Middlesex Bans Fracking – A Tad Ironic, Wouldn’t You Say?

Does anyone else see the irony that a place with the word "sex" as part of its name has banned something called "fracking"? (Yes that observation is juvenile, but sometimes you need a bit of juvenile fun.) The story is this: a bunch of hepped up lefties, egged on by the odious and misnamed Food & Water Watch, got enough people to the polls to ban fracking in a place where there isn't any interest in fracking--Middlesex County, NJ. The vote is an empty symbol to be sure, but important all the same because the people of Middlesex County are sending a very loud message to the shale drilling industry: drop dead. Perhaps the good people of Middlesex would like to quit using natural gas to heat their homes, heat their water and cook with--you know, just to be consistent with their "strong beliefs" on fracking--because the majority of their natural gas now comes from fracking. What's that? Not on your life? Take your filthy hand away from that gas shut-off valve! Yeah, hypocrites often operate that way...

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