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Smart move, flying in utility service assets with C-17s (Original Post) Ellipsis Oct 2012 OP
Good. That's what the Government should do! gateley Oct 2012 #1
Well, McGuire AFB has some assets for that itsrobert Oct 2012 #2
Lakehurst Naval Air Base is very local too. thecrow Nov 2012 #57
Good ol' Charleston AFB!! TwilightGardener Oct 2012 #3
Post removed Post removed Oct 2012 #4
Puhleese. Are you begrudging disaster relief? TwilightGardener Oct 2012 #6
Wait for it. The follow-up will be something about how much electricity Al Gore uses. DisgustipatedinCA Oct 2012 #7
Hmm, it seems you pre-empted it. TwilightGardener Oct 2012 #8
Im just befuddled by it all anymore NoOneMan Oct 2012 #9
I like a man who knows his own mind Fumesucker Oct 2012 #16
I wonder how much carbon would be produced by driving 60 tons of trucks cross country. Ellipsis Oct 2012 #10
Do they run on alternative fuels? NoOneMan Oct 2012 #14
I like that - How many miles per ounce of narcissism do they get? Ellipsis Oct 2012 #19
. Ellipsis Oct 2012 #22
My fervent hope is that after Prez Obama is re-elected and magical thyme Oct 2012 #15
We can all hope NoOneMan Oct 2012 #17
Enjoy your stay malaise Oct 2012 #27
Are my words not "kosher"? NoOneMan Oct 2012 #30
Frankly, it's the attempted threadjacking that's causing you to be shunned... friendly_iconoclast Oct 2012 #45
UnRec the uncaring unthinking idiotic post. RomneyLies Oct 2012 #23
What am I supposed to be thinking? NoOneMan Oct 2012 #24
Post removed Post removed Oct 2012 #25
By God, I've just seen the light NoOneMan Oct 2012 #28
You did'nt take your super beta prostate pill today did you? Ellipsis Oct 2012 #31
Step away from a straw-man? NoOneMan Oct 2012 #34
Have at it. Why not just post your own OP? Ellipsis Oct 2012 #38
. Ellipsis Oct 2012 #40
...and I'd I bet it would be a very productive thread. You seem to need the discourse. Ellipsis Oct 2012 #44
And now, I [put my first person on ignore RomneyLies Oct 2012 #37
THink with wisdom and don't let the great be the enemy of good or adequate uponit7771 Oct 2012 #32
That's ridiculous. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Zalatix Oct 2012 #33
I don't think you understand NoOneMan Oct 2012 #36
That post was heartless and if there was any justice here your post would be hidden. Zalatix Oct 2012 #39
...and so it was. Ellipsis Oct 2012 #43
San Diego gas and electric is already rolling nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #5
So has Arizona's APS ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2012 #11
WHERE ARE THE FUCKING CANNED GOODS?! Jeff In Milwaukee Oct 2012 #12
Call your nearest Rmoney campaign headquarters. nm rhett o rick Oct 2012 #18
depends on where you live central scrutinizer Oct 2012 #21
Surly ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2012 #13
The truck is on the way malaise Nov 2012 #47
I'm getting pretty damned fucking impressed here lunatica Oct 2012 #20
That makes two of us NNN0LHI Nov 2012 #53
Love it malaise Oct 2012 #26
About time we're using this stuff to save and not kill... Comrade_McKenzie Oct 2012 #29
About time we're using this stuff to save and not kill... +1,000,000! Zalatix Oct 2012 #42
Here, here! Nt a la izquierda Nov 2012 #49
The company I work for is assembling outside DC tonight. We're rolling into NJ tomorrow. Edweird Oct 2012 #35
Are you out of the DC area? No need for specifc info, Ellipsis Oct 2012 #41
We are from Florida. Edweird Nov 2012 #46
What is your company bringing to NJ if you can tell us??? winstars Nov 2012 #48
The men, tools, equipment and experience neccessary to restore electricity. Edweird Nov 2012 #52
Another example of ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #56
I have the greatest respect for your talents Thanks for the response. Ellipsis Nov 2012 #58
Thanks for taking care of my home state. a la izquierda Nov 2012 #50
You're welcome. We got this. We would have been here sooner Edweird Nov 2012 #55
I was a lineman when our trucks were flown to Puerto Rico in 1998 aandegoons Nov 2012 #51
someone very close to me onethatcares Nov 2012 #54
Nice to hear... midnight Nov 2012 #59

Response to Ellipsis (Original post)

 

NoOneMan

(4,795 posts)
9. Im just befuddled by it all anymore
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 05:30 PM
Oct 2012

I sit here in front of a plastic screen ran by energy--which is intended to tell me what energy derived products I must buy with my energy derived debt notes--watching a green-house effect driven storm presented in almost an entertaining light, which is being politicized proactively by two opposing infinite-growth believing parties who want to press every point without formally mentioning the words "global warming" (certainly not in the televised debates). And through all this insanity, we are driven to do whatever we must (on an energy scale) to hold together this energy hungry machine that is poisoning our world; a point paid far less attention then who gets to be at the helm to drive forth the growth we've grown to expect and demand from our economy.

I'm not begrudging disaster relief. My mind is far to arbitrary to do such a thing anymore. Im simply talking shit and celebrating my inability to make sense of anything anymore.

Ellipsis

(9,112 posts)
10. I wonder how much carbon would be produced by driving 60 tons of trucks cross country.
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 05:30 PM
Oct 2012

...just sayin'

 

NoOneMan

(4,795 posts)
14. Do they run on alternative fuels?
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 05:36 PM
Oct 2012

How many miles per ounce of narcissism do they get?

As I was saying, whatever it takes. The show must go on.

 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
15. My fervent hope is that after Prez Obama is re-elected and
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 05:40 PM
Oct 2012

recovery efforts are well underway, we, as a country, will finally have that *serious talk* that has been long overdue since the prescient Pres. Jimmah was replaced by mornin' in merca St. Ronnie.

Right now, I work toward the re-election of the Prez. After the electoral results are ensured, I'll start working on that next step.

 

NoOneMan

(4,795 posts)
17. We can all hope
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 05:48 PM
Oct 2012

Thatd be great. I don't see it. If anything, I see government trying to desperately hold it all together until the last moment, when everything unravels in a seriously bad way. I have no crystal ball

 

NoOneMan

(4,795 posts)
30. Are my words not "kosher"?
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 08:44 PM
Oct 2012

In the wake of the most powerful hurricane in the northern Americas on record, the guy standing in the corner railing against the insanity causing them is the pariah?

Response to NoOneMan (Reply #24)

 

NoOneMan

(4,795 posts)
28. By God, I've just seen the light
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 08:38 PM
Oct 2012

You've challenge the bounds of my Monkeysphere; these are Americans afterall

 

NoOneMan

(4,795 posts)
34. Step away from a straw-man?
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 08:46 PM
Oct 2012

Why? Its ridiculous. Sure, I've used this thread to evoke a very important tangent that is unpleasant to think about. But shouting someone down by calling them inhuman is equally disturbing in its own right.

It seems we can only use events to promote issue discussion if its in a pre-approved way?

 

Zalatix

(8,994 posts)
33. That's ridiculous. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 08:46 PM
Oct 2012

Sure it would be nice to power those C17's with electricity or clean fuels but right now we need to save lives.

 

NoOneMan

(4,795 posts)
36. I don't think you understand
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 08:48 PM
Oct 2012

My post isn't about these planes or this event. Its about the human industrialized machine that marches on, mindlessly, toward our extinction without avail at every opportunity.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
11. So has Arizona's APS ...
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 05:33 PM
Oct 2012

Tucson Electric is waiting to be asked. I guess they don't want to get in the way of the Power companies that are actually doing something.

Jeff In Milwaukee

(13,992 posts)
12. WHERE ARE THE FUCKING CANNED GOODS?!
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 05:36 PM
Oct 2012

Jesus, what's a guy got to do to get a can of Chef Fucking Boyardee around this joint?!

central scrutinizer

(11,609 posts)
21. depends on where you live
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 06:38 PM
Oct 2012

If you are in a blue state, you can go piss up a rope. But if this is a swing state, why, c'mon down and we will trade a can of peas for your X in this here little square.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
13. Surly ...
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 05:36 PM
Oct 2012

the States have the capacity to make this happen! Right, mitt?

Oh, that's right ... the "FEMA Spending/Immoral" narrative was so yesterday.

malaise

(267,455 posts)
47. The truck is on the way
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 05:25 AM
Nov 2012

to 'New Jershey' - Lyan Ryan is driving it - they found something for him to do

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
20. I'm getting pretty damned fucking impressed here
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 06:06 PM
Oct 2012

Three Navy ships and now this? I love it! Can't wait to see what happens next.

 

Comrade_McKenzie

(2,526 posts)
29. About time we're using this stuff to save and not kill...
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 08:40 PM
Oct 2012

Also: Fuck anyone that has a problem with it. That's just insane.

winstars

(4,213 posts)
48. What is your company bringing to NJ if you can tell us???
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 05:57 AM
Nov 2012

I am hoping that Thursday brings a scene similar to when the National Guard finally arrived in force in NOLA with Gen. Honore. Now that was a moment (finally) of national pride... "I SAID WEAPONS DOWN"

Our government in action...helping Americans...

Our private sector in action...helping Americans...

 

Edweird

(8,570 posts)
52. The men, tools, equipment and experience neccessary to restore electricity.
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 07:35 AM
Nov 2012

We do it all from high line transmission to distribution. I work for a HUGE contractor that is highly regarded.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
56. Another example of ...
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 11:20 AM
Nov 2012

those damned unions bleeding the country dry! [SARCASM}

Thanks from a unaffected, but touched American.

 

Edweird

(8,570 posts)
55. You're welcome. We got this. We would have been here sooner
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 07:40 AM
Nov 2012

but the utility we were working for in Florida wouldn't release us until the last minute.

aandegoons

(473 posts)
51. I was a lineman when our trucks were flown to Puerto Rico in 1998
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 06:15 AM
Nov 2012

They flew the bucket trucks down on a big Russian plane and we flew down after. We rotated in two week shifts. Man it was hot down there. I don't remember the type of plane but it was big enough to put two bucket trucks side by side on it.

Our crews now are mostly in Long Island.

onethatcares

(16,119 posts)
54. someone very close to me
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 07:38 AM
Nov 2012

teaches loading those things. It's an amazing thing to keep them in balance.

What better way to use the tools of war?

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