Political Grapevine: 11/6

" And now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine. New York democratic senator Charles Schumer is asking the Obama administration to block millions of dollars in stimulus aid. From going to a clean energy wind farm in taxes. Because all of the turbines there would be made overseas. Schumer sent a letter to energy secretary Steven you calling the plan. Quote quite troubling. Adding the purpose of the recovery act was to jumpstart the economy to create and save jobs American jobs. If the Texas wind farm project would create an estimated 2000 to 3000 clean energy manufacturing jobs in China. The New York Times reports only about thirty permanent positions would be created in Texas along with 300 temporary jobs. A fact that the liberal daily Kos website is not pleased about. Quote this is a problem -- for watching our tax dollars go to finance companies that set up jobs for people overseas I guarantee guarantee. We're going to see any current support for alternative energy. Dry up fast. Gay rights leaders and advocates are faulting President Obama for the vote in Maine Tuesday to reject legalize gay marriage. The national advocacy group freedom to marry says quote. President Obama miss an opportunity to state his position against this these discriminatory attacks with the clarity and moral imperative that would have helped. In this close fight. Settle statements from the White House are not enough. Gave blogger Andrew Sullivan writes on the Atlantic Obama is treating this civil rights movement the way president Kennedy first treated kids. But we don't need Obama. And finally music fans in Berlin had a painful flashback. As the band U2 found itself in -- rather ironic situation. The band played a free concert Thursday at the city's Brandenburg Gate to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall twenty years ago. 10000 tickets were distributed but in honoring one walls demise of the organizers actually put up another one. Literally a twelve foot high metal fence straight with the white TARP was set up to keep people without a ticket from seeing the concert. Concert goers were not amused one fan saying it's completely ridiculous that they are blocking the view. Some berliners were heard shouting terror down this wall this wall about the U2 concert --"