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Radio Station Towers Toppled in Washington, Radical Environmental Group Eyed (ELF)
FoxNews ^ | Friday, September 04, 2009

Posted on 09/04/2009 10:47:53 AM PDT by Joiseydude

EVERETT, Wash. — Two radio station towers toppled after someone used a piece of heavy equipment to knock them down.

Everett radio station KRKO's General Manager Andy Skotdal says a sign left at the scene Friday says ELF, likely a reference to the Earth Liberation Front.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: ecoterrorism; elf; krko; radicalleft

1 posted on 09/04/2009 10:47:53 AM PDT by Joiseydude
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To: Joiseydude
???

Because.... radio towers are... destroying the...

...

*puzzle*

I can't come up with anything.

...but it's the tea party attendees and socialized health care protesters we should all be afraid of.

2 posted on 09/04/2009 10:51:38 AM PDT by TChris (There is no freedom without the possibility of failure.)
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To: TChris

Does KRKO play any talk radio shows?


3 posted on 09/04/2009 10:53:31 AM PDT by Little Ray (Obama is a kamikaze president aimed at the heart of this Republic.)
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To: Joiseydude

Thanks for posting this.


4 posted on 09/04/2009 10:56:47 AM PDT by camp_steveo
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To: Little Ray

Looks like a small sports talk station.


5 posted on 09/04/2009 10:58:33 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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6 posted on 09/04/2009 10:59:54 AM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: sionnsar

More weirdness from the ELF...


7 posted on 09/04/2009 11:00:03 AM PDT by SandyInSeattle (What came first? The word, or the thought behind the word?)
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To: Joiseydude

I first thought this station HAD to be a Rush-Beck-Savage affiliate. But they are all-sports. Somebody out there must REALLY hate Dan Patrick and Class A Minor League Baseball play-by-play!

About a year and a half ago, a tower from a defunct station in Johnstown, PA was STOLEN! The thieves actually had time to take the tower down, cut it up and haul it away unobserved. Supposedly stolen for scrap metal value.


8 posted on 09/04/2009 11:00:27 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

They are trying to stop Talk Radio, no doubt commands comming straight from our “Green Czar”


9 posted on 09/04/2009 11:01:34 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: Joiseydude

ELF = shoot to kill


10 posted on 09/04/2009 11:07:33 AM PDT by Noumenon (Work that AQT - turn ammunition into skill. No tyrant can maintain a 300 yard perimeter forever.)
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To: Joiseydude

someone used a piece of heavy equipment to knock them down?........hypocrites!...........how much CO2 was spewed into the environmnet?........how much diesel particles?.............


11 posted on 09/04/2009 11:09:42 AM PDT by Red Badger (The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other peoples' money...M. Thatcher)
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To: TChris
>>>Because.... radio towers are... destroying the...<<<

Can't come up with anything....??? Your really aren't an environmentalist are you??

THE SKY.....it's obvious.

12 posted on 09/04/2009 11:15:46 AM PDT by HardStarboard ("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule - Mencken knew Obama)
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To: Joiseydude

Oh yeah, Those MW radio signals are harmful!

Any one want to bet this AM station was broadcasting Rush?


13 posted on 09/04/2009 11:18:00 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: SandyInSeattle

More FELONY’s from ELF


14 posted on 09/04/2009 11:21:22 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Scythian

No they can only get the remote towers! However these are tied to Fox Sports station!


15 posted on 09/04/2009 11:36:48 AM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: mylife

No... Rush is on KTTH in Seattle. I’m not sure what KRKO does. I’ve never heard of it.


16 posted on 09/04/2009 11:37:35 AM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Ramius

Looks like they are just sports


17 posted on 09/04/2009 11:38:43 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Little Ray

There was a big controversy over those towers when they were proposed. One thing is they’re on the extended center line of runway 15/33 of Harvey Airfield. There was a safety issue there since now Harvey has a GPS approach ... just waiting for some plane to shred themselves through their guy wires on a foggy night.


18 posted on 09/04/2009 11:39:31 AM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: SkyDancer

Hmmm.

Maybe a disgruntled or safety-minded civil aviation pilot?

The civil aviation pilots I know would be smart enough to blame it on ELF and would probably giggle about it (and also are smart enough to keep quiet and have an alibi!).


19 posted on 09/04/2009 11:50:05 AM PDT by Little Ray (Obama is a kamikaze president aimed at the heart of this Republic.)
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To: SkyDancer
It was probably obstructing the view from an Al Gore home.
20 posted on 09/04/2009 11:50:47 AM PDT by Dem Guard
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To: Joiseydude

Track them down and zap them with HARRP......


21 posted on 09/04/2009 11:58:09 AM PDT by Species8472 (Limit all politicians to two terms, one in office and one in prison. (Illinois Already Does This)
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To: Little Ray

Well though it seems that an ELF spokesperson wrote to the Everett Herald or someone in authority claiming responsibility ....


22 posted on 09/04/2009 12:11:41 PM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Dem Guard

Nobody on the hill or surrounding area wanted those towers. The radio station modified their plans and only put up I think two rather than four towers. Their claim was to reach out to a larger audience in the area but not that many people listen to them. They do talk radio, local sports and FOX sports so I think they’re conservative ...


23 posted on 09/04/2009 12:16:24 PM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Joiseydude

http://www.kval.com/news/57281842.html
24 posted on 09/04/2009 12:40:27 PM PDT by MikeWUSAF (I long for Norman Rockwell's America.)
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To: TChris

Did the DJ loose a finger?


25 posted on 09/04/2009 12:41:27 PM PDT by gathersnomoss (General George Patton had it right.)
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To: Little Ray
Does KRKO play any talk radio shows?

They're an all-sports station.

26 posted on 09/04/2009 12:43:12 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper ("The Community Organizer better stop bitching that the community is organizing." - Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Looks like a small sports talk station.

5,000w daytime and a 50,000w nighttime blowtorch signal.  Not exactly small.

Below is their daytime pattern:

 

Below is their nighttime antenna pattern:

 

27 posted on 09/04/2009 12:55:57 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper ("The Community Organizer better stop bitching that the community is organizing." - Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Joiseydude
a sign left at the scene Friday says ELF, likely a reference to the Earth Liberation Front...

Or, possibly to Extremely Low Frequency...

Was there any mention of HAARP in their little "manifesto"?

Just kidding... We all know that it stands for "Electrostatic Levitation Furnace"

28 posted on 09/04/2009 1:08:30 PM PDT by Zeppo (Save the cheerleader, save the world...)
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To: Joiseydude

Mel & Julia Bump


29 posted on 09/04/2009 1:08:57 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: BigSkyFreeper
Below is their daytime pattern:

Slight correction:

Below is was their daytime pattern, etc.

30 posted on 09/04/2009 1:10:59 PM PDT by Zeppo (Save the cheerleader, save the world...)
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To: Joiseydude

“We have to weigh our priorities, and the local ecosystem in Everett, along with the local residents, do not need additional sports news radio station towers that come at the expense of reduced property values and harmful radio waves,” ELF press office spokesman Jason Crawford said in the e-mail.

Sounds as if some corn nuts need a little more time in the sun.....


31 posted on 09/04/2009 1:22:57 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Zeppo

Yep, loosing 2 towers in a phased array feed can reek havoc with the radiation pattern. No “tuning” that out.


32 posted on 09/04/2009 1:30:25 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may. -Sam Houston)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway
Sounds as if some corn nuts need a little more time in the sun.....

Put them in the yard.

With some big rocks.

33 posted on 09/04/2009 3:46:56 PM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: Little Ray
The civil aviation pilots I know would be smart enough to blame it on ELF and would probably giggle about it (and also are smart enough to keep quiet and have an alibi!).

That's a diabolical conspiracy theory. If it's true and you know them, they must be your enemies. I bet that would carry some heavy prison time.

However, if an ELF got caught they would prolly only get a citation to appear for misdemeanor civil disobedience ! [/sarcasm]

34 posted on 09/04/2009 7:37:22 PM PDT by KTM rider ( ..........tell me this really isn't happening ! !)
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To: MikeWUSAF
looks like whoever was operating that trackhoe may have had experience, pulling the legs from the side, (thats where the power is with a hoe), Or else they got lucky, Dark angels watching over them I guess.

CAT, and the contractors, really should start issuing coded keys for their heavy equipment. All the keys are the same to make it simple for the operators and maintenence crews.

I could walk up to just about any machine and fire it up with the keys I have. Somebody could just get the operators manual inside the cab and find all the controls pretty quick

Some smart contractors add steel plates with padlocks over the cab doors and windows

35 posted on 09/04/2009 8:12:46 PM PDT by KTM rider ( ..........tell me this really isn't happening ! !)
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To: Dem Guard

This was on the local news tonight. Some ELF guy was saying how the radiation waves harm the animals!

A local couple heard the crash. The lady said she didn’t like the towers, but that vigilantism wasn’t the way to go. Her husband said “I’m not in her camp. I think action is needed. A little bit of a Boston Tea Party.”

Not sure where he gets the idea that destroying private property is anything like protesting governmental control. Oh how I wish these ELF folks would go torch this guy’s home that is sitting in this same, picturesque valley with Gaia’s little creatures being assaulted from all sides.


36 posted on 09/04/2009 11:49:04 PM PDT by 21twelve (Drive Reality out with a pitchfork if you want , it always comes back.)
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To: 21twelve
This was on the local news tonight. Some ELF guy was saying how the radiation waves harm the animals!

Gotta save the animals from the government mind control signals. /sarcasm


37 posted on 09/05/2009 3:42:19 AM PDT by America2012 (No Taxation By An Obamanation)
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