<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div><div class="original-url"><a href="http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/fracking-and-money-082813">http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/fracking-and-money-082813</a><br><br></div><div id="article" class="auto-hyphenated" style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; "><div class="page" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Palatino, Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4; text-align: justify; "><h1 class="title" style="font-size: 1.33em; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: start; -webkit-hyphens: manual; ">THE FIRST RULE OF NEGOTIATING WITH ENERGY COMPANIES</h1><div><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; ">By </span><a href="/archives/blogs/politics/by_author/68/15;1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(64, 182, 240); padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; ">Charles P. Pierce</a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; "> </span><span class="entry_time" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-transform: lowercase; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; ">at 10:20<span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; ">am</span></span></div><figure><img width="614" class="reader-image-large" style="float: none; margin: auto auto 0.75em; max-width: 100%; display: block; " id="42e8225b-4731-4f26-aaef-f2f03ac7ac8b" height="388" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:3DB8A730-30C8-402B-A77B-F8A1BDCB2E5D@att.net"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; ">A soybean field lies in front of a fracking rig in Pennsylvania.</span></figure><figure><br></figure><figure><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; ">We need oversight and we need a recognition of what ought to be Rule No. 1 in these transactions -- Energy Companies Always Lie. About Everything. Forever.</span></figure></div></div></div></body></html>