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How Ted Kennedy's continued opposition to windmills helps humanize him
By adamg on Sat, 01/17/2009 - 4:13pm
Sure, his continued opposition to turbines in the middle of Nantucket Sound is pigheaded and wrong, or as Michael Ball puts it, makes him seem more "the skunk in the garden than the lion in the Senate." But Ball sees the good side in Kennedy's continued fight, no matter how wrong:
... The good result is that this silly and illogical crusade helps humanize Ted.
With all of his accomplishment, Ted slips far too comfortably into the Super-Lawmaker cape. Seeing him on the side of the imps and reactionaries seems to make him more approachable. He can be a jerk with a blind spot, just as I and likely you can. ...
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I am for wind powered
I am for wind powered generation of electricity and at the same time, I don't think Ted's position about building towers in Nantucket Sound is wrong.
Land use policy is a government function and yet our government reacts rather than plans.
This issue has been left up to private developers and litigation. Policy-making left up to private interests and litigation, for shame, for shame.
I have a feeling that if
I have a feeling that if this was not so close to his home Ted Kennedy wouldnt be so against it. People complain when there is NIMBYism in your actual backyard, this is almost so far away that you could barely see it and he is still pushing against it. Must be nice to be rich and powerful, that way nothing can be built near your house, not even a windmill out in the middle of the water almost out of sight.
Chappaquiddick
Funny, I thought that whole "killing of Mary Jo Kopechne" thing provided plenty of counterbalance to any risk Teddy ran of being deified. And approachable as his pigheadishness may make him in the eyes of Michael Ball (do pigs really have heads that big?), I still recommend against getting in the car with the senior senator if he's had too many Chivases.