Comments on: John McCain, I’ll sacrifice a penny for your thoughts http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/john-mccains-world-of-illusion/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:47:09 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: peony http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/john-mccains-world-of-illusion/#comment-1446273 peony Thu, 15 May 2008 15:43:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/john-mccains-world-of-illusion/#comment-1446273 <p>I’ve got it! McCain and George W have done a Vulcan mind meld. </p> <p>Excellent post, Attaturk.</p> I’ve got it! McCain and George W have done a Vulcan mind meld.

Excellent post, Attaturk.

]]> By: nonplussed http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/john-mccains-world-of-illusion/#comment-1446176 nonplussed Thu, 15 May 2008 14:29:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/john-mccains-world-of-illusion/#comment-1446176 <p>I my home was in the Village of North Syracuse!</p> I my home was in the Village of North Syracuse!

]]> By: alank http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/john-mccains-world-of-illusion/#comment-1446171 alank Thu, 15 May 2008 14:24:40 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/john-mccains-world-of-illusion/#comment-1446171 <p>A favorite stop in N. Syracuse was Bruegger’s Bagel Bakery. Great soups and scrummy sandwiches on fresh bagels. Yum!</p> A favorite stop in N. Syracuse was Bruegger’s Bagel Bakery. Great soups and scrummy sandwiches on fresh bagels. Yum!

]]> By: GregB http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/john-mccains-world-of-illusion/#comment-1446165 GregB Thu, 15 May 2008 14:20:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/john-mccains-world-of-illusion/#comment-1446165 <p>Laura Bush gave up caviar in solidarity with the families of veterans.</p> <p>-G</p> Laura Bush gave up caviar in solidarity with the families of veterans.

-G

]]> By: alank http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/john-mccains-world-of-illusion/#comment-1446161 alank Thu, 15 May 2008 14:18:54 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/john-mccains-world-of-illusion/#comment-1446161 <p>Interesting choice, the Dakotas. Them having to build windbreaks in order to cope.</p> <p>Turbines I’ve seen in West Va. Allegheny region rotate at a rate that seems reasonable for airborne wildlife to evade. However, they are blight on the ridge they occupy. Moreover, the developers of these farms primarily interested in countrywide energy trading, not serving the region they’ve laid siege to.</p> Interesting choice, the Dakotas. Them having to build windbreaks in order to cope.

Turbines I’ve seen in West Va. Allegheny region rotate at a rate that seems reasonable for airborne wildlife to evade. However, they are blight on the ridge they occupy. Moreover, the developers of these farms primarily interested in countrywide energy trading, not serving the region they’ve laid siege to.

]]> By: nonplussed http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/john-mccains-world-of-illusion/#comment-1446158 nonplussed Thu, 15 May 2008 14:14:23 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/john-mccains-world-of-illusion/#comment-1446158 <p>I lived and worked in Syracuse in the eighties, I really loved the area.</p> I lived and worked in Syracuse in the eighties, I really loved the area.

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/john-mccains-world-of-illusion/#comment-1446157 SouthernDragon Thu, 15 May 2008 14:10:18 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/john-mccains-world-of-illusion/#comment-1446157 <p>Ohhh, thanks. That looks like fun. Road trip.</p> Ohhh, thanks. That looks like fun. Road trip.

]]> By: pmorlan http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/john-mccains-world-of-illusion/#comment-1446156 pmorlan Thu, 15 May 2008 14:10:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/john-mccains-world-of-illusion/#comment-1446156 <p>Washington Post doesn’t even quote the Obama response to Bush’s speech in their story. They quote Perino as saying that Bush was not talking about Obama. CNN is still saying that they spoke with White House aids who said it was about Obama.</p> <p>Bush Denounces Mideast Extremists<br /> By Michael Abramowitz<br /> Washington Post Staff Writer<br /> Thursday, May 15, 2008; 9:42 AM </p> <p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051500733.html?hpid=topnews" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....id=topnews</a></p> Washington Post doesn’t even quote the Obama response to Bush’s speech in their story. They quote Perino as saying that Bush was not talking about Obama. CNN is still saying that they spoke with White House aids who said it was about Obama.

Bush Denounces Mideast Extremists
By Michael Abramowitz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 15, 2008; 9:42 AM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..id=topnews

]]> By: Crosstimbers http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/john-mccains-world-of-illusion/#comment-1446153 Crosstimbers Thu, 15 May 2008 14:09:30 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/john-mccains-world-of-illusion/#comment-1446153 <p>Yes, they will be all over the country, but the largest expanse would be from west Texas through the Dakotas. I was somewhat concerned because hundreds are proposed and beeing build in the lakes areas of Minnesota and the Dakotas, which is the major wild fowl production area of the country. I haven’t heard any controversy, so apparently the ducklings and goslings can navigate through hundreds of 400′ towers with spinning blades and flashing lights.</p> Yes, they will be all over the country, but the largest expanse would be from west Texas through the Dakotas. I was somewhat concerned because hundreds are proposed and beeing build in the lakes areas of Minnesota and the Dakotas, which is the major wild fowl production area of the country. I haven’t heard any controversy, so apparently the ducklings and goslings can navigate through hundreds of 400′ towers with spinning blades and flashing lights.

]]> By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/john-mccains-world-of-illusion/#comment-1446150 selise Thu, 15 May 2008 14:07:07 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/john-mccains-world-of-illusion/#comment-1446150 <p>have you ever read weinburg’s “<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=oxfoF_gasvsC&dq=the+first+three+minutes&pg=PP1&ots=rhVHVs7AWe&sig=jgBtqlP_4XTcVe5HP3Pw-s3LaQE&hl=en&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fclient%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26q%3Dthe%2Bfirst%2Bthree%2Bminutes%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail" rel="nofollow">the first three minutes</a>“? if you haven’t, and like thinking about cosmology and the origins of the universe, i highly recommend it.</p> have you ever read weinburg’s “the first three minutes“? if you haven’t, and like thinking about cosmology and the origins of the universe, i highly recommend it.

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