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    Water tower suit involving Exxon’s CEO prompts a fracking fracas

    Water tower suit involving Exxon’s CEO prompts a fracking fracas


    It can’t have been what Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson expected when he joined a lawsuit to try and stop a big water tower from being built near his Denton County horse ranch.

    But that was before a report in Friday’s Wall Street Journal took the small-town dispute around the globe and spawned outrage over perceived hypocrisy.

    “Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson Sues to Block Water Tower That Might Supply Fracking Operations,” cried the Huffington Post online news site. “Exxon Mobil CEO: No fracking near my backyard,” reported USA Today.

    A congressman even jumped in. Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., issued a news release saying Tillerson was “trying to prevent a hydraulic fracturing or ‘fracking’ tower from being constructed near his Texas home.” (Whatever a fracking tower is.)

    Tillerson is part of a lawsuit filed against a water company by several property owners, including former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey, who live near the tower site in Bartonville, a community between Flower Mound and Argyle.
    Colonel Vogel : What does the diary tell you that it doesn't tell us?

    Professor Henry Jones : It tells me, that goose-stepping morons like yourself should try *reading* books instead of *burning* them!
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    There was some lefty pearl clutching over this since it was such a nice juicy morsel of hypocrisy. Turns out it was just generic rich guy douchebaggery.
    Colonel Vogel : What does the diary tell you that it doesn't tell us?

    Professor Henry Jones : It tells me, that goose-stepping morons like yourself should try *reading* books instead of *burning* them!

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    • #3
      Well, the whole fracking aspect is certainly ridiculous, but the complaint is pretty ridiculous, too.

      Instead, the suit claims, the water company began building a 160-foot water tank, calling it “this monstrosity” that will “create a constant and unbearable nuisance to those that live next to it.” The tank will be constantly lighted, make noise and “create an attractive nesting spot for invasive species of bird and other animals,” the suit says.

      And then it adds that the water company will sell water to drillers for hydraulic fracturing, “leading to traffic with heavy trucks” on nearby Farm Road 407, and “creating a noise nuisance and traffic hazards.”
      I would imagine a water tower would have one of those flashing red lights to warn airplanes, but it's not like it's gonna be floodlit, monument style. And what kind of noise do they think a water tower makes? And when a utility sells a truck full of water, I don't think they say "Pull 'er up to the tower." They have, like, a network of pipes, you know? There is no real reason for a filling station to be located at a tower. That's not the function of a tower.
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      • #4
        I actually didn't know Exxon had much to do with fracking. I thought they were far more in the oil and chemicals end of the petro business. Meh. Whatever.

        The claim of hypocrisy rings pretty hollow. He doesn't want some ugly, noisy operation going on near his home. He can be accused of NIMBY, but pretty much the entire country can be accused of that.

        I like to eat, but it doesn't mean I want to live next door to a major supermarket. I like to have fire protection, but that doesn't mean I want to live next door to a fire hall (I've actually done that; great for home insurance rates, terrible for circadian rhythms). I love beer, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want a brewery to back up to my property. None of that is hypocrisy. If I wanted to ban all breweries but I still drink beer, then it would be hypocrisy.

        This case? Nope. Just trying to make something out of nothing.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by Billy Jingo View Post
          Turns out it was just generic rich guy douchebaggery.
          Obsess much?
          If it pays, it stays

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Adam View Post
            I actually didn't know Exxon had much to do with fracking.
            It was probably a bigger deal here in Fort Worth than the rest of the nation.
            Colonel Vogel : What does the diary tell you that it doesn't tell us?

            Professor Henry Jones : It tells me, that goose-stepping morons like yourself should try *reading* books instead of *burning* them!

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Frostbit View Post
              Obsess much?
              Lighten up, Francis.
              Colonel Vogel : What does the diary tell you that it doesn't tell us?

              Professor Henry Jones : It tells me, that goose-stepping morons like yourself should try *reading* books instead of *burning* them!

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Adam View Post
                I actually didn't know Exxon had much to do with fracking. I thought they were far more in the oil and chemicals end of the petro business. Meh. Whatever.

                The claim of hypocrisy rings pretty hollow. He doesn't want some ugly, noisy operation going on near his home. He can be accused of NIMBY, but pretty much the entire country can be accused of that.

                I like to eat, but it doesn't mean I want to live next door to a major supermarket. I like to have fire protection, but that doesn't mean I want to live next door to a fire hall (I've actually done that; great for home insurance rates, terrible for circadian rhythms). I love beer, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want a brewery to back up to my property. None of that is hypocrisy. If I wanted to ban all breweries but I still drink beer, then it would be hypocrisy.

                This case? Nope. Just trying to make something out of nothing.
                RFK, Jr vs Cape Wind.
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                Children who sense the rose needs the thorn and run into rainswept days the same way they turn towards the sun...
                And when they're grown and someone has to speak for those who have no voice,
                may they draw upon that wilder bond, those days of tending tender things and be the one.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Michele View Post
                  RFK, Jr vs Cape Wind.
                  That is a good example. I thought about using it.
                  Colonel Vogel : What does the diary tell you that it doesn't tell us?

                  Professor Henry Jones : It tells me, that goose-stepping morons like yourself should try *reading* books instead of *burning* them!

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