tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post3082721394817837550..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: Outside Government Actions Drain Milwaukee EconomyJames Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-87275727795129621702011-01-18T12:22:57.781-06:002011-01-18T12:22:57.781-06:00I listened to the youtube video, and you can hear ...I listened to the youtube video, and you can hear wind from the guy's porch. The horror! The horror! What a crybaby. It would be a lot louder if you lived 1600 feet from a coal-fired power plant, or 1600 feet from a mountain-top removal coal mine, or even a road that has cars and trucks on it. I have spent a lot of time working near wind turbines, and they are just not very loud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-88089843210837213612011-01-18T08:07:35.707-06:002011-01-18T08:07:35.707-06:00But wasn't it refreshing to hear Gov Walker st...But wasn't it refreshing to hear Gov Walker state that his mother's 50 year friendship with a black woman meant more to him than anything that his Baptist minister father ever said from the pulpit? Not really.<br /><br />Did anyone else notice that Walker completely failed to say exactly what it was that was important to him about that long term relationship he witnessed as he stumbled through the ending of his pointless remarks closing the MLK ceremonies at the state capitol yesterday? <br /><br />With Walker and his state house wrecking crew seemingly bent on preventing job creation, enabling destruction of environmental regulations and promoting instituting further and continued repression of minorities and the poor with voter ID and doing away with same day voter registration, I was struck following the speech by author and Professor Michelle Alexander, who after quoting from the theme of her book The New Jim Crow, reciting the litany of repressive and negative measures perpetrated on black men during the last 30 years, I was simply and immediately struck at just how hypocritical and disingenuous Walker's appearance at the MLK day ceremonies really was.<br /><br />A truly sad affair for our state.<br /><br />nonquixoteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-32924816911331734082011-01-18T05:25:29.928-06:002011-01-18T05:25:29.928-06:00Here’s what wind turbines sound like with a 700 m...Here’s what wind turbines sound like with a 700 meter (approx 2300 feet) setback, or 500 feet farther than the Walker proposal. It would seem that if anything is placing a pleasant, livable environment in peril, it is most likely these things. <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mablINxg3zEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-17459243969572695352011-01-18T04:39:53.121-06:002011-01-18T04:39:53.121-06:00Here’s a video from a homeowner 1600 feet from a w...Here’s a video from a homeowner 1600 feet from a wind turbine. Definitely some decibel issues.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoVKP0G_f8M&feature=related<br /><br />here’s the website dedicated to Wisconsin wind farms.<br /><br />http://betterplan.squarespace.com/<br /><br />Walkers plan is looking more and more sensible to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com