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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:16:43 +0000 Pete Hornbeck is a good candidate for the APA and should be approved. I live 80-100 days a year in the park, in minerva, and know him well....we have had the environmet versus growth balance conversation many time over the last 10 years. I have been involved in wind farm development and now large scale solar development throughout the East...but we sure do love our mountains. we have not always agreed...but the dialogue is respectful and substantive...I think that is just what we want in an APA commissioner.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:19:08 +0000 I like a photo I can almost taste! Since childhood I have been a pancake snob and will accept nothing less than 100% maple syrup, even if they're served in Florida. But lately, I've become even more picky--always looking for that sweet "moonshine" of down-home small producers.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:21:48 +0000 most of them turbines are made in india and south korea.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:18:28 +0000 does any wonder why all are green energy funding end up in foreign companies.
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:40:39 +0000 It seems unseemly to have a body who is party to a lawsuit on the board of the organization being sued. Of course he should not be confirmed by the state senate.
This is the very definition of a conflict of interest.
I'd never let a fox guard my henhouse.
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:16:33 +0000 The wind companies as a rule, fix the roads that they damage.
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:15:33 +0000 There is lots of foreign companies doing business here in America, just look at your clothing tags, I bet they are not all american made. The turbines themselves are being made in America. The employees are American.
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:13:01 +0000 Well, first of all the entire community will reap the economic benefits from this. And so what, soome people will get money out of this, isn't that why we all go to work every day? People act like it's a crime to make money off these wind farms. Is it a crime to buy stock in companies and make a profit that way? If you ask me it's the green of JEALOUSY that is causing all of the problems. We all have to look at the electric poles and telephone poles and wires running to and fro - so why not a wind turbine? I would rather look at them then the wires running across my yard and through my trees. And the power form the wind farms go into the grid to be used by any electric customer.
And yeah let's have another nuclear plant so that more babies can be born deformed and maybe more people can develop cancer and die after fighting for their lives for months and years . That would solve everything.
And the cries of the poor river residents who come and play in our waters for the summer - they can't sail their sailboat because of the wind turbines, they can't look at the river because there is wind turbines 1/2 mile behind them on fam land... Poor, poor, babies. And all the time they certainly don't mind pooring their fuel infested boats into the pristine St. Lawrence and mighty Lake Ontario.
Don't you just want to change their diapers.... Wahhh, Wahhh, Wahhh.................
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:44:48 +0000 "Y?know, you see all these commercials with wind turbines in them. But you don?t see the people. And that?s my biggest concern is that we?re going to put these too close to people."
What does that even mean??? Yes, old women and children are free to roam into the wind farms and they are shot by the blades out into the surrounding forest. That is why you never see them on yer movin picture box.
I grew up in this area, and went to two of the local colleges. And did the same thing that most of the young professionals that grew up in that area do, I moved. Not because I wanted to, but because any attempt at progress and development is fought at every turn by people who are uninformed and are worried that progress will ?get to close to the people? ding diddle?ing diddle?ing (that?s a banjo).
I still read these local websites to see what is happening back home. It would be funny if it wasn?t so sad. 45% is stories of people worried about losing their jobs. 45% is about town meetings fighting the latest proposal that would provide jobs for the local residents. And 10% is the names of those that got DWI?s the previous night.
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:26:08 +0000 I have one question. Why are the companies building these farms not American? Taxpayer dollars are being to help fund these projects but the money is ending up in foreign hands. If we are truly concerned about the environment then lets build nuclear. I challenge that the carbon foot print from the construction of a nuclear plant per megawatt of output is on par if not better than wind and they are more reliable.
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:43:50 +0000 with all the technology and intelligence of the men and women that design and impliment the construction of the towers, it often makes me wonder why people of the effected area dont get use of the power generated by these wind mills.sadly it gets shipped to other places like new york city. and we bear the burden of the site of these towers. dont get me wrong here, i like the idea of all they do have to offer, clean green energy , jobs, economy....but why should we suffer with all the ugliness, torn up roads from the construction and the site of it all. and we cant have the energy.
surely with all the "smart people" in this industry , i believe they could find away to tap our local grid and give us use of all we have to look at. maybe , with all the people involved in wind energy regulations, and the people that do and dont want it, why cant we ask the developer to give us the use of what they stand to capitalize on.
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:56:48 +0000 Wind Energy is the future.Why would anyone oppose any form of energy that will save us money, boost the economy of the area and benefit our future generations. Wind Mills have contributed greatly to the Franklin and Clinton Counties. No dead birds, no pollution and no big noise factor. Restaurants, stores, motels, tax payers and community activities have benefited. Most of the people who are against them are because they can't have one or don't need the money and are not concerned about the future. Oregon has had them for years. This state seems to do nicely.We are behind the times.
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:50:19 +0000 It is pretty disgusting what greed has done to that little town, I grew up there, I loved the people and the community, throw some money into the mix, and some of them act like they have been possessed with pure evil
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:34:34 +0000 DAvid tompkins is my daddy
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:35:13 +0000 Pete Hornbeck is exactly what the APA needs...he is an intelligent, thoughtful, experienced businessman, educator, and resident of the Adirondack Park. Everyone should be able to agree that he would be an asset to the board and work for his approval. Governor Paterson got this one right!
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:10:13 +0000 One evidence of the extraordinary anxiety in State leadership is Betty Little's preemptive comment that Mr. Hornbeck would not be confirmed by the NYS Senate. So, what would it take for Ms. Little to allow the process to play itself out without front-loading it with her negativity? Can Ms. Little allow this process to play itself out through the inevitable inquiries that Mr. Hornbeck must face? It would reflect better on her if she could. Patient leadership is a virtue.
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:49:13 +0000 Go Knights! OK, David, how about something on the Women?s Hockey team that is one win away from playing in its first ever league tournament championship game! :) Thx!
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:43:55 +0000 I live in Pamelia and are thankful for this store, it is worth the ride out Rt 37 to pick up some of his homemade breads and well worth the trip for the pizza.
Congrats
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:23:20 +0000 "The bill could actually hurt Hispanic farmworkers in particular, many of whom prefer to work 60 hours a week." Brilliant statement. Lets look at the math. A farmworker,Hispanic or otherwise, can still work there 'coveted' 60 hours a week and still get a day off. Seems to me (6) 10 hour days would total 60 hours. How can paying the farm employee O/T (like every other worker is entitled to) hurt them? Why aren't the farmers doing this already? Mr. Wells this situation doesn't reflect dependence on the govt. These workers aren't on welfare. They work. Seems to me these workers are kneeling at the feet of their employer and being exploited by them.
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noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:19:44 +0000 Maybe the point is "things change, get used to it."
noreply@blogger.com (Pat) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:23:26 +0000 Are Republicans fundamentally Puritan?
noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Roberts) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:17:21 +0000 I'm a yank who looked it up after
listening to it again and again and again as you Canadians "owned the podium" at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
I really liked the Woman's Hocky Team singing along with it and think it's a great anthem as it sits.
noreply@blogger.com (Pat) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:08:36 +0000 Read an interesting article concerning the Tea Party phenomenon.
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/23723
But back to topic- my first reaction upon reading Brian's post was "Say it ain't so!" Just when The In Box had returned to civility.
noreply@blogger.com (Pat) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:40:33 +0000 And what exactly would your point be, Brian?
noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:22:52 +0000 No, the poster didn't go to college because he came of age at a time when most college attendees were fleeing the draft!
Wonderful, so a college in Colorado allows guns "with far fewer restrictions than SUNY". Why are there any restrictions at all? If you're going to take the stand that a dorm room is a domicile and all the rights and privileges that a home has go with it, then why are ANY restrictions on weapons okay? Interesting double standard folk. So the school can control the guns, but not the drugs...interesting.
noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:12:02 +0000 4:59- Lets just go back 20 some years and start with Catalina "Cathi" Vásquez Villalpando, former Treasuer of the US. Then work forward in this link- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_scandals_of_the_United_States
Then just for kicks Google Mary Rose Oakar, Lena Swanson, Zoe Baird, Kimba Wood, Linda Chavez...
Lets face, there is s tiny number of women serving in political positions compared to men, that doesn't make the girls saints. They get their hands dirt too.
noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:58:42 +0000 Nevada leads the way in beer consumption with 44 gallons a year per person.
here is the collected data as of 2007.
STATE GALLONS OF BEER PER CAPITA PER YEAR GALLONS OF WINE PER CAPITA PER YEAR
1 NEVADA 44 5.75
2 NEW HAMPSHIRE 43.4 6.26
3 NORTH DAKOTA 41.7 1.56
4 MONTANA 41.5 3.06
5 SOUTH DAKOTA 39 1.5
6 WISCONSIN 38.2 2.63
7 NEW MEXICO 37.8 2.25
8 TEXAS 37.4 2.13
9 LOUISIANA 37.1 2.35
10 SOUTH CAROLINA 37 2.06
11 KENTUCKY 36.8 1.39
12 NEBRASKA 36.6 1.71
13 ARIZONA 36.4 3.29
14 WYOMING 36.4 2
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noreply@blogger.com (mervel) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:57:51 +0000 Also the culture that exist in Albany and Washington among many pol's. It is like a frat party half the time.
noreply@blogger.com (mervel) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:55:02 +0000 How do you know that? Most Hispanics are in this country legally and many have been here longer than most immigrant groups.
The bottom line is birth rates, that is what determines the future demographics.
noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:48:31 +0000 David, I have to ask- so you drew your conclusions from an unscientific map and from that you make the assumption the St Lawrence Co is full of alcoholics?
Wow. How many years of college did you say you had under your belt?
noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:41:28 +0000 Wouldn't it be nice if all their parents were US citizens instead of illegal aliens...
noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:35:45 +0000 Matt Drudge likes eggs: http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/03/08/npwed/print.html
noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:28:38 +0000 Yaaaaaaaayyyyyyy!
Welcome back, homie!
noreply@blogger.com (mervel) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:48:30 +0000 Hi anon 459
Good points.
The one I can think of is that women from Wyoming? She was very conservative.
The disturbing thing is that so many of these cases have to do with domestic violence or abuse.
noreply@blogger.com (PCS) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:55:49 +0000 So I read the interview and it appears that Hoffman is opposed to defense cuts and is opposed to Medicare cuts. That means any significant government cuts would have to come from social security. Sorry, but I just can't take Hoffman (or any conservative, save Rep. Ryan) seriously when he says he wants to cut government.
noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:26:02 +0000 I'll believe it when I see it. "Securing financing" has a funny way of not happening when you are only trying to make it look like you want to buy something.
noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:59:44 +0000 8:41,
Name one female politician who was either impeached, convicted, or forced to resign.
noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:50:35 +0000 How Clintonesque of Hoffman.
noreply@blogger.com (Brian F) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:29:04 +0000 I am SOOOOOOOOO incredibly sick of hearing of Doug Hoffman, good, bad or indifferent. It's bad enough we'll be bombarded by comments, pro- and anti-, by outsiders come the fall. Do we really have to start it this darn early?
noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:17:33 +0000 9:08 again.
I agree that the state has been overspending since the Rockefeller days - believe it or not before Rocky became governor NY's tax burden was lower than the national average. Spitzer did not do anything to change this and continued the reckless spending practices. I did not mean to blame it all on Spitzer, i just wanted to express that he overspent.
noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:18 +0000 Wow! And here I thought it was Rossie and Macomb that had the best stuff.
noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:51:32 +0000 PART 1:
Do you want to know why we don?t need huge obtrusive windmills? Cause it?s truly a waste of resources! Wake up people! Stop wasting this precious earth!
Add it up? The materials needed to produce one windmill + the transportation of one windmill + the erection of one windmill +the maintenance of one windmill +the landfill required to trash one obsolete windmill+++++++ = WASTE!
What we need to be fighting is MUCH larger than little old Hammond. Our government has kept ?free energy? from us for decades! Technology no bigger than a shoebox is out there that will power a home. Hmm, why doesn?t our corrupt govn?t want us to have it? Think about it? Google it. The information is there? if you are so inclined to care.
Why don?t we collectively, as a community? fight the bigger fight and demand what Tessla and many inventors since have been repressed from showing the world? Maybe our community can become the ?test? community. Ha Ha. With the power of CROH? and the stubbornness of the landowners, maybe we do have what it takes to take our fight further!
How many of you out there really are enjoying your day to day life. How many of you live from paycheck to paycheck? How many of you aren?t even making ends meet? How many of you have lost ground in your retirement funds over the last 5 years? How many of you even think that you will have a pot to p? in at retirement age? How many of you are sick and tired of big corporations and govn?t stealing our hard earned money! God forbid that only ONE person in a household needs to hold down a job. How many of you are plain sick of the power that money has over the majority of human souls on this earth!
The only energy crisis we have is the one we as human consumers continue to fuel. We continue to fall victim to our governments desire to keep us purchasing purchasing purchasing. Our government has even fallen victim to the corporate world and the wealthy elite. We may think we are free? but it is they who have the ultimate power over us.
noreply@blogger.com (David Sommerstein) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:51:14 +0000 Jeepers, you folks sure are serious! Thanks to Skip for pointing out that, no this is not a scientific study, nor is there any agenda. The blog - Strange Maps - just kinda likes strange maps.
So why does the North Country stick out in this map? A conspiracy of cartographers?
My hypotheses:
a) we have less google data to work with, so small numbers can skew the result.
b) we live in a low density, high-poverty area, which could easily translate into few grocery stores and lots of bars.
c) we love each other's company so much that we like to hang out in lots of bars!
noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:50:55 +0000 PART 2:
No matter what happens in Hammond, there has always been controversy. The fact that little has happened in Hammond in my opinion is that people don't want controversy. They don't want to fight the fight. Their egos don't want to think about the possibility of losing in the face of total character annihilation... which usually is what happens in the town of Hammond. God forbid someone speaks up and their Ivy League education doesn't show! When a summer resident or two, who may have that Ivy League education rears their head, well they are considered all-knowing and honestly we idiots here were never educated enough to obtain the power of discernment thereby rendering us inconsequential. I wonder if that is our Creator?s opinion? We like many in other parts of the country don?t have time to fight the fight? and that is absolutely what our elitist government wants. Keep us busy so we don?t stir up trouble!
Those of you that consciously and morally feel that windmills are the way of the future, please think again. You all really do need to think about your community and what it is that the majority wants. ?Community? really is what America needs to bring back. I for one know you aren?t ?greedy?. You have become victims of our corrupt and ill-focused political system. We all have. However, you the farmers do have much more to lose in a way. I understand that. Your total way of living is crashing down around you. You can?t even afford to get out of your line of work. I wouldn?t call it greed? it?s more a desperation or survival instinct.
All in all? if we don?t do something to help out our farmers, expect to see a lot more black buggy?s in the area. Don?t get me wrong, there is absolutely nothing wrong with having Amish neighbors (except the fact that they drive black buggy?s after dark!) I think the Amish have had it right all along! They haven?t fallen victim to the energy woes of the world. I?m jealous! I?m certainly not jealous of a landowner wishing to better his economic circumstances, but at what humanly price? If we can all come together and fight the REAL fight. I?m in!
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