Why I love Wes Clark!

[Quixote1818]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrTG_amtrhA

[Captain Hilts]

1. Ain't he just grand? nt

[meow mix]

2. nice clip =)

me too!
he always speaks the truth.

[Olney Blue]

3. He had me at "liberal."

:loveya:

[MyNameGoesHere]

4. Has anyone checked on how big his house is yet?

Just saying.

[meow mix]

5. its a nice house.. he's not that wealthy having avoided the profiteering

most generals enjoy

[Clark2008]

6. It's pretty modest, actually.

It's in a REAL neighborhood - down the road from a Target, a 7/11 and a bookstore! It's probably, I'm guessing, about 3,600 square feet (my house is 2,400, so I'm doing a guesstimate based on that). It's gray brick, if I remember correctly, and has columns. It's very upper middle class.

I know you were making a funny, but I wanted to go ahead and let folks know that his house isn't gi-normous or anything.

:)

[Quixote1818]

7. He lived in a trailer most of the time while in the Military

I doubt if he cut down 50,000 trees for his present house.


It's a fair question though. :thumbsup:

[MyNameGoesHere]

17. 50,000 trees= 10,000,000 board foot of lumber

Are your calculations correct? Just an average but still. 50,000. Most mills only produce that much in a year. 50000 trees are you sure?
edit: I mean really visualize 50000 trees stacked up are you really suggesting edwards house used 50000 trees?

[Quixote1818]

18. Not for his house. They cleared out a huge area around the house

for a yard. The exact number that has been posted here on DU is 48,853 trees.

Here is a photo:

[MyNameGoesHere]

20. Hmm dense tree growth comes to

about 300-400 trees per acre. 102 acres makes that about 35000 trees. From the picture it is mostly scrub pine. so the new scandal is what happened to the other 15000 trees? And if i see the photo correct not all the trees have been cleared. But according to freek republic all the trees were devastated and clear cut. Am i missing something?

And by the way there can't be more than 15 acres in that picture. Maybe there is more forrest that is not being shown ?

[Quixote1818]

23. You make a good point

I wouldn't know how to crunch the exact numbers. There is probably about one tree every three feet. It looks pretty dense. 1 acre = 43560 square feet = 4047 sq meters. Wouldn't that mean aprox. 4047 trees per acre? I don't know how many acres were cleared. To total 50,000 trees you would need to clear at least 12 acres???

Not sure if I did that right.

On Edit: Good Fruit Grower Magazine :: Pollination and thinning
In the 1960s, average tree density was about 200. Today, most growers are planting between 600 and 2000 trees per acre, but some are using as many as 5000. ...
www.goodfruit.com/issues.php?article=978&issue=33 - Similar pages

This means a dense forest would have about 5,000 trees per acre.

[MyNameGoesHere]

28. I don't think

it could sustain full growth trees at 4000 per acre. Thesite i looked at was US Geological for the NC area.

[Quixote1818]

21. Delete

[Cameron27]

8. Here's a pic and info:

General Wesley K. Clark:
Little Rock, Arkansas
Style of house: Georgian
Year built: 1967
Square footage: 4,023
Rooms: Unavailable
Bedrooms: Unavailable
Baths: 2 full, one half
Assessed value: $365,450

[meow mix]

9. kick

:applause:

[windbreeze]

11. A southern Gentleman General's home......

absolutely what I would expect him to live in...I can see him being right at home in that house...
windbreeze

[MyNameGoesHere]

14. Wow that's a mansion

compared to my house. And damn look is that a incandescent light in the front? OMG.

edit: I should stop this is too easy

[SPKrazy]

10. He's The Man!

yeah baby!

[Quixote1818]

12. If and when Wes Clark announces, I am going to post this again

Announcement coming in a week or two at the most. :bounce:

[meow mix]

13. leaning is good

i like leaning.
he'll likely say one way or the other before too long.. untill that happens i consider him running.

[knight_of_the_star]

16. Ditto

The moment the General says he's running I'll say, "Reporting for duty SIR!"

[Tom Rinaldo]

15. That's a damn fine video clip

Clark proudly calls himself a Liberal plus gives a solid overview of western civilization, all in about 30 seconds. Off the cuff.

[FrenchieCat]

19. Yes sir-Ee........

And this was said at a time when Bush was trying to shut everyone the F*ck up.

This must have been right after Wes took up for Michael Moore's right to speak on National TeeVee...when so many weren't saying a damn thing!

How quickly we forget!

[Tinksrival]

22. I love an excuse to post this endorsement, thanks!

"Just when the world is being dragged into the death spiral of an unending cycle of violence by a vision-less, coldblooded collection of think-tank warriors goose-stepping their way into the new millennium with a stunning lack of respect for human rights, the environment, or international law, along comes a man with the proven credentials of intelligence, integrity, and courage singularly equipped by his spirit and experience to lead us out of this mess. Don't listen to what the lying liars say about him; listen to what he says. Wesley Clark is a prayer answered."

Kris Kristofferson

[njdemocrat106]

24. I'm hoping he'll throw his proverbial hat into the ring soon...

The man is true presidential material, and I'd be proud to call him my President.

[RiverStone]

25. K&R

WES is my number 1, unless Al jumps in :)


GORE/CLARK or CLARK/OBAMA in 08!

[BlooInBloo]

26. :) His days on DU are numbered. The maniacal mob is done with Clinton and Obama..

... and appears to be almost done with Edwards.

Clark's ticket is sure to be punched soon - probably just have to wait for the first republican hit-piece on him to come out in the MSM. DU will take it from there.

[Quixote1818]

27. Of course, DU has 100,000 members with all kind of opinions

We are going to debate every candidate and every candidate will be praised and attacked. When Clark gets attacked I will defend him if I disagree with the criticism but I won't complain he is being unfairly treated.

[bigtree]

29. He's with Bill Richardson in Nevada today

talking to Democratic party activists


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=71189&mesg_id=71189