A fight to block alternative fuel development that could replace oil-burning power plants for communities along the Nantucket Sound has created an unusual alliance on Capitol Hill, with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy backing the fight against the green proposal.
Mr. Kennedy, a staunch environmentalist, opposes the Cape Wind project, which will place windmills in the sound's shallows to create electricity for customers in Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.
The Drunken sailor is a hypocrite! An environmentalist, but he opposes the wind towers. Why, because it's in his, and a bunch of elite leftist "backyard". I mean, we wouldn't want to destroy the view for these bunch (I know of Kennedy and Walter Knokite who oppose this). Of course, we don't want to destroy the mooses' habitat either.
It is funny how convenient it is to oppose something when it effects an elitist group of leftist! But, if some average Joe or Joanne Citizen wants to do what they want on their OWN property, and they sit on wetlands, they can't and matter of fact they go to jail. Simply because the will of these elitist to impose their will on others is sickening!
Hudson goes on:
Critics say the Massachusetts Democrat doesn't want the Cape Wind project in his own back yard along with 130 windmills that might clutter the water view of the Kennedy clan's vacation home. Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts' junior senator and another key green ally, called attempts to derail the project an "insult."
MY GOD, I PARTIALLY AGREE WITH LURCH!
Hudson concludes:
Massachusetts declared Nantucket Sound an ocean sanctuary in the 1970s, thus banning disturbance of nearly the entire seabed as well as the view.
Mark Forest, chief of staff for Rep. Bill Delahunt, Massachusetts Democrat who represents the Nantucket area, called it "a very contentious battle."
"We have a need for energy, but there is a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it -- this is the wrong way," Mr. Forest said.
Mr. Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, has issued a statement opposing Mr. Young's legislative move.
"The Young amendment is an insult to Americans who care about good government. I oppose this backdoor amendment to the Coast Guard Authorization bill, which -- if passed -- will derail offshore wind projects across the nation," he said.
Mr. Rodgers said the use of wind power would reduce air pollution from the oil-fired Canal Power plant and ease the demand for electricity throughout New England, which faces the threat of rolling blackouts during cold winter days.
Asked about Mr. Kennedy's opposition to the plan, Mr. Rodgers said, "To say you favor wind power, but not here, where you live in a very windy place, calls into question your real commitment to wind power."
In plain American English, if it effects an elite group of left-wing nuts, it is bad policy. If it effects average Joe American then let the gov't run wild, take and develop away!
Kennedy is a hypocrite, he doesn't care for the little guy, nor has he ever.
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