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This is sick. octoberlib Nov 2016 #1
Fuck it Drahthaardogs Nov 2016 #26
Oh wow, your grandfather was on the frontlines doing all the hard work. octoberlib Nov 2016 #33
It WAS the unions Drahthaardogs Nov 2016 #35
What a sick, sick person! Trump is declaring war on the American evidenced by the people he is smirkymonkey Nov 2016 #2
Exactly!!! "it's like he is assembling the crew of a pirate ship".n/t RKP5637 Nov 2016 #3
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... Grey Lemercier Nov 2016 #23
Of course, it wouldn't apply to white kids. baldguy Nov 2016 #5
Except it's their kids who are stuck at home, hopeless, jobless . . . MrModerate Nov 2016 #7
holy shit Afromania Nov 2016 #6
This country is regressing so far back it's unreal! ananda Nov 2016 #8
It's horrifying how quickly their rotten deeds can undo progress. Snarkoleptic Nov 2016 #11
Thank for posting about Shorpy eleny Nov 2016 #32
Seems the current batch of conservatives longs for the 1900-1910 era. Snarkoleptic Nov 2016 #34
Back to 1859 and the "land of cotton," I think you mean. - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2016 #47
Pic of my grandpa in the Pennsylvania coal mines--post #36 below. tblue37 Nov 2016 #39
Black Lung Disease puts hair on your chest and makes frail little boys real men! Feeling the Bern Nov 2016 #41
you are wide awake Grey Lemercier Nov 2016 #24
6 children died in a school bus crash? That's nothing! neeksgeek Nov 2016 #9
But that's okay, because teenagers crave danger. Chemisse Nov 2016 #14
I blame Obama, er, Hillary :sarcasm: - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2016 #48
Yes, Newt Gingrich liked that idea too. whathehell Nov 2016 #10
It was Gingrich who suggested The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2016 #51
I know..Totally disgusting, whathehell Nov 2016 #52
DeVos and the Kochs, Daltons and other Plutocrats want to bring back serfdom. Dustlawyer Nov 2016 #12
Mackinac Center for Public Policy funded by DeVos, Kochs: Mc Mike Nov 2016 #13
Those tiny fingers can clean the barrel of the gun.. nt lostnfound Nov 2016 #15
Not that I'm defending this crazy shit, but child labor has always been legal for farm kids NickB79 Nov 2016 #16
This is true. But it shouldn't have been. kcr Nov 2016 #31
Does trump even know what these assholes stand for? Ilsa Nov 2016 #17
The voters in Michigan should've already know what was going to happen. SharonAnn Nov 2016 #20
I think most people in the US, sadly, are too Ilsa Nov 2016 #28
all this shit comes out of the mouths onethatcares Nov 2016 #18
Greed and heartlessness gollygee Nov 2016 #19
Let the Trump offspring lead the way into coal mining work. milestogo Nov 2016 #21
So those are the coal jobs Trump wants to bring back. keithbvadu2 Nov 2016 #22
See my post #36 below. Coal mining destroyed Grandpa's lungs. He went to the mines at age 13. nt tblue37 Nov 2016 #37
Wouldn't she want children going door to door, selling Amway? mascarax Nov 2016 #25
"valued as people. They are earning money" ck4829 Nov 2016 #27
Because to a Republican, people who don't earn money have no value at all as people. nt tblue37 Nov 2016 #38
Republicanism in a nutshell gollygee Nov 2016 #40
God could this get any worse? Initech Nov 2016 #29
Yes. A military draft. Yavin4 Nov 2016 #30
At age 13, my grandfather, who came from Sicily as an immigrant, tblue37 Nov 2016 #36
Amazing pix! Snarkoleptic Nov 2016 #44
From a book about child labor in the mines. nt tblue37 Nov 2016 #50
My mom's grand dad immigrated here from Sicily and worked in PA mines. Mc Mike Nov 2016 #58
I remember "The Molly McGuires." Saw it when it first came out. (I am old.) tblue37 Nov 2016 #59
This message was self-deleted by its author Mc Mike Nov 2016 #61
Well, no offense was meant by my last re to your post 59, but I deleted it anyhow. nt Mc Mike Dec 2016 #62
"Valued as people" TYPICAL of RW assholes to think that children and others are not valued Maru Kitteh Nov 2016 #42
Seems to me it's more like... Snarkoleptic Nov 2016 #45
Time for the Senate to shoot this nutbagger's nomination down. n/t duffyduff Nov 2016 #43
KnR Hekate Nov 2016 #46
Would Black Lung be considered a pre-existing condition? kskiska Nov 2016 #49
Medicare... KK9 Nov 2016 #55
minimum wage serfdom here we come. pansypoo53219 Nov 2016 #53
And when the kids get black lung disease and other occupational related disorders, smirkymonkey Nov 2016 #54
Of course the rich folks wouldn't want THEIR kids to prove their value as people tblue37 Nov 2016 #60
Coal mining is just like selling newspapers on the street NastyRiffraff Nov 2016 #56
My Dad owned a one man coal mine, yortsed snacilbuper Nov 2016 #57
Didn't we try that already? MineralMan Dec 2016 #63
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