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Simple Math wrote on Jan 19, 2008 2:19 PM:

" BA Caveman + Anne D'Wierdo = huge negative number (in excess of -1,000,000,000 to the 100th power)
Conclusion: BA and Anne are way less than zero. "




Anne D'Weirdo wrote on Jan 14, 2008 6:55 PM:

" Let's pray - Tesla, Newton, Gauss, Watt
OMMMM. Next time I see the supernatural invoked I'll have to think you're all too gullible
"




B.A. Caveman wrote on Jan 14, 2008 3:55 PM:

" The last time I prayed for a new G&T system I ended up paying the construction contractor a T$ too. Check out Voltaire and Tesla, they have a lot more useful for keeping your showers hot and your sodas cold. "




Anne D'Weirdo wrote on Jan 14, 2008 3:11 PM:

" I've been called a weirdo and I think it has been implied I'm in some fashion mentally deficient. Well G@d, I guess the truth hurts? "




MEA spin wrote on Jan 13, 2008 11:01 PM:

" To Publius: It is interesting to note that you say only two of three people "demonized" on highway signs are decent people. What's your beef with Lee Jordan? And on what do you base your assertion that DeVilbiss (already rejected by voters for school board) and Dahms (a proven liar) are "honest, caring and ethical"? It appears you haven't really been paying close attention. "No other interest than the public good." What a joke.

Vote Burchell and Kincaid for MEA board. Return the co-op to the people who own it. "




Publius wrote on Jan 13, 2008 7:22 PM:

" In fact moron or idiot will suit as would hypocrite, sinner, liar, thief, glutton, speeder, and too many others to name. The present author is all too willing to concede that the fallen nature, which is common to man, is his wretched estate as well. But thanks be to God that He, through His grace, has recieved yours truly and is not ashamed to associate with him or others of low living. His Love Endures Forever! "




Anonymous blogger wrote on Jan 13, 2008 3:37 PM:

" You're right. Calling Publius a moron is probably an affront to genuine morons. I wonder if "idiot" would have been more appropriate. "




To: To Publius wrote on Jan 13, 2008 1:17 PM:

" How can you read BA Caveman's and Anne D'Weirdo's comments and then call Publius a moron. You, anonymous poster, need to retract your comments.

To Frontiersman: Shame on you for posting those comments. I thought Editors were to review content for offensive statements prior to posting. I can't read anything but offensiveness in the Jan 13, 11:37 AM post about Publius. Being called a "moron" by some anonymous blogger is extremely offensive, in anyone's estimation. The post should be retracted. "




To "Publius" wrote on Jan 13, 2008 11:37 AM:

" With all due respect, sir, you are a moron. I mean that in the best possible way, of course! "




B. A. Caveman wrote on Jan 12, 2008 11:19 AM:

" No one has to worry about strip mining in Jonesville. There's still plenty of coal to be strip mined in Healy. Remember the HCCP debacle? "




Anne D'Weirdo wrote on Jan 12, 2008 11:08 AM:

" Burning coal to make electricity was the best option. How much $ did MEA put into the IRP that is only a history lesson. There is no way in %#$@ that the rates will go down if MEA pursues a G&T system unilaterally "




Publius wrote on Jan 11, 2008 11:38 PM:

" Interesting that AK knows the author is a "kid". It is not stated anywhere in the opinion piece. Maybe AK is the source of the poor "kid's" brainwashing.
The anti-coal people simply are wrong about everything. Coal is the best solution for the valley. Matsu coal means cheap reliable power to heat homes in the winter. The coal will produce many jobs in the valley. Poorer Valley residents will benefit the most. We need to return to the spirit of optimism and strength of our fore-fathers, not this mamby-pamby fear of everything mentality displayed by the Ratepayers group position.
"




AKBorn wrote on Jan 10, 2008 10:27 PM:

" As far as I am concerned, anyone can call me anything they like. I however reserve the right to think it hilarious when something that asinine gets said. He makes me chuckle. As for actual points, it seems pretty pathetic to try to slap around some kid for writing an article you disagree with by asserting with no proof that he is either being self-serving in an attempt to get on the board or he lacks credibility. So either he lacks credibility or he lacks credibility. And he's ranting either way. "




Groaning Aloud wrote on Jan 10, 2008 1:57 PM:

" Would you people please quit crying in here. "He called me a HERETIC." "What's wrong with quoting you about you?" "You left out the word 'if' in that quote." Come on now...this is not serious commentary. You all are just arguing without making any real points. It's like watching O'Rielly when both guests are yelling at each other simultaneously. It's quite irritating, you know? It would be better if you just forget about posting your comments and move on to other articles. "




AKBorn wrote on Jan 10, 2008 12:04 PM:

" I'm a HERETIC now for reading the science? I'm a HERETIC for knowing that "clean coal" still produces all of the pollutants mentioned, and more? Is burning coal an article of faith now? I'm a HERETIC? "




TO PUBLIUS wrote on Jan 10, 2008 12:02 PM:

" So, is your point that he is trying to get on the board if he is dissenting from the board, or is your point that if he isn't running for the board he should sit down and shut up? "




Publius wrote on Jan 9, 2008 12:31 AM:

" "His intentions to mount a campaign to get on the board is transparent. If he doesn't, then all the ranting lacks credibility".
The word "if" in the context of the passage. It is only two rather unimportant letters to the bevy of commentators, but it completes the thought. Misquoting opposing views is a tactic that like-minded robotic knee-jerk reactionaries always use to pervert the ideas that oppose their world-view.
FYI: Coal if the easiest energy to find in the Valley right now. Many clean-burn plants are used in th USA. Your doomsday/disinformation message about clean-burn coal power is downright heretical. "




AKBorn wrote on Jan 8, 2008 10:51 PM:

" Oh, one more thing...I don't think "cogent" is the word you want there. And he did actually quote you, and say that it was you, what more do you want? And more over, why are we arguing about citations in a 100 word comment box? Seems like you don't actually have a real argument, so you want to just attack the people arguing against you. As for coal in the Valley, is there really anything wrong with people saying "Hey, you know, I don't think I want to strip mine the valley and poison my air and water?" "




AKBorn wrote on Jan 8, 2008 10:47 PM:

" Hey Publius, why are you jumping on someone for quoting you in a response to you? You say he didn't properly quote you, but it's word for word the entire sentence you used. "His intentions to mount a campaign to get on the board is transparent." By the way, an intention is transparent. IntentionS ARE transparent. But just being picky on that one. But seriously, its the entire sentence, s what's the beef about? "




Aaron wrote on Jan 8, 2008 10:43 PM:

" Publius, is it really education to show the same lame commercial every night for six months? Do you really think that those commercials were educational? "




Publius wrote on Jan 8, 2008 6:52 PM:

" How intellectually cogent must one be to properly quote an opponents views? Proper citation does not need to quote 98 words, Democritus, but you knew that already.
Educating the public is a proper board function. Using $160,000 to do so is a drop in the budgetary ocean. What a lame critisism to make, and your truly is a fiscal conservative.
Local fuel is the 500 years of coal in the hills of the Matsu. The dwindling supply of Cook-Inlet gas is imported from outside the boro. Coal by any honest measure, is the most economical fuel. "




Democritus wrote on Jan 8, 2008 11:51 AM:

" Ethical - goes right back to the same public process problems. How ethical is it to use member money to pay for PR for the majority board candidate? "




Democritus wrote on Jan 8, 2008 11:49 AM:

" As for board members who respect the owners, look again at the current board majority's policy of deciding first, then running the media campaign to convince the members that their ideas are right, then running a vote where the results are then reinterpreted to mean something completely different from what the people were asked to vote on. How respectful is that? How respectful is it to spend hundreds of thousands of member dollars on lawsuits, ballot initiative attempts, and PR prominently featuring the majority board candidate? How respectful? Answer that please. "




Democritus wrote on Jan 8, 2008 11:44 AM:

" As for Darin's specific comments. Yes, there are several board members who like to make decisions and THEN ask the members. Witness the past years votes on local generation, taken AFTER the power generation plan was announced and after a media campaign to convince the members to vote for local generation and when the vote the board BOUGHT said local generation, those same board members decided that meant coal. Not just local generation, but a specific fuel. Did we ever vote on a fuel source or generation method? No, but we were certainly told that we endorsed the board's plan. "




Democritus wrote on Jan 8, 2008 11:40 AM:

" Publius, how, pray tell, should one quote your entire 98 word comment when responding to it in 100 words or less. I take specific issue with your claim that Darin dissenting is proof that he is planning a run for the board. I don't need to quote the rest of your particular little rant against the Ratepayers, etc to do that. As for actual thinking, how about you try this on for size. MEA's current plan calls for natural gas generation, which Alaska produces. Right now we buy power from Chugach. What expensive fuel are we importing, as you claim? "




Publius wrote on Jan 7, 2008 10:43 PM:

" Democritus should quote my entire statement, but that would require honest rhetoric.
Address the slanderous adjectives used by Mr. Marquardt toward the board. these include:
"board members who sneer"
"people who will respect the member-owners" (the board is contrasted as disrespectful)
we have settled for board members who gloomily rant about the evils of other utilities (the board rants??)
"It’s time for board members who are transparent, open and ethical".(Unethical?)
"It’s time for candidates who believe that you — the member-owners — should decide". (Why elect officers)
Democritus has some actual thinking to do now.
"




Propaganda Reversed wrote on Jan 7, 2008 10:17 PM:

" This "washed-shirt" drivel is as sickening as any of the other side's rantings. Who give's a rip about what you have to say if it's all just smoke blowing somewhere unmentionable. And what I just read is just that and nothing more. Where are the specifics on who on the MEA board is unethical? If someone on that board has done anything unethical, what is it? One of the so-called unethical members is the pastor of a very good church in this valley. I ask you now--AS AN MEA MEMBER--what on Earth has he done that's unethical??? Answer! "




Wild Child wrote on Jan 7, 2008 10:15 PM:

" "Electric Royalty" - WOW - I like that. That hits it home for me :) "




Democritus wrote on Jan 7, 2008 10:55 AM:

" Publius, you demean yourself with baseless comments like "His intentions to mount a campaign to get on the board is transparent" when you have no evidence other than that he disagrees with the path of the current MEA Board, as do thousands of others. If distaste for "business as usual" at our power co-op is proof of intent to run for the board, expect an encyclopedia-sized ballot book. Otherwise, try limiting yourself to facts rather than name calling and baseless claims of what you believe people's motives to be. "




Futurist wrote on Jan 6, 2008 4:44 PM:

" The MEA Board needs to be severely chastized for not providing customers with information on how to live without electricity.

It's coming. Whether by shortage when Chugach is consumed by ML&P or by economic rationing when fuel becomes sufficiently expensive to drive per-kWh rates out of the reach of the average homeowner.

Shame! We should be seeing MEA revenue being spent on preparation education rather than on pie-in-the-sky plans to generate power. "




Publius wrote on Jan 5, 2008 10:05 AM:

" Oh Democritus,arn't you just demeaning those that dissent from your world-view? The MEA Ratepayers Alliance successfully bullied the Matsu Boro board into submission. They had signs along the Palmer-Wasilla that painted pictures of gothic doom about installing a clean-burn coal plant in Palmer while demonizing three people that serve on the board. Two of those people, Devilbiss and Dahms, are honest, caring, and ethical people with no other interests than the public good. These men are extremely intelligent and qualified to make decisions. The adjectives used by Mr. Marquardt to describe these men are abominable and boarder on slander. "




Democritus wrote on Jan 4, 2008 11:51 AM:

" Publius is at it again. More baseless drivel in the form of commentary. And you just assume that anyone criticizing the MEA Board is campaigning to get on it. How intellectually rigorous of you. How insightful. When the candidates are announced on the 15th, will you be apologizing to Darin for that? Of course not. But I am sure that the MEA Ratepayers Alliance are pleased to know that they always get their way. It'll probably come as a surprise to them, but oh well. Demeaning citizens for standing up for what they want...great work. "




MEA member wrote on Jan 3, 2008 8:26 AM:

" Couldn't have said it better myself. I will gladly supply the laundry soap. Vote your MEA ballot! "




Anne D'Weirdo wrote on Jan 2, 2008 2:13 PM:

" "...the company that in 2007 spent more than $160,000 of member-owner dollars on advertisements meant to influence the votes of those member-owners." I think that sounds pretty specific. Those kind of resources could go a long way to make less work the next time the wind blows! "




Publius wrote on Dec 31, 2007 7:58 PM:

" Like other recent submissions by anti-MEA board politicos the author gives nothing but subjective opinions without any specifics. The only comment worth noting is the paranthetical assurance that the author was not trying to sell anything. His intentions to mount a campaign to get on the board is transparent. If he doesn't, then all the ranting lacks credibility.
In life, those doing the most work(MEA)get the most criticism.
MEA Ratepayers-Alliance is a small kabal that always gets its way through intimidation. Instead of cheap local coal we are forced to import expensive fuel for power. Thanks MEA Ratepayers_Alliance! "