The U.S. petroleum industry got its start on this date in 1859. That’s when blacksmith William Smith saw a dark film floating on the surface of the water in a hole he was boring near Titusville, Pennsylvania. Rising from a depth of just 69 feet, it was the oil he was seeking for his employer, Edwin Drake. Soon, the nation’s first commercial oil well was pumping out crude oil. Western Pennsylvania was the center of the infant industry, as new uses were found for the long familiar product. Today, there are over 600,000 oil wells in the U.S., producing about 12 million barrels of petroleum products per day. Some 8,000 businesses engage in extracting oil and gas, employing 132,000 people in a $333 billion a year industry. Profile America is in its 19th year as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau.
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The killings in Roanoke VA yesterday were racist hate crime–why are voices in Washington DC afraid to tell it like it is? Why is the media silent on the obvious?
Did anyone notice that only three zip codes in the US are not in the Ashley-Madison hacked database? Henderson, NC is on the Ashely-Madison database. So someone with a Henderson address was using Ashley-Madison to find a partner for adult private games.
Is that someone the man or women you woke up with this morning?
Things that make you go hmmmmm……w/all the unemployment in Vance County the “culprits” definitely should have enough free time to “hook up” w/partner for adult private games.
Has WRAL been in your area this week since the arson/murder? What say you Publius? What’s going on at Hardee’s these days?
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“Interesting” new comment Publius……I see that Vance County education is paying off!!! ROFLMAO!
He who laughs last lil man……always LAUGHS BEST
Decept: Why do to make you attack me so much? Did I sleep with your mother and sister and you have nightmares about it? Ya know, rhythmic shaking of mom’s bed and an occasional scream of pleasure? That’s exactly what happened. Can you send me their current addresses? I’d like a rematch.
“Why do to make you attack me so much?”……per Publius
My Point Validated once again. Gotta love it!
Did I hit a nerve or did someone accidentally hit the “mute” button on a certain blogger? Were their feelings hurt? Certainly one wouldn’t think so…..should “we” apologize? On the other hand…..NOPE!!
I must admit that the silence is deafening but it is equally as important and informative b/c nearly everything they post is an attack on someone’s earlier post. Never once do they offer anything “new” or refreshing to the HiH website other than an occasional jab at another person’s ideas/thoughts.
I don’t care who you are…..that’s funny right there!!! LOL!!!