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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 06:26 PM
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Want An Example Of How Corrupt This Country Has Become ???
Must read/hear/see from Democracy Now.

The Fight over Coal Mining is a “Fight About Democracy”: New Documentary with Robert Kennedy, Jr



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We speak with environmental activist Robert Kennedy, Jr., and filmmaker Bill Haney about the new documentary, The Last Mountain, which premiered this year at the Sundance Film Festival. The film chronicles the fight against coal mining across Appalachia and Massey Energy’s devastating practice of mountaintop removal to extract layers of coal. "They have to break the law to do this. They cannot survive in the marketplace without violating the law. They violate labor laws. They violate health and safety laws. And by their own records, they’ve had some 67,000 violations of just one of the environmental statutes," says Kennedy of the coal giant that has tremendous political influence at the state and federal level. “It’s not just about the environmental destruction, it’s also about subverting democracy.” <includes rush transcript>

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Much More (Transcript/Audio/Video): http://www.democracynow.org/2011/5/23/fight_over_coal_mining_is_a

Unreal...

:mad:

:kick:
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Curmudgeoness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 06:44 PM
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1. I give up, I just give up!
What will it take for the "people" to have any say in anything?

Robert F Kennedy Jr: "Last year, I debated Don Blankenship in West Virginia in front of a statewide audience, a televised debate. And I asked him during the debate, "Is it possible for you to do your job without breaking the law?" And he said, "No, it is not." So this is a criminal enterprise, even by his own estimation."

I think I am going to go outside and scream at the wind!
:nuke:
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 08:48 PM
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3. I Think I'll Join You
:banghead:

:beer:

:hi:
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 02:05 PM
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8. WTF. These CEOs are just fucking criminals.
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Curmudgeoness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 02:18 PM
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9. Yes, they are. They are just fucking criminals who
rule the fucking world. They set the rules, they change the rules, they change the game halfway through, and they take home all the money. Fucking-A.
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Corruption Winz Donating Member (581 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 06:31 PM
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15. Sad, but true, n/t
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sasha031 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 06:45 PM
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2. this has been going on for years, what evil corporations get away with is heartbreaking
it's never covered in the media, it's hidden.
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 02:00 PM
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7. Corporations own the media...
They are in lockstep.

That's why I scream almost daily... we have our hands tied on all fronts unless we take back the media!
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sasha031 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 09:59 PM
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16. the answer is Current TV, I know we are going to support it
there are a few good guys, like Rachel and Ed but other than that. I look so forward to having Kieth back on the air.
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 07:07 AM
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4. K&R!.........nt
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femrap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 01:55 PM
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5. No wonder I
Edited on Fri May-27-11 01:56 PM by femrap
feel like crap....Corporate Greed simply takes my breath away.

Someone is going to get killed over this....pitting the miners (mostly out of state people) against the WV people. It's despicable.

And our own gov't does NOTHING! The EPA is f*cking useless.

ETA: any good ideas for releasing the Stress/anger over the powerlessness I feel?
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Curmudgeoness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 02:23 PM
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10. In answer to ideas to release stress and anger,
there are two that I can think of: Fight back (a long row to hoe)

or
:beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:
:beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 01:58 PM
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6. I guess it costs less to pay fines...
Than to clean up your act.

Pathetic bow to the Money God of Greed.
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 03:02 PM
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11. And Eric Cantor spoke to oil speculators and told them
they're "fighting for America".
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MountainLaurel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 03:29 PM
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12. This hits so close to home
Edited on Fri May-27-11 03:29 PM by MountainLaurel
Literally. My brother just finished his certification to go into the mines (to help him pay for his last 2 semesters of college while raising 2 daughters). My hope is that because his degree is in safety management, he'll know when they're asking him to do something dangerous. Meanwhile, my father died last year from black lung. I can't express to you how much I hate those companies.
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border_town Donating Member (191 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 05:50 PM
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13. Fraudmerica, Fraudmerica
oh boy Fraudmerica.
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 06:28 PM
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14. He's 100% correct about AT Massey.
Their major players belong in jail.
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