Comments on: Open Thread – Oh, Canada! Part Deux http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/30/open-thread-oh-canada-part-deux/ Tiptoeing Through the Muck of Alaskan Politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:02:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Punkinbugg http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/30/open-thread-oh-canada-part-deux/#comment-127311 Punkinbugg Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:35:15 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=6376#comment-127311 Every time we go home to West Texas, we are amazed at how the landscape has been transformed by thousands of giant wind turbines. The acrid smell of oil fields from my childhood has been replaced with white blades turning in the ever-present breeze. With every whoosh, I like to imagine that's one less gallon of oil purchased from the Middle East. Every time we go home to West Texas, we are amazed at how the landscape has been transformed by thousands of giant wind turbines.

The acrid smell of oil fields from my childhood has been replaced with white blades turning in the ever-present breeze. With every whoosh, I like to imagine that’s one less gallon of oil purchased from the Middle East.

]]> By: BooBooBear http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/30/open-thread-oh-canada-part-deux/#comment-127174 BooBooBear Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:19:38 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=6376#comment-127174 Oops...My #101 post should have been on the State Fair thread...sorry............ Oops…My #101 post should have been on the State Fair thread…sorry…………

]]> By: cosanostradamus http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/30/open-thread-oh-canada-part-deux/#comment-127172 cosanostradamus Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:04:40 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=6376#comment-127172 . Having a wee bit of an Irish <a href="http://blog-me-no-blogs.blogspot.com/2009/08/real-irish-wake.html" rel="nofollow">wake</a> for poor auld Teddy, we are. Sinead's "Danny Boy," a Cherokee version of "Amazing Grace, ArethaFranklin, et alia. BYOB, unfortunately. Slainte, and Goodbye, America's Senator. . .
Having a wee bit of an Irish wake for poor auld Teddy, we are. Sinead’s “Danny Boy,” a Cherokee version of “Amazing Grace, ArethaFranklin, et alia. BYOB, unfortunately.

Slainte, and Goodbye, America’s Senator.
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]]> By: BooBooBear http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/30/open-thread-oh-canada-part-deux/#comment-127167 BooBooBear Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:42:06 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=6376#comment-127167 I just wrote to all the fair managers listed on post #92. We will see if I get any responses. I just wrote to all the fair managers listed on post #92. We will see if I get any responses.

]]> By: samper http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/30/open-thread-oh-canada-part-deux/#comment-127152 samper Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:12:29 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=6376#comment-127152 Prayers and good thoughts to all in SoCal. Take some time now to prepare in case your area is called to leave. Stay safe and PLEASE obey any local evacuation orders. Prayers and good thoughts to all in SoCal.

Take some time now to prepare in case your area is called to leave.

Stay safe and PLEASE obey any local evacuation orders.

]]> By: Lee http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/30/open-thread-oh-canada-part-deux/#comment-127150 Lee Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:58:09 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=6376#comment-127150 #81: phoebe: You could do a lot worse than Jerry Brown as Governor. He saw this coming in the 70s. He wanted to move CA to sustainability at that time, and he tried very hard to do that. He has a strong desire to protect the environment, and at the same time provide a good life for the people of CA. He is a very charming, and very interesting man as well. Like I said, you could do worse. #81: phoebe:

You could do a lot worse than Jerry Brown as Governor. He saw this coming in the 70s. He wanted to move CA to sustainability at that time, and he tried very hard to do that. He has a strong desire to protect the environment, and at the same time provide a good life for the people of CA. He is a very charming, and very interesting man as well. Like I said, you could do worse.

]]> By: OriGuy http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/30/open-thread-oh-canada-part-deux/#comment-127144 OriGuy Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:25:19 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=6376#comment-127144 A Fan from CA said: "Watching all the fire news in CA has made me wonder why the wingnuts are not attacking the fire departments as socialist, government institutions that need to be done away with?" Actually, they have been. The Orange County Register (surprise!) proposed just that in 2005, before the big fires that hit the Southland a few years ago. <a>This article from the California Progress Report</a> talks about it. Oh, and here's a page about wind farms in California: http://www.energy.ca.gov/wind/overview.html A Fan from CA said: “Watching all the fire news in CA has made me wonder why the wingnuts are not attacking the fire departments as socialist, government institutions that need to be done away with?”

Actually, they have been. The Orange County Register (surprise!) proposed just that in 2005, before the big fires that hit the Southland a few years ago. This article from the California Progress Report talks about it.

Oh, and here’s a page about wind farms in California: http://www.energy.ca.gov/wind/overview.html

]]> By: jojobo1 http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/30/open-thread-oh-canada-part-deux/#comment-127137 jojobo1 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:39:59 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=6376#comment-127137 Maybe some of you don't remember that Jerry Brown was also known as mr. feel good brown because of some drug issues back in the day.IMO He can be bought and paid for by the highest bidder.At least arnie did not take a salary while serving and I don't think brown would go along with that idea. I just do not think well of Brown at all.I sent him an letter as the AG of Ca,. and he never had the courtsey of giving me a reply,which even my GOP represenative did do. That was when he was running around with Linda R. JMO Maybe some of you don’t remember that Jerry Brown was also known as mr. feel good brown because of some drug issues back in the day.IMO He can be bought and paid for by the highest bidder.At least arnie did not take a salary while serving and I don’t think brown would go along with that idea. I just do not think well of Brown at all.I sent him an letter as the AG of Ca,. and he never had the courtsey of giving me a reply,which even my GOP represenative did do. That was when he was running around with Linda R. JMO

]]> By: Snoskred http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/30/open-thread-oh-canada-part-deux/#comment-127133 Snoskred Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:27:58 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=6376#comment-127133 Just a reminder that we have comment guidelines here, guys. In particular this one - <strong>Trolls: <i>A troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, with the intention of provoking other users into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.</i> If anyone sees an obvious troll, please drop me an email, or post in the most recent thread. Remember to tell me where the troll is – name of post, and time of comment – so I can find and vanquish them quickly. Engaging trolls in conversation generally pumps them up with all kinds of goofy brain chemicals that make them behave even worse, as they revel in stressing out the community. So, please do not to feed the trolls. If they are ignored, they usually go away. If you feed them (post in response to their post) it only makes the problem worse, and upsets the people you like. If anyone does feed a troll, or respond to an inappropriate post, I will need to delete their responses to the troll as well as the troll itself. This makes more of a clean up chore for me. So please abide by the ‘no feeding trolls’ rule.</strong> You can refresh your memory on the comment guidelines by clicking on the tab oddly enough named "comment guidelines" at the top of the blog. Or click here. ;) http://www.themudflats.net/comment-guidelines/ I have flung the troll off the flats and done some cleaning up. Please do not reply to them in future. :) Just a reminder that we have comment guidelines here, guys. In particular this one –

Trolls:

A troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, with the intention of provoking other users into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.

If anyone sees an obvious troll, please drop me an email, or post in the most recent thread. Remember to tell me where the troll is – name of post, and time of comment – so I can find and vanquish them quickly.

Engaging trolls in conversation generally pumps them up with all kinds of goofy brain chemicals that make them behave even worse, as they revel in stressing out the community. So, please do not to feed the trolls. If they are ignored, they usually go away. If you feed them (post in response to their post) it only makes the problem worse, and upsets the people you like.

If anyone does feed a troll, or respond to an inappropriate post, I will need to delete their responses to the troll as well as the troll itself. This makes more of a clean up chore for me. So please abide by the ‘no feeding trolls’ rule.

You can refresh your memory on the comment guidelines by clicking on the tab oddly enough named “comment guidelines” at the top of the blog. Or click here. ;) http://www.themudflats.net/comment-guidelines/

I have flung the troll off the flats and done some cleaning up. Please do not reply to them in future. :)

]]> By: phoebe http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/30/open-thread-oh-canada-part-deux/#comment-127094 phoebe Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:18:59 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=6376#comment-127094 Lori I'm voting for Jerry Brown too. Can't wait for a new governor. The fires look so terrible...say safe. Lori

I’m voting for Jerry Brown too. Can’t wait for a new governor. The fires look so terrible…say safe.

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