{"id":1813,"date":"2009-02-25T12:26:52","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T17:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2012-02-02T08:08:38","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T13:08:38","slug":"no-nimby-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2009\/no-nimby-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"No NIMBY Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Non-NIMBY<\/a>
\nThe White House, Washington, DC (Donna Marmuscak)<\/span><\/p>\n

—Calvin Luther Martin, PhD<\/span><\/h4>\n


\nNina\u00a0Pierpont tells me she’s interested in knowing if President Obama, a grave and\u00a0intelligent man whom she voted for and even financially supported, would\u00a0give some thought to installing a cluster of 1.5 MW turbines 1500 feet from his back door.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Not such a preposterous idea, when you think about it.\u00a0\u00a0A sort of “do as I do<\/em>” or “follow my example<\/em>” or “nation’s leader<\/em>” demonstration of his own good faith and support for that multi-billion dollar\u00a0renewable energy\u00a0program he just signed into law.<\/span><\/p>\n

Showing Americans–See, the President’s no NIMBY!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Like the\u00a0above snapshot, which could have been taken in any number of communities across America.\u00a0 But, hey, why not the White House?\u00a0 (At least one piddling 1.5 MW on the front lawn?)<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh hell, Barack, shoot the moon. \u00a0A 7 megawatter\u00a0smack in the Rose Garden!\u00a0 Whaddya say?\u00a0 (History will never forget you, trust me.)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"7<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Ballerinas in the sky<\/em>, is what I calls ’em.\u00a0 With that real comforting, calming, soothing\u00a0\u201crefrigerator-like<\/a>” humming 24\/7.\u00a0 Ideal for nodding Sasha and Malia off to sleep at bedtime.\u00a0 Perfect for giving\u00a0you and the missus\u00a0sweet dreams and deep, deeply restful sleep.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\"d'Entremont<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Then there’s that thorn in the flesh, Daniel d’Entremont<\/a>.\u00a0 Now that Daniel’s abandoned his home, he says he’s\u00a0getting a splendid<\/em> night’s sleep.\u00a0 (But, you wanna know the honest truth?\u00a0 Daniel probably made it up, right?\u00a0 I mean, all that moonshine about not sleeping and going nuts in his house<\/em>.\u00a0 He probably just wanted to move the family in with his parents and ditch his old neighbors.\u00a0 Canadian humor.\u00a0 It’s kinda weird, eh?)<\/span><\/p>\n

Still, makes you wonder. \u00a0Would Mr. Obama abandon the White House?<\/em>\u00a0 Would it be, um,\u00a0legal?\u00a0 Jeez, could he sell it?\u00a0 Come to think of it, would anyone in his right mind buy it?<\/em>\u00a0 (Barack, no one’s bought Daniel’s house!)\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

On further thought, it’s preposterous to imagine the nation’s First Family getting Wind Turbine Syndrome!\u00a0 Nope.\u00a0 What would the National Institutes of Health do if the President of the United States of America was awakened by “thump thump thump” or a howling “jet noise” every night at 2 am and couldn’t get back to sleep?\u00a0 Plus tinnitus.\u00a0 Ear pressure.\u00a0 Headaches.\u00a0 Nausea.\u00a0 Dizziness.\u00a0 Vertigo.\u00a0 Visual blurring.\u00a0 Tachycardia.\u00a0 Irritability.\u00a0 Panic attacks.\u00a0 Cognitive and memory impairment.\u00a0 Impossible!<\/em>\u00a0 And the incoming Portuguese Water Dog peeing on those lovely carpets and howling all night.\u00a0 Impossible!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

“Change you can believe in.”<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wind turbines in his own backyard.\u00a0 It’s worth suggesting, isnt’ it?\u00a0 I mean, the guy who dreamed up that line and parlayed it into the White House—maybe he’d go for it!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are wondering if President Obama would give some thought to installing a cluster of 1.5 MW turbines 1500 feet from his back door. Not such a preposterous idea, when you think about it. A sort of “do as I do” or “follow my example” or “nation’s leader” demonstration of his own good faith and support for that multi-billion dollar renewable energy program he just signed into law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[166],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}