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Losing the War on Coal


               
2014 Oct 19, 11:37am   1,635 views  2 comments

by Oilwelldoctor   follow (0)  

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/10/19/losing-war-on-coal-one-virginia-town-painful-decline/

Roger Whited doesnt have to think back too far to remember when Main Street was alive with bustling shops and offices, teeming sidewalks and even traffic jams, all thanks to the industry that was the lifeblood of this tiny mountain town and countless others like it. But six years into what many term the Obama administrations War on Coal, Appalachias main thoroughfare is a tableau of boarded-up buildings, empty storefronts and dilapidated homes. Those who still mill about on streetcorners are looking for jobs, not places to spend their paychecks.

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1   Bellingham Bill   2014 Oct 19, 12:19pm  

Because there's money to be made by someone paying people to dig it out of the ground, preferably as cheaply as possible, i.e. removing the overburden and moving on.

being pro-coal is a right-wing shibboleth, along with pro-Israel, pro-Bible, etc.

one more thing for Fox to wind up the masses with.

2   HydroCabron   2014 Oct 19, 2:23pm  

Anyone who loves 13,000 deaths per year should fight to keep coal humming along.

Oh, wait: that's not ebola, so nevermind - forget I mentioned it.

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