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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-13-11 12:53 PM
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(Marcellus) Drillers using counterinsurgency experts(military psyops)
Marcellus Shale gas drilling spokesmen at an industry conference in Houston said their companies are employing former military counterinsurgency officers and recommended using military-style psychological operations strategies, or psyops, to deal with media inquiries and citizen opposition to drilling in Pennsylvania communities.

Matt Pitzarella, a Range Resources spokesman speaking to other oil and gas industry spokespeople at the conference last week, said the company hires former military psyops specialists who use those skills in Pennsylvania.

Mr. Pitzarella's statements and related comments made by a spokesman for Anadarko Petroleum were recorded by a member of an environmental group who provided them to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

"We have several former psyops folks that work for us at Range because they're very comfortable in dealing with localized issues and local governments," Mr. Pitzarella said during the last half of a 23-minute presentation in a conference session. The session was titled "Designing a Media Relations Strategy to Overcome Concerns Surrounding Hydraulic Fracturing."



Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11317/1189273-503.stm#ixzz1dbnlIFDl
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-13-11 01:32 PM
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1. Fascism, well and alive. n/t
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saras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-13-11 02:31 PM
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2. No duh. Corporations have been doing this since they replaced psychology for the public with drugs
They didn't quit studying psychology, they just quit studying how to make them happier and healthier, because that was leading to reality's well-known liberal bias. They just study it now to understand how to manipulate people.
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OKIsItJustMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-13-11 05:48 PM
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3. Thanks for posting this
Edited on Sun Nov-13-11 05:57 PM by OKIsItJustMe
I have friends who live in the heart of fracking country in PA.


As a side note, I was also interested by this title, “Understanding How Unconventional Oil & Gas Operators are Developing a Comprehensive Media Relations Strategy to Engage Stakeholders and Educate the Public.”

Apparently, the industry calls http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/46288.html#horizontal">horizontal hydraulic fracturing, “Unconventional Oil & Gas.”

I was recently assured http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=115&topic_id=316383&mesg_id=316406">by an expert that “unconventional fuels” does not refer to this practice.
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