Obama blocks Chinese purchase of US wind farms

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• Irony. On so many levels.

  http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/41213d34-0b15-11e2-afb8-00144feabdc0.html#axzz280H83WJ0

• Why on Earth I would someone sell a wind farm? Aren't these the most bestest and most wonderful forms of energy generating things on the planet?

• Until AFTER the election

• holy crap! sell em all the windfarms. let them spend the money to keep them running (at a loss). sell them gm too.

  • Lol, good point. No mention of who they're going to sell them to, or if that's something even on the board yet. I'll withdraw my above-noted approval if it turns out =our= government ends up buying them (any level of it.)

• The wind farm is next to a military base, so I have to actually give him props on this. Now that is done, of course he could have only done it because he's getting so much heat on Bengazigate.

  • My guess is that he did it because one of his cronies wants the property for some reason. The Chinese don't have to bother stealing US technology, the Obama administration will probably sell it to them.

  • Well, regardless of the motivation, I'll join you in giving him credit for doing the right thing. About time, huh?

    • Showing my age, but does anybody remember the Soviet embassy some dumb-ass allowed to be built on a hill above the whole of DC with a gazillion directional antennas? Not that they'd snoop or anything, they're our friend.

      • And there was the Russian office bldg built across the street from NSA.

• There must be a Muslim country that has dibs on 'em.