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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 10:47 PM Original message |
Wind-Power Projects Halted (by DoD) |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. !!! |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. sounds like monkey business to me. |
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anitar1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 01:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Could be because it is backed by Ted Kennedy, as I recall. n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
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NorthernSun (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. Better cut down all the tall trees too! |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 01:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. They need to pull their heads out of their rectums at the pentagon |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 03:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
39. It's not the Pentagon, its the Congress |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. Did anyone read where that environmentalist is against wind |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. My God I used to get bats inside my wood stove. |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 12:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. There is no way that bats are killed by the newest windmills. |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 08:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. The federal government is also probably scared of windmills |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. Not to mention... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 01:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Wow 2000 bats |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 01:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Link? |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 03:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. The speed of the blade tips is fast |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
47. There are hundreds of new generation windmills in McCamey TX |
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bornskeptic (951 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:22 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Not 6 mph |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 06:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Here is the link to the bat story....personally, I hate bats but I |
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wordpix2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:42 AM Response to Reply #20 |
54. Bats' favoirte meal is made of mosquitoes---lots of them---and thus the |
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dalaigh lllama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. I looked up a link after I read the above post |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 03:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. The bird kill issue seems exaggerated to me |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I don't think the issue is the birds.....but the bats. They are really |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I meant to include bats with birds in this case |
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wordpix2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:41 AM Response to Reply #38 |
53. it does seem curious because bats fly on sonar and thus avoid objects in |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 06:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
46. I have heard the bats have a built in radar that allows then to fly |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 09:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
25. But what would a coal plant kill? |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. True....that's why I'm up in the air about this, and as the article |
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wordpix2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:38 AM Response to Reply #25 |
52. how about a nuke plant that terrorists infiltrate? And the nuke waste that |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. Note to DoDers |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 10:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. Also extra note to DoD: |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. Witches brew of politics |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Kennedy showing a bit of Brahmin? |
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anitar1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 01:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Please excuse my previous post re Ted Kennedy. |
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noel adamson (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. It demonstrates why these morons can't defend us against guys... |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
11. How is it that in Demark |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
12. wind farms around here are growing |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
13. Too much wind power = not enough need for oil |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 09:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Bingo. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #13 |
30. It's difficult to power a tank with a wind turbine. n/t |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. No, you power houses, factories, etc with windpower (through the grid) |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 05:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. same thought occurred to me. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 04:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
43. This oughta be on the WASL! |
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wordpix2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
55. bingo dittoes & energy independence means no demand for BigOil & they'll |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
21. Ask the Brass Where They Think The Electricity To Run The Radar Comes From |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
23. Our Don Quixote Defense Department. Tilting at windmills. |
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ArmchairMeme (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 09:13 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Like that, tilting at windmills |
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Pierre.Suave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 10:58 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Shhh |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. "Can't have oil company competition, can we?" |
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wordpix2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
56. LOL. Also, "Don Quixote Defense"= "Don Rumsfeld Defense" |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
31. DoD is freeing up monies for their STUPID MRI GUN. |
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wordpix2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:48 AM Response to Reply #31 |
57. don't forget $tar Wars weapons , $omewhere around $150 Bln estimated |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
32. here's my personal protection against military tracking devices |
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ArmchairMeme (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Great! I'm laughing out loud |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. LOL!! |
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dalaigh lllama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Best laugh of the day! |
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RhodaGrits (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
48. Let me get this straight... |
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RhodaGrits (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
49. And WaPo implies that Ted Kennedy is behind this |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
50. NPR: FAA Probe Puts Wind Farms on Hold |
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wordpix2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 08:02 AM Response to Reply #50 |
59. Now I am getting pissed at the Kennedys. They are supposedly trying to end |
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