entire life of the project
- Will decrease fossil-fuel usage by approximately 7 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 277,000 barrels of oil
- Photovoltaic technology requires no water
- Solar energy can help Florida secure its energy future since it is not subject to oil supply disruptions or price volatility
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngJz5Gq5yzs&feature=player_embedded


and here’s some comments from some of the locals down here in Redneck City about mack the carpetbagger

10/27/2009 2:09:59 PM
CaseyStengel wrote:
Cornelius Macgillicudy IV aka Connie Mack is doing a disservice to his (not really his home) district. We have a financial crisis and he votes NO to any economic stimulus. We have one of the highest rates of unemployment and he votes NO to an extension of benefits. And Florida has one of the LOWEST weekly unemployment benefits nationwide - max $250 but an additional $25 because of the stimulus package.

Mack not only uses an alias but in his financial disclosure form his Fort Myers address is misspelled!

Mack wants private companies to provide jobs but his staff work for the federal government. Why not fire them to test his private job theory.

10/27/2009 1:44:17 PM
exilist wrote:
Connie "Let Them Eat Cake" Mack is such an embarrassment. Connie, how do you find the time to bash Obama in between doing nothing and nothing for your impoverished, hungry, unemployed constituents? Bashing the President for visiting an alternative energy facility... horrors! Stick your silver spoon back in your idiotic mouth. Now go back to your Scientologist in Palm Springs and do us all a favor... never run again. exilist

10/27/2009 1:44:17 PM
Voiceofcivility wrote:
Mack's comments have nothing to do with the FLP solar plant. I guess he sees plenty of solar plants around his home in Palm Springs, CA, so the new FPL plant is no big deal to him.


I really can’t add to anything these commentors have said. They reached the core of the problem with amazing clarity, you know, for rednecks. But still, I got to rant just a tad.

I know. I know, I know. Why does anybody act as if the republican party has any credibility left. They had little enough as it was, but they continue to show us new depths of idiocy and vindictiveness.

it’s gotten to the point where the republican governor of a state that is now the host of what will be the second largest solar plant in the country could be seen at the ceremony today, because the Democratic President of the United States was going to be there.
And then the mack’s snide snark. I tell you.

Well, I got news for this null nutted snideman, the only job the President really has regarding legislation, is to sign it when Congress gets around to actually passing a bill, and then enforcing it when it becomes law. And he can do that anywhere in the world.

Maybe you and your fellow repugs might want to actually DO some WORK at YOUR job, before you criticize anyone for not doing theirs. And then to be so embarassingly wrong. It’s in the Constitution. Congress makes the laws, not the president