If the state legislatures are the laboratories of democracy, hyper-local political bodies are the petri dishes of blindingly stupid petty misguided god-knows-what kind of governing system, and it is just shooting paramecium in a barrel, really.
And when their town dries up and blows away, because of the utter lack of economic development in the declining fossil economy, they will see that as evidence that they were right. Because that is basic wingnut logic.
Yes, and it's not exactly "solar" they voted down, but the particular instance of this company doing it in this place and what the town got out of it. P.Z. Myers (a science guy who favors solar) has more.
I actually want to believe the version where the people's statements were misconstrued, because I don't want to believe that any group of human beings is this stupid. But the original story is very light on detail, and I do have some suspicion it was written to deliberately portray a certain viewpoint. So in the end, I can't judge either way based on this badly written news story. Go Journalism!
This has been solidly refuted and should be the subject of a retraction by Wonkette. A reporter said, contrary to evidence, that these are quotes. This article also fails to place this into context regarding the relative prevalence of solar panels in NC.
Remember the brainwashing scene in that documentary The Manchurian Candidate? Sunrise in the East, sunset in the West. It means something I tell ye.
And when their town dries up and blows away, because of the utter lack of economic development in the declining fossil economy, they will see that as evidence that they were right. Because that is basic wingnut logic.
You win the internet today for "otiose"
I was laughing at the silly NC folk, but P.Z. Myers' science blog, Pharyngula, ran this:http://freethoughtblogs.com...
I reluctantly concluded that maybe they weren't a bunch of clowns. At least on this issue. (Edited to add last sentence.)
Yes, and it's not exactly "solar" they voted down, but the particular instance of this company doing it in this place and what the town got out of it. P.Z. Myers (a science guy who favors solar) has more.
http://freethoughtblogs.com...
Yep, that was the most fact-filled documentary I have ever seen since that National Geographic Mermen special.
i live in one of those.
i remember a can of sunshine, i got from florida. does that count?
so what, your like an astrophysicist, or something?
I actually want to believe the version where the people's statements were misconstrued, because I don't want to believe that any group of human beings is this stupid. But the original story is very light on detail, and I do have some suspicion it was written to deliberately portray a certain viewpoint. So in the end, I can't judge either way based on this badly written news story. Go Journalism!
just a fan
hey now, you're making the south look like a booby prize from the civil war.
Not to worry. I'm sure the townspeople of Woodland can get plenty of light and heat from their weekly witch-burning.
Yep, this brain trust has definitely proven that they are responsible enough to handle firearms.
This has been solidly refuted and should be the subject of a retraction by Wonkette. A reporter said, contrary to evidence, that these are quotes. This article also fails to place this into context regarding the relative prevalence of solar panels in NC.