>> ^charliem:

Drawn out, unfunny

him drawing it out is part of why it IS funny to me.

Looks like "Energy in Depth" is another bullshit oil industry front group.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Energy_in_Depth

Energy in Depth (EID) is a pro-oil-and-gas drilling industry front group formed by the American Petroleum Institute, the Petroleum Association of America and dozens of additional industry organizations for the purpose of denouncing legislation proposed by Colorado U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette to regulate underground hydraulic fracturing fluids. Hydraulic fracturing of underground geological formations, commonly called "fracking," was invented by the Halliburton Company. It is done to increase the amounts of oil and gas that can be extracted from existing wells. [1]

Energy in Depth denounces DeGette's proposed fracking legislation as an “unnecessary financial burden on a single small-business industry, American oil and natural gas producers.” In June, 2009, Energy in Depth started a multimillion dollar lobbying and public relations campaign aimed at derailing public health legislation that would require the disclosure of the chemicals used in fracking fluids. In addition to a Web site, EID's campaign includes a Twitter feed, a Facebook group, a YouTube channel and an aggressive advertising campaign. [1]

Energy in Depth trumpets the economic contribution oil and gas drilling makes, and the numbers of people employed by the industry.

>> ^wagthedog1:

>> ^nanrod:
I know this is all bullshit because T. Boone Pickens was on the Daily Show and he assured me that no water well has ever been contaminated by fracking. He wouldn't lie would he?

And neither would Lee Fuller, executive director of Energy in Depth, who has told the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that a litany of errors in the anti-drilling film should render it ineligible for the Oscar for best documentary feature.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011
/02/01/01greenwire-ioil-and-gas-group-urges-oscar-judges-to-steer-99256.html
Besides, it is good that North Americans are once again getting a small taste of what many petro-states have have to endure over the decades to fuel a lifestyle of excess.

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Ah, the second to last clip from "Mock the Week" - I remember that one. Had me on the ropes.

As for his Diana joke - I prefer Jimmy Carr's story about his first fender bender when he and his mates accidentally clipped a Merc in Paris.

>> ^ant:

LOL. Princess Diana, channel 4 (KNBC?) when Letterman was on NBC, and what is that show?


Don't know, but that's Donald Sutherland.

LOL. Princess Diana, channel 4 (KNBC?) when Letterman was on NBC, and what is that show?

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Nice choice! Thank you kindly for the promote, Sir Rasch.

In reply to this comment by rasch187:
*doublepromote

and here's a translation of what she sings (second aria by the Queen Of The Night in The Magic Flute):

Hell's vengeance boils in my heart;
Death and despair, blaze around me!
If Sarastro does not feel death pains because of you,
Then you will be my daughter nevermore.
Disowned be forever,
Forsaken be forever,
Shattered be forever
All the bonds of nature
If Sarastro is not bleached because of you!
Hear, gods of vengeance, hear the mother's oath!

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I don't see the clip being disrespectful - how many times has Bush been lampooned? The great and the good have had to bear being satirised. It really depends on how precious one is about national/historical figures. As a Brit I don't mind one iota if the target is the Queen, Gordon Brown, Churchill or whoever. I imagine most people here aren't too bothered. One exception might be Princess Diana - there are still alot of twits who get precious about her.

>> ^rougy:
Brings back memories.
Diana Rigg in her leather outfit...mmmmmm.....


Oh man Diana Rigg..WWWWWWWWOOOOOOF!

Brings back memories.

Diana Rigg in her leather outfit...mmmmmm.....

>> ^kymbos:
I actually didn't get the Diana joke. Why the mine field?
Otherwise, shame the comment thread degenerated into who can be the bigger twat.


Google 'Diana Minefield'.

I actually didn't get the Diana joke. Why the mine field?

Otherwise, shame the comment thread degenerated into who can be the bigger twat.

I forgot, *quality for the Princess Diana joke.