[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

The amount of shale gas we have is nothing compared to shale oil and coal (which could be converted to oil).

We have enough resources in the country to be self sufficient for an extremely long time.

[Kahuna]

Yet another reason to dump Dingy Harry. Support Sharron Angle today please! Just $5 or $10 bucks will help.

[Doc91678]

This guy is dangerous. There’s no doubt about that.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Page 404.

How appropriate that on page 404 is the nascent industry potentially killed. Page lost - industry lost.

[Cheetahcat]

This guy is an enemy of the country and must be defeated.

[Qbert]

Hope Sharron Angle pounces on this.

[Drill Thrawl]

"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) added the language last night requiring natural gas drillers to disclose the chemicals they pump into the ground as part of the hydraulic fracturing, or hydro-fracking, process. "

I don't see the problem here. Considering this stuff is poisoning water supplies and contaminating live stock, why shouldn't we know what they are doing?

[danamco]

Ping!!!

[PLD]

SENATOR HARRY REID - JUST LIKE HIS ANCESTORS? Judy Wallman, a professional genealogy researcher in southern California, was doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that Harry (senator (D) from Nevada ) Reid's great-great uncle, Remus Reid, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889. Both Judy and Harry Reid share this common ancestor. The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows in Montana territory. On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this inscription: 'Remus Reid, horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison 1885, escaped 1887, robbed the Montana Flyer six times. Caught by Pinkerton detectives, convicted and hanged in 1889.' So Judy recently e-mailed Senator Harry Reid for information about their mutual great-great uncle. Believe it or not, Harry Reid's staff sent back the following biographical sketch for her genealogy research: 'Remus Reid was a famous cowboy in the Montana Territory . His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets and intimate dealings with the Montana railroad. Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government service, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroad. In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the renowned Pinkerton Detective Agency. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic function held in his honor when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed.' Submitted by Steve H

[jumperbones]

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.

[Smokin' Joe]

This article nails it, imho. Keep in mind that of the top twelve states (economically speaking), eleven are oil and gas producers, many have coal industries as well.

The onshore oil and gas business has been slapped around a little by the Feds so far, by pulling leases and closing aread under development to drilling, but the vast majority of those regions are held privately, and the Feds can only shut down areas of relative prosperity by imposing blanket regulations on an industry which deals with huge variations in local geology. That can only hurt oil and gas development, development generally done safely, with a minimum of environmental disturbance.

That will leave one 'growth' sector in the US--government.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

[OkiMusashi]

Oilpatch Guy here and it’s safe for me to say that....

Harry Reid is a frac-ing idiot.

[Buckeye McFrog]

well I guess since Harry has already wrecked the economy of his own state he is now setting about the task of wrecking it in mine

[esoxmagnum]

I remember reading back when gas was around $5 a gallon, T Boone Pickens was going to push to have natural gas banned from being pulled offshore.

It sounded goofy, because he had all these commercials pushing for natural gas, but one of the commentators (it was either here on FR or another site I visit) made mention that T Boone does not own any offshore stuff, but he owns vast thousands and thousands of inland acreage that he wants government subsidy for, in which to draw from his natural gas wells.

I don’t know if these two are related, and I don’t even remember the details so much of the article, but the jist of it seems related.

I’m sure one of the sharper Freepers will know of the article and more detail of it.

[Candor7]

I bet this will get Harry re-elected!/s

This will finish Harry off.