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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:02 PM Original message |
PHOTO: President Carter installed solar panels on top of the White House some 30 years ago. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. That was such a happy day - thanks for the pic! nt |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. Can you imagine... |
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JohnnyBoots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
43. And Ike's warning about the MIC.... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Seems we've been issued several clue cards... |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Interestingly they were both Libras ;-) |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. One of the things I fault Bill Clinton for.... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Solar somethings :) |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. They were solar water heating panels. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 09:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. A large % of the world heats water using solar power. nt |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Excuse me but... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. Because you want it really, really hot? nt |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. OK, so where do you get the hot water from? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 09:04 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. In the Carter WH? From Ham Jordan, obviously. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 09:38 AM Response to Reply #59 |
63. My dealer?! |
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alstephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. Thanks for posting. |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. I wonder how many tax dollars we'd have saved without Republicans. |
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1620rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. And St."ray-gun" had the panels removed as soon as he took office. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
42. At least 9 trillion . .. . |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. And that was over 30 years ago... |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. I consider Carter to be the greatest president of my time |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 07:09 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Too bad Carter wasn't pretty, personable and gregarious enough to overcome the right-wing M$M. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
50. I don't think anyone could during that time period |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
35. My very first Presidential vote |
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keith the dem (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
52. My very first vote...period. |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. Carter had a plan for a better future for all Americans |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. just think of where we would be if Reagan hadn't gotten into office |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Reagan, the "Moral Majority", Reagan "Democrats"....was a real turning point for the US. |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
29. just think of where we would be if Reagan hadn't gotten into office |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. MIC/Financial Executives, that's who. |
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tex-wyo-dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
13. Underscores the difference between progressives and regressives... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 10:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. oh texwyo, thank you for putting that into words for me |
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tex-wyo-dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. you're welcome, Blubear... |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 10:02 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. and he's not a fake christian |
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Moostache (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
33. Ironically, the math is pretty solid... |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. Carter was ahead of the curve in many ways |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
17. Yes, and at the time, 75 percent of Americans believed in Carter and were prepared to take |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
19. thanks for posting |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
20. I can't help but notice that Reagan didn't rise from the dead after three days. Hey Ron, |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
21. Carter panels removed to repair roof leaks. Bush installed different solar panels in 2003- |
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kpominville (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Bush installed on shed for pool |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 10:39 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. - which is why I said "different". However, I'm glad that at least some solar power is in use. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 10:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Any fool can install solar panels for a pool. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
44. "leaks" - they went up in 1979. reagan took them out in 1980. you really think it |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
22. I remember when Reagan removed them. nt |
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oldlib (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
25. My Republican friends... |
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unc70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Carter was and is great, but never commander of nuke sub |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. I agree. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
27. Kicked and recommended. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
36. looking into solar for my mother's home |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. We're looking into solar water heating. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
37. He was very underappreciated and truly a victim of the Great RW conspiracy... |
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mimitabby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
38. Jimmy Carter is my hero |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
39. Some 30 years later, they STILL probably wouldn't have paid for themselves. nt |
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happygoluckytoyou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. I INSTALLED A SOLAR CLOTHES DRYER IN MY BACKYARD...but the wooden pins keep falling off the cord ! ! |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. Nature does not really give a sh*t about human abstract concepts such as "capital." |
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keith the dem (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. In DC, they would have done quite well. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
54. Nonsense. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
57. Yes, because environment be damned as long as it "pays" for itself. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 09:16 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Money is paramount for far too many people. |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
55. He looks like he is warming his hands at the fireplace. |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
56. Substance vs. style. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
60. Pretty much says it all about republicans. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
61. a great picture |
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