new anti-fracking song from yours truly-- "They Say Frack-- We Say Wack"(!)...lol

[note: scroll down just a bit for lyrics to my new anti-fracking song; see below!]

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"When somebody's tryin' to poison the water I love-- I tell those frackers-- 'frack you.'"

-- Cee Lo [in our dreams; scroll down to see brand-new mc whitebread anti-fracking "masterpiece"]

[massive brownie points to anyone out there who can change Cee Lo's song to anti-fracking lyrics!...lol]

[correction/update-- it's been done(!)...and well-- copy and paste this into your browser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvfYWZ_apLs&feature=player_embedded !]

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Hi all...


Phone the pets-- wake the neighbors-- you don't want to miss this, folks!...(esp. my song-- see below!)...


Join Pete Seeger and Chris Ruhe (and yours truly-- yep-- I'll be performing too on stage with your help)-- this Sat. May 7th at 8 pm at the Howland Cultural Center at 477 Main St. in Beacon-- for Chris' No Frackin' Way Concert and Happening-- to benefit the good folks @ http://www.FrackAction.com !...


[if u haven't seen the video I've posted to my Facebook wall from great Albany rally Mon.-- check it out]


Who else will be performing Saturday with Pete, Chris, yours truly?...these good folks-- the Grammy-winning Rivertown Kids, Goldee Greene, Sue Altkin, Melissa Ortquist, David and Jacob Bernz, Karen Brooks, Russ Cusic, Jim Eve-- and many, many more!...(international talent too)...


And-- who out there wants to help me start true Dutchess County Anti-Fracking Coalition here locally?...


[we need this; 1000+ across NY (including Du. Co.) signed to my http://www.PetitionOnline.com/NoDrill -- but trouble so far getting Dutchess County residents to lobby Co. Leg., local state legislators directly; there should be flood of emails to countylegislators@co.dutchess.ny.us on this-- but there isn't-- and it should be much easier to mobilize rally in front of Saland/Miller offices on this-- but it isn't-- enough!]


[recall-- Tyner/Doxsey resolution to ban fracking on county-owned land here in Dutchess was submitted before deadline last month-- and conformed to all rules/reg.'s for Co. Leg.-- but not on May agenda(!!!)'
Julia Walsh of http://www.FrackAction.com says frackable Utica Shale right here in Dutchess-- wake up!]


[besides unanimous passage in Mar. in Ulster Co. Leg. of resolution banning fracking on county land, other municipalities that have passed anti-fracking resolutions so far-- Town of Fabius, City of Buffalo, Ontario County, Pittsburgh, Towns of Tully and Lysander, Tompkins County, Towns of Marcellus and Skaneateles, Putnam County, Westchester County, Cortland County, Sullivan County, Onondaga, and NYC too-- http://www.CitizensCampaign.org/hfrac -- how long before Dutchess gets off dime on this?]


....so.......[and don't forget that toll-free number for Cuomo/state legislators-- it's 877-255-9417!]...


Towards this end-- who out there wants to stand with me this Saturday night in Beacon and sing this brand new song below from yours truly ("They Say Frack-- We Say Wack")?...(scroll down just a bit)...


[yes-- event organizer (and folksinger extraordinaire) Chris Ruhe has assured me repeatedly that I'll actually be able to speak/sing for several minutes or so this Sat. night at Howland in Beacon-- but I'm looking for help from YOU all out there-- to stand with me in front of everyone-- at least help on chorus;
time for Otpor here-- http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/7046/say_yes_to_peer_pressure/ come on!]


Pass it on!...

Joel
444-0599/876-2488
http://www.DutchessDemocracy.blogspot.com


p.s. For sure-- big priority now for folks @ http://www.FrackAction.com (and focus of rally in Albany this past Mon.) was pushing for more support for outright ban statewide on fracking in NYS-- S.4220/A.7218-- currently co-sponsored, unfortunately, only by State Senators Tony Avella, Addabbo, Krueger, Montgomery, and Serrano-- and Assemblymembers William Colton, Michael Miller, Riverra, Jaffee, Jacobs, Stevenson, Brennan, Glick, and Millman...


[note-- can't emphasize enough how important it is for calls to state legislators-- at (877) 255-9417!]


[research this, other state legislation at this link-- http://www.assembly.state.ny.us ]


But-- just yesterday Julia Walsh of http://www.FrackAction.com called us; putting together crew to lobby Saland on all this-- and it's not just ban she/they are working on-- also focusing on A.7013/S.4616...


Recall this from http://www.EANY.org (this legislation is one of five "Super Bills" lobbied for Mon.):


Closure of the Hazardous Waste Loophole for Fracking Fluid Disposal (A.7013/S.4616) would end special exemptions that allow the gas industry to circumvent requirements for hazardous waste disposal. This bill would update state law so that all waste resulting from gas drilling that meets the definition of hazardous waste be treated as such and subject to all regulations related to its generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal.


Unfortunately, tho-- there are now currently only five Senate co-sponsors-- Avella, Addabbo, Montgomery, Oppenheimer, and Serrano...and these are the Assembly sponsors-- Sweeney, Maisel, Paulin, Rivera P, Dinowitz, Millman, Zebrowski, Schimel, Benedetto, Gottfried, Englebright, Galef, Colton, Barron, Jaffee, Rosenthal, Weisenberg, Weprin, Russell, Abinanti, Braunstein, Cahill, Cymbrowitz, Glick, Latimer, Markey, McEneny, Nolan, Peoples-Stokes, Perry, Pheffer, Thiele, Titone...


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And so-- without further ado-- hot off the presses < MC Whitebread (who'll sing this with me Sat.?)...


[someone get these lyrics to Pete before Sat., please(!).....(lol-- would love to sing this with Pete Sat.!)]


They Say Frack-- We Say Wack


talkin' 'bout a thing called frackin'
gonna send Chesapeake Bay packin'
politicians don't ban-- they get the sack an'
any form o' conscience they lack an'


it's a fact now-- you can't drink money
no I don't think it's a damn bit funny
hoppin' mad-- like an Easter bunny
no frackin'-- future much more sunny


come too far to turn back an'
lost before-- now on the right track an'
frackers comin' apart-- they be crackin'
mc whitebread in effect-- yeah I be mackin'


tired o 'coughin' wheezin' and hackin'
gonna have to turn those frackers blue and black an'
ain't no IHOP pancakes we're stackin'
yeah-- even ol' Donald Duck be quackin'


they say frack-- we say wack
[frack-- wack-- frack-- wack]
we've come this far-- ain't turnin' back
[frack-- wack-- frack-- wack]


they say frack-- we say wack
[frack-- wack-- frack-- wack]
we've come this far-- ain't turnin' back
[frack-- wack-- frack-- wack]


thank God for that man Josh Fox
ain't afraid to think out of the box
Gasland knock us all off our socks
water not weapons-- peace not glocks


why they all about-- drill baby drill
Pete Seeger's right-- spill baby spill
frackin' no good-- kill baby kill
wake up y'all-- no pill baby pill


they're poisonin' us all-- they don't give a crap
but we pullin' together-- why we got this rap
don't let 'em beat you down-- that's their trap
arisin' from our slumber-- tired o' their pap


hundreds rally; media turn away
OK tho-- we're here to stay
and our numbers growin' every single day
get in the groove-- come on join the fray


they say frack-- we say wack
[frack-- wack-- frack-- wack]
we've come this far-- ain't turnin' back
[frack-- wack-- frack-- wack]


they say frack-- we say wack
[frack-- wack-- frack-- wack]
we've come this far-- ain't turnin' back
[frack-- wack-- frack-- wack]


Dutchess County Anti-Frackin' Coalition
like Jake and Elwood-- yeah on a mission
lobbyin' legislators at every position
makin' noise-- gettin' loud-- not wishin'


Pittsburgh-- Buffalo-- Ulster-- time for Dutchess
ban frackin' now -- let's do as much as
Putnam-- Sullivan-- Westchester-- such as
leave them frackers walkin' 'round in crutches


no time left now to save our water
come on folks-- you know that we oughta
every man woman son and daughter
too bad Albany sold out-- boughta


tired o' my water always catchin' on fire
Chesapeake Bay-- you one big liar
tryin' to make our state a frackin' quagmire
we just gettin' started-- no we're not gettin' tired


they say frack-- we say wack
[frack-- wack-- frack-- wack]
we've come this far-- ain't turnin' back
[frack-- wack-- frack-- wack]


they say frack-- we say wack
[frack-- wack-- frack-- wack]
we've come this far-- ain't turnin' back
[frack-- wack-- frack-- wack]


ain't just Marcellus-- it's Utica Shale
save Dutchess water now-- we can't fail
put the frackers in jail give 'em no bail
Chesapeake Bay arguments gettin' stale


water from the tap shouldn't give us cancer
stop frackin' now-- ain't takin' no for an answer
frackin' boil's poppin'-- think we gotta lance-r
stop frackin' now yo-- can't take the chance-r


it's a fact-- frackin' hazardous waste
volatile organic chemicals I taste
time that the truth they faced
jeopardizin' our water in their haste\


time to wake up the DEC
stand up for us-- not gas industry
put those frackers on the run-- yeah flee
clean water-- we deserve it-- you and me


they say frack-- we say wack
[frack-- wack-- frack-- wack]
we've come this far-- ain't turnin' back
[frack-- wack-- frack-- wack]


they say frack-- we say wack
[frack-- wack-- frack-- wack]
we've come this far-- ain't turnin' back
[frack-- wack-- frack-- wack]


don't need frackin'-- 'cause we got solar
but these frackers got us goin' bipolar
more fun if dentist pulled a molar
but we activists 'bout to score a goal-ar


why they put solar under the bus
Germans got it-- so why not us
tired of it all-- we kickin' up a fuss
like Chuck D said you just can't truss


don't need frackin'-- we need green jobs
solar now from the rich greedy slobs
turn up the bass and treble knobs
stop walkin' 'round with your corncobs


time for energy now from the sun
sane energy policy would be fun
nonviolent change-- don't need no gun
get ya head out the sand-- rise as one


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[Tyner/Doxsey resolution here-- email countylegislators@co.dutchess.ny.us-- why this not on agenda?]


[download wording of Ulster Co. Leg. resolution that passed unanimously in Mar.-- this almost identical]


WHEREAS, it is increasingly clear that drilling for natural gas using slick-water hydraulic fracturing may have severe adverse impacts on communities and the environment, and

WHEREAS, the process of pumping chemicals under intense pressure into an underground shale formation to release gas for extraction may contaminate drinking water supplies, and

WHEREAS, hydraulic fracturing natural gas drilling practices in a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania contaminated the drinking water supply and subsequent litigation and a settlement of 4.1 million dollars was awarded to the residents, and


WHEREAS, any economic boost to the state's economy from development and sale of natural gas from Marcellus or Utica Shale is short-term at best, and will foreclose the long-term economic benefit to the county of tourism and agriculture, and

WHEREAS, improving and protecting the quality of life, Open Space and Waterways concluded that increased energy conservation and use of renewable energy are important ways to avert the most catastrophic impacts of climate change, and

WHEREAS, the Ulster County Legislature unanimously passed a resolution this March to not lease any county-owned lands, including but not limited to County park lands, for high-volume, slick-water hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas, and therefore be it


RESOLVED, that the Dutchess County Legislature declares that Dutchess County will not lease any county-owned lands, including but not limited to County park lands, for high-volume, slick-water hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas, and be it further

RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be sent to Dutchess County Executive William Steinhaus Hi


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Fact: Dutchess/NYS folks need to worry about Utica Shale being fracked-- not just Marcellus Shale.
[recall-- Julia Walsh of http://www.FrackAction.com has told us Dutchess County is part of Utica Shale!]
[see: http://www.epa.state.oh.us/shale.aspx ; http://www.oilshalegas.com/uticashale.html ;
http://www.citizenscampaign.org/campaigns/hydro-fracking.asp ;
http://www.geology.com/news/category/utica-shale.shtml ;
http://www.srbc.net/programs/projreviewmarcellustier3.htm ;
http://www.otegogas.webs.com/marcellusuticashale.htm ;
http://www.roughneckcity.com/Oilfield_News_Utica_Shale.html ;
http://www.energyindustryphotos.com/what_is_the_utica_shale.htm ;
http://www.shaleblog.com/category/shale-geology/ ;
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shale_gas_in_Canada ;
http://www.ccemc.org/news.html ]


Fact: Just last month the Ulster Co. Leg. unanimously voted to ban hydrofracking on public lands there!
[see: http://www.ulstercountyny.gov/legislative_press/031720111.pdf ;
http://www.watershedpost.com/2011/ulster-county-legislature-bans-fracking-county-lands ;
http://www.shawangunkjournal.com/2011/03/24/news/1103244.html ;
http://www.renewnrg.blogspot.com/2011/03/fracking-news_28.html ]


[email all 25 of us at countylegislators@co.dutchess.ny.us-- for Dutchess Leg. to get off dime on this!]


Fact: It's not just Ulster Co. Leg., folks-- check out this list of other counties and municipalities from all over that have passed resolutions against fracking(!):


Again-- from http://www.CitizensCampaign.org/hfrac (get YOUR municipality to pass resolution on this!):


Ulster County Resolution - March 15, 2011
Town of Fabius Resolution - February 28, 2011
City of Buffalo Ban - February 8, 2011
Ontario County HFRAC Ban And Waste Disposal Law - December 17, 2010
Pittsburgh, PA Ordinance - November 16, 2010
Town of Tully HFRAC Moratorium - November 3, 2010
Town of Lysander Road Protection Law - October 23, 2010
Tompkins County HFRAC Ban - October 19, 2010
Town of Marcellus HFRAC Moratorium - September 20, 2010
Town of Skaneateles HFRAC Moratorium - August 23, 2010
Putnam Co. HFRAC Resolution - August 3, 2010
Town of Flower Mound, TX Federal (FRAC Act) Memorializing Resolution - June 7, 2010
Westchester Co. HFRAC Resolution - June 7, 2010
Tompkins Co. HFRAC State Memorializing Resolution - May. 18, 2010
Cortland Co. State Memorializing Resolution - Apr. 23, 2010
Town of Virgil Aquifer Protection Law - April 8, 2010
Sullivan Co. HFRAC Ban - Mar. 18, 2010
Sullivan Co. HFRAC Federal Memorializing Resolution - Mar. 18, 2010
Town of DeWitt Local Law HFRAC Ban - Mar. 8, 2010
Onondaga Co. HFRAC State Memorializing Resolution - Mar. 2, 2010
Onondaga Co. HFRAC Ban - Feb. 2, 2010
Onondaga Co. HFRAC Federal Memorializing Resolution - Feb 2, 2010
Town of Onondaga HFRAC Resolution - Jan. 4, 2010
New York City HFRAC Resolution - Nov. 16, 2009


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[recall below sent out to this list on all this originally Mar. 2nd; also see http://www.Riverkeeper.org !]


Fact: Dutchess County native Walter Hang, founder of http://www.ToxicsTargeting.com , was on Democracy Now with Amy Goodman back on Nov. 10, 2009-- disclosing how he and his team had "found 270 cases documenting fires, explosions, wastewater spills, well contamination and ecological damage related to gas drilling [over the last 30 years here in NYS as it is already(!)] Many of the cases remain unresolved. The findings are contrary to repeated government assurances that existing natural gas well regulations are sufficient to safeguard the environment and public health. The state is considering allowing for gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale watershed, the source of drinking water for 15 million people, including nine million New Yorkers"(!)
[google this(!)...at http://www.DemocracyNow.org ]


[check out Dr. Theo Colburn's work on all this: http://www.EndocrineDisruption.com , too, if u haven't yet]


Feb. 8th Daily Freeman-- "State Fracking Rules To Be Done By June, DEC Boss Says"(!):
http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2011/02/08/news/doc4d519478296f1525809446.txt ...


Remember-- last March Hinchey got the EPA to commit to do a full, in-depth study re: hydrofracking; it won't be done for another few years-- why Martens pushing to allow hydrofracking in NY in 2011?...
[see: http://www.catskillmountainkeeper.org/node/1152 ]


Don't forget-- last year then state Senator Eric Schneiderman and many other members of our state legislature co-sponsored legislation for REAL, multi-year moratorium on hydrofracking here in NY too...


[wake up, folks-- Cuomo/Martens move to allow fracking before EPA study done: complete slap in face!]


So-- check out http://www.FrackAction.com and http://www.GaslandtheMovie.com ...


[again-- trying to get my colleagues here in Dutchess County Legislature signed on to letter asap on this to press Albany for TRUE, multi-year moratorium (or ban); email countylegislators@co.dutchess.ny.us!]


Finally-- call Cuomo and state legislators on this now toll-free at (877) 255-9417!...