Examining the Environmental Policies of the Tigh/Roslin Campaign
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 09. 2.08
TreeHugger is presenting the environmental policies of the various candidates for President and today analyses the Saul Tigh/Laura Roslin campaign. The Toaster Team is in Minnesota this week, crashing the Republican convention, and frankly, it is appropriate that they are there as the policies are so similar.
Laura Roslin has such an attractive story, having won Miss Congeniality and Most Likely to Airlock a Cylon while a contestant in the Miss Caprica City Pageant. However her energy policies are a bit harsh, along the lines "Fracking Blast Here, Fracking Blast Now!
Laura Roslin: Energy Reform, Dedicated to Colonial Energy Efficiency
Laura Roslin, who lives in an isolated cabin she built herself, cares about energy. "Tylium is a very important natural resource, and it's a limited resource. We need to drill now on asteroids closer to us so Caprica can finally break free of its reliance on imported tylium from other planets!" Roslin supports drilling in the asteroid belt nearest to Caprica, and believes that alternate energy is still years away. "Our ships need tylium now. The prices are rising, Caprican families are spending half their paychecks fueling their vehicles. Drilling must happen NOW"
Saul Tigh: Tough on Energy Usage
Saul Tigh minces no words when it comes to energy usage: "Gods dammit, cut back or you won't have any energy at all! The Cylons will have it all!" Enough said.
More background on the Tigh/Roslin 2008 website
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What the hell was that?
LA: A parody of a television show.
Thank you, this was awesome!
LOL, I have read this site for a very long time, and I also co-author a blog that tracks news & links for BSG all over the web.
This is the one site I certainly figured I'd NEVER see a BSG mention on. Frakking classic.
BTW, the Tigh/Roslin 2008 webmasters are promising a campaign video will be ready soon...heh.
yep that proves it. this site is 100% for obama
good job being unbias. no wonder the divide keeps getting sharper
o... my... gosh... that is HILARIOUS...!!! LOL
but i doubt that this will mean much to people who don't watch Battlestar Galactica... Which is, unfortunately, most people... :( lol...
this site is 100% for Obama? Hm.... you know there are many people who read TH on a daiy basis who are not from the USA. In fact, dear Lloyd who wrote the post is a Canadian from Torontistan, so it's hardly like he would be a Huffpo or Kossak.
...but since you mention it-- perhaps it would be good to vote for a team who actually believe in anthropogenic climate change. A team who know that the solution to the present oil problems are not ANWAR and more offshore rigs (that won't even come online in the time it takes to mount a hundred wind farms....).
Maybe you are reading into this a little too heavily? it was satire based on a TV show....
and PS: Tricia Helfer just built an off-the-grid eco home in Alberta. beat that!
LMFAO!!!
Conservative here, laughing my ass off!
props for the BSG plug, even if the content is a bit dubious!
Tigh has not been properly vetted: he is a Cylon!!!!!
I'd be shocked if McCain wasn't a cylon!
Great job with the parody, btw. I hope that they are selling t-shirts.