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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I am no longer the most powerful Mark Maynard in the world, but I still own the URL
Posted in Corporate Crime, energy, Environment, Other, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Ayn Rand, coal mines, coal mining, Crum, Don Blankenship, Jay Rockefeller, Lee Maynard, Libertarianism, Massey Energy, other Mark Maynards, West Virginia, Whitesville, workplace safety 9 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, Don Blankenship, 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, West Virginia, Whitesville 46 Comments