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Title: Trump's Boasts Draw Laughs In Scottish Parliament
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wibw.com
URL Source: http://www.wibw.com/nationalnews/he ... tish_Parliament_148970755.html
Published: Apr 26, 2012
Author: staff
Post Date: 2012-04-26 12:41:29 by Ferret Mike
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Views: 3963
Comments: 8
Donald Trump on Wednesday swept into Scotland's parliament to demand the country end plans for an offshore wind farm he fears will spoil the view at his exclusive new $750-million-pound ($1.2-billion) golf resort. In a typically blunt display, the New York property tycoon told an inquiry into renewable energy to stop the wind power efforts in the country's north. "Scotland, if you pursue this policy of these monstrous turbines, Scotland will go broke," he said. "They are ugly, they are noisy and they are dangerous. If Scotland does this, Scotland will be in serious trouble and will lose tourism to places like Ireland, and they are laughing at us." Members of the committee are looking at how achievable the Scottish government's green targets for 2020 are. The plans for 11 200-foot tall wind turbines are part of the government's goal of positioning itself as a leader in renewable energy. When challenged to produce hard evidence about his claims on the negative impact of turbines, Trump said: "I am the evidence, I am a world class expert in tourism." The public gallery burst into laughter. Trump claimed Scottish leader Alex Salmond and his predecessor Jack McConnell gave him verbal assurances a wind farm would not be built off the coast of his resort. "They wanted my money," Trump said. "I was lured into buying the site, after I had spent my money they came and announced the plan. At the time I bought the land I felt confident the wind farm was not going to happen." The inquiry heard that Trump paid 4.5 million pounds ($7.2 million) for the majority of the land eight miles north of Aberdeen in January 2006. The resort is due to open on July 10. There was an irony to Trump's complaints: When Salmond backed Trump's plans for the resort, he was hailed a "great man" by the tycoon. But Trump turned on the leader over plans to put the wind turbine farm off the coast and within view of the golf course. He claims the turbines will ruin the environment and will be bad for tourism. The course was built on sand dunes despite protests from locals and environmentalists. The dunes, which were home to rare wading birds, were bulldozed to make way for the fairways in 2009 and 2010. Scotland's tourism agency said its own research shows 83 percent of UK visitors will not be turned off by turbines. "We are both reassured and encouraged by the findings of our survey which suggest that, at the current time, the overwhelming majority of consumers do not feel wind farms spoil the look of the countryside," said VisitScotland chief Malcolm Roughead. © 2012 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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#1. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
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The public gallery burst into laughter. He's a world-class jackass. If Trump were to produce a valid economic analysis of wind-power, he might have gotten some traction; wind-power is a loser, as every country who has tried to deploy wind-farms can attest. That's why they have to be heavily subsided- they're the power-generation version of the Chevy Volt. Maybe he was having a bad-hair day. To: mcToejam, rat-boy, drippy, Alzheimer Fred, whitesands, t-bird, Trump is a pompous buffoon with a silver spoon in his mouth who was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple. If he was smart, he would support the wind farm to leverage out a positive side to his battle with environmentalists over the rare birds that had lived on the bulldozed sand dunes removed for the course. He could of been the recipient of a public relations plus had he done so that would of helped business at his course and it's public image. Alas, he hates anyone who disagrees with him and this uually brings on epic bouts of pouting and posturing which we all here in the U.S. are very familiar with. This negative image of him over there won't help him nor go way easy. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2135044/Donald-Trump-targeted-pro-turbine-protesters.html#ixzz1t5Kxae6G
That bottom pic is a keeper. LOL
There is balance to that image; he gave static, and received some in return.
Not that it makes a hill of beans, does he have a hair piece or implants?
I find it humorous that Trump discovered (again) that he is nothing but a joke outside of NYC.
It's real. He was on Greta's show and she actually went in and rooted around in it and showed the close-up video. It mostly looks like a dead rodent because he uses lots of hairspray on it to keep it in place because he has very fine hair, like many fair-haired men have. Most of them just keep it a bit shorter whereas Trump goes for the drag queen look.
So the translation of the Scottish laughter was: you're fired. 8^)
To: mcToejam, rat-boy, drippy, Alzheimer Fred, whitesands, t-bird, Trump said: "I am the evidence, I am a world class expert in tourism."
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-- Baghdad Bri-bri -- loonymom, ming, e-type jackoff, goober56, wreck, cal-CON, rabid dog, dummy DwarF, biff, harrowup the communist, and meguro. You're on the "a waste of human flesh" list. Brian S[ocialist], you're a propagandist moron. ALL of you can piss off.
#2. To: Capitalist Eric (#1)
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#3. To: Ferret Mike (#2)
#4. To: Fred Mertz (#3)
#5. To: Ferret Mike (#4)
#6. To: Capitalist Eric (#1)
#7. To: Fred Mertz (#5)
Not that it makes a hill of beans, does he have a hair piece or implants?
#8. To: TooConservative (#6)
I find it humorous that Trump discovered (again) that he is nothing but a joke outside of NYC.
The economy is wonderful!
Re-elect Obama, he'll pay your rent!
A chicken in every pot!
-- Baghdad Bri-bri -- loonymom, ming, e-type jackoff, goober56, wreck, cal-CON, rabid dog, dummy DwarF, biff, harrowup the communist, and meguro. You're on the "a waste of human flesh" list. Brian S[ocialist], you're a propagandist moron. ALL of you can piss off.
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