- Mar 7, 2005
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This is probably only my 2nd or 3rd ever P&N thread, so please be gentle. This is an issue that has finally pissed me off to the point where it looks like I will finally get involved.
Story:
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/20...ll-that-would.html#.U33UBpDD_MI#storylink=cpy
Transalation: STFU hippies! If you pass out leaflets to the public or post on your internet blogs any factual information about what we're doing, your ass is going to jail!
Transalation: Local cities and towns - STFU and stay out of way. You have no voice or any right to decide whether you want this in your town. STFU!
The absolute arrogance and hubris exhibited by the backers of the bill is enabled by the unlimited money in politics post Citizens United. These a-holes are beholden only to money, and they know the average working person is powerless to fight them. So STFU and get out of the way.
I am so dismayed by this. I saw it coming, but now that it's here, I don't even have the satisfaction of I told you so.
Story:
The bill would lift a decades-old ban on horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, allowing regulators to start issuing drilling permits on July 1, 2015.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/20...ll-that-would.html#.U33UBpDD_MI#storylink=cpy
The bill, dubbed The Energy Modernization Act, includes a host of sweeteners to entice energy companies to start drilling here next year, including a trade secret provision that would make North Carolina the only state where it’s a felony to disclose confidential ingredients used in fracking chemicals.
Transalation: STFU hippies! If you pass out leaflets to the public or post on your internet blogs any factual information about what we're doing, your ass is going to jail!
The Energy Modernization Act would prohibit local governments from passing ordinances that are perceived by the energy industry as a hindrance to shale gas exploration.
Transalation: Local cities and towns - STFU and stay out of way. You have no voice or any right to decide whether you want this in your town. STFU!
The absolute arrogance and hubris exhibited by the backers of the bill is enabled by the unlimited money in politics post Citizens United. These a-holes are beholden only to money, and they know the average working person is powerless to fight them. So STFU and get out of the way.
I am so dismayed by this. I saw it coming, but now that it's here, I don't even have the satisfaction of I told you so.
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