{"id":43833,"date":"2014-07-25T10:32:03","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T16:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/25\/why-yes-all-fracking-opponents-are-idiots-i-believe-it-now.html"},"modified":"2014-07-29T13:24:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T19:24:49","slug":"why-yes-all-fracking-opponents-are-idiots-i-believe-it-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/25\/why-yes-all-fracking-opponents-are-idiots-i-believe-it-now.html","title":{"rendered":"Why, yes, all fracking opponents are idiots, I believe it now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">Lovely ad by &quot;Environmental Policy Alliance&quot; (about more here <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php\/Environmental_Policy_Alliance\">http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php\/Environmental_Policy_Alliance<\/a>) that basically calls people opposed to fracking gullible idjits and basement-dwelling losers. \u00a0Except for the ones that are young, street-protesting radicals.<\/p>\n<p>Though what really gets me is the visual diss of &quot;Firefly&quot;. \u00a0_Now they have gone too far._<\/p>\n<p>Okay, so political ads that make fun of the other side, dredge up dubious assertions, and pretend to be from non-partisan or even beneficent organizations (&quot;But they Environmental Policy Alliance as trees in its logo! It must be a bunch of nice people who love the environment!&quot;) are nothing new. But, c&#39;mon &#8212; there are enough people in the state of Colorado who have grave doubts or opposition to fracking that simply identifying them all as buffoons seems more likely to stir up further opposition. An ad like this is clearly aimed at encouraging the base who already support the sentiment (&quot;Hey, Larry, did you see that commercial about those stupid anti-frackers? Hi-larious!&quot;), but by being too irritating they run the risk of engendering the other side to more vigorous action.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the only thing I find more irritating than this ad is the <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/111267716732125387127\" oid=\"111267716732125387127\">The Denver Post<\/a><\/span>&#39;s new new &quot;You&#39;ve exceeded your free article views this month&quot; message, which is why I&#39;m not posting through a share of the DP&#39;s article. \u00a0\ufeff<\/div>\n<div class='gpb-video'><iframe type='text\/html' width='100%' height='385' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8wuKMID3Gq4' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/bDAc4KVE7eS' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lovely ad by &quot;Environmental Policy Alliance&quot; (about more here http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php\/Environmental_Policy_Alliance) that basically calls people opposed to fracking gullible idjits and basement-dwelling losers. \u00a0Except for the ones that are young, street-protesting radicals. Though what really gets me is the visual diss of &quot;Firefly&quot;. \u00a0_Now they have gone too far._ Okay, so political ads that make fun &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/25\/why-yes-all-fracking-opponents-are-idiots-i-believe-it-now.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why, yes, all fracking opponents are idiots, I believe it now!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,35,80,353,131,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-big-business","category-media-commercial","category-elections-2014","category-energy","category-environment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24501,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/13\/what-the-frack.html","url_meta":{"origin":43833,"position":0},"title":"What the frack?","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 13-Dec-11 1:45pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, this sounds like a reasonable victory. My personal opinion is that there should be no secrets over what you're pumping into the ground, and if that means that all your competitors know your Mystery Secret Fracking Fluid Formula ... well, tough noogies. Now waiting for a drilling company suit\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":44291,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/09\/its-all-about-the-fracking.html","url_meta":{"origin":43833,"position":1},"title":"It&#39;s all about the fracking","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 9-Aug-14 1:26pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Colorado communities are getting uppity, deciding that they don't want (or want only with significant restrictions) fracking in their back yards. There's been contention in the courts, and it looked like there'd be some dueling ballot propositions on the matter before a kick-the-can-down-the-road compromise came along this past week.So it's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":43824,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/24\/because-its-all-about-local-control-right.html","url_meta":{"origin":43833,"position":2},"title":"Because it&#39;s all about local control, right?","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 24-Jul-14 6:28pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Except where money gets involved. \u00a0The State of Colorado and the oil industry successfully sued to overturn the city of Longmont's attempt to ban fracking or the storage and disposal of fracking waste within the city limits. \u00a0Only the state gets to do that -- which it is declining to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":38449,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/12\/texas-tea-just-add-all-your-water.html","url_meta":{"origin":43833,"position":3},"title":"Texas Tea &#8211; Just Add All Your\u00a0Water","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 12-Aug-13 3:29pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Fracking isn't the only thing causing western Texas to dry up and blow away -- but its a big part of it.\u00a0 A Texan tragedy: ample oil, no water Fracking boom sucks away precious water from beneath the ground, leaving cattle dead, farms bone-dry and people thirsty View this post\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23132,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/20\/unblogged-bits-thu-20-oct-11-1731.html","url_meta":{"origin":43833,"position":4},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Thu. 20-Oct-11 1731)","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 20-Oct-11 5:31pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... 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