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Hillary Sided With Anti-Energy Enviro-nuts
NewsMax.com ^ | Aug. 16, 2003 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 08/16/2003 12:02:52 PM PDT by Hugenot

Electrical outlets had barely cooled Thursday night when New York Sen. Hillary Clinton took to the airwaves to blame the Bush administration for causing the nation's worst blackout ever.

Given her outraged tones, however, one would never know that she's been a leader in opposing energy independence for New York State, preferring instead to champion environmental cause celebs like fighting acid rain and closing the Indian Point nuclear plant.

At times Sen. Clinton's rhetoric bordered on the hysterical as she fought to make it more difficult for energy suppliers to meet New Yorkers' growing demand for their product.

Last year, for instance, Clinton slammed a Bush administration proposal to allow utilities to upgrade their plants by relaxing a few of the more punishing environmental regulations.

She warned of "dirtier air and rising temperatures" that would expose citizens "to increased childhood asthma rates, higher sea levels and more acid rain and mercury-tainted fish."

In contrast, her 2000 Senate opponent, then-New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, was arguing that New York needed more power plants as far back as 1999.

"If we don't increase significantly the amount of power in the city of New York, we will have happen to us what happened in California," he warned, after a blackout in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan.

USA Today reported at the time:

"New York City and Long Island could face power shortages because of limited connections to the state's power grid. The city is 400 megawatts short of what it needs during peak usage. The New York Power Authority plans to set up 10 small generators -- turbines that provide 44 megawatts each -- at existing power substations."

The paper went on to note, however, that, "environmentalists opposed to the noise and pollution from these generators fired by natural gas have challenged the plan. Businesses with emergency generators are being asked to supply their own power during times of high electricity demand."

50 million Americans got an up close and personal look Thursday night as to how well the Greenies' energy back-up plan worked.

Still, as recently as two weeks ago, Sen. Clinton was working to limit New York State's electrical generating capacity, joining with the enviro-nuts in a bid to shut down the Indian Point nuclear plant.

In a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the former first lady said that she was "deeply disturbed" over the agency's decision to recertify Indian Point over the objections of local nuclear power critics.

Luckily for New Yorkers, FEMA ignored Hillary's complaints, and the plant is expected to be up and running again by Monday.

In the meantime, New York's top anti-energy Democrat continues to complain about Bush administration attempts to boost the nation's power output through deregulation.

"They have continued to try to push deregulation and privatization," she told Larry King as New York slipped into darkness two nights ago. "And to try to undo a lot of the systems [and] changes that many of us thought were important and necessary that we tried to work on during the Clinton administration."

According to at least one account, however, even her husband was a booster of deregulation. What's more, President Clinton reportedly planned to use increasingly frequent blackouts as a strategy to build support for his plan.

"So long as White House air conditioners continue to whirr, President Clinton - who would like deregulation to be an accomplishment of his second term - can afford to sit back and let the political temperature rise," reported London's Independent in 1999. "The hope seems to be that the worse things get, the more pressure will mount on Congress to legislate."

The Independent added:

"[Clinton's] adviser on deregulation, Richard Glick, said this week almost cheerfully: 'We're going to see a couple of tough summers.'"

So far, at least, reporters have declined to question Sen. Clinton about her husband's deliberate plan to leave the U.S. vulnerable to the kind of massive power outage that left eight states in chaos this week.


TOPICS: Front Page News; US: New York
KEYWORDS: acidrain; blackout; deregulation; hillary; powerplants; wickedwitchofnewyork
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1 posted on 08/16/2003 12:02:53 PM PDT by Hugenot
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To: Hugenot
Don't look at the witch behind the curtain......
2 posted on 08/16/2003 12:07:46 PM PDT by txzman (Jer 23:29)
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To: Hugenot
Paging Martin Fierro for bumper sticker!
3 posted on 08/16/2003 12:08:51 PM PDT by ysoitanly
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To: Hugenot
WELL LOOKS LIKE THE PIG IS GASSING OFF AGAIN!!!!A BAD CASE OF THE VAPORS
4 posted on 08/16/2003 12:09:04 PM PDT by jocko12
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To: Hugenot
Excellent!

It is time to reveal $inator Hildebea$t's connections with the Watermelon Jihadists who work 24/7/365 to make our power grids and plants like those in a Banana republic.

One of these days we will probably see a direct line via donations from the Opecker Princes and Thugs to the Watermelon Jihadists in America. Then the donations from the Watermelon Jihadists to their whore$ like $inator Hildebea$t.
5 posted on 08/16/2003 12:11:49 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Gray Davis = Bill Clinton without the conscience + Al Gore without the charm = Total Recall Time!)
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To: Hugenot
Within 2 hours of the blackout, I heard Incitatus (D-Hell) on WABC77 radio blaming "energy companies" for the blackout AND the California fiscal woes.
6 posted on 08/16/2003 12:12:30 PM PDT by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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To: Grampa Dave
Not only does she have connections to the watermelons. put her in a green pantsuit, and she resembles one
7 posted on 08/16/2003 12:16:12 PM PDT by ab01
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To: ab01; Registered
You posted: Not only does she have connections to the watermelons. put her in a green pantsuit, and she resembles one.

Hey Registered, something for your fertile mind, maybe showing the Watermelon Enviralist dropping off sacks of campaign money to the $inator.

8 posted on 08/16/2003 12:19:27 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Gray Davis = Bill Clinton without the conscience + Al Gore without the charm = Total Recall Time!)
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To: Hugenot
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/965222/posts

The above link is a link to Rush's comments about the Watermelon Jihadist Enviralists being responsible for the blackout.

"Blackout Blame Game Began Within Minutes;Responsibility Lies With Environmentalist Wackos
EIB Network ^ | August 15, 2003 | Rush Limbaugh


Posted on 08/16/2003 10:10 AM PDT by jmstein7


Blackout Blame Game Began Within Minutes;

Responsibility Lies With Environmentalist Wackos

August 15, 2003

Within minutes of the power outage, Senator Hillary Clinton and other Democrats were on the air blaming it on the Bush administration. They even tried to link it to Schwarzenegger because his movies were once seen by somebody who worked at Enron. Whenever anything goes wrong, you can count on Democrats to use it to pull us apart rather than bring us together. I told a caller that I didn't plan to politicize this issue at all, but I’m not going to sit here while they put responsibility for a failure of their policies on George W. Bush.

This is eerily similar to the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965. Environmental extremists have stood in the way of any advancement or expansion of our own energy independence. They advocate a primitive, powerless existence, claiming to seek some supposed equilibrium with nature that has never existed. I gave commentary over President Bush's live comments on this blackout, which included a salient analysis of the problem: "I view it as a wake-up call. You know, I've been concerned that our infrastructure, the delivery system is old, and antiquated, and I think this is an indication of the fact that we need to modernize the electricity grid."


9 posted on 08/16/2003 12:23:03 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Gray Davis = Bill Clinton without the conscience + Al Gore without the charm = Total Recall Time!)
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To: Hugenot
So far, at least, reporters have declined to question Sen. Clinton about her husband's deliberate plan to leave the U.S. vulnerable to the kind of massive power outage that left eight states in chaos this week.

I won't hold my breath waiting...

10 posted on 08/16/2003 12:24:04 PM PDT by Kathleen
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To: Grampa Dave
I don't know the exact word count, but it only took 25 verses in the first chapter of the Bible for God to put forth his plan:

26. Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth."

27. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

28. And God blessed them, and God said to them,

"Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.'

And what do we do? We kill the unborn and are ruled by the tiny slug ...

Show us the error of our ways, Lord, while there is yet time ...

11 posted on 08/16/2003 12:36:49 PM PDT by Pegita ('Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, just to take Him at His word ...)
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To: Hugenot
Of course her unroyal lowness, her hideous heinous--Bwitch Shrillery Antoinette de Fosterizer de Marx de Kevorkian de Machiavelli de Sade

has been against energy development.

She has a master breaker switch inside which is

AGIN

ANYTHING

EXCEPT

HER OWN POWER MONGERING

and that switch is stuck in the ON position.

It's probably genetic. It's also willful, though.

And probably there's a couple of demons standing guard over that switch.
12 posted on 08/16/2003 12:37:05 PM PDT by Quix (DEFEAT her unroyal lowness, her hideous heinous Bwitch Shrillery Antoinette de Fosterizer de MarxNOW)
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To: Quix; All
"…I think if we don't overthrow capitalism, we don't have a chance of saving the world ecologically. I think it is possible to have an ecological society under socialism. I don't think it's possible under capitalism."

Judi Barri of EarthFirst! quoted by Walter Williams, columnist with Heritage Features, Syndicate, State Journal Register, June 25, 1992.

13 posted on 08/16/2003 12:40:58 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Gray Davis = Bill Clinton without the conscience + Al Gore without the charm = Total Recall Time!)
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To: Grampa Dave
Absolutely.

And whether it's ET's or the environment or ET's screaming at us about the environment,

The GLOBALIST SCREED WILL BE GLOBAL SOCIALIST TYRANNY OR DEATH.

Her unroyal lowness, her hideous heinous--Bwitch Shrillery Antoinette de Fosterizer de Marx de Kevorkian de Machiavelli de Sade

is mostly a little snotty nosed brat running ahead of the AntiChrist's entourage crying 'the kink is coming!' the kink is coming--bow and scrape--the kink is coming!'

She seems to hope she'll be allowed to kiss his toes for eternity.

Of course, she may actually have delusions that she will be that kink. Thankfully no. But the real one will be far worse than her. Sigh.

14 posted on 08/16/2003 12:56:12 PM PDT by Quix (DEFEAT her unroyal lowness, her hideous heinous Bwitch Shrillery Antoinette de Fosterizer de MarxNOW)
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To: Quix
Having heard Hillary a few times, I now REALLY, REALLY believe that Hitlery has mental problems. Wonder if she is on any meds??

Her Senate position have given us a much better look at this MARTYR.

15 posted on 08/16/2003 1:13:10 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: Pegita
The enviralist whackoos hate the bible and the concept of good stewardship. They are Godless Watermelon Jihadists who hate America and Americans.
16 posted on 08/16/2003 1:30:44 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Gray Davis = Bill Clinton without the conscience + Al Gore without the charm = Total Recall Time!)
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To: Sacajaweau
"Having heard Hillary a few times, I now REALLY, REALLY believe that Hitlery has mental problems. Wonder if she is on any meds?? "

actually; she had a "rotten childhood".
n she is gonna "get even" with the ones who didn't...
her whole "GOD damned" life is "REVENGE"...
she is a living breathing devil...

17 posted on 08/16/2003 1:38:28 PM PDT by hoot2
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To: Hugenot
She warned of "dirtier air and rising temperatures" that would expose citizens "to increased childhood asthma rates,

I thought it was the addition of ethanol in our gasoline that is causing the rising asthma rates....How does Nuclear power make the air dirty and cause rising temperatures ?

18 posted on 08/16/2003 1:47:50 PM PDT by SSN558 (Be on the lookout for Black White-Supremacists)
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To: Sacajaweau
I think she plays the martyr thing like a piano.

I think she's such a megalomaniac, arrogant, demonized, vain-glorying, self-righteous Bwitch that she always construes herself as queen of the hill regardless of circumstances.

Evil, evil, evil. Evil almost to the max. Gotta keep her out of the White House again.
19 posted on 08/16/2003 1:57:34 PM PDT by Quix (DEFEAT her unroyal lowness, her hideous heinous Bwitch Shrillery Antoinette de Fosterizer de MarxNOW)
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To: ysoitanly; martin_fierro
Paging Martin Fierro for bumper sticker!

Country Music time ping

20 posted on 08/16/2003 2:04:27 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (40 miles inland, California becomes Flyover Country!)
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