It's a situation that's happened before, but it's aggravating every time it happens: There are some environmental groups in Wyoming who requested documents about fracking from the state's Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, see, and state officials and courts and the governor and everybody have gotten into a contest over who can dive on top of the natural gas companies first, to protect them from the evil interests of "everyone who lives in Wyoming."
But it&#039;s OK, they <a href="http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2013\/02\/13\/co-gov-hickenlooper-admits-to-ritual-like-drinking-of-fracking-fluid\/" target="_blank">drank the chemicals</a> with John Hickenlooper, and you can totally trust that it was exactly the same stuff as they put in the ground because they wouldn&#039;t tell him what was in it either.
ETA: Also too, you can&#039;t fool me:
<blockquote> benzene and xylene and toluene and GiveYouCancer-ene</blockquote>
It&#039;s hard to tell the lesions from the Iraqi childrens&#039; blood.
Look, you use the flaming tap &quot;water&quot; to cauterize your bleeding, oozing face lesions. Problem solved, and you&#039;re welcome!
--Wyoming Department of &quot;Health&quot; &quot;Services&quot;
It means he&#039;s an asshole.
Oh, wait. <i>Everything</i> means he&#039;s an asshole. Nevermind.
Dow Chemical, purveyor of fine animated hard-hatted bathroom cleaner globs, might like a word with you.
But it&#039;s OK, they <a href="http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2013\/02\/13\/co-gov-hickenlooper-admits-to-ritual-like-drinking-of-fracking-fluid\/" target="_blank">drank the chemicals</a> with John Hickenlooper, and you can totally trust that it was exactly the same stuff as they put in the ground because they wouldn&#039;t tell him what was in it either.
ETA: Also too, you can&#039;t fool me:
<blockquote> benzene and xylene and toluene and GiveYouCancer-ene</blockquote>
THEY ARE ALL GiveYouCancer-ene, KATIE!
And wide open like a barn door.
Old Texas saying: &quot;Whiskey&#039;s for drinkin&#039;, water&#039;s for fightin&#039; (over)&quot;.