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To: tejek who wrote (617621)	6/27/2011 11:32:21 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578739

I usually don't engage you in extended arguments because you're an idiot. But I'll make an exception in this case. This ranks right up there with solar being more ecologically damaging than fracking. There is no evidence that fracking is, in any way, ecologically damaging. OTOH, we know for a fact that production of solar in significant amounts has an ecological downside. If someone can provide fracking has an ecological downside, at that time I'll be glad to weigh one against the other. But to date, no one has proven fracking to have ever caused significant ecological problems. (There have been a few incidents, but these certainly don't rise to the level of the problems we KNOW exist with large scale adoption of solar energy). Fracking has been used for decades, with 100,000s of wells fracked in Texas alone, and there is no evidence of ecological damage there. Most importantly, nothing in your post even HINTS at corruption, which is what we discussing. Nothing illegal occurred as far as anyone has been able to establish. The Bush-Cheney DOJ actually went so far as to investigate HAL on this matter (Imagine that -- Holder has allowed downright criminals to walk on his watch). The Obama administration has taken corruption to a new level. cbsnews.com The report found that 80 percent of Obama bundlers who raised $500,000 or more for Mr. Obama - many of whom are being asked to do the same for his reelection bid - ended up in "key administration posts," in the words of the White House. More than half of Mr. Obama's ambassador nominees were from this group. One of them, Cynthia Stroum, became U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg; she resigned shortly before the release of a State Department report that deemed her "aggressive, bullying, hostile and intimidating." Mr. Obama's bundlers were also granted White House access - they and their families "account for more than 3,000 White House meetings and visits," according to iWatch. (There were 800 bundler visits to the White House in just the first few months of the administration.) The report also found that "[a]t least 18 other bundlers have ties to businesses poised to profit from government spending to promote clean energy, telecommunications and other key administration priorities." Read more: cbsnews.com These people are just as corrupt as it gets.