{"id":22308,"date":"2014-03-22T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-22T19:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=22308"},"modified":"2014-03-22T15:48:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-22T19:48:00","slug":"federal-stimulus-funds-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=22308","title":{"rendered":"Federal Stimulus Funds At Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/Big-Peace\/2014\/03\/21\/2-3-Million-Veterans-Admin-Wind-Turbine-Inoperable-For-Last-18-Months\" target=\"_blank\">Breitbart.com<\/a> posted an article today about a <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Windmill\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Windmill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">windmill<\/a> at the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Veterans Health Administration\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.9009027778,-77.0348238889&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=38.9009027778,-77.0348238889 (Veterans%20Health%20Administration)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Veterans Affairs Medical Center<\/a> in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"St. Cloud, Minnesota\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=45.5538888889,-94.1702777778&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=45.5538888889,-94.1702777778 (St.%20Cloud%2C%20Minnesota)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">St. Cloud, Minnesota<\/a>. The windmill was constructed with $2.3 million in federal <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"American Recovery and Reinvestment Act\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/free-tax-tips-calculators\/tax-help-articles\/General-1040\/American-Recovery-and-Reinvestment-Act.html?action=ga&amp;aid=64646&amp;out=vm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"handrblock\">stimulus funds<\/a> and has been &#8220;inoperable&#8221; for one and half years.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>In the December 2009 buildup to the allotment of stimulus money for the construction of the St. Cloud turbine, an &#8220;administration document&#8221; outlined how &#8220;agencies&#8230; throughout the federal government&#8230; [were] already leading by example toward building a <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Sustainable energy\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.0308333333,-7.62277777778&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=38.0308333333,-7.62277777778 (Sustainable%20energy)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">clean energy<\/a> economy.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Three and a half years later, St. Cloud-based VA public affairs officer Barry Venable said, &#8220;The St. Cloud VA is a hospital, and our focus in on [the] patients and we like to think we treat them our veterans very well here. We are embarrassed that this turbine does not operate as advertised.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The article also notes that no one has even attempted to fix the windmill.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_h.png?x-id=480df132-7adf-4ea8-8aff-6a24406d9a02\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breitbart.com posted an article today about a windmill at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The windmill was constructed with $2.3 million in federal stimulus funds and has been &#8220;inoperable&#8221; for one and half years. 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