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wandy

(3,539 posts)
1. If Rep. McKinley can lobbie for further use of coal.............
Sat May 24, 2014, 03:27 PM
May 2014
He either grew up an a very different part of the world than I did........





Or, he is very well paid......

wandy

(3,539 posts)
7. I tried to git pictures from NE Pennsylvainia..............
Sun May 25, 2014, 04:48 PM
May 2014

Although I don't know the exact area, pretty much that whole part of the world looks like that.
Note the burning clum dump at the following link......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scranton,_Pennsylvania
Ahh. my home town. We had more than one of those.
Common occurrence........
https://www.google.com/search?q=coal+slag+piles&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=HmSCU_iPPNOUyATB44L4Dw&ved=0CDIQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=935
Not to mention the occasional town killing mine fire.

Centralia Mine Fire, at 50, Still Burns With Meaning
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/01/pictures/130108-centralia-mine-fire/
HULU no longer has the documentary The Town That Was. The trailer can be found here.
http://www.fandor.com/films/the_town_that_was

Can there be any question that I had a strong dislike of the Koch brothers long before I knew of their existence?

Prophet 451

(9,796 posts)
2. We have got to stop humouring these assholes
Sat May 24, 2014, 05:27 PM
May 2014

Denialists should be treated the same as teh creationists they so resemble.

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