This is an all-in-one potpourri of AubreyNews......some will make you laugh. Some will make you cry.


As for AKM being on Mad Money (again)...Cramer is laughed at for his constant love for Aubrey McClendon. Man crush in the extreme.

Seeking Alpha opened a recent article with, "Aubrey McClendon, Chesapeake Energy's (CHK) flamboyant (some say reckless) CEO..."

Blangtang: The 78% approval was a black-eye for Aubrey. Most are re-elected by 98-99%. That was his wake-up call. Time will tell if he heeds the warning.

CHK has had to make some fairly big changes due to the legal settlement:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...040781488.html

Pennsylvania: don't speak his name without boxing gloves on. Several states it's the same story.

This article today from the Fort Worth Weekly:

The biggest turkey in Fort Worth flew the coop in 2011, his tail feathers still singed from our frequent rounds of birdshot. Yep, Mayor Mike Moncrief resigned after eight years of running Fort Worth like his own personal fiefdom. We don’t have him to kick around anymore. More importantly, he doesn’t have us to kick around. However, one of his favorite allies in steamrolling residents and neighborhoods is still alive and clucking. Chesapeake Energy enjoyed a banner year for bullying.

Chesapeake is a mighty power in the Barnett Shale. The Oklahoma City-based company bills itself as the country’s most active driller of new wells. Those who try to stand in its way quickly find themselves staring at a battery of attorneys willing to litigate to the death. There’s nothing wrong, in principle, with drilling for natural gas. The industry creates jobs, infuses money into the economy, and provides an important energy source. Plus, many residents own their mineral rights and want to be able to earn royalties.

The problem is that Chesapeake, like so many other drillers, doesn’t care about the needs and wishes of the folks whose territory Chesapeake is moving into, nor the long-term environmental messes it creates (and will leave behind). The Weekly has written a litany of articles in the past several years about Chesapeake’s willingness to manipulate laws and politicians, exploit eminent domain laws for its own private gain, and turn neighborhoods into industrial armpits.
Much more: http://www.fwweekly.com/index.php?op...ory&Itemid=375

I saved the best for last. In a new interview in the print edition of The Economist, Aubrey said,

"There’s a little too much emphasis on wind here for my taste,” said Aubrey McClendon, the CEO of Chesapeake."

Oh....right. We put so much emphasis on wind around here. Wind. Is. Bad. Aubrey can't make billions from the wind.
http://www.economist.com/node/21538772

Meanwhile, Aubrey Kerr McClendon continues constructing the City of Chesapeake in NW OKC and is beloved by many. But fewer each day.