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Them fraggled rocks bring me

we are stardust — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:09:51 +0000

In reply to And the State of Hawaii does

Them fraggled rocks bring me troubles, bring me pain...

Ahhhhh....now see, Pug? I

we are stardust — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:52:35 +0000

Ahhhhh....now see, Pug? I just had a client...and Ah'm mellow as a fat cat lyin' alllll stretched out in the window seat....natural gas is a benevolent industry...good for colorado...the rich allow us to have jobs and wash their Beemers....ahhhhhhhh....Hawaiiiiii is the new...fly-over country...golf is good...better living thru fracking chemistry.....ahhhoooooooooommm...don't bother the regulators....the market forces will take care of my dusty ass...okay....don't bite the tennis racket that feeds you....i think ah'm catchin' on now, dearrrr..........

And the State of Hawaii does

Obey — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:14:13 +0000

In reply to I think the State of Hawaii

And the State of Hawaii does nothing until the Donald makes them do it. Maybe when he's done with the Birther issue he'll send some of his crack investigators to Colorado and check out this fraggle rock biznus or whatever it is...

I think the State of Hawaii

quinn esq — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:28:04 +0000

In reply to the Feds need to really get

I think the State of Hawaii has to give the Feds special dispensation to make rules on the rest of the mainland.

Which - as you can imagine - takes time.

See what an idiot I am? I

we are stardust — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:24:51 +0000

In reply to the Feds need to really get

See what an idiot I am? I even did the Peeg's catechism, and I still fell right back into my aulde persona.... Bugger!

Don't blame the rich; don't blame the Feds; don't blame the rich; don't blame the Feds...la la la ...aaaaaoooooooommmmmmm.....

Mmmm...I thought it was golf that took all their time. Wellll...except at the Mineral Management Agency in CO....... ;o)

the Feds need to really get

Obey — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:57:50 +0000

In reply to Thanks, Lulu, and thanks for

the Feds need to really get strong.

Well, now. Let's be reasonable here. If the Fed's COULD get strong, they WOULD. But since they aren't strong, they clearly CAN'T. So don't go blaming the poor Feds here. They have an election coming up in a couple of years, and they can't go around doing stuff like verifying and regulating and so on and so forth, because that would be bad for the economy, as we all know. And if you don't know, just ask the Feds. ... If they're still around, that is. Cuz all those scientists and stuff on the Federal payroll welfare, we just can't afford them. Gotta fire them. Make them earrrrrrn their money like good ole small business gas companies and such!

Thanks, Lulu, and thanks for

we are stardust — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:29:52 +0000

In reply to I recently drove a route for

Thanks, Lulu, and thanks for lending it to us. The maps Fox put up with the red dots showing the well pads were staggering visual aids -- for terror. Pretty funny, but Denver teevee aired a fracking panel last night; the two industry flacks were simply grotesqe liars. The female was in her forties and spoke Valley Girl. "That problen wasn't due to fracking per se" was said a little too often... And even the fracking opponents kept asking for transparency on the ffreacking fracking chemicals used, not flat-out demanding that the Halliburton Loophole be shut. Hickenlooper has been fairly good on the issue, but not nearly good enough; and the Feds need to really get strong. (Sure...)

I swear to God I'm not

we are stardust — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:04:31 +0000

In reply to Hey; yer lookin' good there,

I swear to God I'm not posting this... ;o)

Hey; yer lookin' good there,

we are stardust — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:55:02 +0000

In reply to Common sense regulation

Hey; yer lookin' good there, Miguel! Nothin' wrong a little dentistry can't fix. Oh...oh..soory; I see now it's Dubya! Sorry for the momentary confusion...

Deficit reduction. deficit reduction. Deficit reduction... ahh; better than the chant Maharishi gave me in the sixties...ahhh...mellowed me riiiiiigggghhht out. Thanks for that.

Re: 'regulatory fail': ubetchaiam at my.fdl brought some news about biotechs of GMOs writing their own EISes. Neat trick in the name of 'efficiency'!

"So today I come across this article which states “Because the USDA is so bad at doing its job on time, the agency decided to see if anyone else was prepared to do its EIS work instead. And so it looks like the USDA will at least temporarily hand over environmental impact responsibilities to the biotech companies behind GMO crops. The pilot program will allow these companies to conduct their own environmental assessments of crops or outsource the work to contractors.”

So President Obama, why aren’t you calling Secretary Vilsack into your office and demanding an explanation why the USDA is incompetent to regulate per it’s charter and ‘priorities’?

“The USDA won’t actually admit that it’s bad at performing its duties–instead, the agency claims that the move will make the environmental reporting process more timely, efficient, and cost-effective, according to the Federal Register (PDF). No knock on Monsanto, which is surely made up of great, honest people, but if the company has a vested interest in getting one of its crops deregulated, why wouldn’t it try to fudge the numbers on an environmental review? And why wouldn’t its hired contractors do the same? If this wasn’t so dangerous, it would be funny.”

Ain't enough walls to bang our heads against these days, methinks. One way or another The Powers are gonna take it all, comodify it further, and walk away with in briefcases or send it ti the Cayman Islands or Abu Dabi where they hope their islands don't sink or the hurricanes and tornadoes blow them the fuck into the wind.

Thought I'd provide some of

we are stardust — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:45:00 +0000

In reply to White House's Sperling Weighs in on Fracking

Thought I'd provide some of the links I stuck in at fdl for readers wondering about certain questions. This is about a stop in Ohio for Jennifer Granholm's clean energy tour:

This is to Nova's Power Surge program on enery alternatives; it includes nuclear, but...

Dylan Ratigan on America's energy grid.

This is Journey to Planet Earth: Plan B, Mobilizing to Save Civilization (a worthy goal apparently.) Ignore Tom Friedman if you can... it's fantastic, if late...

Colorado stories of fracking misery; plenty of them. Indsustry denies culpability, or will remediate. Mmm-hmmm.