Nazi comment digs a hole for Pa. official(r)

[Bravo Zulu]

In an appearance before the Pennsylvania Dutch Chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Association in Lancaster County last week, Mr. Borawski took issue with the description of "fracking" as harmful to the environment in Josh Fox's Oscar-nominated documentary, "Gasland."

Asked by an audience member what he thought of the film's thesis that hydraulic fracturing and drilling are a threat to the state's water supply, Mr. Borawski went nuclear. The audio of his comments was posted on the website of the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal:

"Joseph Goebbels would have been proud," he said. "He would have given the Nazi award. That, in my opinion, was a beautiful piece of propaganda."

As the Corbett administration's point man on leasing and forestry, what Teddy Borawski believes has some bearing on state policy and, more importantly, the governor's perception of the issues

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11077/1132776-153.stm?cmpid=bcpanel1#ixzz1Gvk9YCP0

[Journeyman]

1. Without Nazis, political hyperbole would be impossible in this country. . .

(both sides of the aisle). . .

[hootinholler]

2. Is this the guy who can waive environmental law to allow fracking?

There's a new position Corbett just created that allows it.

-Hoot

[enough]

3. But he keeps his job, apparently. (nt)

[RamboLiberal]

4. K&R for Tony Norman's great column on this

And for how the friggin' Corbett admin is selling PA's environment down the river literally.