Ethanol with your coal, anyone?

Billionaires for Obama

Posted by JMG (Guest Contributor) at 1:03 AM on 29 Jun 2008

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Via Sam Smith, Lynn Sweet notes a few of the folks meeting with Obama:

WEDNESDAY OBAMA PRIVATE MEETING IN CHICAGO WITH BUSINESS LEADERS:

1. James Bell, CFO of Boeing, aerospace, IL
2. Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, financial services, NY
3. Ann Fudge, former CEO of Young & Rubicam, public relations, IL
4. Mark Gallogly, Centerbridge Partners, NY
5. Alan Mulally, CEO of Ford, auto manufacturer, MI
6. Jim Rogers, CEO of Duke Energy, energy/alternative, NC
7. Ronald Williams, CEO of Aetna, healthcare, CT
8. Brian L. Roberts, President and CEO of Comcast Corporation, PA
9. Robert Glaser, CEO of Real Networks, CA

THURSDAY OBAMA ROUND TABLE IN PITTSBURGH:

- Lael Brainard, Vice President of the Brookings Institution
- Eli Broad, Founder of the Broad Foundation
- Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO of Harlem Children's Zone
- Steve Case, Chairman and CEO of Revolution Health; former Chairman and CEO of America Online
- Susan Castillo, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Oregon Department of Education
- General Jim Jones, United States Marine Corps (retired), President and CEO of the Institute for 21st Century Technology, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- Vinod Khosla, Founder and Partner of Khosla Ventures
- Susan Hockfield, President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Federico Pe�a, former Secretary of Transportation and former Secretary of Energy
- Andy Stern, President of the Service Employees International Union
- John P. Surma, Chairman and CEO of United States Steel Corporation
- Harold Varmus, President of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- G. Richard Wagoner, Jr., Chairman and CEO of General Motors

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And the story is?

Why is it news that a Presidential candidate is meeting with business and industry leaders? Isn't this the normal course? Or should Obama shun all corporate involvement and live in a fantasy world where the will of the average person actually means something and our government isn't as driven by the rich as is our economy? Please..

Mike Johnston

by enki at 6:16 AM on 29 Jun 2008

Obama is a politician

not a saint. He is heavily influenced by coal, Midwest auto parts manufacturing, and ethanol interests. Once we get him in office we really need to start hammering on him.

He knows what is wrong with corn ethanol by now. He continues pandering to the ethanol lobby only because his polls are showing that this won't cost him votes ...yet. That is why we have to continue to educate the public. Only when the polls show a downturn for ethanol support will he have a moral epiphany and "do the right thing."

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

by biodiversivist at 8:22 AM on 29 Jun 2008

Freezing out the big boys...

I'd like a President who served all of the American people rather than 49% (dwindling to ~20%).

Big business is a part of our country. Corn farmers are part of our country. Big oil is part of our country.

There's a difference between listening to the concerns of large entities and being under their control.

If we want equal (or better than equal ;o) access to Obama's ear then we need to continue doing what we've done so far. Contribute to his campaign, show up at his rallies, and when the time comes vote for him.

If we force Obama to take large amounts of corporate money in order to carry out his campaign then our loss of access is our own fault.

by Bob Wallace at 9:38 AM on 29 Jun 2008

Great bumper sticker

About sums it up:

http://www.cafepress.com/edgeofthewest.278096071

The 5% Project

by JMG at 10:10 AM on 29 Jun 2008

How to

Avoid the disappointment.

That's right Bob, small grassroots donations are the key. A short note with a monthly 10 bucks might get some attention, if spread across millions of eco-minded contributors.

Short notes, maybe just this "Corn ethanol nearly doubles green house gases" and a link like this

http://www.grist.org/news/2008/02/08/biofu/index.html

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin

by amazingdrx at 10:31 AM on 29 Jun 2008

12 more years

The fact is the next President, no matter who he or she is, will be serving the 3rd Bush term.

by jabailo at 11:34 AM on 29 Jun 2008

hmm

Blowing In: What's Behind Duke's Wind-Power Push?
"You can build large utility scale wind farms and power plants relatively fast compared to anything else and build them cheaper than any renewable energy at this stage. That makes wind very attractive to us," [Duke Energy Generation Services president Wouter] van Kempen said in a conference call with reporters.
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2008/06/27/blow ...

Real push, or Greenwash? Or both?

-David Ahlport

by GreyFlcn at 11:53 AM on 29 Jun 2008

Jesus Bob, this makes sense

That's why I can see most of the environmentalists on this page ignoring it. they are against anything and everything....... full of negativism.

"If we want equal (or better than equal ;o) access to Obama's ear then we need to continue doing what we've done so far. Contribute to his campaign, show up at his rallies, and when the time comes vote for him."

Victory in Pattani

by MAD MAC at 10:39 PM on 30 Jun 2008
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