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To: bentway who wrote (646312)	2/24/2012 7:21:03 AM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1585144

That's what liberals want.

To: bentway who wrote (646312)	2/24/2012 7:22:16 AM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1585144

Obama's model energy project, Solyndra, leaves environmental mess behind Solyndra abandons efforts to go clean and green Environmental mess left at plant By Jim McElhatton The Washington Times Thursday, February 23, 2012 FILE The empty parking lot of bankrupt solar energy company Solyndra is seen in Fremont, Calif., on Sept. 16, 2011. (Associated Press) Federal officials hailed Solyndra LLC’s plan to create clean energy when they awarded the company more than a half-billion dollars in loans, but the solar-panel maker’s abrupt closure now threatens to leave behind an environmental mess. The company plans on paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to clean up its own property in Fremont, Calif., but a separate leased property in nearby Milpitas sits vacant with barrels of unknown chemicals and lead-contaminated equipment, attorneys for the landlord, iStar CTL I L.P., said in recent bankruptcy court filings. The full extent of the potential environmental problem at the leased Solyndra facility remains unclear. Officials at iStar say in court papers that they were not given the keys to the premises until this month, though Solyndra stopped making its lease payments in September when it filed for bankruptcy protection in Delaware. “There may be environmental, health and safety issues and regulatory violations at the premises based on the materials the debtor has left behind, which consist, in part, of open containers of unidentified chemical waste and lead processing machinery,” iStar attorney Karen Bifferato wrote in a recent court filing. Photographs attached to the iStar court filing provide an inside look at Solyndra’s stripped-down facility after the company hauled away whatever equipment might fetch money at auction. In one picture, two large blue drums are filled with a black substance with no secure lids and covered instead with clear plastic wrap. Another photograph shows a yellow drum about the size of a large garbage can containing a yellow-brown gooey substance. Yet another picture shows a large machine with a metallic tube coming from the top and another tube from the side. Both tubes display the words “lead exhaust.” A smaller sign on the front of the machine says “toxic” next to what appears to be a small skull and crossbones. A large structure outside the facility has the words “Argon Refrigerated Liquid” on its side. Court filings from the landlord also describe a high temperature oven assembly that is connected to an outside collection system, all of which are contaminated with lead. “It is not yet known if the lead contaminated equipment at the iStar premises poses an imminent health problem, and since iStar only recently obtained access … it is in the process of having the lead contamination investigated,” the landlord stated in court papers. At a bankruptcy hearing Wednesday, Ms. Bifferato said the landlord is worried that it will be stuck with “a big mess with potential environmental problems,” including Environmental Protection Agency violations. While Solyndra is paying to clean up its own property in Fremont in hopes of selling it, the company isn’t setting aside enough money to clean up the leased property, Ms. Bifferato said. She argued that Solyndra should set aside funds in the bankruptcy to create an environmental remediation fund to cover the cleanup costs. Solyndra attorneys disagreed, saying it’s not unexpected that Solyndra would pay to clean up its own property because the sale will return money aimed at maximizing the value of the estate. Solyndra has hired outside contractors to help remove scrap and clean up its own Fremont plant. In a motion to hire the vendors, attorneys for the company cited the need to dismantle, decontaminate and dispose of scrap metal, robotic enclosures and other equipment. One company, Catalyst Environmental, will dispose of liquid chemical compounds, including cadmium sulfide, thiourea and hydrochloric acid, all of which were used to help make Solyndra’s solar panels, according to court records. Another contractor will get a base sum of about $140,000 for five weeks of work to provide mechanical demolition of various piping and sheet-metal connections to factory equipment. washingtontimes.com

To: bentway who wrote (646312)	2/24/2012 2:03:50 PM
From: PROLIFE	2 Recommendations Respond to of 1585144

GREAT!!!!! Lesbians don't need to be performing marriages anyway. Let her move to San Francisco.

To: bentway who wrote (646312)	2/24/2012 5:18:39 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1585144

Seriously, who would want her to perform their wedding? .... In other words, she is a homosexual, so she is going to exploit her position of power to stick it to anyone who isn’t, just like Vaughn Walker, the San Franfreakshow judge who initially blocked California’s Proposition moonbattery.com .... Naqamel says: February 24, 2012 at 11:34 am This kind of crap is exactly why we passed a State Constitutional Amendment preventing gay “marriage” here – to stop liberal activist Judges like this rat. ..... son of a preacher man says: February 24, 2012 at 12:49 pm Well at least she is not letting her personal religious convictions get in the way of doing her job. /sarc StanInTexas says: February 24, 2012 at 12:56 pm Good point, SoaPM Do you think she would be hailed as a courageous reformer if she were using her position “to give them a lesson about” the power of prayer in their lives? ....