Talk:Robert F. Kennedy Jr./Archive 1

message: does anyone know what's wrong with his voice?
He does a lot of speaking engagements; hence, he experiences periodical bouts of laryngitis.--68.40.194.155 08:23, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
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message: Anybody who keeps their ear to the political grapevine knows damn well that this "battle" has absolutely nothing to do with support or opposition to alternative energy. Some key points:
* Wind farms can be placed anywhere, the wind inland is just as good as the wind on the coast. There is no need to stick them in places where they will be an eyesore.
* Wind farms could be placed 100-200 miles out to sea where it has less of a chance of disturbing fragile ecosystems and is not going to ruin any asthetics.
* Wind farms on private, rural farm land help to supplement family farmers' income, which is very much needed considering the state of the US family farm. Also, windmills fit in more asthetically with an agricultural setting.
* Look at who is behind the admendments to enact this wind farm - Senator Stevens and Representative Young, both of Alaska. Both of these men have terrible environmental voting records and are staunch supporters of drilling in ANWR. It is completely obvious that this is political "punishment" for the Kennedys' outspoaken  and strong opposition to drilling in ANWR.
I think this is noteworthy because one might mistakenly assume that the Kennedys are opposed to wind power and/or are hyppocrites, when in reality they are opposing an attempt to retailiate against them. --Dragon695 19:20, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: First of all, wind farms cannot be placed just anywhere. Look at the map in the wind power article, :Image:US wind power map.gif. The quality of available wind varies enormously by location. The area off the Massachusetts coast stands out as one of the best in the eastern U.S., and probably the best if proximity to energy consumers is factored in. Locating wind farms 100-200 miles out to sea would be much more expensive; the water is deeper and you need long underwater transmission lines to get the power to market. How much in higher electric rates should consumers be forced to pay to protect pristine views at the vacation homes of the rich? Finally Senator Stevens and Rep. Young are not supporting the Cape Wind project, they are helping Kennedy kill it. But you are right about one thing: Stevens and Young do have terrible environmental records.--agr 20:07, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wind turbine battle a red herring 

message: rfk is the typical limosine liberal phony. he speak about global warming and yet me makes money off if the very industry he critisizes. i added this fact. please do not remove it. Keltik31 14:39, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  oil 

message: 82.22.50.242 (talk) 09:56, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: It's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Reactivate your request by setting the answered parameter in the  template back to no. Regards, DesertPipeline (talk) 10:00, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 19 February 2021 

message: The terms "anti-vaccine activist" and "conspiracy theorist" are not references to the man's occupation(s).  They are references to his opinions and political activities; to his personal life.  As someone simply seeking more information about a person, as written the lead bio on Mr. Kennedy was not helpful.
I propose you eliminate the terms "conspiracy theorist" and "anti-vaccine activist" from the prominent position (or any position) as Mr. Kennedy's occupation.  The discussions at length further below on the page detail the article author's views on Mr. Kennedy's personal opinions sufficiently clearly.
--32.211.124.141 (talk) 02:12, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: - You misunderstand the purpose of the article lead, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section. The lead provides an introduction to the article and a summary of its most important contents. To rewrite the lead as you suggest, omitting any reference to Kennedy’s views on, and actions around, the issue of vaccination, would seriously mislead readers, which I’m sure was not your intention. KJP1 (talk) 05:33, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  occupation description