Comments on: Arctic cold shoulder: http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:53:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: daniel http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/comment-page-1/#comment-387388 daniel Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:44:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/#comment-387388 It's the "I'm not going to...swim or do various things with them" that makes me shudder. I have to think the voters of Alaska have to be gettin a little tired of Ted's whining. It’s the “I’m not going to…swim or do various things with them” that makes me shudder.
I have to think the voters of Alaska have to be gettin a little tired of Ted’s whining.

]]> By: Cyra Brown http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/comment-page-1/#comment-386831 Cyra Brown Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:15:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/#comment-386831 If an idiot throws a fit on the Senate floor, and nobody cares, does he still look stupid? Oh my my, Oh HELL yes! If an idiot throws a fit on the Senate floor, and nobody cares, does he still look stupid? Oh my my, Oh HELL yes!

]]> By: ray http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/comment-page-1/#comment-386531 ray Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:33:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/#comment-386531 Didn't Stevens effectively say he was going to quit after the pissy-fit he threw when the pork-filled defense bill went down? this dude is too high up the order of succession for comfort. [shudder]. Didn’t Stevens effectively say he was going to quit after the pissy-fit he threw when the pork-filled defense bill went down?

this dude is too high up the order of succession for comfort. [shudder].

]]> By: big papa http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/comment-page-1/#comment-386130 big papa Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:01:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/#comment-386130 The nerve of this corrupt sombich... He should be cleaning fish on a trawler for a living, but the dumb a*s Alaskans keep voting him into office... Sheesh, America! The nerve of this corrupt sombich…

He should be cleaning fish on a trawler for a living, but the dumb a*s Alaskans keep voting him into office…

Sheesh, America!

]]> By: Evil Spaniard aka kharma http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/comment-page-1/#comment-386104 Evil Spaniard aka kharma Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:46:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/#comment-386104 #43 Don't forget Fester from the Addams. Maybe he need a bath, too. #43 Don’t forget Fester from the Addams. Maybe he need a bath, too.

]]> By: unbelievable http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/comment-page-1/#comment-386071 unbelievable Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:30:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/#comment-386071 He had friends? Who would hang out with Ted Stevens? Grampa from the Munsters? He had friends?

Who would hang out with Ted Stevens? Grampa from the Munsters?

]]> By: turtle http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/comment-page-1/#comment-386024 turtle Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:07:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/#comment-386024 His "friends" must be crushed. His “friends” must be crushed.

]]> By: Ron http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/comment-page-1/#comment-385958 Ron Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:53:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/#comment-385958 Oil consumption has given us a darn good way of life, hands down. To top it all off, <a href="http://www.emissionstrading.com/" rel="nofollow">emissions trading is a going concern</a>. Ted Stevens is being left out in the cold. If you had a million dollars, you could give every Chinese person a tenth of a cent. Money doesn't really do or buy anything anymore. Cash doesn't count at all. It is more or less worthless. Wealth is applied knowledge. The Republicans are the poorest lot of the human race, if you really think about it. Oil consumption has given us a darn good way of life, hands down. To top it all off, emissions trading is a going concern.

Ted Stevens is being left out in the cold.

If you had a million dollars, you could give every Chinese person a tenth of a cent. Money doesn’t really do or buy anything anymore. Cash doesn’t count at all. It is more or less worthless.

Wealth is applied knowledge. The Republicans are the poorest lot of the human race, if you really think about it.

]]> By: realist 67 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/comment-page-1/#comment-385953 realist 67 Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:52:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/#comment-385953 The estimated $2 trillion spent on the Iraq war could have been spent on alternative energy investment, creating jobs and a new industry sector. The estimated $2 trillion spent on the Iraq war could have been spent on alternative energy investment, creating jobs and a new industry sector.

]]> By: cynical ex-hippie http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/comment-page-1/#comment-385930 cynical ex-hippie Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:38:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/#comment-385930 The Manhattan Project for New Energy. Yes, we've been beating that drum, and Republicans just won't pull their fingers out of their ears. Seriously, there are only a few options long term: 1) We pursue the MPfNE and have energy indefinitely 2) Another nation (or Union of nations) does it and we buy it from them 3) Nobody does it, and we go back to an agrarian society in 100 years. Permanently. Research requires energy. No energy, no energy experiments. History will record us as the world's biggest a-holes. The Manhattan Project for New Energy. Yes, we’ve been beating that drum, and Republicans just won’t pull their fingers out of their ears.

Seriously, there are only a few options long term:

1) We pursue the MPfNE and have energy indefinitely
2) Another nation (or Union of nations) does it and we buy it from them
3) Nobody does it, and we go back to an agrarian society in 100 years. Permanently. Research requires energy. No energy, no energy experiments. History will record us as the world’s biggest a-holes.

]]> By: ElectricBassPlayer http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/comment-page-1/#comment-385899 ElectricBassPlayer Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:25:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/#comment-385899 #31. "Where is our Manhattan project for new sources of energy." Bingo. If we don't do it, someone else will. Do we really want the Chinese, say, to develop a new efficient source of energy? Or us? It's a national security issue. #31. “Where is our Manhattan project for new sources of energy.”

Bingo.

If we don’t do it, someone else will. Do we really want the Chinese, say, to develop a new efficient source of energy? Or us?

It’s a national security issue.

]]> By: Christine Bastian http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/comment-page-1/#comment-385858 Christine Bastian Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:08:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/#comment-385858 No swimming or tennis, but how about a little golf in Scotland? No swimming or tennis, but how about a little golf in Scotland?

]]> By: Zookeeper http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/comment-page-1/#comment-385855 Zookeeper Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:07:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/#comment-385855 #29 - He's got marbles? #29 – He’s got marbles?

]]> By: Optimist http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/comment-page-1/#comment-385854 Optimist Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:07:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/#comment-385854 After observing Mr. Stevens over the last few months two words come to mind - "Competency Hearing" After observing Mr. Stevens over the last few months two words come to mind – “Competency Hearing”

]]> By: hotfroggy+ http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/comment-page-1/#comment-385852 hotfroggy+ Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:06:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/#comment-385852 more profits, more oil, more backdoor favors, more corporate control of congress, just keep voting GOP.... they want more and will take it! alito in the supreme court puts the neocons in control of all three powers. guess whos gonna get more? guess ol' ted doesn't like that he's not on the more list! WWWWWAAAAAHHHH! more profits, more oil, more backdoor favors, more corporate control of congress, just keep voting GOP…. they want more and will take it! alito in the supreme court puts the neocons in control of all three powers. guess whos gonna get more? guess ol’ ted doesn’t like that he’s not on the more list! WWWWWAAAAAHHHH!

]]> By: bzl http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/comment-page-1/#comment-385837 bzl Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:00:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/#comment-385837 boo hoo boo hoo

]]> By: For Truth http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/comment-page-1/#comment-385832 For Truth Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:58:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/#comment-385832 Someone wrote that Ron planned on getting the drilling through, and then suing under Alaska state law to take all of it for his own state. Also this has been his pet project for longer than I have probably been alive, which likely helps him get voted back in each time. Someone wrote that Ron planned on getting the drilling through, and then suing under Alaska state law to take all of it for his own state. Also this has been his pet project for longer than I have probably been alive, which likely helps him get voted back in each time.

]]> By: For Truth http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/comment-page-1/#comment-385822 For Truth Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:53:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/#comment-385822 #15, Yes I remember when I was a kid in the early 70's, the Volkswagon Rabbit got 50 miles per gallon. What happened? I bet I can guess. #15,

Yes I remember when I was a kid in the early 70’s, the Volkswagon Rabbit got 50 miles per gallon. What happened? I bet I can guess.

]]> By: good vibes http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/comment-page-1/#comment-385809 good vibes Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:49:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/#comment-385809 Hey Ron we only have one livable, drinkable planet that we know of. Why are you in such a hurry to destroy her? Where is our Manhattan project for new sources of energy. We must ween ourselves from fossil fuel addiction Hey Ron we only have one livable, drinkable planet that we know of. Why are you in such a hurry to destroy her? Where is our Manhattan project for new sources of energy. We must ween ourselves from fossil fuel addiction

]]> By: Opie http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/comment-page-1/#comment-385776 Opie Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:38:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/10/arctic-cold-shoulder/#comment-385776 Stevens, who's 82 years old and been in the Senate for 36 years, doesn't like sharing his marbles. Stevens, who’s 82 years old and been in the Senate for 36 years, doesn’t like sharing his marbles.

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