Taking a Swing at the King

The Centre Daily Time, an already  weak paper, has been weakened further by the financial crunch facing most newspapers today. Consequently it is unlikely that the paper will report on this story with a local connection. Therefore I bring it to you.

Ten Westmoreland County landowners claim in eight civil lawsuits that they are owed millions of dollars by a State College-based energy company that agreed to lease their properties to tap into the natural gas-rich Marcellus Shale seam, only to back out of the contracts when energy prices plummeted.
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The most recent filing was a class-action lawsuit on July 10 against Rex Energy Corp. in Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court....

The chairman of the board and founder of Rex Energy is Lance Shaner.

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Putting the Stupid in Congress

A little over a week ago the GOP unveiled their new energy plan. Well, new's a little strong;it's built mostly on ideas recycled from Bush/Cheney administration.

Now to be fair, there is a new wrinkle in the plan. The GOP wants to make global warming denial the law of the land.

And our Congressman couldn't be prouder to be part of the GOP braintrust that came up with this garbage.

U.S. Representative Glenn `GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, today joined other members of the GOP American Energy Solutions Working Group to introduce their alternative to the proposed Cap and Trade legislation.

“We have been criticizing strongly the `Cap and Tax’ program being considered. The next step is to propose a viable alternative—and today we do just that,” said Thompson.

GT, helping to putting the stupid in Congress for over five months.

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