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Tommy Lee Jones Defends the Barnett Shale

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Has anyone else seen the new Chesapeake spots featuring Tommy Lee Jones defending the Barnett Shale as if it were his mother and someone had just called it a whore? The spots end with Jones coldly saying, “Let’s get behind the Barnett Shale.” I know some people would rather not have drilling rigs in their neighborhoods. But who is against the geologic formation of Mississippian-aged sedimentary rocks?

So confused.

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