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Celebrities are now upset about fracking, the injection of chemicals into the ground to crack rocks to release oil and gas. With everyone saying they want alternatives to foreign oil, I'd think celebrities would love fracking.I'd be wrong. Lady Gaga, Yoko Ono and their group, Artists Against Fracking, don't feel the love. Yoko sang, "Don't frack me!" on TV. Stopping fracking is the latest cause of the silly people. They succeeded in getting scientifically ignorant politicians to ban fracking in New York, Maryland and Vermont.Hollywood gave an Oscar to Gasland, a documentary that suggests fracking will shove gas into...

Imani Temple Renames a Portion of Willow St. as MLK Drive A Lafayette church is making an aggressive move in its support of renaming Willow Street in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Imani Temple unofficially renamed its portion of Willow Street as MLK Drive. That could cause problems for the men and women delivering mail around the city. Sunday at Imani Temple #49, church officials took it upon themselves to place a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive street sign in front of the sanctuary. Church leaders say they expect things like postal service to still be delivered...

I've been driven to post my first vanity by the out and out disgusting behavior of Chris Matthews and Don Imus. Matthews gave full rein today to 4 9/11 widows spouting conspiracy theories...he even said that VP Cheney should be given sodium pentathol before his Commission testimony. Imus has become unwatchable. He has gone far beyond humor in his insults of President Bush - far beyond. So, here's the deal... the only way we can hurt MSNBC's ratings is by boycotting them ourselves. I'm willing to donate 25 cents to FR for every boycott pledgee on this thread - my...