Those ‘FRAC’n’ Americans

`Frac-in' America

Frac is a word that is commonly used in the oil industry. Fracs (or fractures) are made in oil and gas wells to allow for the easier flow of fluids to the wellbore. To Jeff Pritchard, an Oklahoma native who works on oil rigs in the Fort Worth Texas area, Frac means something else; it is an acronym that stands for Freedom of Religion, Arms and Commerce in America. The army vet first thought about creating a website last summer to do something about what he saw was happening to his country. Although employed, he has seen coworkers laid off and he understands the problems that his company is having with the state of the economy.