Er eh, not in my back yahd

Shame on you, Ted Kennedy. You should know that when you're in agreement with Ted Stevens, you might be on the wrong side of an issue.

Opponents of a plan to build the first offshore U.S. wind farm in Nantucket Sound off Massachusetts were a step closer on Friday to blocking the $900 million project.

Backers say the project could generate enough electricity for most of Cape Cod and nearby islands. Opponents include wealthy residents with yachts and shorefront property near the proposed site.

An odd alliance has formed to block the project, including Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and two Alaska Republicans -- Sen. Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Young's spokesman said the senator opposed the project out of concerns it would be unsafe for ships trying to navigate off the Massachusetts coast.

On a clear day, the windmills would be visible from many of the area's resort homes, including the Kennedy family compound in Hyannisport six miles away.

The windmills would be visible by the wealthy from their expensive homes on Martha's Vinyard six miles away, but not from ships close enough to run into them. Right.

"It would be folly for us in Congress to talk about breaking our addiction to foreign oil and, at the same time, pass laws that stymie our own production of clean and renewable energies here at home," Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) said in a statement.

It's hard not to conclude that Kennedy is putting his personal stake in this issue before what's good for the country, and that's not good government, not why he was sent to Washington.