Babes in thongs

What I heard on the radio blew me away 3

I know green has saturated our cultural chatter to the point where it shouldn't be surprising to hear it mentioned ... everywhere. But sometimes I'm still surprised. Like last night: I'm in the car, I'm scanning through the radio, and something catches my ear. And there it is: two DJs shooting the smarmy sh*t about wind power.

The patter went roughly like this: "So North Dakota is building these, these turbines. They're smart. We oughta do that. Rhode Island has the ocean, people. We'd have free energy. We'd have free energy and energy left over to sell. And have ya seen those turbines? They're kinda ... mesmerizing. But I'll tell ya what, we'd have about half the birds we do now. Haw haw haw."

This on a station known best for classic rock anthems, a station whose website features a "local babe in a thong" photo contest ("You must be a local babe in a thong -- no dudes!"). Now that is wicked pissah.

Katharine Wroth is a senior editor at Grist.

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  1. Bob Wallace Posted 9:48 am
    11 Dec 2008

    This low information blurb...Did it push something of value off the front page?
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    amazingdrx Posted 1:45 pm
    11 Dec 2008

    Audobon has put the lie..To that popular talking point against wind.  Maybe the thong contest interfered with these feller's emvironmental news reading?  Just a guess.

    http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin
  3. archigeek Posted 1:38 am
    12 Dec 2008

    I like this... Alot of their listeners are probably people who don't think about FREE electricity. So for these yay-hoos to mention the very realistic and attainable goal of bringing generating capacity to the average homeowner, I can't imagine that's a bad thing. The joke about the birds? Meh...

    The mellotron is your friend.

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