From the Desk of Jonathan Travers:
During my research, I came across the new Theme Song for the Dull, Dimwitted Dorchester NIMBYS who are against MAPP. Even though they really have no clue of what reality is……They Are Against It!!!!
Enjoy and I have placed the words below so you too may sing along!!
I don't know what they have to say,
It makes no difference anyway,
Whatever it is, I'm against it.
No matter what it is or who commenced it,
I'm against it.
Your proposition may be good,
But let's have one thing understood,
Whatever it is, I'm against it.
And even when you've changed it or condensed it,
I'm against it.
I'm opposed to it,
On general principle, I'm opposed to it.
[chorus] He's opposed to it.
In fact, indeed, that he's opposed to it!
For months before my son was born,
I used to yell from night to morn,
Whatever it is, I'm against it.
And I've kept yelling since I first commenced it,
I'm against it!
Showing posts with label opponents to MAPP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label opponents to MAPP. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
The Fanatical Fallacy Of The Citizens Advisory Committee
I attended a MAPP meeting in the first part of December that was held in Cambridge. The purpose of the meeting was for the Citizens of Dorchester to have their informed input with the direction and construction of the MAPP transmission power line.
Well the meeting started out well with the moderators getting input from everyone on the appointed committee, those from Delmarva Power, and other informed people on the subject.
The exercise was the type that most large corporation use to first, identify issues “pro and con,” discuss and recommend the solution that best addresses the task at hand. This exercise has served many large corporations well giving them the best direction to take their business plan.
The problem started though when the target was being narrowed down to which route MAPP should take, and it appeared that the “Choptank River Route,” was being identified as the solution to MAPP's and the citizens of Dorchester’s best interest.
You could see it on the faces of those whom had themselves appointed to the Citizens Advisory Committee. It was as if a switch within their brain went from somewhat logical input to instant Whining Mode! Comments such as, “Well I’m not qualified to give the answers or comment on that Choptank River Route because I’m not an engineer! I don’t know enough about the subject to give a recommendation!?!?!? I can’t do that!!?!!
WELL WHY DID YOU NOT PROFESS THIS INCOMPENTENCE BEFORE YOU LET YOUR OWN HUBRIS PRIDE PLACING YOURSELF OR ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDED APPOINTMENT TO THIS COMMETTEE!
After everyone else sat there listening, educating themselves on the subject to make an informed decision for themselves, the reality outcome of the meeting was very evident for everyone else at the meeting that those sitting on the “Citizens Advisory Committee” were nothing more than a group that did not want to be part of the problem solving solution but their purpose was nothing more than to represent a bunch of “Nihilistic Whining!”
From my travels around the county and informing Citizens of Dorchester on what happened at the MAPP meeting, it is evident to the majority of the citizens of Dorchester that it is because of these type of people that Dorchester is as far behind the rest of the state in employment, what employment there is has a well below average in monetary pay, education of the population as a whole, and the loss of population from people leaving the county to places better.
News update:
Not only "Trail" but now "Path" has been approved which means the MAPP plan will be approved soon.
On another positive note, I was glad to see Libby Nagel wearing her Mickey Mouse ears demonstrating her “Stupidity Flag” for all to see. Glad I’m getting to you Libby and allowing me to expose you for what you really are. A dullard, dimwitted, dunce, ignorant of any true facts on the MAPP’s subject.
Well the meeting started out well with the moderators getting input from everyone on the appointed committee, those from Delmarva Power, and other informed people on the subject.
The exercise was the type that most large corporation use to first, identify issues “pro and con,” discuss and recommend the solution that best addresses the task at hand. This exercise has served many large corporations well giving them the best direction to take their business plan.
The problem started though when the target was being narrowed down to which route MAPP should take, and it appeared that the “Choptank River Route,” was being identified as the solution to MAPP's and the citizens of Dorchester’s best interest.
You could see it on the faces of those whom had themselves appointed to the Citizens Advisory Committee. It was as if a switch within their brain went from somewhat logical input to instant Whining Mode! Comments such as, “Well I’m not qualified to give the answers or comment on that Choptank River Route because I’m not an engineer! I don’t know enough about the subject to give a recommendation!?!?!? I can’t do that!!?!!
WELL WHY DID YOU NOT PROFESS THIS INCOMPENTENCE BEFORE YOU LET YOUR OWN HUBRIS PRIDE PLACING YOURSELF OR ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDED APPOINTMENT TO THIS COMMETTEE!
After everyone else sat there listening, educating themselves on the subject to make an informed decision for themselves, the reality outcome of the meeting was very evident for everyone else at the meeting that those sitting on the “Citizens Advisory Committee” were nothing more than a group that did not want to be part of the problem solving solution but their purpose was nothing more than to represent a bunch of “Nihilistic Whining!”
From my travels around the county and informing Citizens of Dorchester on what happened at the MAPP meeting, it is evident to the majority of the citizens of Dorchester that it is because of these type of people that Dorchester is as far behind the rest of the state in employment, what employment there is has a well below average in monetary pay, education of the population as a whole, and the loss of population from people leaving the county to places better.
News update:
Not only "Trail" but now "Path" has been approved which means the MAPP plan will be approved soon.
On another positive note, I was glad to see Libby Nagel wearing her Mickey Mouse ears demonstrating her “Stupidity Flag” for all to see. Glad I’m getting to you Libby and allowing me to expose you for what you really are. A dullard, dimwitted, dunce, ignorant of any true facts on the MAPP’s subject.
Friday, July 31, 2009
The Truth of MAPP's Opponents
"All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed.
Second, it is violently opposed.
Third, it is accepted as being self-evident."
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)
With this posting is where the fun begins. Now that the opponents to MAPP have been exposed as trying to pass on misleading arguments that are weak at best, and the ONLY means at their disposal for their opposition, it has come to my attention that the opposition is now trying to discredit the editor of Jonathan Travers Chronicles. Many people know and have heard the old adage, “If you cannot attach and counter argue the message, attack the messenger!!”
I have listed some of my favorites below:
1. There are those who say that the editor is a paid writer by Pepco.
Answer: While I take this as quite a complement as the litmus test to the quality of my writing, I have to say that this is not accurate in anyway, shape, or form. I sincerely thank you for the adulation though.
2. The opposition is questioning why I have only written about MAPPs and no other news.
Answer: This IS the most important and current NEWS that has the largest potential effect on local issues. If the citizens of Delmarva allow these weak and misleading arguments to jeopardize the quality and reliability of our electric power supply, then we all will suffer economically in so many ways emulating a third world country.
3. The opposition is also making speculative comments that the editor of the Jonathan Travers Chronicles is looking to gain personally from the new transmission line.
Answer: The only gain that the editor of Jonathan Travers Chronicles could ever receive is the same as everyone…..reliable and sustainable quality electric power replacing what will soon be lost.
So I will reiterate the important facts again for summation:
1. Most of the power that the Delmarva Peninsula has access to now is generated in the Philadelphia / Wilmington area. This electric generation is from coal, oil, and a nuclear power plant. The coal and oil power plants are being shut down in this area, much like Indian River coal power plant, so there will be a large loss in available generated electric power.
2. The current demand is greater than what will be left of the generation being produced in this area. To transport rail road cars full of coal or tankers of imported mid-east oil, is not cost effective nor competitive to the electric power generated in the Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, & Ohio where the source of fuel is located. I am speaking of coal and wind generated electric power that is currently available now.
In conclusion, no matter if you go with wind, solar, tidal, coal, oil, or nuclear……you are still going to need the transmission / distribution lines to make it available to where the demand is. This argument is a mute point as far as MAPP transmission line is concerned and the opposition knows this.
That is why the first argument tack is to fill peoples’ heads with incorrect or misleading information based on very little substance. This is why they speak of the "Lost Beauty of Dorchester." Again, all flash and no substance.
The second is to project speculative doubt on the one who is presenting the true facts of the issues that are going to affect the citizens of the Delmarva Peninsula. I have access to the exact same information and data as the people in opposition to MAPP. The exception is I have no problem presenting what the true results are.
First, it is ridiculed.
Second, it is violently opposed.
Third, it is accepted as being self-evident."
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)
With this posting is where the fun begins. Now that the opponents to MAPP have been exposed as trying to pass on misleading arguments that are weak at best, and the ONLY means at their disposal for their opposition, it has come to my attention that the opposition is now trying to discredit the editor of Jonathan Travers Chronicles. Many people know and have heard the old adage, “If you cannot attach and counter argue the message, attack the messenger!!”
I have listed some of my favorites below:
1. There are those who say that the editor is a paid writer by Pepco.
Answer: While I take this as quite a complement as the litmus test to the quality of my writing, I have to say that this is not accurate in anyway, shape, or form. I sincerely thank you for the adulation though.
2. The opposition is questioning why I have only written about MAPPs and no other news.
Answer: This IS the most important and current NEWS that has the largest potential effect on local issues. If the citizens of Delmarva allow these weak and misleading arguments to jeopardize the quality and reliability of our electric power supply, then we all will suffer economically in so many ways emulating a third world country.
3. The opposition is also making speculative comments that the editor of the Jonathan Travers Chronicles is looking to gain personally from the new transmission line.
Answer: The only gain that the editor of Jonathan Travers Chronicles could ever receive is the same as everyone…..reliable and sustainable quality electric power replacing what will soon be lost.
So I will reiterate the important facts again for summation:
1. Most of the power that the Delmarva Peninsula has access to now is generated in the Philadelphia / Wilmington area. This electric generation is from coal, oil, and a nuclear power plant. The coal and oil power plants are being shut down in this area, much like Indian River coal power plant, so there will be a large loss in available generated electric power.
2. The current demand is greater than what will be left of the generation being produced in this area. To transport rail road cars full of coal or tankers of imported mid-east oil, is not cost effective nor competitive to the electric power generated in the Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, & Ohio where the source of fuel is located. I am speaking of coal and wind generated electric power that is currently available now.
In conclusion, no matter if you go with wind, solar, tidal, coal, oil, or nuclear……you are still going to need the transmission / distribution lines to make it available to where the demand is. This argument is a mute point as far as MAPP transmission line is concerned and the opposition knows this.
That is why the first argument tack is to fill peoples’ heads with incorrect or misleading information based on very little substance. This is why they speak of the "Lost Beauty of Dorchester." Again, all flash and no substance.
The second is to project speculative doubt on the one who is presenting the true facts of the issues that are going to affect the citizens of the Delmarva Peninsula. I have access to the exact same information and data as the people in opposition to MAPP. The exception is I have no problem presenting what the true results are.
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