"Nowadays, you can't turn on the TV without some talking head telling you about the economy. Yet, in a world overrun by 'analysts,' only one man has the guts, the brains, and, quite frankly, the poetry to put it all in perspective.That man is Michael Silverstein... Silverstein is a true intellectual." — Gersh Kuntzman, The New York Post

"Few people have found much to laugh about in the stock market this year. Michael Silverstein is the exception. The Bard of the Bourse can find humor in losing money, globalization and stock options." — USA Today

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Jimmy Carter over-bureaucratized national solar policy. Reagan pretty much abandoned solar. Bush One ran from it so as not offend the oil patch. Clinton gave it minimal attention. Bush Two leaned even more toward an oil forever policy. More recently, Obama gave alternative energy development (including solar) a back seat to a going nowhere cap and trade effort.  And the upshot?

China Eats Our Solar Lunch

There was a time, we were out front,
In tapping nature's richest source
Of energy to run our world,
In solar's realm we were the boss.

But over time we sputtered, shrugged,
Our vision here grew blurry, weak,
Investment too long waned and lagged,
Left once great solar prospects bleak.

Now others hold a solar lead,
They race ahead, this cunning bunch,
And we've become just also rans,
As China eats our solar lunch.

*****

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