Home, home on the green

Read the article... my pithy remarks are noted:

Troy -- It was supposed to be a shining example of the green movement -- a completely independent solar-powered house with no gas or electrical hookups.

Seven months ago, officials gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the $900,000 house owned by the city of Troy that was to be used as an educational tool and meeting spot.

But it never opened to the public. And it remains closed.

Frozen pipes during the winter caused $16,000 in damage to floors, and city officials aren't sure when the house at the Troy Community Center will open.

"It's not safe right now, and there's no estimated opening time because it depends on when we can get funding," said Carol Anderson, director of the city's Parks and Recreation Department.

That surprised the Oakland County Planning and Economic Development Department, which advertised tours of the house for its Tuesday Oakland County Green Summit.

"No, I didn't know anything about it," said Steve Huber, spokesman for county planning.

Bret Rasegnan, planning supervisor for the department, said the solar tours have been removed from the finalized agenda for the summit.

"It is disappointing that we can't tour, but the summit will still be of great value. I don't think it's reflective of the technology."

Lawrence Technological University, with help from DTE, mostly paid for the building. Its students built the 800-square-foot home, which was supposed to be livable year-round, free from the grid and churn out enough solar power to support a home-based business and electric vehicle.

Uh, guys. Do you realize that this 800 sq ft house comes in at $1125.00 per sq ft? I mean even in Obamie world, don't you think that is a bit much?

So what caused the flood?

The city says it was a mechanical problem. University officials heard it differently.

Jeff Biegler, superintendent of parks for the city, said the flooding occurred from a glitch in the heater.

"The system was designed to kick a heater on to keep water from freezing," Biegler said. "The heater drew all reserve power out of the battery causing the system to back down and the pipes froze."

Joe Veryser, an associate dean of architecture at the university, said he heard otherwise.

"What I heard repeatedly was that somebody turned off the breaker during the winter and forgot to turn it back on, which caused the pipes to freeze and then break."

You know, for $900,000 you should be able to install a battery with enough reserve to not deplete its charge. And if that isn't what happened then for $900,000 the design team should have enough fail safe systems designed in that some dumb ass can't pop a breaker and walk off.

And did I mention that the price seems well, a bit high??

I bring all this up only to point out that these are the type of things that happen when you let Government design homes, or anything else... And as the man said, "You aint seen anything yet!"

And as someone who spent some time in Moscow back in the late 60's and saw the results there close up, the man is right.

When it comes to green, "You aint seen nothing yet!"

Dark Avenger catches Poker Player in typo!!!

Some of you may have noticed I displayed by ability to make typos on the previous post..."Why am I not surprise..."

It sure is nice to have a secretary... The Dark Avenger wrote:

I dunno, why are you not surprise?

Oh, and I took a screenshot, just for the record.

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I gotta wonder though why he took a screenshot.... If I had corrected it without acknowledging his input, what would he have done?

And I wonder if he picks up cleaning and makes coffee....I mean I DO need a secretary....

You know, blogging sure is fun. You meet so many...well....interesting people..

Why am I not surpriseD?

In 2005, Hitler’s autobiography Mein Kampf was among the top bestsellers in Turkey, behind a book about a Turkish national hero detonating a nuclear bomb in Washington D.C

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And Turkey is a "moderate" Muslim country!

That pretty well sums it up, eh? These folks are not our friends and all Obamie's apologizing and pandering is doing is pumping the radicals up to attack us. If you look weak, they will assume you are weak.

Despotism comes quite natural to Islamic culture. When confronted with the European tradition, many Muslims freely prefer Adolf Hitler to Rembrandt, Michelangelo or Beethoven. Westerners don’t force them to study Mein Kampf more passionately than Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa or Goethe’s Faust; they choose to do so themselves. Millions of (non-Muslim) Asians now study Mozart’s piano pieces. Muslims, on the other hand, like Mr. Hitler more, although he represents one of the most evil ideologies that have ever existed in Europe. The fact that they usually like the Austrian Mr. Hitler more than the Austrian Mr. Mozart speaks volumes about their culture. Koreans, Japanese, Chinese and Middle Eastern Muslims have been confronted with the same body of ideas, yet choose to appropriate radically different elements from it, based upon what is compatible with their own culture.

Suzie Wong gets help

More stuff you couldn't make up....

(CNSNews.com) -- The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAA), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will pay $2.6 million in U.S. tax dollars to train Chinese prostitutes to drink responsibly on the job.

Dr. Xiaoming Li, the researcher conducting the program, is director of the Prevention Research Center at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit.

The grant, made last November, refers to prostitutes as "female sex workers"--or FSW--and their handlers as "gatekeepers."

Names and telephone numbers of US Senators.

Go ahead. Use the link. Give your elected official a call.... Ask him why your local school is having bake sales to raise money while our tax dollars are being spent on Chinese prostitutes... See what he says...

The airport to nowhere...Johnstown, PA

The Federal Aviation Administration, after reviewing concerns about a project at a regional airport named after Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), has decided to go forward with plans to use $800,000 in stimulus funds to repave the airport's alternate runway......

The Washington Post reported last month on more than $150 million in federal funds that Murtha directed to the airport, which has six arriving and departing flights per day. Among the improvements, Murtha directed the Pentagon to give the airport a new, $8 million, state-of-the-art radar tower that has not been used since it was built in 2004, and $30 million for a new runway and tarmac so the airport could handle large military planes and become an emergency military base in case of crisis.

Voelker said the runway is "critical" to Johnstown aircraft because the mountaintop airport is battered by strong winds and needs an alternate landing option for crosswinds.

They have one. It is called Pittsburgh International and it is only 71 miles away.

Airport Link

Now you know why the country is going broke. Giving money to a unindicted co-conspirator will do that to you.

Murtha Link

Sea Power!

The following link will take you to a great web site and some great Navy movies!

I dedicate it to Weeder Gander and the Dark Avenger. Enjoy! Maybe you guys will be reincarnated with the qualifications to join up!

Old Navy Link

Hat tip to Dave T!

Obama's White House waffles over call for Limbuagh's kidneys failing

Hey hey! Limbaugh! We hope your kidneys fail!

Uh, I didn't read the book....

Presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs on Monday was asked for President Barack Obama's reaction to the joke by comic actress Wanda Sykes at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Obama took part in the event.

But I saw the movie...

Repeat after me. The social journalist who asked that question is a highly trained professional who wasn't aware the video of Obamie grinning existed.

Either that or he is so in the tank for Obamie he thought he would give Obamie a way out.

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