Well, it didn't take long to blame Obama for the superbowl blackout:
Department of Energy BRAGGED About Superdome Lighting Before Blackout
While the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers compete to hoist the Vince Lombardi trophy this weekend, eco-friendly fans and city leaders in New Orleans are competing to maximize sustainability practices to the fullest.
To make this the greenest Super Bowl, the New Orleans Host Committee has partnered with fans and the community to offset energy use across the major Super Bowl venues. The exterior of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome features more than 26,000 LED lights on 96 full-color graphic display panels, designed to wash the building in a spectrum of animated colors, patterns and images. The system draws only 10 kilowatts of electricity -- equivalent to the amount of energy used by a small home -- and the lights are expected to last for many years before needing replacement.
If this President's Dept. of Energy gets its way, we will all be using "sustainable" energy systems--just like the City of New Orleans. That way we can add blackouts to the government enforced toilets that don't flush well and light bulbs that take a half an hour to warm up and even then they don't throw off enough light, on to our new green life-styles. Not quite as good as the products we used to have--but selected by our government because they believe they know better than us.
http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2013/02/department-of-energy-bragged-about.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
This is at least the 2nd time I have seen this talked about today in articles about the blackout. Talk about a stretch....
(also here in comments: http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2013/02/super_bowl_xlvii_ravens_beat_49ers_34_31_after_a_record_return_a_blackout.html )
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For much of 2009 I occupied a desk on the 17th floor of an office building overlooking the Superdome. I got to look out my window and watch them reskin the building and refurbish it. Huge job with prefabricated panels being put on - (they had already done the roof). It looked great when they finished, and then when I saw it lit up the first time - wow! 
