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Schumer Seeks to Block Stimulus Money for Chinese-Backed Texas Wind Farm
The New York Times ^ | 11-05-09 | tom zellar

Posted on 11/05/2009 4:57:27 PM PST by kwill4u

Senator Charles E. Schumer, the New York Democrat, is calling on the Obama administration to block the use of stimulus funds for a utility-scale wind farm in West Texas that would make use of turbines manufactured largely in China.

(Excerpt) Read more at greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: business; farm; shumer; texas
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1 posted on 11/05/2009 4:57:27 PM PST by kwill4u
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To: kwill4u

What is Chuckie up to? I agree with what he said but what is he really up to?


2 posted on 11/05/2009 4:58:54 PM PST by WellyP
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To: kwill4u

What is Chuckie up to? I agree with what he said but what is he really up to?


3 posted on 11/05/2009 4:59:11 PM PST by WellyP
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To: kwill4u

And all GM cars are made in the USA...


4 posted on 11/05/2009 4:59:25 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: kwill4u

What is Chuckie up to? I agree with what he said but what is he really up to?


5 posted on 11/05/2009 4:59:30 PM PST by WellyP
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To: kwill4u

thgey block oil drilling, why would this surprise anyone


6 posted on 11/05/2009 4:59:47 PM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: kwill4u; WellyP

I smell T. Boone Pickens. I KNOW he’s around here somewhere.


7 posted on 11/05/2009 5:00:25 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Stop dissing drunken sailors! At least they spend their OWN money.)
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To: WellyP

Sounds like some Union folks were expecting “green” money but got “change” instead.


8 posted on 11/05/2009 5:01:53 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: kwill4u

Oh what the heck. Let’s support Chinese manufacturing.


9 posted on 11/05/2009 5:08:55 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: kwill4u

I don’t trust him but I’m always against the scam stimulus money being sent out of the country.


10 posted on 11/05/2009 5:09:20 PM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: WellyP

...Can you repeat that? I’m hard of reading...(-;)


11 posted on 11/05/2009 5:15:12 PM PST by gargoyle (...My thoughts are not seditious, or treasonous, they're revolutionary...)
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To: Sacajaweau

...If it was me, I’d request the dull yellow metal...


12 posted on 11/05/2009 5:17:12 PM PST by gargoyle (...My thoughts are not seditious, or treasonous, they're revolutionary...)
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To: pissant

LOL

I’d rather be ripped off by an American where there’s a chance of getting my money back. If I can’t get my money back, I can always get revenge.


13 posted on 11/05/2009 5:20:34 PM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: kwill4u

Maybe Chuckie wants the windmills put on Staten Island.


14 posted on 11/05/2009 5:58:04 PM PST by razorback-bert (We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.)
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To: kwill4u

I wonder why Schmuckie Scummer didn’t do anything to stop the transfer of missile-guidance technology to the ChiComs while Slick Willy was in office.


15 posted on 11/05/2009 6:03:27 PM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (I'd rather be a teabagger than an ankle-grabber.)
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To: kwill4u

“Senator Charles E. Schumer, the New York Democrat, is calling on the Obama administration to block the use of stimulus funds for a utility-scale wind farm in West Texas that would make use of turbines manufactured largely in China.”

Good luck. Obama doesn’t stand up to foreign countries he bows down to them.


16 posted on 11/05/2009 6:11:00 PM PST by eaglestar
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To: kwill4u

They haven’t paid him enough?


17 posted on 11/05/2009 6:54:21 PM PST by Eagle Eye (3%)
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