A cynical gimmick against Cape Wind
OF ALL THE gimmicks that opponents of Cape Wind have resorted to, working with the Wampanoag tribes to protect all of Nantucket Sound for cultural reasons wins the prize for sheer cynicism. The ploy seems intended to drag out the approval process long enough for some other tactic to emerge. But the opponents will have to work hard to find a mechanism for delay as laugh-out-loud bogus as this one.
Yes, you read that correctly. The power players that have blocked the Nantucket Sound wind farm for years have cynically settled on the Wampanoag Indiain tribe as their last great hope for scuttling the unsightly project. The Wampanoags, who you might remember as players in the MA Casino brouhaha a few years back, are being used as pawns and props in a long-running war between the bluebloods and the greenheads.
It's rare when I actually agree with a Globe editorial, and I suspect we're disagreeing for different reasons. It is rather interesting to see the Globe actually take a stand against a recognized minority; apparently they don't mind being racists if it means getting a pet environmental project pushed through. Kennedy was one of the most vocal opponents of the wind farm project, and it's good to see that the opposition hasn't gotten any more serious after his passing.
And isn't it fitting that an energy project opposed by Ted Kennedy centered around moving large masses of air?
That is all.
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I was heavily opposed to the Cape Wind project because it took away the best fishing grounds there were for small commercial boats in our portion of New England, and sold a license to print money for a bunch of smelly hippies from the midwest in exchange. it was the first time ever I was on the same side as The Swimmer... then the New England commercial fishing industry got legislated out of existence thanks to the feds earlier this year. Screw it, it's not like we'll see any savings in our bills just 'cus we're close to the farm, but if Uncle Sugar wants to privatize public property, might as well let it happen.
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