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Tag Archives: Marcellus Shale
Stevieslaw: The White Rabbit to the Rescue
Stevieslaw: The White Rabbit to the Rescue Pennsylvania is one of many states still trying to recover economically from the Great Recession. In many ways, our lawmakers are to blame for not being sufficiently “quick on their feet.” Minnesota, for … Continue reading
Stevieslaw: The Casino on the Corner
Stevieslaw: The Casino on the Corner Anti-tax Republicans in the Pennsylvania legislature, who have steadfastly refused to impose additional taxes on Marcellus Shale natural gas production, have an ingenious plan to close the 2 billion dollar revenue gap in the … Continue reading
Posted in gang gang dance, Humor, parody, Uncategorized
Tagged gambling, infrastructure, Marcellus Shale, prostitution
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Stevieslaw: May I Steal That?
Stevieslaw. May I Steal That? As an aspiring writer and poet, I often seek to put words together, that through some mystical balance of sound and sight, transcend the sentence and come alive. It rarely happens. When a member of … Continue reading
Stevieslaw: Inhale, Exhale
Smokey Diamond, our intrepid reporter, had an asthma attack this morning while reading the local newspaper, the CDT. To tell the truth, Smokey and I hadn’t thought much about Marcellus Shale lately, what with the Sandusky thing and the Republican … Continue reading
Posted in gang gang dance, Humor, parody, sleepless in state college
Tagged EPA, Marcellus Shale, PA DEP, smokey diamond, tom lehrer
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Rebranding Pennsylvania
We have just learned that the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will be leasing land and water rights to the Marcellus Shale drillers. The money will go toward a shortfall of some 36 million dollars needed to repair 16 dams … Continue reading
Stevieslaw: Threat Leveling the Marcellus Shale
Smokey and I would like to offer Kudos to our local newspaper, the CDT. Once again they have put two stories together on the front page that were made perfectly for each other. The first is entitled: Ridge: Firms need … Continue reading
StevieslawWonders: Come again, Tom Corbett.
There are signs of high-anxiety in Pennsylvania. Although spring is sprung, the grass has not yet riz and the birdies aren’t. People are taking it hard as well. Many are unkempt, unshaven and uncommunicative. They wander around and mutter to … Continue reading
StevieslawItMakeNoSense: Tom Corbett Babbles like a Blighted Brook. AP Looks On.
Peter Jackson of the Associated Press, reporting in today’s local paper, has Pennsylvania Governor and man of the people, Tom Corbett, assuring citizens that he will “not let them poison the water.” Smokey Diamond, our intrepid reporter, and I would … Continue reading
Stevieslaw’Splainittoyouoncemore: Detaxing the Rich and the Corporate.
With school boards, elected local officials, mayors and governors across the nation getting set to fire your neighbors, relatives and friends, the hardheaded among us are asking once more why the very rich are paying at the lowest tax rate … Continue reading
Newsbriefs You May Have Missed: Fracking for the Foreign Market, or Where Have All the Good Excuses Gone?
Today we learned from Lou Kilzer and Andrew Conte, writing in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (about the Marcellus Shale), that foreign companies are buying up “significant shares of these drilling projects and making plans for facilities to liquefy and ship more … Continue reading
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