LNG Theater courtesy of CoastWatch

While perusing the 'net, I stumbled upon this little slice of "LNG theater"

Agent Bob: In the next phase we'll begin to pressure those who haven't sold out yet and push the feds for more control. We will make a special effort to ignore local concerns unofficially, but of course our public relations people will be trained to sound concerned. Our consultant says we should use the word "partner" a lot in our public discussions.

CEO: Very good! Now we know we won't get much grief from the port, or the cities. They can't wait for us to come in and take away attention from them for a while. We'll bypass the little county in Oregon completely with something about National Security...We'll just make that part up as we go along. But what about that little town in Washington that's in the blast zone? what was it?

Agent Bob: Cath, or Cathy something? Yes, well that's a fairly easy matter since legally they have no standing in this matter, but we don't want to tip our hand too soon so I would suggest a simple cash buy-out just in case their Congressman wakes up about this at some point.

CEO: How much?

Agent Bob: Oh, half million should do it over a few years as long as we give it to a well established and beloved local charity with a strong local board of people who will keep others in line.

CEO: Ah heck, make it a million! As long as we can write it all off? Let's proceed.

The rest of the post is here and it's bound to make you smile--before you shake your head in angry/sad agreement.