Opinion

I sit, and read, and listen to the roar

Of passing gas trucks up on forty-four;

I fret and fume about my fractured fate,

About the greed and graft in my home state.

That Pennsylvania’s Representatives

Care more for moneymaking than what lives

Makes me despair and think that all is lost. more»

Next week the House will debate the governor's Marcellus package that has been introduced by House leadership as HB 1950. At 127 pages, the bill links together a county-collected, optional impact fee changes to gas drilling regulations and redistribution of income from the Oil and Gas Lease Fund. more»

RAPE U. Will Counter Any Effect Of These Nutty Democrats, Socialists, Environmentalists.

A new institution of higher education will open its doors this fall in Williamsport. It is called Reckless Advanced Petrochemical University (or RAPE U.), located on the corner of Shale and Water Streets. The school’s president, Dr. Marcellus Frackenstein, when asked about the college’s mission, replied, “To educate as many fracking people as possible.” more»

Currently enjoying what will apparently be a season-long run at the Millbrook Playhouse in Bald Eagle Township, Clinton County, just west of Lock Haven, the Infinity water truck parade show can apparently be viewed at any time, day or night, 24 hours, 7 days a week, every month of the year. more»

On Friday, June 17, I testified at the Watson Township Zoning Hearing Board meeting in Jersey Shore, arguing against Pennsylvania General Energy’s (PGE’s) request for zoning permission to purchase the Tombs Run Trading Post for use as a truck drop-off of fresh water and a pumping site, the water for their use in hydraulic fracturing at their Marcellus shale gas-pads in the nearby mountains around more»

Source: National Geographic, Google Images

In a Quinnipiac University poll released today, Pennsylvania voters say 63 percent to 30 percent that the economic benefits of drilling outweigh environmental impacts. That shows you who's winning the battle of the press - and it's not us. more»

As a resident of Pine Creek Valley in western Lycoming County, I have witnessed daily the negative effects of the Marcellus shale gas industry “boom” that has blighted my home environment for about a year-and-a-half now. more»

This past Friday, April 8, at the Watson Township Zoning Board Hearing, a standing-room-only crowd witnessed a presentation by Attorney William Carlucci promoting Pennsylvania General Energy Company’s request for special zoning exceptions or variances. more»

Driving up Route 44 in Lycoming County from Jersey Shore to Waterville these days presents the sightseer with the stark, shocking reality of what the heavy (both in weight and numbers) Marcellus Shale gas industry truck traffic has done to this Pine Creek Valley road. A message-flashing sign just south of the Venture Inn warns, “Rough Road” and “12 Miles Ahead.” more»

Plenty of gas, plenty of money.
      
John and Mary Ludlow nestled comfortably together on their $3000 sectional, La-Z-Boy sofa on a bitterly cold January 22nd evening in 2020. Their gas-heated, four-bedroom, three-car-garage home along Spruce Creek excluded winter’s worst blows.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There have been many reports, but no clear consensus, on Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear,” held Oct. 30 in Washington, D.C. So many that, on Nov.11, the comedian - who prides himself on satire, not politics, and rarely gives interviews of his own -- felt the need to sit down and speak with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow to clear up a few things. more»

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Six buses filled to capacity with Tea Baggers (conservative demonstrators bent on giving all elected officials heart burn) were speeding through the predawn darkness headed for the bastion of bureaucracy and vast wasteland of all things political, Washington, D.C. more»

Well partners; Cowboy up! Get along little doggies! And happy trails to me! The Wyoming State Legislature is going to vote on adopting the Cowboy Code in government.

Yeehaw! (Six shooter noise in the background). more»

The budget deal finally hammered out in October required Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) to raise $60 million for the general fund by leasing land for gas drilling. more»

New Year's resolutions often fail to create lasting change in our behavior. But sometimes resolutions that are suggested by others can make that change happen. With that in mind, we have a number of resolutions to suggest that will make Pennsylvania a cleaner and greener place to live, work, and play.
 
Resolutions for the state legislature and the governor: more»

"I,________________, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Mili

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