October 6, 2015

Remember Kasich? He Made a Stand for Increased Green Regs

He seems to be appealing to the adherents of cronyism.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich seems to have had a change of heart. Last year, he signed a bill that froze his state’s implementation of environmental regulations that would mandate energy efficiency levels and alternative ways to generate electricity. A stand for less regulation, right? When the legislature sought to keep those regulations frozen forever, Kasich said the idea was “unacceptable.” You’d think Kasich — who, believe it or not, is running for president — would try to do something that would cater to the conservative base by demonstrating his belief in conservative values. Instead, he seems to be appealing to the adherents of cronyism. When he originally froze the green regulations, Kasich established the “Energy Mandates Study Committee.” And while the committee recommended keeping the regulations frozen, Kasich is listening to the Ohio Conservative Energy Forum, a RINO group calling for increasing green regulations, because, to that group, increasing regs somehow promotes the idea of Liberty. Furthermore, as Fox News reports, the forum is made up of Kasich supporters, people who Kasich appointed to government positions or invited to work on his presidential campaign. So how is the Ohio Conservative Energy Forum not like the Clinton Foundation? We can add Kasich’s stance on green regulations to his background of circumventing the Ohio legislature to increase Medicaid, his support of Common Core and his general arrogant, manipulative and condescending personality. As Jazz Shaw writes, “This is the conservative platform that John Kasich is bringing to Ohio? And is that what we can expect for the entire nation if he’s elected president?”

Who We Are

The Patriot Post is a highly acclaimed weekday digest of news analysis, policy and opinion written from the heartland — as opposed to the MSM’s ubiquitous Beltway echo chambers — for grassroots leaders nationwide. More

What We Offer

On the Web

We provide solid conservative perspective on the most important issues, including analysis, opinion columns, headline summaries, memes, cartoons and much more.

Via Email

Choose our full-length Digest or our quick-reading Snapshot for a summary of important news. We also offer Cartoons & Memes on Monday and Alexander’s column on Wednesday.

Our Mission

The Patriot Post is steadfast in our mission to extend the endowment of Liberty to the next generation by advocating for individual rights and responsibilities, supporting the restoration of constitutional limits on government and the judiciary, and promoting free enterprise, national defense and traditional American values. We are a rock-solid conservative touchstone for the expanding ranks of grassroots Americans Patriots from all walks of life. Our mission and operation budgets are not financed by any political or special interest groups, and to protect our editorial integrity, we accept no advertising. We are sustained solely by you. Please support The Patriot Fund today!


The Patriot Post and Patriot Foundation Trust, in keeping with our Military Mission of Service to our uniformed service members and veterans, are proud to support and promote the National Medal of Honor Heritage Center, the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, both the Honoring the Sacrifice and Warrior Freedom Service Dogs aiding wounded veterans, the National Veterans Entrepreneurship Program, the Folds of Honor outreach, and Officer Christian Fellowship, the Air University Foundation, and Naval War College Foundation, and the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. "Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one's life for his friends." (John 15:13)

★ PUBLIUS ★

“Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!” —George Washington

Please join us in prayer for our nation — that righteous leaders would rise and prevail and we would be united as Americans. Pray also for the protection of our Military Patriots, Veterans, First Responders, and their families. Please lift up your Patriot team and our mission to support and defend our Republic's Founding Principle of Liberty, that the fires of freedom would be ignited in the hearts and minds of our countrymen.

The Patriot Post is protected speech, as enumerated in the First Amendment and enforced by the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, in accordance with the endowed and unalienable Rights of All Mankind.

Copyright © 2024 The Patriot Post. All Rights Reserved.

The Patriot Post does not support Internet Explorer. We recommend installing the latest version of Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome.