Comments for The Checks and Balances Project http://checksandbalancesproject.org Holding government officials, lobbyists and corporate management accountable to the public Fri, 10 May 2013 16:47:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on ALEC’s Most Wanted: Exposing a front group for fossil fuel interests (and other corporations) by balicon http://checksandbalancesproject.org/2013/05/10/alecs-most-wanted-exposing-a-front-group-for-fossil-fuel-interests-and-other-corporations/comment-page-1/#comment-3302 Fri, 10 May 2013 16:47:54 +0000 http://checksandbalancesproject.org/?p=3365#comment-3302 How can I get on that list? Oops, I just did! Keep up the brave work exposing the most insidious semi-secret fraternity of proto- fascist freaks.

]]> Comment on Nina Pierpont: Discredited Time and Time Again by Blair Donaldson http://checksandbalancesproject.org/2011/06/10/nina-pierpont/comment-page-1/#comment-1808 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:03:40 +0000 http://checksandbalancesproject.org/?p=1053#comment-1808 Elliott, what are your qualifications to speak on the matter? Why are you not equally critical of Sarah Laurie for parading around the countryside worrying people unnecessarily when she doesn’t understand anything about the science of sound and confuses the terminology? Your selective criticism says a lot about your lack of objectivity.

]]> Comment on Nina Pierpont: Discredited Time and Time Again by Blair Donaldson http://checksandbalancesproject.org/2011/06/10/nina-pierpont/comment-page-1/#comment-1802 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 06:01:35 +0000 http://checksandbalancesproject.org/?p=1053#comment-1802 Get real Sam, try a little research of your own to find out exactly where Pierpoint, Laurie and other anti-wind cranks are coming from. If they were truly serious about their claims and had any respect for honesty, why would they practice such shabby methodology and break every rule of science regarding research? They rely on nothing more than anecdote which anybody with even a remote interest in science knows does not constitute evidence.

]]> Comment on Nina Pierpont: Discredited Time and Time Again by Mike Barnard http://checksandbalancesproject.org/2011/06/10/nina-pierpont/comment-page-1/#comment-1801 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:55:12 +0000 http://checksandbalancesproject.org/?p=1053#comment-1801 Ms. Pierpont is merely a person who hated the thought of their local area changing when a wind farm was proposed. Together with her husband, the obscenity-promoting Calvin Luther Martin (he wrote and promotes a potty-mouthed little diatribe about how to fight wind farms and tells people to use obscenities because being polite doesn’t work), they became local anti-wind activists. Their egos were satiated by the attention of the tiny minority they came in contact with, and they decided to live entirely inside the echo chamber. Logic, facts and deeply credible peer-reviewed studies finding no issues bounce off.

This led to her quite awful ‘study’ and it’s quite awful outcome, the Wind Turbine Syndrome book.

For more on Ms. Pierpont’s book, read the Amazon.com comments on it (top 5 rated reviews call it BS) and this: http://www.quora.com/Wind-Power/Is-Dr-Nina-Pierpoints-Wind-Turbine-Syndrome-a-real-medical-syndrome-caused-by-wind-turbines/answer/Mike-Barnard

]]> Comment on Confessions of a Coal Lobbyist by PolluterWatch http://checksandbalancesproject.org/2012/11/16/confessions-of-a-coal-lobbyist/comment-page-1/#comment-1782 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:37:00 +0000 http://checksandbalancesproject.org/?p=2566#comment-1782 Wow, what a load of garbage! Holmstead clearly doesn’t want to own up to the lives lost by delaying mercury pollution controls on power plants for eight full years. This happened right after Holmstead was interrupted on stage (video here):

http://www.polluterwatch.com/blog/video-coal-polluter-lobbyist-confronted-energy-event

]]> Comment on Confessions of a Coal Lobbyist by Alex http://checksandbalancesproject.org/2012/11/16/confessions-of-a-coal-lobbyist/comment-page-1/#comment-1781 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:48:01 +0000 http://checksandbalancesproject.org/?p=2566#comment-1781 You do wonderful work – give ‘em hell and keep it up! This inspries the hell out of me.

]]> Comment on Big Oil politicians to ignore facts: U.S. oil production higher under Obama than when Bush left office by haupoa http://checksandbalancesproject.org/2011/10/13/big-oil-politicians-to-ignore-facts-u-s-oil-production-higher-under-obama-than-when-bush-left-office/comment-page-1/#comment-1748 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:56:22 +0000 http://checksandbalancesproject.org/?p=1543#comment-1748 Thank you, this is great info.

]]> Comment on Shut out and bought out by Deena http://checksandbalancesproject.org/2011/05/02/shut-out-and-bought-out/comment-page-1/#comment-1716 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:10:46 +0000 http://checksandbalancesproject.org/?p=797#comment-1716 Your style is really unique in comparison to other folks I
have read stuff from. Thanks for posting when you have the opportunity, Guess I will just
bookmark this site.

]]> Comment on Name that Representative! Republican Study Committee Meets with ALEC by ColorOfChange.org http://checksandbalancesproject.org/2012/09/27/name-that-representative-republican-study-committee-meets-with-alec/comment-page-1/#comment-1681 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:13:16 +0000 http://checksandbalancesproject.org/?p=2439#comment-1681 Photo 1 is Georgia State Senate Majority Leader (and ALEC Treasurer) William “Chip” Rogers (R-21). On the left in Photo 7 is ALEC Executive Director Ron Scheberle.

]]> Comment on Name that Representative! Republican Study Committee Meets with ALEC by Checks And Balances Project http://checksandbalancesproject.org/2012/09/27/name-that-representative-republican-study-committee-meets-with-alec/comment-page-1/#comment-1676 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:37:53 +0000 http://checksandbalancesproject.org/?p=2439#comment-1676 Is photo 2 Senator Cornyn from Texas? h/t Steve Horn

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