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teapeebubbles

03/17/11 7:00 PM

#82721 RE: jimmym4 #82720

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett is facing criticism for declining to fire a state official who recently made a Nazi slur, Lancaster Online reports.

Josh Fox, director of the critically acclaimed documentary "Gasland," called on Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett Tuesday to fire chief oil and gas geologist for the Bureau of Forestry under the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Teddy Borawski, who likened him to a Nazi last week. So far, no luck.

In an interview posted recently to Lancaster Online, Borawski was heard making the controversial comments toward Fox and the message of his Oscar-nominated movie, which focused on the detrimental effects of natural gas extraction.

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"Joseph Goebbels would have been proud," Borawski said, referencing the notorious Nazi propagandist when asked about the film. "He would have given him the Nazi Award. That, in my opinion, was a beautiful piece of propaganda."

Fox is now hitting back, taking Republican Governor Tom Corbett to task for not firing Borawski.

"If [Gov.] Corbett doesn't fire him, it means he condones these kinds of comments. This is on Tom Corbett's head as much as it is Mr. Borawski," Fox told Lancaster Online on Tuesday.
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teapeebubbles

03/17/11 8:42 PM

#82731 RE: jimmym4 #82720

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