WaPo Tries to Claim Cindy McCain Unethical for Erection of Cell Phone Tower

publiusforum.com ^ | 10/16/08 | Warner Todd Huston

[Mobile Vulgus]

Much ado about nothing, but the MSM will STILL try to make it into "something."

[Thane_Banquo]

Getting a cell phone tower somewhere doesn’t require hugh political connections. Heck, even churches are putting these in their steeples these days to get a little extra revenue.

[GnuHere]

“Can you hear me now?”

Someone had to say it.

[Blue Turtle]

I am in love with Cindy McCain....class, beauty, and brains!

[The G Man]

The Secret Service ordered it be installed.

[NeoCaveman]

Unethical for Erection

Not guilty!?

[JZelle]

It’s only unethical if it’s over 4 hours.

[Daniel Ramsey]

Well we just had a taller one put in near the Palins property near Wasilla.

[sarasota]

Desperation. Again.

[TonyInOhio]

Did the WaPo understand what putting the words "Cindy McCain" and "erection" in the same headline would do to a segment of the FReeper Nation?

[TommyDale]

The Washington Post reporters and editors are stupid.

[Doohickey]

WaPo Tries to Claim Cindy McCain Unethical for Erection

I stopped reading right there. Was there more?

[Liberty Valance]

LOL - award winning investigative WaPo reporting strikes again!



I shall bestow the coveted Double Acorn award to WaPo for this story.

[Carley]

Info faxed to them by the O campaign.

They opened the door to attacking the wives.

Let’s do it!

[CholeraJoe]

Cindy McCain...um...Erection...heh, heh...Cell Phone Tower. Heh, heh, heh.

[Doctor Raoul]

McCain gets elected and the press has to cover him at this ranch, guess who’ll be beating down Verizon’s doors to demand a cell tower? The A-holes of the media.

And they’ll be making a stronger case for the need because they’re the 5th estate.

[Doctor Raoul]

Or was that the 5th column?

[OB1kNOb]

How does one go about seeing if any companies are interested in installing a cell phone tower on one’s land in return for monthly rent/lease income? I have a 650 foot ridge that might make a good location to improve cellphone signals.

[keepitreal]

Cindy offered her land FOR FREE for the cell tower. So, I’m sure Verizon thought that it might be feasible financially to embark on the public approval process (which isn’t that expensive). Cell companies often pay $12K per year in rent to landowners, so Verizon was getting something in the deal. When environmentalists got involved, that’s when it became expensive and Verizon dropped their plans. Now there is a temporary tower because the Secret Service requested it for security reasons.

Any landowner can approach a cell company and see if they are willing to put up a tower on their land. If the company wants to, they will embark on the “expensive” process of getting government approval to place a tower there. WaPo is just plain stupid because they don’t understand how the real world works.