Coal Baron caught on tape, rails against "greeniacs", denies climate change...

[greenman3610]

Run time: 00:19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEl7dF8N-ZU   Posted on YouTube: December 09, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: December 12, 2008 By DU Member: greenman3610 Views on DU: 1192

 
more here:
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/paltman/caught_on_tape_the_big_lies_of_1.html

By now, you've probably read about Massey Energy CEO and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Director Don Blankenship's now infamous November 20, 2008 speech in West Virginia.

Several people - including NRDC's own Frances Beinecke - have expressed their views about this rather astounding public display of nastiness and chicken little-like denial.

But there's no substitute for actually watching Don Blankenship giving the speech in question. We managed to snag the only video available of Blankenship's hour-long diatribe. Aside from the extremism of the views expressed, I was struck by the calm and measured pace of his delivery. It reminded me a bit of the famous Michael Douglas monologue in Wall Street, in which his Gordon Gecko character calmly, firmly makes the case that greed is good. Well I guess if you have something nutty to say - like coal is good for the environment - you have a better chance of being taken seriously if you say it calmly.

[Botany]

1. "part of a natural cycle"

:puke:

[DUlover2909]

2. It's funny how it's always the people that stand to gain from pollution

and bad products that refuse to admit the problems exist. Hmmm, weird.

[doc03]

3. Don Blankenship is the biggest asshole in

the entire state of WV. My company had a long term contract with Massey Energy for coal at a fixed price and what he did was ignore the contract and sell our coal in the market at higher prices. Our company was forced to buy lower quality coal on the market at higher prices and in addition to that it caused massive damage to our coke ovens. It also nearly forced us into bankrupcy. So we sued Massey for $230 million. Well Blankenship thought he couldn't lose because he had bought the WV Supreme Court, he got a surprise he lost. Just last week he took it to the US Supreme Court and they refused to take the case so now he owes us around $260 million with interest.

[Botany]

4. so are you a commie or atheist?

nrdc link to longer video clip .... the man thinks he can bully his way to facts ....
he was talking about the Soviet Union being a problem and total crap as far
as science is concerned.

[quidam56]

5. THE COAL INDUSTRY and Prosperity in Appalachia

Come see for yourself http://www.wisecountyissues.com the prosperity on Main Stree Wise County, Virginia third world USA. We are stuck now in a toxic waste dump thanks to THE COAL INDUSTRY.

[elleng]

6. AND in West Virginia!

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