Lou Barletta, straight off of a fundraiser with 9/11 Rudy 9/11 Guiliani 9/11 which did not include cross-dressing (this time, anyway), sent Gort his position on Marcellus Shale.

Barletta doesn’t say anything about the threat, and doesn’t even use the word “environment” in a piece about the environment.  That had to have been a conscious choice.  For Barletta, the environment isn’t an issue.

Instead, this caught my eye: Our region and our nation have been blessed with an abundance of natural resources. We should not turn our back on these blessings. We need to harness these gifts while continuing to be stewards of our land.

Barletta’s point, and his obvious position, is that we need to exploit our land.  I like how he uses religious terminology (twice, we get that this is a “blessing”) because I guess gas extraction is a moral crusade.

Yet another reason not to vote Barletta.  Keep ‘em coming Lou!