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I'm proud to say I'm one of the trolls there. I love to push the buttons of the radical liberals there.

“Soni said about 75 percent of comments are rejected because they contain “unpublishable levels of vitriol.”

That quote is crap and he knows it. Their legions of censors delete posts from the more conservative of us on a regular basis.

They allow their liberal posters to spew as the please, using catchphrases such as monkey-Bush, Bush-Hitler, Teabagger, ect. If a conservative uses any thing to put their messiah, the man behind the curtain, the Great and Wonderful OZbama (I would be deleted for that), in a bad light you get the boot. Any derivative of Liberal like libnut, libtard, Dimocrap, ect, is booted. Republicants, Repugnicans, all good. Obumble, Odumble, booted.

No matter what spin they put on it, Huff-N-Puff, as I refer to it, is an extremely radical liberal ultra-left leaning site, permeated with a wide range of America haters who live in a universe totally bereft of commonsense.

All in all I love to go there just to confront their unbelievable naivety with facts and proof. It really confuses then and sometimes a head might explode. It's fun.

Good line of reasoning. I’d like to see ole Bath House Barry refute this one. But he won’t. Of course with all the Communist sympathizing Professors as Columbia, maybe his addmission was a forgone conclusion. He was being groomed from the get go.

Got that right

Go to bing maps and zoom out as far as you can. Look at the size of Chicago and then look at the size of the Antarctic. It’s like a piss ant in the Lake Michigan. Hardly news worthy unless you have a Global Warming Agenda.

If he’d been wearing a Hoodie he’d have been good.

It’s only a valid request if the United States is dumb enough to comply with it. The U.N. can go the h.e.double hockey sticks.

(The Philosopher’s Song of the University of Walamaloo)

Immanuel Kant was a real piss-ant who was very rarely stable.
Heideggar, Heideggar was a boozy beggar who could think you under the table.
David Hume could out-consume Wilhelm Freidrich Hegel.
And Whittgenstein was a beery swine who was just as sloshed as Schlegel.
There’s nothing Nieizsche couldn’t teach ‘ya ‘bout the raising of the wrist.
Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed.
John Stewart Mill, of his own free will, after half a pint of shanty was particularly ill.
Plato, they say, could stick it away, half a crate of whiskey every day!
Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle,
And Hobbes was fond of his Dram.
And Rene Descartes was a drunken fart:
“I drink, therefore I am.”
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he’s pissed

I just love Monty Python.

Does anyone know if he uses Union workers on his films? Just curious

I don’t know. If a tree falls in the woods....does a bear crap?

Holy Crap! Canada has an army?

An honorable Kennedy.
Who knew?

Right! What would Kennedy’s postion have been if it didn’t involve a family member. Honorable....hardly. Self-serving...you make the call.

I agree, but I’m concerned about your concern.

I agree with your agreement, but I’m concerned by your concern about his concern.

When the U.S.A. ceases to be tolerant there will be screams of Islamaphobia and outrage, but too bad.

Can’t get here soon enough for me.

Forgot to add this. Here is a link from a local paper in the region. Most stories are positive but you will note there are issues.
http://extras.sungazette.com/naturalgas/

This is nice if your one of the lucky ones to benefit from the windfall profits of leasing land. It’ll be easy to take the profits and move away. What about the thousands left behind to clean up the potential mess? Take the money and run. Positive stories from those who stand to benefit. No one thought Wall Street would collapse. We’ll just jump in and profit, with no regard to the outcome. When will we learn our lesson. Caution is not a bad thing.

thackney said:
Every hydro-fracturing operation has MSDS sheets of all the chemicals used. Just because the list of ingredients are not run in the local paper doesn’t mean they are top secret.
After decades of this processes being used, it has never been proved to contaminate water supplies in the actual operation.

Yes, there has been surface spills, just like we get spills of gasoline, pesticides, fertilizers and even milk. Do we stop using all those as well?

Jumperbones said:
Operative words; NEVER BEEN PROVED
That doesn’t mean it’s not a problem and won’t be proven.

This from Penna.

Water Problems in Susquehanna County
Posted: Jan 21, 2009 04:41 PM MST
by Kurt Aaron

Excerpted from the article:

“Some people in Susquehanna County claim all the drilling for natural gas has contaminated their water supply and in some cases, is making them sick.

“This used to make me sick before we had our water fixed. I would turn the water on and these awful vapors would come up,” said Jean Carter.

She and her husband, Ronald, said they had to spend thousands of dollars on a new water treatment system. They’ve lived near Dimock for 44 years and said, until recently, they’ve never had a problem with their well water. They told Cabot Oil and Gas the water problems started after the company started drilling for natural gas in the area.

“They said they absolutely wouldn’t help us with any problems with our water. They said we would have to prove it,” Carter said”

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DEP zeros in on gas tainting water
Tests show source is a formation tapped for energy
Press and Sun Bulletin, Binghamton, NY
January 30, 2009
By Tom Wilber
twilber@gannett.com

Excerpted from the article:

“Natural gas invading at least nine water wells in Dimock Township has
been tracked to the Marcellus Shale or a similar formation being tapped
by drilling crews working in the area.

In an effort to fix the problem, regulators from the state Department of
Environmental Protection have asked Cabot Oil & Gas to vent its natural
gas production wells around the Carter Road area, just south of
Montrose, said Mark Carmon, a spokesman for the agency. The intention is
to give the gas seeping in the ground and collecting in water supplies a
means to escape.”

....

“Tests show gas found in water is “production gas,” Carmon said, meaning it escaped from the kind of geological formation commonly trapped for energy. The state has ruled out the possibility it was the product of organic conditions in shallow ground water that sometimes affect water wells.”

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Natural gas in water wells has N.Y. officials on alert
Pennsylvania homeowners notified of dangers
By Tom Wilber • twilber@gannett.com • Staff Writer • January 25, 2009
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20090125/NEWS01/901250335/1001

Excerpted from the article:

“Natural gas levels found in four water wells in Dimock Township, Pa., could indicate a broader, potentially dangerous problem, and homeowners in that area are being encouraged to vent their wells.

Following an explosion Jan. 1 that shattered an 8-foot cement well cover, four wells with unacceptable levels of natural gas have been taken off-line in the township.

In the past few days, letters and fact sheets were sent to about 20 homeowners south of Montrose, Pa., alerting them to the dangers of gas trapped in wells and encouraging them to vent them, said Pennsylvania Department of Environ-mental Protection spokesman Mark Carmon.

Meanwhile, DEP officials are analyzing tests from about 20 homes in the area to determine whether the gas found in the wells is from natural ground conditions or a byproduct of drilling operations by Cabot Oil & Gas. The Houston-based energy company is drilling dozens of wells more than a mile deep to tap the gas-rich Marcellus Shale formation.”

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“Geological theories
“It’s possible, but not probable, that gas could migrate from the Marcellus Shale to the aquifer 6,000 feet above, said Terry Engelder, a Penn State University geoscientist with expertise in the Marcellus.

“The rock formations in and around the area carry a lot of fractures with them,” he said. “There is a slim possibility that if a company like Cabot came along, man-made fractures in the Marcellus could connect up with other fractures in more shallow units.”

A more likely scenario, he said, is gas from natural sources has been moving through shallow soils for some time, and residents are now just beginning to notice.”

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“Natural gas is not poisonous, so it does not present a drinking hazard, said Diane O’Hora a spokeswoman for the Broome County Department of Health. Combustion is the main concern.

Some are less worried than others.

Raymond Osterhout, a Wind-sor resident, has had gas in his water for years, he said, although there are no natural gas wells anywhere near his property.

To him, it’s more of a novelty than a problem.”

My Comment: While methane is considered non-toxic - much of hat assumption is based on respiration. But even then, methane will displace oxygen and can cause suffocation. Further, little has been studied on its effects in the blood, or as it is processed through major eliminatory organs.

Beyond that, once it is in a household water supply - and if not properly vented - it can accumulate and cause an explosion in hot water heaters, etc.

Further, benzene, toluene, and other toxics accompany methane in unprocessed natural gas.

Jumperbones said:
Chances are that it’s natural and there’s a slim probability that is could be caused by drilling, so what’s the problem with being upfront about what the process is and how it’s accomplished. That is unless the whole story isn’t being told.

I’m all for drilling, but can anyone tell my why it’s so bad to know what chemicals are used in the Fracking process? I’m a Pennsylvanian who lives with the potential of contaminated ground water and reservoirs. I want to know what chemicals are use, and have the potential to harm my quality of life. Is that asking too much? After all big business has such a sparkling record of telling the truth when it comes to profit vs. the public good.(sarc off) It’s easy to disparage Mr. Reid for his actions, and believe me I don’t really care for him, but in this instance, with so much on the line for hundreds of thousands that could be affected, what’s the problem? If you don’t live in these areas and won’t be affected, I guess it’s not a problem for you.

Bloomberg doesn't give a crap. He's a billionaire. He'll abandon the USA for foreign grounds faster than you can spit. He's a rich fat cat liberal in his heart. What the hell does he care about America. He's made his off the backs of the American people. Now it time to screw them and leave. Just like all the uber-rich liberals do. He doesn't care about this country.

Wylam is very intelligent, but not very bright.

My brother married a hispanic(I have conservative hispanic friends).....and her and her family is all about letting govt., do everything for them....actually more for them then for other people who may actually need it...they take advantage...and turned my brother, who turned me on to Rush Limbaugh 16 years ago, into a liberal @$$wipe who now listens to NPR and Pacifica....

go figure.

Funny what that little patch of hair can do to a man.

Aww....go eat some cake. (sarc off)