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Merle Haggard Explores Green Energy
Happy? News ^ | 2-9-07 | ap

Posted on 02/09/2007 10:31:37 AM PST by Rakkasan1

Merle Haggard Explores Green Energy Merle Haggard is burnishing his rebel image with talk of setting up an alternative energy business in his oil-rich hometown. The 69-year-old country music legend said he's considering buying a second home near his native Oildale and founding a 'sensible'' green energy project to help the United States kick its fossil-fuel habit, the Bakersfield Californian reported.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: California
KEYWORDS: boutiquefuel; energy; green; merle; okie
Merle lookin' for a farm subsidy or somethin'?
1 posted on 02/09/2007 10:31:38 AM PST by Rakkasan1
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To: Rakkasan1

Hey at least he wants to do something with his own money instead of insisting the Gov't do something with our money.


2 posted on 02/09/2007 10:33:53 AM PST by rhombus
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To: Rakkasan1

He's a re-branded man, out of the cold.


3 posted on 02/09/2007 10:34:00 AM PST by Argus
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To: rhombus

Odd place to do that---OILdale?


4 posted on 02/09/2007 10:35:14 AM PST by Rakkasan1 ((Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!))
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he's considering buying a second home near his native Oildale

I thought Merle was from Muskogee....

5 posted on 02/09/2007 10:37:59 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: Rakkasan1
Who knows what he's really up to, the article doesn't say much. I can't imagine what it would be like to listen to Willie Nelson and Hagg talk politics... or Willie Nelson and Toby Keith for that matter... music makes for strange bedfellows.
6 posted on 02/09/2007 10:38:25 AM PST by rhombus
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To: The_Victor

nope. Oildale, then Bakersfield, prison and Oildale.(when some stops along the way)


7 posted on 02/09/2007 10:40:02 AM PST by Rakkasan1 ((Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!))
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You mean "Okie from Muskogee" was just artistic license?

I'm shocked,... shocked I tell ya!

8 posted on 02/09/2007 10:42:30 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: The_Victor

Sure. "redneck male from Oildale" just didn't work! :-)


9 posted on 02/09/2007 10:50:20 AM PST by knittnmom (...surrounded by prayers!)
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To: The_Victor
I thought Merle was from Muskogee....

. . .a place where even squares can have a ball. . .

10 posted on 02/09/2007 11:05:20 AM PST by Huntress (Proud owner of Norman/Norma, the transsexual attack cat.)
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"We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee,"
"We don't take our trips on LSD,"

That pretty much eliminates 99% of musicians from ever setting foot in the place.

12 posted on 02/09/2007 11:14:00 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: Argus

When I saw the headline I thought this may have something to do with "Rainbow stew".


13 posted on 02/09/2007 11:27:27 AM PST by Augustinian monk
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To: rhombus

The Hagg is a crazed left-winger.


14 posted on 02/09/2007 12:33:00 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: Rakkasan1

If you're runnin down my country hoss
You're steppin on the fightin side of me.


15 posted on 02/09/2007 12:38:56 PM PST by Ramcat (Thank You American Veterans)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

but his Momma Tried.


16 posted on 02/09/2007 12:45:00 PM PST by Rakkasan1 ((Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!))
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To: The_Victor
That pretty much eliminates 99% of musicians from ever setting foot in the place.

Including the Hagg.

17 posted on 02/09/2007 12:47:17 PM PST by Cuttnhorse
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To: Rakkasan1
I thought Merle Haggard was more into "The Green, Green Grass Of Home" than "Green Energy".

But what do I know? Maybe he's just become "The Fugitive" from the song business?

18 posted on 02/09/2007 12:57:33 PM PST by Gritty (Spending trillions to mitigate global warming using error-prone approaches is a risky investment-IBD)
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Merle Haggard Explores Green Energy

I think Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson have been exploring "green energy" in their smoking habit for many a decade.

19 posted on 02/09/2007 1:31:16 PM PST by RJL
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