Open Choketag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-582722011-12-04T15:37:20-06:00Open Choke is the nom de plume of an anonymous oil and gas industry executive.
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TypePadHow We Are Different Than Them...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834520afb69e2015437d783a7970c2011-12-04T15:37:20-06:002011-12-04T15:37:20-06:00Once again, NPR had a story that highlighted how different We Texans are from Them Easterners. The story was a funny one... a wild turkey, nicknamed Tom, running wild with a pack of other feral turkeys, terrorizing the denizens of...Open ChokeWhy Things Are Munged Up...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834520afb69e20162fd2f300f970d2011-12-01T10:15:46-06:002011-12-01T10:16:53-06:00I was listening to NPR on the way to work this morning. The topic of discussion was a massive resort complex, with casinoes, being pitched for the Miami/Dade area and the political repurcussions. The typical detailed and even-handed coverage of...Open ChokeTop 10 Signs You Might Be A Geologist...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834520afb69e20162fd2422fe970d2011-11-30T14:28:43-06:002011-11-30T14:30:07-06:00Thanks to my friend Ron Nickel and his infamous email list. Thank God I own my company because I could be sent to prison for some of the emails he forwards... Thankfully, NOT this one! Top Ten Signs You Might...Open ChokeMy Friend Jim...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834520afb69e2015393b36d62970b2011-11-28T09:12:04-06:002011-11-28T09:14:00-06:00Jim was one of my very best friends. He died a year and a half ago of brain cancer, leaving a wife and three wonderful pre-teen children. He knew he was going to die, and he and I had some...Open ChokeMusings on Hypocrisytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834520afb69e20154367ae7d5970c2011-10-28T16:29:36-05:002011-10-28T16:31:53-05:00First, a light note... Apparently the Union of Concerned Scientists, that group of very wise folks that happen to be, I guess, scientists, and that are known for their advocacy against industry and global warming and nuclear power and Star...Open ChokeMY "Progressive" Tax System!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834520afb69e2015436754cb1970c2011-10-27T18:31:48-05:002011-10-27T18:33:21-05:00I am comin' to LOVE the idea of wildly progressive or even Windfall Profits taxes... a tax that nearly by definition is arbitrarily and puntively imposed upon one particular segment of our society that the majority holds an unhealthy prejudice....Open ChokeThe PROPER Way to Evaluate the Economics of Shale Plays (Part 1)...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834520afb69e20153929f9cb1970b2011-10-27T11:17:47-05:002011-10-27T11:20:42-05:00Lots of folks don't want unconventional hydrocarbons to be viable in the US, for any number of reasons. Art Berman is the most popular skeptic and is a popular speaker on the Peak Oil circuit. I just wanted to show...Open ChokeA Soft (Like Toilet Paper) Society...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834520afb69e20153927fb9ee970b2011-10-22T06:00:45-05:002011-10-22T10:47:05-05:00(Reprinted from 2005) I have this theory... humans have a finite capacity for psychic pain and outrage. If you're poor and living in Calcutta, the psychic pain you feel may be focused on the fingers falling off your leprous hands...Open ChokeCongress Acts on "Occupy" Demands!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834520afb69e20153927e3668970b2011-10-21T22:30:43-05:002011-10-21T22:32:38-05:00AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT PASSES SENATE October 21, 2011 WASHINGTON, DC (AP) - The Senate approved sweeping legislation, which provides new benefits for many Americans. The Americans With No Abilities Act (AWNAA), lauded by President Barak Obama shortly after...Open ChokeTap Dancing Antelopes!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834520afb69e20162fbcdd9dc970d2011-10-20T20:50:20-05:002011-10-20T20:52:27-05:00I was taking with a friend of mine in Georgetown, Texas who was filling me in on the latest Salamander controversy that essentially promises to shut down most future development in Williamson County. An endangered vertebrates can shut down a...Open Choke