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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-10 10:15 PM
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President, First to Propose Getting 20% of Our Energy, From Wind, to Speak At AWEA Conference.
http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/04/george-w-bush-wind-guru">Direct From Mother Jones to Your Ears.

Yes, that President.

Normally I don't like to participate in the fun logical fallacy of "guilt by association," but, um, it was just too funny.
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-10 10:30 PM
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1. Tomorrow he'll be speaking at the Spreading Democracy Through Diplomacy Conference.
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joshcryer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-10 10:32 PM
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2. Natural gas stands poised to get quite popular here in the US of A.
And wind is one reason for that.
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Statistical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-10 11:00 PM
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3. IIRC Bushy was pro wind in TX long before it was mainstream. n/t
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joshcryer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-10 12:11 AM
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5. Why not? Texas landowners feel entitled to rent out parcels of their land for money.
:shrug:
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-10 09:38 AM
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6. Oh yeah. Sam Wiley of Green Mountain spent a lot of money in the 2000 campaign telling
everyone how "green" George W. Bush was.
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notesdev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-10 11:48 PM
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4. He could provide that
with his own hot air alone.
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