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Bush Crawford House is Super Green
Ecological Design Center ^ | 2-26-07 | Tree Hugger

Posted on 02/26/2007 5:22:01 PM PST by Serious Capitalist

Is it possible that George Bush is a secret Green? Evidently his Crawford Winter White House has 25,000 gallons of rainwater storage, gray water collection from sinks and showers for irrigation, passive solar, geothermal heating and cooling. “By marketplace standards, the house is startlingly small,” says David Heymann, the architect of the 4,000-square-foot home. "Clients of similar ilk are building 16-to-20,000-square-foot houses." Furthermore for thermal mass the walls are clad in "discards of a local stone called Leuders limestone, which is quarried in the area. The 12-to-18-inch-thick stone has a mix of colors on the top and bottom, with a cream-colored center that most people want. “They cut the top and bottom of it off because nobody really wants it,” Heymann says. “So we bought all this throwaway stone. It’s fabulous. It’s got great color and it is relatively inexpensive.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bush; environment; green
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To: bnelson44
Al Gore DID invent the internet, you know. It takes alot of energy to run that sucker.
41 posted on 02/26/2007 6:07:26 PM PST by bubbacluck
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To: kittymyrib

Don't forget Kerry, Kennedy, and Clinton.


42 posted on 02/26/2007 6:08:18 PM PST by AZLiberty (Tag to let -- 50 cents.)
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To: Brimack34

Al Gore seem like snob to me after seeing that kiss a*** interview he did with Joan Rivers at TV Guide channel during Oscars I think Dubya would enjoy being goof by Joanie


43 posted on 02/26/2007 6:09:28 PM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: DrDeb
The President has a real love for his land, and he understands good stewardship. Here is an article about his love for the ranch, written back right after he was elected:

Hail to the President who's All Scot at Heart

44 posted on 02/26/2007 6:17:19 PM PST by Miss Marple (Prayers for Jemian's son,: Lord, please keep him safe and bring him home .)
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To: everyone

Check it out. This should get them all out of shape.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x85084


45 posted on 02/26/2007 6:22:12 PM PST by troy McClure
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To: All

Anyone have a photo of Al Gore's House in Belle Meade.


46 posted on 02/26/2007 6:32:03 PM PST by troy McClure
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To: digger48

I like the way you can walk to the barn, through various ugly additions, without going outside. You never have to be exposed to nature. BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!


47 posted on 02/26/2007 6:40:00 PM PST by popdonnelly ([Democrats] are jubilant at our disasters and are cast down when the rebels are defeated -Sept. 1862)
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To: AZLiberty

"Don't forget Kerry, Kennedy, and Clinton."

I wonder how much energy Kerry's five houses consume.


48 posted on 02/26/2007 6:41:34 PM PST by popdonnelly ([Democrats] are jubilant at our disasters and are cast down when the rebels are defeated -Sept. 1862)
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To: troy McClure
I note at DU that one response was the "....Gore is not your average citizen..." or words to that effect.

Right. AlGrrrr is a certified lunatic!!

Bet that post will be largely ignored. Now, after a DU visit, I have to run my PC AntiVirus, shower with anti-bacterial soap, and quell the nerves with a double Martini...

49 posted on 02/26/2007 6:42:35 PM PST by GoldCountryRedneck ("God made liquor and God made brew, so ugly people could have sex too" - unknown)
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To: popdonnelly

I think it's for his hair. I do believe he has to keep it climate-controlled


50 posted on 02/26/2007 6:44:02 PM PST by digger48
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To: Serious Capitalist
Come on. You know Bush is just a cheap ass tight wad Republican too miserly to let go of his money.

Gore was a politician his whole life, I guess thats how he recieved his money and Edwards was a trial lawyer. Seems like Bush earned his dough and knows the value of it.

51 posted on 02/26/2007 6:46:52 PM PST by nativist
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To: Miss Marple

THANK YOU for posting a link to the AWESOME article detailing the President's 'Scot-like' predilection for the land!

[BTW: I too would pay good money to see a photo of GWB in a kilt!!]


52 posted on 02/26/2007 6:47:55 PM PST by DrDeb
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To: troy McClure

I seldom go over to DU. I can't ever tell if they're joking or deluded. Can't believe a post comparing Bush and Gore on the green issue with Bush coming out ahead has stayed up over there.


53 posted on 02/26/2007 6:51:59 PM PST by Richard Kimball (Why yes, I do have a stupid picture for any occasion)
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To: Serious Capitalist

Interesting article. Someone has also posted this one at Digg. Those of you with Digg accounts can click here and vote for it:
http://www.digg.com/environment/Is_George_W_Bush_a_Closet_Green


54 posted on 02/26/2007 6:54:17 PM PST by faq
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To: digger48

"And I'll bet he doesn't need a heated and air-conditioned stroll to the horsebarn, either"

Neigh.


55 posted on 02/26/2007 6:57:11 PM PST by No Truce With Kings (The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
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To: Egon

Somebody brought up Gore's house over on the DU, and was told, more or less, to zip it. He or she shouldn't question the great god Gore.


56 posted on 02/26/2007 6:59:48 PM PST by popdonnelly ([Democrats] are jubilant at our disasters and are cast down when the rebels are defeated -Sept. 1862)
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To: digger48

What happened to all the CO2 scrubbing trees around his house???????


57 posted on 02/26/2007 7:06:28 PM PST by mountn man (The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
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To: SevenofNine
USA Today did a whole story on the eco-friendly Bush ranch years ago........before the left turned on him like ugly on a ape....

He really cares about the evironment, so he takes care of it as a good steward of God's creation.

Meanwhile uber hypocrite algor gets cited for multiple EPA violations in Tennessee.

And the stupid American public never hears a word about it.

58 posted on 02/26/2007 7:29:08 PM PST by ohioWfan (PRAY for our President and our troops!!)
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To: ohioWfan

I didn't know that so this Dubya is being Dubya walk the walk talk the talk alright

I did surprise how small Bush ranch is it is old ranch house like President Reagan Ranch in the sky which one is bigger Dubya or Ronnie


59 posted on 02/26/2007 7:37:53 PM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: SevenofNine
I don't know for sure, but I think the Crawford Bush ranch is smaller.

And you're right Seven..........he walks the walk and talks the talk.

This is probably the most honest, humble and decent man to ever occupy the Oval Office.

And he'll be the same man when he goes back to Texas that he was when he took office. (With the same wife..........a REAL one. ;)

60 posted on 02/26/2007 7:43:23 PM PST by ohioWfan (PRAY for our President and our troops!!)
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