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[heironymouspasparagus]

Oklahoma, where being in an industry's pocket can be obvious as Hell and it's no big deal.

Inhofe has stated for years he gets millions from big oil.  And then follows it up with the comment, it's not enough, they should donate more to him!

And yet, like Failin', we keep electing him.

[carltonplace]

Oklahoma Geological Survey office is closing...and so soon after they tied deep injection wells related to the energy companies with our recent spate of earthquakes.

http://newsok.com/oklahoma-geological-survey-closing-leonard-seismic-observatory-out-of-cost-concerns/article/5414539

[Gaspar]

If we could only figure out a way to incrementally ease pressures along fault lines causing small seismic events instead of catastrophic ones. 

Sure would save a lot of lives.

[Hoss]

Why does this not surprise me?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-15/oil-tycoon-harold-hamm-wanted-scientists-dismissed-dean-s-e-mail-says

[heironymouspasparagus]

Why does this not surprise me?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-15/oil-tycoon-harold-hamm-wanted-scientists-dismissed-dean-s-e-mail-says

This is a tiny little subset of what life will be like when the complete abdication of Federal oversight to corporate entity is finished.  Or right now, since corporate interests have bought and paid for Congress at Federal and State level.  For regular people (the 99%) it shows graphically why a strong Federal government that IS responsive to the electorate is so important.  Shame we don't have one....