Five years ago Dick Cheney's crooked pals passed a bill to legalise "hydraulic fracturing," a system for extracting gas and oil that creates a cocktail of contaminating chemicals that will eventually poison the entire water system.

They lease the land, drill a deep hole, detonate an underground earthquake that causes fractures and fissures and the rest is left to nature - the seepage rises to the surface and is stored in wells.

When Josh Fox was offered thousands of dollars to lease his Pennsylvania property he smelt a rat and set out with his hand-held camera to discover Halliburton's secret by documenting the consequences in places like Colorado.

At first it appears almost funny as he films flaming faucets before witnessing the withering effects on flora and fauna and then interviews casualties suffering from cancers and the effect of neuro-toxins.

Naturally, Halliburton refuse to admit liability and are still in denial despite a campaign that is now being waged against "fracking" through Congress, since it could have international ramifications.

Sadly, such documentaries have limited distribution and we can only hope that the message seeps out and causes an explosion of anger that will condemn these capitalist crooks to a labour camp for attempted genocide.

Yet another reason for the Land of the Free to be socialised.