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March of the wind farm in doubt on a divided island
If it means ruining things that are nice, for instance creating super pylons to go through the Highlands, then that must stop.If an area can't support its people from indigenous resource, then we have to ask why people stay there and why they would turn this down. If no-one visits there and if it is bleak and the energy can be transported without ruining areas of natural beauty, then do it. .
SFGate: World Views
And here comes Blair now, making a confident pitch to become the first-ever president of the European Union. It's a new, potentially high-profile, influential position - and he wants it. In fact, the recent convert to Roman Catholicism seems to covet it. The position of president of the E.U. was "outlined in [a] treaty signed by the [organization's] 27 member states at the end of last year." It will "replace the current system, whereby each country assumes the rotating presidency [of the E.U.] for six months. The job, a two-and-a-half-year term, will be up for grabs in 2009 if the bloc's 27 member states can keep to their timetable and individually ratify the treaty over the next year." Meanwhile, Blair appears to be the first well-known politician who has begun to publicly position himself for consideration for the job.
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