Those 'Green Jobs' in Full
Apologies to those of you who've seen this 'Green Jobs' video already. If you haven't, you're in for a treat. It shows the House Oversight Committee Chair Darrell Issa (R-CA) in no-prisoners mode, grilling the (clearly embarrassed and reluctant) Bureau of Labor Statistics Acting Commissioner Josh Galvin over what constitutes a 'Green Job.'
According to the Obama administration's generous definitions, 'Green Jobs' include:
college professors teaching classes on environmental studies, clerks at bicycle repair shops, antique dealer employees, Salvation Army workers because they are selling used clothing, stores selling rare books and manuscripts, consignment shop workers, used record shop employees, garbage disposal workers, and even oil lobbyists if they are engaged in advocacy related to environmental issues.
And remember, every 'Green Job' the government creates costs you the taxpayer $5 million.
Doesn't that make you so proud what you're doing for the 'Environment' and the economy?
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May '10
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What an Orwellian fraud "Green" is. Totalitarian propaganda through and through.
Feb '11
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Issa is priceless! The squirming agony of the witness was delicious. I bet that's a leak that gets investigated thoroughly by the regime.
If the political parties were reversed, this would have led on all newscasts and be an endless loop on Headline News. But, since it gores a sacred cow of the left, not so much. Thank God for New Media.
Edited on June 12, 2012 at 6:46pmJun '10
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I'd love an answer to a follow-up question. Decades ago, the Mormon Church created a charitable entity (Deseret Industries) that collects and resells used clothing, applicances, etc. etc. It's like Goodwill in other cities. It provides entry-level jobs and provides a the poor a place to buy quality used products. And it is completely private. The federal government has never done a single thing to support Deseret Industries.
My question: Are all the employees of Deseret Industries, no matter when employed, counted by the Obama administration as new green jobs--or is it net new jobs created? Nothing the federal government has ever done has created any of those jobs.
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Wow! I recycle a lot of used ideas. Do I have a green job?
Jan '12
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Someone ought to ask Stephen Crowder to take his song "Peace Prize" and transform it to "Green Job" ... I mowed my lawn, that's a Green Job / I re-sold a gun, that's a Green Job
Edited on June 12, 2012 at 8:02pmDec '10
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I notice Issa has the same "one more last question" affliction as Peter Robinson. May they never be cured.
Jun '10
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You've got to admit his actual last question was the best. Oil lobbyist=green job. As they say, you just can't make this stuff up.
Aug '10
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Big corporations have jumped all over this "Green" scam by cutting back costs to "save the environment". I was in a WalMart recently and they periodically turn down the lights in the store to be more "green" - which saves them a boatload on electricity costs.
Anyone who believes that corporations give a rat's behind about saving the environment by going green is truly gullible. I have no problem with corporations being all about profits but this whole green thing is a huge smokescreen for them.
Edited on June 12, 2012 at 8:52pmAug '10
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tabula rasa
You've got to admit his actual last question was the best. Oil lobbyist=green job. As they say, you just can't make this stuff up.
You'll love Klavan's "Green Job Answer Man", tabula. If you haven't yet seen it, treat yourself.
Dec '10
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I count.
Today, my fiancee said the garbage disposal was not working, so I sat down on the kitchen floor, let her see where I placed my finger, and hit the "Reset" button.
That makes me a Garbage Disposal Worker!
Oct '10
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CJRun: I count.
Today, my fiancee said the garbage disposal was not working, so I sat down on the kitchen floor, let her see where I placed my finger, and hit the "Reset" button.
That makes me a Garbage Disposal Worker! · 2 hours ago
A Tech actually. There must be a College Degree involved Ya know.
Sep '11
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Ahem.
Today I led a training workshop for school district facilities staff on how their digitally-addressable dimming fluorescent classroom lighting saves energy. Net savings (based on a longitudinal study we've run for almost three years in 80+ classrooms across the country) is greater than 50% of energy consumption.
In that district, with more than 200,000 sq. ft. of classroom space using the new lighting, the energy savings are pretty substantial. And since that district is in New Jersey, home to some of the highest energy rates in the nation, that saves the taxpayers some pretty big bucks.
There really are significant opportunities to save energy. And saving energy is a really good thing. And using technology to save energy can produce a significant return on investment (ROI).
All of those points are being completely overshadowed by the continuing clown show that is the modern "green" movement. Which makes many of us who actually do this stuff for a living really [CofC violation].
Nov '11
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My father-in-law is so green (cheap) he turns off the porch light when they go somewhere at night. He then turns it back on after stumbling up the stairs, fumbling to unlock the door and going inside to flip it on. Is there anything more annoying (on a dark winter's day) than somebody going behind you turning off all of the lights you just turned on?
Conservation used to mean saving money/resources (practical- if needed) or not being wasteful (moral). Now it means saving the world by hoarding even if the resource is plentiful. Sustainable and recycling used to mean basically the same and are ruined also. All three are mostly now used as ad copy for products, architects, etc.
Not too long ago we had to change all of our light bulbs in the shop to shatter proof (so dangerous!/) They do not make shatter proof fluorescents (as far as I know and if they do I am sure they will cost more than any energy savings, and give poorer lighting for detail work). Soon it will be clash of the Titans: OSHA -vs- Greens.
Edited on June 13, 2012 at 4:35pmWhat a tiresome farce it all is.
Jun '10
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PracticalMary:
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Not too long ago we had to change all of our light bulbs in the shop to shatter proof (so dangerous!/) They do not make shatter proof fluorescents (as far as I know and if they do I am sure they will cost more than any energy savings, and give poorer lighting for detail work). Soon it will be clash of the Titans: OSHA -vs- Greens.
What a tiresome farce it all is.
Ya, didn't they see that coming? I mean these guys are the central planners, aren't they?
I know: what we need is really smart people in the central planning departments. How about that for a good idea? But, do the smartest people go to work for the government? I mean, really, what are the stats? Because, as we proceed here, we are going to need some really smart people. I understand that Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin were all really quite gifted in the brains department -- and that seemed to work out OK.