Allan's DCNR: Sowing the Seeds of Insurrection

If you haven't had your morning coffee yet, partake of this gem to get your day started:

DCNR: Behind Closed Doors

 

One of my favorite quotes from the article:

 

“We are trying to control the size of the group so that we can have a conversation,” says DCNR spokeswoman Christina Novak.

 

Really? You meant to say 'control the agenda and outcome', didn't you?

 

For those not familiar with DCNR Secretary Richard J. Allan, or how he deals with people who question or criticize the DCNR ( hint: he has them fired ), check this out.

 

From the latter article, another quote worth rehashing:

 

"The closest anyone came, he said, was when Adam Gingrich, an executive assistant to DCNR Secretary Richard J. Allan, said the "administration has decided to go in a different direction."

Different direction indeed.

It seems just about everyone who works for Tom Corbett's administration has learned and perfected the fine art of bending over, keeping a smile on their face, and flipping the bird to the citizens of Pennsylvania as they allow the gas industry pigs to rape our environment and contaminate it for countless generations to follow while laughing all the way to the bank. 

 

On April 4th, the DCNR is holding a closed door meeting to discuss the fate of natural resources held in trust for the citizens of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

 

How does that sit with you, fellow Fracksylvanians? 

 

As a reminder:

 

 

 PLR  PLI

 

  

Renegade

Bucket List: Machu Picchu

I am discovering almost daily that being retired with no clock to watch is both a blessing and a curse. Without a set daily schedule and a taskmaster to crack the whip, time can slip by without accomplishing anything worthwhile and, before you know it, weeks can stretch into months and more with nothing to show for it.

After looking back at several fairly unproductive months, one of my new year's resolutions was to create a bucket list of things I wanted to do in 2013.

Top of the list: Machu Picchu, and in less than 48 hours after deciding upon my top 10 things to do, my tickets were purchased and my itinerary was booked.

Why Machu Picchu? Like Stonehenge, and the Pyramids at Giza, and the great Wall of China, an incredible deal of time and energy went into its creation, and for those who understand; I seek to capture and, if possible, connect to any residual piece of that energy which remains. For some reason, those sites were built at those locations, and millions of souls have passed through over the centuries.

In my case, I believe some part of all that energy still remains.

For those that stop by, you know I'm not into long and wandering posts. Here are a few photos from my trip, and I'll finish with some closing thoughts at the bottom.

 

 

 

 

 

The experiences of this trip will remain with me forever. But, as I reflect upon my time there, I discovered two things:

 

1. I did not need to travel thousands of miles to connect to the energy that remains from all that have passed before, either at Machu Picchu or elsewhere. I can do that anywhere.

 

2. Although I traveled by myself, I was never alone as, at many levels, we are connected to everyone and everything. If you find your center, the rest is easy.

 

I am now revising my bucket list. Instead of places to go and things to see, I will focus on what I need to do to create more positive energy to benefit the whole. 

 

 

PLR

 

 

Renegade

   

2013: Another Step on the Stairway

For those of my generation, Heart's recent rendition of Stairway to Heaven at the Kennedy Center should bring back more than a few memories. Hope you have a good set of speakers.





Welcome to 2013.

Without mercy or malice time flows on, and as no one knows what tomorrow will bring, I look forward to the journey, wherever it may lead. This retirement thing is more of an adjustment than I anticipated, but I'll get back in sync soon enough.

My predictions for 2013? Among others, there will be a major leak from under the dome in Harrisburg, and Team Tommy's connection to the natural gas industry will be laid out in all its glory for all to see. Oh, and you might want to attend the SRBC's next quarterly meeting.

I'm calling in all markers in the weeks ahead.

Happy New Year.


PLR


Renegade
  

John Hanger for PA Governor?

  
Be still my fracking heart. Remember this move under Mr. Hanger's reign?  If this guy runs on his real record, he's already lost.

Christmas has come early for this retiree.

This is going to be fun.



PLR

Renegade

Silent Passages of My Soul

  
Brothers and sisters, I'm back.

It took a little longer than planned, as a lady named Sandy blew down some huge old trees that blocked the only access road to my cabin. My winch and chain saw will never be the same.

Over the past few months, I've spent a lot of time, alone, dwelling in some very dark places. The deafening silence that gave me comfort and solace also provided an epiphany for the days ahead. That journey, my friends, will not be for the weak-kneed or faint of heart.

For the record, I played no role in the recent revelations about the DEP failing to disclose contaminants in water supplies that were caused by drilling and fracking. None whatsoever.

Someone once called me a renegade. It stuck.

Stay strong.





PLR


Renegade
  

Solacium Invictus

To my fellow Renegades:

It seems like only yesterday that I started my first job after graduating from college. I bounced around quite a bit in the 70’s and early 80’s until I decided to hunker down and deal with the noise and nonsense that’s part of every job.

In just a few days, I will be officially retiring after 25+ years of being held hostage by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. That’s right, my fellow Keystone Staters; I am a soon-to-be-liberated insider, and I have stories to tell.

The current crew in command of the Rachel Carson Building are completely devoid of ethics and morals and, in less than a week, they will not be able to touch me. After dealing with the crap I’ve seen and documented many times over long before this post, I’ve got an axe to grind that Paul Bunyan and Babe would find impossible to hoist. I intend to hone that blade so fracking thin that people will bleed just by looking at it.

You want to know what’s really going down in Harrisburg behind closed doors?  Unfortunately, you’ll have to wait a little as I’m taking a few weeks off and heading north to parts unknown to decompress and rid my body and soul of the permeating stench that I’ve had to deal with since the last changing of the guard in Harrisburg - not that the one before was any more reputable. 

I’ve long dreamed this day would finally arrive, and I found solace from the turmoil in many places along the way.

This was one of my favorites.

           Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.



Peace Love Resistance,
 
 

Renegade
  

Uncivil Disobedience: Remember Wyoming!

  
Still here, my friends. Watching and waiting for someone to cross the line.

Everyone knows it's coming. Whether the guys in the black trucks with the blacked out windows do it, or a homeowner who's had one too many lies thrown their way - doesn't matter. It is coming and you can make book on it.

A few years back, I warned about the methane-laced bubbling waters yet to come. Just a few months after that post, the Susquehanna started bubbling near Sugar Run, PA. Nailed that one.

Now, unless you've been living in a cave, you know that the Towanda Creek valley in Bradford County is bubbling just about anywhere methane can find a spot to escape. People are getting sick from exposure to methane. And the criminals in Harrisburg are doing a massive cover up using our tax dollars to fund their crimes against humanity. And too many people are doing nothing. But that's another rant for another day.

Tripped across this blog in the past few days. Appears to be a newbie, but might be one to watch in the weeks ahead now that the gas industry wants to build a compressor station overlooking the Wyoming Valley. For us history buffs, the message is loud and clear and a rallying cry that is as pertinent and powerful today as it was over two centuries ago. 

Mark my words: uncivil disobedience is just a shot away.




PLR

Renegade