I don’t know this to be true, but I’ve heard, over the years, that the Maynard side of my family made their way to Kentucky from West Virginia. And, as there are currently a great many Maynards there, like Lee Maynard, the brilliant author of Crum, I suspect that there may be some truth to […]
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Rand Paul seeks to roll back black-lung protections for miners
He may be OK with black people not being served at lunch counters, but Kentucky Senator Rand Paul wants it known that he’s got no problem as far as black lungs are concerned. The following clip comes from the Louisville Courier-Journal. Sen. Rand Paul questioned the need Thursday for new federal new coal-mining rules to […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Economics, energy, Environment, Politics Also tagged black lung, coal, coal mining, global climate change, Global Warming, Libertarianism, Massey Energy, Montcoal, Rand Paul, tea party, unions, West Virginia, worker safety, workers rights 20 Comments
Ode to a coal mining teabagger
Sometimes, when the Libertarians here on the site go off on a tirade about the evils of government regulation, and how the world would be a much better place if only we’d only trust in the power of unfettered Capitalism, I like to remind folks that there was a time not too long ago in […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, energy, Environment Also tagged Ayn Rand, Brian Ross, Chamber of Commerce, coal, coal mining, free market parables, Friends of America Rally, global warming denial, greeniacs, Hank Williams Jr, Harman Mining Corporation, Labor Day, Libertarianism, Massey Energy, mining, mountain top removal, Nightline, safety, Sean Hannity, strip mining, sulfur dioxide, tea party, teabaggery, Ted Nugent, Upper Big Branch South Mine, West Virginia, Whitesville 46 Comments