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Topic: Energy Secretary Steven
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Energy Secretary Steven
Chu to step down
Fox News, by Staff
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Posted By:earlybird, 2/1/2013 1:09:54 PM
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| Energy Secretary Steven Chu will be leaving his post, the White House confirmed Friday, exiting the administration at the start of President Obama´s second term after a rocky tenure. In his resignation letter, Chu said he intend to stay on board "past the end of February" to help the department find his successor. Chu´s leadership has drawn sharp criticism from Republicans who questioned his controversial support for and handling of a $528 million federal loan to solar panel maker Solyndra before the company filed for bankruptcy.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Jonr, 2/1/2013 1:12:01 PM (No. 9152644)
Good riddance to Marxist bad rubbish!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
JAN, 2/1/2013 1:15:10 PM (No. 9152652)
Mr. Solyndra himself.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Safari Man, 2/1/2013 1:21:54 PM (No. 9152664)
Wait... he can´t step down.. I haven´t painted my roof white yet.
Alfred Nobel must be spinning in his grave to see what a mockery the Nobel prize has become in so many ways.
Chu this!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
mickeymat, 2/1/2013 1:26:58 PM (No. 9152670)
Another one bites the dust.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
lostinmassachusetts, 2/1/2013 1:36:21 PM (No. 9152683)
Like cockroaches in an infested house, these left-wing miscreants scurry away when the light hits them only to turn up somewhere else.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Pearson365, 2/1/2013 1:40:22 PM (No. 9152689)
Oh, no! There´s only one Nobel Prize winner left in the Obama Admin? Can´t be. Barack needs to swap stories about Oslo with someone other than himself.
Perhaps Al Gore can be introduced as the next Energy Secretary. Or, the peanut farmer, Jimmah Carter could replace Susan Rice at the UN. Or, more likely, Chelsea Clinton, in line to be named to some position in the State Dept, will win the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize for resolving the long simmering conflict between North and South Dakota.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl, 2/1/2013 1:47:30 PM (No. 9152702)
A friend who works for DOE sent me his departure message to DOE employees: 7 pages long, 3,781 words, 57 paragraphs, and 297 lines.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
antiquegolf, 2/1/2013 1:53:13 PM (No. 9152710)
What post 5 said. chu may lay low for awhile, then re-emerge in another stall at the public trough.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino, 2/1/2013 1:57:38 PM (No. 9152713)
Well - - at least we know he won´t be taking a cushy, high-paying job with Solyndra.
People like Choo-Choo Chu have no idea that there´s a special place being prepared for them in Hell. But - - he´ll find out soon enough.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
udanja99, 2/1/2013 1:58:08 PM (No. 9152715)
#6 beat me to it. Al Gorezeera is the logical next nominee.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
peebster, 2/1/2013 2:08:55 PM (No. 9152732)
...well I´m sure his replacement will be (at least) twice as bat-guano crazy.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
M Stuart, 2/1/2013 2:16:56 PM (No. 9152741)
So he´s stepping down?
Put His Derriere in Jail.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Rafter, 2/1/2013 2:27:35 PM (No. 9152755)
Ahhhhh... Chu!
More expectorant from the Badministration.
Can´t go soon enough.
If only Obie would say,
"Take my wife... Please!"
But at least one more DimRat jumps ship.
It´s the only kind of progress we´re likely to see.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
enuf8, 2/1/2013 2:30:32 PM (No. 9152757)
Solyndra wasn´t his only failing----how many more--18 or 19 more failed green ´wind´ and ´solar´ received the dole out, plus the foreign car builder that Hollywood dunks can only afford (100K for an electric peddle car). I think one of the Kennedy´s is also included in this group.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
brezley67, 2/1/2013 2:38:11 PM (No. 9152771)
He´ll go to work for one of the companies the fed gave money to.. and make millions.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
lakerman1, 2/1/2013 2:43:41 PM (No. 9152777)
He squandered more taxpayer money than any other cabinet officer in the history of the United States.
And when your lawnmower, leaf blower, garden tractor or outboad motor blows up from that 15% ethanol insanity, thank Chu and Lisa Jackson.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Caveman, 2/1/2013 3:44:10 PM (No. 9152860)
Why should he go to work each day. He has plenty of cash in offshore accounts to live the rest of his days.
Those loan deals were very, very, good to him!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Heraclitus, 2/1/2013 3:53:44 PM (No. 9152865)
He was instrumental in squandering billions of tax-payer dollars (yen?) on one boondoggle after another, which --it so happens-- benefitted friends of BO.
If one name could have been attached, say, Halliburton, Chu & BO & Co., Inc. wouldn´t have gotten off ...quite ...as ...easily.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
wsdiego, 2/1/2013 4:19:05 PM (No. 9152898)
The one that wants us all living on dirt floors and cooking on open fires!
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec, 2/1/2013 5:05:00 PM (No. 9152954)
What private sector free enterprise business will Chu trash next?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
GardenGal, 2/1/2013 5:50:29 PM (No. 9153043)
Good riddance.
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