I know many families in Texas that have recovered their lost retirement from the payments from the Bartlett Shale. Amazing to watch, especially those families battle hardened by the results of the economic recessions from the boom - bust cycle of the oil business.
Same in PA. And the natural-gas-driven economic recovery is strongest in the areas that need it most desperately.
No, Mr. President, my family and my community cannot “absorb” a terrorist attack. And neither can yours. Yes, our nation is strong and resilient, but terrorist attacks are not something we simply “absorb.” To speak about them in that way displays a shocking lack of empathy for victims and a disturbing absence of the resolve requisite to prevent them.
PA just gave Gov Rendell $300 million in “development” money to spread around on projects like the Murtha Center and the Specter Library. And then the Gov went to D.C. to beg for federal $. Ridiculous.