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Guantanamo Goes Green

By Jeralyn, Section Terror Detainees
Posted on Wed Apr 27, 2005 at 09:43:33 AM EST
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Noah at Defense Tech reports on a new energy-saving program in use at Guantanamo Bay:

Happy belated Earth Day, enemy combatants! You may be staying here at Guantanamo Bay indefinitely. And lawyers might be a bit tricky to come by. But at least we won't be burning up a whole lot of oil to keep the lights on when we force you to stay awake! Nope, now we've got four brand-spanking-new, 275-foot tall wind turbines supplying the power around here, Defense Industry Daily says.

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    Guantanamo Goes Green | 6 comments (6 topical)
    Re: Guantanamo Goes Green (none / 0) (#1)
    by Ernesto Del Mundo on Wed Apr 27, 2005 at 09:55:52 AM EST
    So if the wind is calm for a few days that means the electrodes to the genitals won't be as painful?

    Re: Guantanamo Goes Green (none / 0) (#2)
    by theologicus on Wed Apr 27, 2005 at 10:02:38 AM EST
    Guantanamo aside, Barry Commoner suggested years ago that one way for America to go green would be to work it through the Pentagon. Such is life in a society dominated by the "military-industrial-congressional complex" (Eisenhower's original formulation).

    Re: Guantanamo Goes Green (none / 0) (#3)
    by kdog on Wed Apr 27, 2005 at 10:32:26 AM EST
    Screw the turbines, why don't we just use the detainees as human batteries a la "The Matrix".

    Re: Guantanamo Goes Green (none / 0) (#4)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Apr 27, 2005 at 03:47:36 PM EST
    Er, kdog, they would have to be human first. Currently, and I do mean wind power, they are cardboard cutouts called 'enemies.' That's until they are wrung-out and have been proven innocent by the old witch test. At which point they become cardboard cutouts called 'embarrassments.' That's until the 'wind' power driving the Murdoch Media ignites in a fiery ball that melts Hannity to his plastic chair.

    Re: Guantanamo Goes Green (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Apr 27, 2005 at 04:34:30 PM EST
    This is old news I've have seen these while coming in for landings and on takeoffs at Gitmo for at least eight months. Easy to pick out from the surrounding hills.

    Re: Guantanamo Goes Green (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Apr 27, 2005 at 10:45:52 PM EST
    "Easy to pick out from the surrounding hills. " Not so easy to pick out from the machines who do their master's will, regardless of innocence, human rights, conscience, or honor. A lot of prison guards going to hell by the shortest route.

    Guantanamo Goes Green | 6 comments (6 topical)