‘Artificial Sweetener?’ Pedestrians Try to Explain What Solyndra is…and Fail Miserably
- Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:05pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
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At this point, Blaze readers are probably quite familiar with the ins and outs of the disgraced solar company Solyndra — the firm that declared bankruptcy after receiving nearly half a billion dollars in government loan guarantees. For some average Americans, however, especially those claiming to get their news from sources such as CNN, NBC and Jon Stewart, the name “Solyndra” signifies anything from artificial sweeteners to a drug company.
While the debacle has garnered intense scrutiny from a few news outlets — The Blaze being one — it seems to have been all but swept under the carpet by much of mainstream media.
Watch as MRCTV’s Dan Joseph and Joe Schoffstall interview random, every day people in Washington D.C. to find out their thoughts on Solyndra. For the most part, no one had ever even heard the word before:
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Comments (99)
patriot4evah
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:37pmAnd THAT is why Sarah Palin should be in no hurry at all to announce… Half of the country is not even paying attention. They will pay attention as soon as she puts her foot in the water… They won’t miss THAT news tidbit.
Report Post »johnannegalt
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:32pmRight on! http://markamerica.com/2011/09/22/the-media-war-on-sarah-palin-runs-into-reality/
Report Post »PhunkDaPhish
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 9:42pmYou said it.
The only candidate I like of the current crop is Hermain Cain. If Palin were to run, it would be grand to have Herman Cain on the ticket. And, not make the VP a bull5hit job. Set a new standard and have that guy kicking some a55 with regards to our financial delimma. A blue ribbon panel of one to suggest ideas regarding the agencies to get a big fat haircut!
Let me suggest a few at the top of the list: Energy, Epa, Education. The 3 E’s to go with his 3 9s.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 12:22amMy LADY is not in the Race YET….When She dose, She will have my time and money!!!!!
Report Post »BARRACUDA 2012!!!!
shirelover
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:37pmWell put, I concur.
Report Post »Prosoldier
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:33pmThis is why we‘re in the shape we’re in and have the inept leadership we do. There’s really not much excuse for it anymore. Fifty or sixty years ago people were more informed about things than we are today, and the majority have way more access to what’s going on than they did back then. The only time people’s ears ***** up is at the sound of “free stuff”. I used to laugh about the “Zombie Apocalypse” and then I realized the zombies are already all around us; walking among us every day, and the Necromancers that control them live in D.C. and the neighborhood news stations.
Report Post »Hefsmaster
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 5:04pmYes, what dolts… I have a friend visiting…. and i have constipation…(really do!) Neither are good enough excuses to ignore Govt. reality. That’s right, I haven’t ignored Govt. reality. I’m just one of them guys that gets censored everywhere i go… I even taped myself getting MSM articles shut down… Once i enter, so does the real truth. TPTB don’t like that. It is all pervasive here as well.
Report Post »Comeandtakeit
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:29pm“ Is that a sex scandal in the White House”?
Why yes. You’re getting ( blanked).
“ No need to get all upset about the news”.
Why, of course not. It’s only a half a billion dollars of YOU MONEY wasted and sending our country into bankruptcy that may affect you for your enitre life. Nothing to see here.
Report Post »SHOWMESTATEGUY
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:28pmAnd these people are allowed to vote?
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:38pmEven more frightening…the one guy that knew about Solyndra gets his news from “John Stewart”.
Report Post »Abysmal
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:10pmMaybe it’s time for you to re-evaluate your opinion of those who watch The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. It would appear these viewers are much better versed in current events than those who consume zero news at all.
Report Post »The_Hut_In_Co
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:28pmAnd reproduce! And …
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:25pmThis is the way Obama wants the public to be…………dumb and uneducated about current events. It increases his chances for re-election.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 9:45pmObumbler already said it “the public is to stupid to understand” therefore he must make our decisions for us. He and the Dem leadership snf some of the CBC will help him get the riots and looting started so that he can declare Martial Law and they will be the members of the royal court.
Get ready America it’s coming. Invest in precious metals – BUY LEAD
OMG – Psalm 109:8
Report Post »ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:17pmWhen I was watching this video I could not believe how many people are ASLEEP !!!!!!!!!! This is why we have to get the message out there !!!!! I bet more people know what Snookie had for lunch today !!!!!!! That is very sad….. Lame stream media does not tell the truth, they are brain washed, but there is hope !!!!!!!!!! It is us ! LOL
Report Post »Greenwood
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:32pmHave you ever watched “Jay Walking” on the Tonight Show ?
Report Post »It is very sad but this is the country we live in. Most people have no clue.
Abysmal
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:06pmI wouldn’t put a lot of weight in the “Jay Walking” segments as an accurate reflection of the American condition. You do not get on television by answer those questions correctly.
Report Post »kindling
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:47pmWho is Snooky?
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:12pmHosea 4: 6 “My people perish from a lack of knowledge.”
Report Post »fatgreenlady
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 10:46amOh, how sadly and very correct!
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:04pmHmmm, that‘s why they are called ’pedestrian’! Per dictionary.reference.com: “lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction, etc.; commonplace; prosaic or dull: a pedestrian commencement speech”.
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:01pmI used to think these “look how stupid the average man on the street is” segment were funny. Now they just make me feel hopeless.
Somebody hug me, I want to cry……..
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:07pmI know your hopelessness! Who convinced George Bush to ban the incandescent light bulb? And, why can not our present Congress see the bias in that decision and repeal it? If they can’t repeal an act of George Bush, they certainly won’t be able to repeal an act of the Obama administration! We are DOOMED!
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:24pmCheer up! They have not banned dihydrogen monoxide yet so its all good. We’re not that bad-off yet. lol
Report Post »USLibertyNow
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:32pmI would Momma, but my arms ain’t that long. Wouldn’t that be a shame if you live on the next block?
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:34pmSalamander- You don’t understand the legislative process! You sneak things in an hour or two before the bill is voted on using archaic legalese within a subheading that has nothing to do with the bill. This is what harry weed and nancy were doing with the aid of Soros’ 200 subversive organizations. For 2 years they wouldn’t even let you see the bill for fear it might get read !
Report Post »squeaker
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:28pm@3monkeysmomma –
I know how you feel… America is “Circling The Drain” ….!!!
Report Post »squeaker
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:32pm“Democracy” is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. “Liberty” is a well armed lamb contesting the vote…!
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:58pmthe media is nothing more a than lap dogs to this administration,they will do what ever they are told,in fear of retaliation,what a pathetic excuse for what they call media, they will wet their pants if obama told all of them that he was really a conservative in disguise.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:17pmThey will do whatever it takes to prop up their man, not out of fear of retaliation but simply because they are part of the same animal . These clueless morons who walk around oblivious to whats being done to them and their children and grandchildren are truly pathetic ,not nearly as pathetic as the those who are paying attention (like many trolls that frequent the blaze) yet choose to ignore or make excuses for the left’s crimes against the USA but pathetic all the same.
Report Post »Godfather.1
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:35pmGoogle Solyndra and see how many hits you get for MSM sources. You’ll be surprised that if you actually take the time to look, you’ll find that the MSM has covered this extensively. Open your eyes and look somewhere besides the Blaze and Glenn Beck for you news.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:00pmIt not if it was covered but how, that is the failure, “Zombie apocalypse” but whatever you need to do in order to rationalize corruption.
Report Post »TheVOR
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:55pmI think Thomas Jefferson had it figured out a long time ago.
The preparation of the voter so that he might express his opinion by means of the ballot, thus insuring political liberty, was one of the main goals of Jefferson’s plan for education which asserted four basic principles:
1 “that democracy cannot long exist without enlightenment.
2 that it cannot function without wise and honest officials.
3 that talent and virtue, needed in a free society, should be educated regardless of wealth, birth or other accidental condition.
4 that the children of the poor must be thus educated at common expense.” (as cited in Padover, 1952, p. 43)
Jefferson knew that a democracy could only exist with an educated and informed electorate.
Sadly, today we have neither. So, we find ourselves in our present predicament.
Report Post »Greenwood
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:54pmConstitutional republic not a “democracy” Jefferson would have hoped people would maintain a clear distinction between a democracy and a republic. There is a BIG difference between the two.
Report Post »FORLORNHOPE
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:54pmThese same people don’t know the country is 15 trillion dollars in debt and if they did know they could care less
Report Post »momprayn
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:42pmYeah, it reminds me of that article about the insane ranting of Elizabeth Warren — was reading some of the comments on Huffington Post. Very sickening to say the least. Most were praising her and saying they loved her and hope she ran for President – on and on……….all clueless believing & agreeing with everything she said.
Report Post »Then I come here and see this which isn‘t surprising but just more sickening to know there’s so many that are apathetic, uninformed – don’t want to hear the news b/c it’s “depressing” – thinking it’ll just all be fine…. I just pray there will be enough of us that are informed and know the danger and will come out to vote in that all important election of 2012 – and vote Dems out.
texanpatriot
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:51pmI hope you are right, Mom, but in 2008 there was enough out there about Obama’s socialism but the same bunch of “sheep” turned the other way and lookie what we got.
Keep talking up the truth…
TEA
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:36pmIsn’t that Chlymydia and Mergatroid Jacksons baby girls name ?
Report Post »Solarpanel and Kickabak have a new baby sister.
Mrtoohappy
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:42pmAnd yet these people will vote in 2012.
Report Post »TheVOR
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:25pmAs they voted in 2008….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyvqhdllXgU&feature=player_embedded
Some of this would be hilarious, if it weren’t so tragic.
Report Post »Godfather.1
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:31pmThis article suggests the main stream media hasn’t covered this? Really?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/09/business/solar-company-is-searched-by-fbi.html?_r=1&ref=solyndra
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/solyndra-employees-company-suffered-from-mismanagement-heavy-spending/2011/09/20/gIQAMHC3lK_story.html
and many more, just do a google search and you’ll find numerous reports from the MSM.
Report Post »Mikev5
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:42pmYes but the way its covered its played down and they say very little or as little as possable.
So bit me
Report Post »Godfather.1
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:24pm@Mikev5
The articles play it down? Did you actually read them? My guess is you didn’t because if you had, you would have discovered that it as not played down at all. Just because an article makes an objective report does not mean that it is playing it down.
Would the MSM’s coverage need to say that Obama is a socialist, anarchist, communist, fascist, Islamic dictator in order to satisfy your standards?
Report Post »Mikev5
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 9:01pmOk so we hide the truth in the dark shadows in the corner next to the toilet brush how convenient of them cover it with a little slime so no one wants to look at it.!
Report Post »Mikev5
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 9:06pmAnd if this was a Bush fiasco it would be on the front page in BIG LETTERS… so bugger off
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:30pmSometimes I think that America, (as a whole), is just too ignorant to survive…………
Report Post »Hope I’m wrong!
o0o0lllll0o0o
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:28pmProving once again that liberalism REQUIRES ignorance.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:26pmI bet they can tell you is on the next dancing with the stars.
Report Post »Spendstop
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:02pmGod, that is so true and so scary!!!!!
Report Post »BOSSJR40
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:23pmProof that we have become a Nation of Idiots.Of course U & I R the exceptions but then U can’t be too sure of ME :)
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:20pmThis is why I don’t talk politics with my friends..Who are either apathetic or liberals. Yet all would rather watch Jon Stewart than ANY news station because “He’s funny”. And hence, the dumbing down of America continues.
Report Post »Mikev5
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:19pmMakes you want to just yell as loud as possible (W T F) is wrong with the American people wake up and learn the truth
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:17pmI know, I know. It‘s a new babys’ name. It’s a mixture of Sally, Linda, and Sandra.
Report Post »GMAN
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:14pmWow where do these people live? How is it that people could be so clueless?
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:09pmBut they will be sure to vote Obama back in because he has done such a great job.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:18pmAnd here we have a great example of how and why we are in such a mess today. Morons like these people who vote and express opinions on subjects they know nothing about. Instead of being educated, they sit around paying attention to pop culture, while voting traitors like Obama into office, and helping to push us all down the road to evil and ruin. At least they will be so helpless, that they will be among the first to fall when the violence, famine and poverty arrive, that they helped to create.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:23pmBamBam has done such a fine job that he needs a long vacation.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:25pmThe worst part is the liberals have learned to be the popular ideology among the pop culture. So even when you try to educate these morons they thing you are trying to brainwash them into your evil minions…
But one at a time, we need to start trying to reach these people.
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