Doorbell rang. Two guys selling solar panels stopped "Because of our Bernie poster".

[Spitfire of ATJ]

Had a long talk about Bernie. Real enthusiasm from both of them.

Bottom line: We may get solar installed for free thanks to a limited grant from Warren Buffett.

[itsrobert]

1. I get solar sales people all the time at my door

I guess they don't teach them to look at the roof before they ring the door. 27 panels on my roof.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

2. I guess that would make sense if they were on the back of the house...

Ours would go there. Our front door faces north.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. I was out wearing my Bernie T-shirt today, and had a nice chat about him with one of the grocery

store workers who asked who he was. I gave her a brief synopsis of the points of his platform I figured most likely would apply to her, and she seemed a bit more interested in him, as well as putting two and two together - that he was the guy 'all of her college friends kept talking about'. I also spotted a Bernie bumper sticker on a car in the parking lot, one that also had a high school 'staff parking pass' in the windshield. So a teacher for Bernie, despite any 'endorsements' from above.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

5. Frankly, endorsements from the establishment aren't impressive anyway....

It's like seeing the debates in '08 sponsored by Exxon/Mobil.

[awoke_in_2003]

4. " thanks to a limited grant from Warren Buffett"

I wish he would do this for his employees (I work for a BH company)

[Spitfire of ATJ]

6. I'm in Vegas so solar is a big deal here.

[awoke_in_2003]

9. I'm in Texas...

we get a lot of sun here, but our energy providers like to put up all the road blocks they can.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. Your legislature is inhabited by idjits that think God put oil in the ground to make Texas great.

[awoke_in_2003]

14. Yep. nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

8. I can spot a Republican. They have cooties.

[aidbo]

10. Solar is getting mainstream I guess!

I just heard Glenn Beck hocking it on the radio today!

[The Traveler]

12. So's Democratic Socialism

But I haven't heard Glenn Beck hawking it. (But then, I stay away from Glenn Beck!)

Trav

[aidbo]

13. For me, listening to GB on my way home from work or even Rush sometimes in the morning..

..on the way to work has more to do with my clinical fascination than any fandom or even hate-listening. Most of the time though, its OPB

[Spitfire of ATJ]

15. "Canary in a coal mine" kinda stuff.

[aidbo]

16. with a dash of 'know thy enemy'

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. I used to deal with Conservatives who liked to "teach"....

They were at a total loss at to how someone could listen to Limbaugh and not "see the light".

They kept acting like I would eventually wake up and see the error of my ways.

Keep in mind, this was in the 90s when if you said you were a Liberal the reaction was:

[aidbo]

18. .

[SheilaT]

19. I'm in New Mexico, lots of sun,

great place for solar. I've been told that since my electric bill is fifty dollars or less each month, it wouldn't pay for me to have it.

[Hortensis]

20. I'm in top 10 most conservative counties in the nation.

We never get solar people, and it just wise not to post our beliefs. It's not as if this is a swing state. Lucky you in all respects, Spitfire. Hopefully Buffett's seed money may someday lead to sprouts down here. Our energy cooperative really isn't backwards, just very limited in the kind of change it can effect in this region.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

21. This is why the Right are terrorists.

[Hortensis]

22. ! They're far, far more dangerous and destructive than the Muslim

terrorists they're so paranoid about.