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Permalink Reply by Big Daddy, bcnr on October 28, 2011 at 14:57

It's kinda like bi-coastal noveau riche people raised in the north traveling down to sleepy southern towns spending money, enjoying the locals and pretending to be lost. I'll bet a LOT of that is going on down there. Probably on the verge of being an epidemic I tell ya!

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Permalink Reply by Big Daddy, bcnr on October 29, 2011 at 3:29

Agreed, it would be an exciting adventure! I just find it amusing how certain groups that oppose something find a vast array of angles to put a spin on it to accomplish their agenda! Let's see: Poor depressed area on the verge of an economic windfall, lots of out of town workers spending money on lodging, food, fuel, and entertainment. Let's blame them for our already meth induced crime problem. Sure, why not?!?

 

BTW, I have some new gadgets to bring down to corrupt the locals and cause the crime rate to skyrocket!

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Permalink Reply by Hopeful About Natural Gas on October 29, 2011 at 12:35

Big Daddy, the anti NG spin is what I was first concerned with.  Clearly it is an article whose purpose is to turn public opinion against O&G.

 

It's a classic "outsiders" article and you would not find a similar article about workers from Somalia or Mexico - or at least their better qualities would be praised.  This article is against NG and uses the old "OUTSIDERS!" mentally to achieve it's aims.

 

BTW, here is another article from the Quaker State of Brotherly Love ... it's about their need for TRAINED WORKERS.  Honestly, they should get Pennsylvania community colleges and trade schools to retraining coal workers for o&g. If they don't train their own citizens then they will have to import "outsiders" I believe that young people who train/study in this field will have worldwide opportunities in the future.

 

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/132833208.html

 

"Run - don't walk, run - to Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling areas if you are a welder or pipe fitter or engineer or a company that can deliver such people to companies already operating in the fields.

That was the message from natural gas industry panelists to other businesspeople convened by the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce on Friday at the Doubletree Hotel in Center City."

 

--- HANG

 

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Permalink Reply by Hopeful About Natural Gas on October 29, 2011 at 16:09

So ... Sesport2 .... you deny it's all part of The Conspiracy??

 

Actually, I do agree with Big Daddy that it is another way to discredit fracking and natural gas exploration by emphasizing the jobs going to people from outside of Penn.  You and I know that over the long term the majority of jobs will go to locals - but in the short term it's an easy angle to play up.

 

 

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Permalink Reply by North LA on October 28, 2011 at 13:55

"Wearing a T-shirt emblazoned 'My Indian name is crawling drunk,'Jeanette Pratt, a title searcher from Monroe, La.,

 

I think I know this person :)

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Permalink Reply by Hopeful About Natural Gas on October 28, 2011 at 19:07

Or, looked at from another direction ... does anyone remember the Bossier Strip?  I saw Johnny and Edgar Winter at Sak's Boom Boom Room in the 1960's.  It was a magnet for high school kids back then.

 

There used to be a assist principal at Byrd in 1969 who would make the rounds to nearby bars.  The Carousel was big then and they always served us.  He used to let us drive back to Byrd.  Sadly, education has really gone downhill since then ...

 

NP:  Joe Stampley and the Uniques Live.  If you are old enough to remember The Uniques and John Fred you will love it - available on Amazon)

 

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Permalink Reply by bshelby on October 29, 2011 at 10:26

WHOA!  The Boom Boom Room at Sak's,the Carousel,  now that bring back some memories.... Go Go dancers at the Stork Club...  The mis-spent days to my youth...err, no, never heard of the Bossier Strip!  LOL

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