{"id":28069,"date":"2013-12-17T14:53:08","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T19:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=28069"},"modified":"2013-12-18T18:47:51","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T23:47:51","slug":"harvest-the-wind-these-seducers-whispered-a-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2013\/harvest-the-wind-these-seducers-whispered-a-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHarvest the wind,\u201d these seducers whispered (A Poem)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pinocchio_by_blackcyanide_fr-d4kafc3\"<\/p>\n

.<\/span>
\nSold Out By Spin \u2013 A Story of the Wind<\/h2>\n

—Noel Abbott (12\/16\/13)<\/p>\n

They came
\nto this quiet community
\nfirst the smooth talking
\ncarpetbaggers
\nwith their glib promises
\nof abundance
\nof how these machines
\nwould save the world<\/p>\n

\n

The big lies
\ntold with conviction
\nthe big lies<\/p>\n

Then the turbines
\nhuge Industrial Machines<\/p>\n

In between
\na community divided
\npart of the plan<\/p>\n

a war without guns
\nfought with the weapons
\nof treachery, lies, lobbyists, lawyers<\/p>\n

No match for this armada
\nmost small town boards
\nno time to make the wise long-term commitments
\nthat their positions called for<\/p>\n

To go to war with the very landowners
\nwho may have built their towns
\nwho have lived there for generations<\/p>\n

\u201cHarvest the Wind\u201d
\n\u201cFree Cash Crop\u201d
\n\u201cSave Your Farms\u201d
\n\u201cFree Money\u201d
\nthese seducers whispered<\/p>\n

Then the machines
\nwent up
\nand turned the world black
\nfor so many
\na quiet town
\nnow an industrial wasteland
\nfor so many
\nSkies still bright
\nbut darkness in the lives
\nof those affected<\/p>\n

And the invaders
\nmany from foreign lands
\nreaping tax benefits
\nfrom our hard-earned hands
\nwithout our consent
\nand often without our knowledge<\/p>\n

No sleep
\ndizziness
\nheadaches
\nloss of concentration
\npersonality change
\nanger, grief
\nWind Turbine Syndrome<\/p>\n

Too late, the mountains gone
\nskylines gone<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s stop this madness
\nwake up!<\/p>\n

I tell you this
\nthis policy
\ndriven by a triangle of bad laws-lobbyists-vested interest
\nRenewable Portfolio Standards (set by whom?)
\nand tax rebates are reaping the harvest
\nby raping the land<\/p>\n

How could it be
\nthat something so pervasive
\nis suicidal policy?<\/p>\n

Look at war and ask the same question
\nLook for yourself
\neducate yourself
\nto the real facts
\nask these questions:
\nHas one of these Industrial blights
\never meant the removal
\nof a single coal fired, oil fired, nuclear, or gas fired plant?
\nNot!<\/p>\n

Time to wake up
\n\u201cBut we have to do something\u201d
\nthe critics and spin artists counter<\/p>\n

If that something
\nis to drive yourself
\noff the edge of a cliff faster, stop!<\/p>\n

It takes courage
\nto admit
\nthat something so widespread
\nis suicidal policy
\nbut it is<\/p>\n

Energy efficiency will help
\nmore efficient grids will help
\nlocalizing power will help
\nchanging the laws will help<\/p>\n

End this useless suffering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

. Sold Out By Spin \u2013 A Story of the Wind —Noel Abbott (12\/16\/13) They came to this quiet community first the smooth talking carpetbaggers with their glib promises of abundance of how these machines would save the world The big lies told with conviction the big lies Then the turbines huge Industrial Machines In between a community divided part of the plan a war without guns fought with the weapons of treachery, lies, lobbyists, lawyers No match for this armada most small town boards no time to make the wise long-term commitments that their positions called for To go to war with the very landowners who may have built their towns who have lived there for generations \u201cHarvest the Wind\u201d \u201cFree Cash Crop\u201d \u201cSave Your Farms\u201d \u201cFree Money\u201d these seducers whispered Then the machines went up and turned the world black for so many a quiet town now an industrial wasteland for so many Skies still bright but darkness in the lives of those affected And the invaders many from foreign lands reaping tax benefits from our hard-earned hands without our consent and often without our knowledge No sleep dizziness headaches loss of concentration personality change anger, grief Wind Turbine Syndrome Too late, the mountains gone skylines gone Let\u2019s stop this madness wake up! I tell you this this policy driven by a triangle of bad laws-lobbyists-vested interest Renewable Portfolio Standards (set by whom?) and tax rebates are reaping the harvest by raping the land How could it be that something so pervasive is suicidal policy? Look at war and ask the same question Look for yourself educate yourself to the real facts ask these questions: Has one of these Industrial blights ever meant the removal of a single coal fired, oil fired, nuclear, or gas fired plant? Not!Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[157,166,16,173],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28069"}],"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=28069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}