frack you!

i can't believe on c-span today i heard a congressman on the house floor praise the safety of hydraulic fracturing only one day after i saw this story on democracy now!

people in 34 states from colorado to eastern pennsylvania can strike a match and make water from their kitchen faucets burst into flame thanks to this technology for getting oil and natural gas from the ground.

and get this:

the 2005 energy bill, which was pushed through Congress by Dick Cheney, exempted the oil and natural gas industries from the Safe Drinking Water Act.