People of Scotland, you may have given the world golf, curling, mythical monsters and insolvent football clubs but in return we are giving you …
Donald Trump on Wednesday swept into Scotland’s parliament to demand the country end plans for an offshore wind farm he fears will spoil the view at his exclusive new $750-million-pound ($1.2-billion) golf resort…
“Scotland, if you pursue this policy of these monstrous turbines, Scotland will go broke,” he said. “They are ugly, they are noisy and they are dangerous. If Scotland does this, Scotland will be in serious trouble and will lose tourism to places like Ireland, and they are laughing at us.”
Although if Scotland went bankrupt…repeatedly… it would then have something in common with Trump. And Trump sure thinks people are laughing at other people a lot.
Ireland…China…OPEC…Hamid Karzai…India…
It’s almost as if there just might be some projection going on.
Yeah, projection is a strong possibility:
When challenged to produce hard evidence about his claims on the negative impact of turbines, Trump said: “I am the evidence, I am a world class expert in tourism.”
The public gallery burst into laughter.



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Proving their public is smarter then far too many of our public.
Some enterprising hacker should insert a laugh track into corporate media “news” programs. I, for one, would be very impressed. Is such a thing possible?
Wind farms are much too nice for Trump. There should be waste treatment facilities producing power for the public put in, replacing the projected big lovely fans.
Good morning all,
Behold the American, blown dry empty suit uses copious amounts of natural resources because he’s a 1%er .
Trump and Romney deserve to win all the prizes.
Their fathers scraped together lotsa money, so they’re entitled.
Good morning, pups. It’s Kristof and Collins today. In “Veterans and Brain Disease” Mr. Kristof has a question: Could the brain autopsy of a 27-year-old former Marine who did two tours in Iraq help explain the rash of suicides and other troubles among so many veterans? Ms. Collins looks at “The End of Newt,” and asks wasn’t that some April Super Tuesday? Don’t tell me you weren’t paying attention, people. The results are in!
Here they are.
The coffee and tea are ready, and I’ve got blueberry pancakes for breakfast today. If anyone is intrigued the BBC is showing the verdicts on Charles Taylor from the World Court at the Hague. Have a great day.
Thanks, Marion, showing the Hague doing something about international criminal behavior is one step along the way toward some relief from the Cheneying.
Who are we to stand in the path of their rise to power matching their wealth?
I wish we were exporting Trump. But he’ll be back, likely spending someone else’s money.
Perhaps he’d prefer a great, big Nuke plant, just across the rough from the 17th.
Boxturtle (Or maybe a coal plant, fired by English coal)
Wind turbines are dangerous. Nuclear power is safe. Cuz el-Trumpo sez so. Heza expert, doncha know.
If it had been an American gallery they would have nodded their heads in agreement. Americans love their celebrities and will always defer to their wisdom.
It is very much worth looking into. Of course, if the cause is found to be Depleted Urainium, we’ll have to classify the results.
Boxturtle (I wonder if they’ll just blame Iran. *hrrumph*)
Would be perfect for the Sunday “news” shows.
The Merkins would have demanded trophy scalps, or free poker chips.
Perhaps the wind turbines could be gilded?
I’m beginning to think that some of the wingnuttiest congress critters have threatened Trump’s ability to file future bankruptcies if he didn’t embrace the full on right wing crazy.
I think a big gold “T” on the sides of the nacelles would probably solve the problem. Perhaps with a Donald outline in the background.
Boxturtle (heck, if they offered that, The Donald might pay for ‘em!)
God, is Cokie Roberts awful.
According to Mr. Kristof’s piece:
Repeated deployments matter, it would seem.
Some Lefty radio show yesterday was saying people are going to jail for their debts and hospitals were trying to get bills paid before they would treat people.
Of course these rules don’t apply to Trump the 1% demand we bail them out.
Amen.
Marco losing the last page of his speech was hilarious.
Trying to decide if she can match Noonan.
I’m thinking that if repeated deployments matter, the pentagon would almost rather blame depleted uranium.
Boxturtle (I still think a way could be found to blame Iran, though)
Obviously this is a health measure, since the incidence of hospital related infections is rising.
Morning Joke: Marco not ready.
Think it will be Jeb?
Donald’s hair is the best argument against wind farms. His answer is not ” Blow Drying With The Wind “, evidently. Trump’s whole head should be declared a Super Fund site. Then we could shell out a bunch of federal money on his brain and clean up would take years and be called remediation of ” The Trump Chump Dump “.
And we were told that there were atomic weapons in Iraq.
I guess we skipped the part that we brought them there and from now on and into the future they’re killing and deforming the unborn possible terrorists.
At least those bunker busters aren’t loaded to the gills with depleted uranium ! What could possibly go wrong ?
Goodhair Perry has one thing going for him, as the Anti-Trump.
Jeb offering to run is like an offer from Corleone Family, hard to turn down.
I agree.
And he’s for wind power, no?
Only if he has title to the wind. And regulatory body that supervises is totally stacked with his funders.
Yes.
Trump – multiple bankruptcies.
Bush Jr. – Arbusto, Spectrum 7, Harken – all failures and swindles.
Romney – five bankruptcies.
Trump, Bush & Romney – all children of privilege, all failures, yet, all end up wealthy and leaders of the Republican party.
Perry’s problem is obvious. He’s not takin’ enough drugs or maybe the right kind of drugs. I’m sure his connections to Cartel money and product would get him some much needed help in this regard. Then he could sing ” Mexicali Blues ” instead of ” I’ve Been Working on The Railroad ” while on his toilet throne in New Hampshire in 2016.
Jeebus. Does anyone here remember how Ted Kennedy stalled turbines off his compound because it would ruin the view? As always, IOKIYAD
Ahem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_bunker_buster
If we attack Iran, we would be the only nation in the world to use nuclear ordnance, not once, not twice, but 3 FUCKING TIMES.
Who is your terrorist now, bitchez?
Not really. While you couldn’t mock Ted Kennedy for being a pompous idiot many Democrats, many progressives said he was wrong. And wrong as he was Kennedy was from the area. This is essentially a carpet bagger trying to derail a project by lying about it because it will mean he has to charge X rather then 2X for a business interest in a business that has a negative environmental impact.
Here’s the problem: The Donald shoulda just yelled “You’re FIRED!!!” at the Scottish Parly, and then all his “problems” woulda been solved.
P.S. The Donald is Exhibit A of the Ugly American. Loud, rude, assinine, entitled and just plain old stupidly wrong, while being a complete jerk.
The Donald: “A financially-embattled Thousandaire.”
On the other hand, you’ve gotta admit that the little creature he carries around on top of his head is almost fetchingly cute…
assclown breeds KILLER ASSCLOWNS
TRUMP SONS BUTCHERY IN AFRICA