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get the red out

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53. Well put
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 08:16 AM
Aug 2019

My Papaw was a miner in eastern Kentucky and always called Harlan "bloody Harlan" because of its history. Ironic that the big realization they were warned about, that coal is going as an industry, is starting to set in there.

We warned them, they didn't listen sakabatou Aug 2019 #1
+1 Blue_Tires Aug 2019 #48
Yes, and I think Scarlett Johansson needs to take me out for dinner tomorrow night . . . hatrack Aug 2019 #2
conned by the con man...the cruelty of trump. spanone Aug 2019 #3
and con men don't come back to town after fleecing the marks. nt TeamPooka Aug 2019 #62
Oh he'll be showing his bloated orange face at a hate rally near you Kentucky. That's all you gonna UniteFightBack Aug 2019 #4
And, he'll throw them an empty promise or two. Marie Marie Aug 2019 #14
these guys STILL think Trump gives a damn about them??? Skittles Aug 2019 #5
Banks of Marble struggle4progress Aug 2019 #6
Thanks! Great song and appropriate today. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #16
Hey coal miners, how about Moscow Mitch? Have you seen him lately? Brother Buzz Aug 2019 #7
Wherz that billboard of Muscovite Mitch and his female-- sprinkleeninow Aug 2019 #25
That's Claude Taylor's Mad Dog PAC - And it's money well spent Brother Buzz Aug 2019 #29
Those are them! 'Mad Dog PAC'. Heheh. Very good indeed. eom sprinkleeninow Aug 2019 #30
The billboatd I posted is a grassroots outfit in Kentucky Brother Buzz Aug 2019 #33
'Brother', my brother. Those are the billboards I saw on DU. Was too spent from another crapola day sprinkleeninow Aug 2019 #36
Your wish was my command! Just donated and will do some more. sprinkleeninow Aug 2019 #39
They say an occasional dose of schadenfreude is good for the soul Brother Buzz Aug 2019 #42
Well he surely 'stepped in it', dint he now. eom sprinkleeninow Aug 2019 #45
When will they ever learn? smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #27
They gotta put another record in the jukebox Brother Buzz Aug 2019 #31
I like that one! smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #34
I was flashing on that and thinking Malvina Reynolds wrote it Brother Buzz Aug 2019 #38
What's so sad is that Hillary Dan Aug 2019 #8
They'd still be in the energy business under Hillary's plan.... Brother Buzz Aug 2019 #10
The reckoning. nolabear Aug 2019 #9
Yep. Blue_true Aug 2019 #21
Words of truth. There will be a day of reckoning that will come to pass.. sprinkleeninow Aug 2019 #32
Hillary wanted to give you all free training Takket Aug 2019 #11
buggy whip makers suffered the same fate. they saw it coming years ago nt msongs Aug 2019 #12
The only mine tRump cares about is "mine" (as in "what's his") Blue Owl Aug 2019 #13
Trump can't fix mines closing. He may try KPN Aug 2019 #15
I think tRump's skating on thin ice with many workers he lied to. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #19
You know. Blue_true Aug 2019 #22
Yes. The plants I worked in that switched to gas turbines.... KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #47
I agree with you on high skilled jobs. Blue_true Aug 2019 #55
Yep. Tick-tock. It's only a matter of time. KPN Aug 2019 #51
He is talking about handing out more money to farmers after China stopped buying Blue_true Aug 2019 #56
Sad but true. We may have to rely on China doing our KPN Aug 2019 #57
China seems to have decided that they and the world are better off without him. Blue_true Aug 2019 #59
Well, I'm sure it was great fun chanting "lock her up" with all your friends. ooky Aug 2019 #17
You know what? Bluesaph Aug 2019 #18
They in my thots and covfefes. eom sprinkleeninow Aug 2019 #28
Hillary had a workable plan for them. Blue_true Aug 2019 #20
The ONLY solution to coal miners' problems is cheaper & easier that all the nonsense SoCalDem Aug 2019 #23
Agree. We don't need to make enemies. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #40
it's hard Skittles Aug 2019 #43
Racism is a very serious issue in the mountains. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #46
yes we do Skittles Aug 2019 #54
Democrats.see above. Corgigal Aug 2019 #24
Sure thing durablend Aug 2019 #49
I feel bad for them Demovictory9 Aug 2019 #26
Why did you sting me said the frog... JDC Aug 2019 #35
Losing faith in Trump? Really? Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #37
They're losing so much faith in him durablend Aug 2019 #50
if the moron was smart, he would give the miner's their lost wages they deserve. fuck bankruptcy law pansypoo53219 Aug 2019 #41
"They say in Harlan County, there are no neutrals there. /You'll either be a union man... Hekate Aug 2019 #44
Well put get the red out Aug 2019 #53
You'll never leave Harlan alive kentuck Aug 2019 #58
I want to say I have sympathy for them but I can't Botany Aug 2019 #52
The situation with coal and power plants mirror that for coal Blue_true Aug 2019 #60
I just lost my Dad @ 90 last January and I showed him a little piece of coal that was on the ... Botany Aug 2019 #63
Even in the case of metallurgy, natural gas will soon completely surplant coal. Blue_true Aug 2019 #64
Thanx ... my knowledge is years out of date Botany Aug 2019 #65
I think you fucking miners maxrandb Aug 2019 #61
They got what they voted for. Joe941 Aug 2019 #66
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