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Solar Power Plant Construction Halted Due to Endangered Squirrel
www.ecoenquirer.com ^ | 6-30-06 | Eco-enquirer

Posted on 07/01/2006 8:57:45 PM PDT by dynachrome

"This has caused unspeakable turmoil in the environmental community", lamented Rainbow Treetower, spokesperson for the local Falls Canyon chapter of the Save Our Earth Society. She noted that one female environmentalist was seriously injured during an altercation over the issue when a male associate tried to choke her by entangling her in a large dream catcher.

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TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: algor; animalwhackos; energy; environment; manbearpig; satire; solarpower; squirrels
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Happy 4th of July. :)
1 posted on 07/01/2006 8:57:47 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?


2 posted on 07/01/2006 9:00:04 PM PDT by dfwgator (Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
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To: dynachrome
The situation has confounded local environmentalists, who are now evenly divided on whether the solar power plant or the nest of squirrels is more important to their cause.

Irresistible force meets immovable object !

3 posted on 07/01/2006 9:00:11 PM PDT by ozoneliar ("The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants" -T.J.)
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To: dfwgator

Check the other stories and the disclaimer at the site. hehe.


4 posted on 07/01/2006 9:01:17 PM PDT by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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To: ozoneliar
The situation has confounded local environmentalists, who are now evenly divided on whether the solar power plant or the nest of squirrels is more important to their cause.

Shouldn't even be an issue. They gotta go for the squirrels because that is where the nuts are.

5 posted on 07/01/2006 9:03:56 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Never forget Matt Maupin)
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To: dynachrome
one female environmentalist was seriously injured during an altercation over the issue when a male associate tried to choke her by entangling her in a large dream catcher.

You can't make this stuff up. ROTFLMAO

6 posted on 07/01/2006 9:05:34 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: dynachrome

ROFL..Had me going until I got to the end.


7 posted on 07/01/2006 9:05:40 PM PDT by jazusamo (DIANA IREY for Congress, PA 12th District: Retire murtha.)
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To: dynachrome

OMG!! If you want a good laugh read the artical off the link.
in this case "truth is stranger than fiction"

Rainbow Treetower? LOL


8 posted on 07/01/2006 9:06:09 PM PDT by 12th_Monkey
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To: dynachrome

Har, har, har.

I tell you, the enviro's HATE capitalism, and (at best) wish for us to retreat to neo-cave staus: in harmony with nature of course.


9 posted on 07/01/2006 9:06:57 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: MediaMole

I guess you can make this stuff up. Got me.


10 posted on 07/01/2006 9:07:25 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: dynachrome
With a name like Rainbow Treetower you know they were born to be an environmentalist...

Funny and ironic one of these environmentalist whack jobs being choked with a giant "dream catcher". If it's a joke then I fell for the bait.

11 posted on 07/01/2006 9:08:15 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: dynachrome

OMG this is hysterical!


12 posted on 07/01/2006 9:08:26 PM PDT by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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To: jazusamo

The other stories at the main site are just as funny. My favorite is this one:


http://www.ecoenquirer.com/polar-bear-heat.htm

"Hunter Jeremiah Johnson comforts a polar bear that had collapsed from heat exhaustion before he could shoot it. "


13 posted on 07/01/2006 9:10:48 PM PDT by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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To: dynachrome; Slings and Arrows; neverdem


14 posted on 07/01/2006 9:11:18 PM PDT by bitt (NY Times to New York: Drop Dead!)
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To: dynachrome

Why, thank you.


15 posted on 07/01/2006 9:12:42 PM PDT by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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To: All

While I am at it, make sure you freep their polls. Very entertaining. :)


16 posted on 07/01/2006 9:12:42 PM PDT by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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To: MediaMole

" guess you can make this stuff up"

Best satire is so close to reality, it's hard to tell the difference.


17 posted on 07/01/2006 9:14:23 PM PDT by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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To: dynachrome

Thank you for this Saturday night entertainment, very, very funny!


18 posted on 07/01/2006 9:14:38 PM PDT by Theresawithanh (Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I stuck around...)
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To: dynachrome

Although this is satire, you don't know how close this is to reality. I worked on an advanced technology power plant near Ridgecrest, CA in the 1980s. The plant's owner had to erect a chain link fence that enclosed 1/2 square mile due to an endangered ground squirrel on the power plant property. This was the offsetting requirement for the plant sitting on squirrel territory. Now these aren't cute little tree squirrels. These are rodents that burrow in the ground like prairie dogs, leaving many, many holes behaind that break horse legs. Get this -- the fence had to go underground about 3 feet so coyotes couldn't dig under the fence and eat the squirrels. And there was a gate for vehicles to enter the squirrel habitat. When I asked why they needed a vehicle gate, I was told this was so the enviros could "maintain" the habitat. Now, around Ridgecrest, everything is ROCK. Nothing grows there. It's barren high desert. I never understood how you "maintain" rocky high desert.

The cost of the fence was recovered in the price of electricity sold by the plant, so all Southern California electricity buyers paid to save these ground rats. This was my first real up-close and personal introduction to enviro wackos. I was conservative before this experience, but it really set me in my ways.


19 posted on 07/01/2006 9:16:30 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Theresawithanh

Credit to whoever was the first freeper to come up with this site. I put it in my favorites immediately!


20 posted on 07/01/2006 9:17:02 PM PDT by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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