Contact: Dea Goblirsch 304-854-7372
EmmaKate and Benjamin remain in Southwestern Regional Jail this morning held on $100,000 bails for their blockade of Massey Energy Regional Headquarters in Boone county, W.Va.
We are asking you to call Magistrate Snodgrass and demand their bails be reduced to a reasonable amounts.
Benjamin’s case number is: 10-M-7-11-12-13-14
EmmaKate’s case number is: 10-M-7-15-16-17-18
Here’s an example statement: I am calling to express my outrage at the exorbitantly high bail Magistrate Snodgrass set for EmmaKate Martin and Benjamin Bryant. Their case numbers are 10-M-7-11-12-13-14 and 10-M-7-15-16-17-18. The 8th Amendment states “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” Snodgrass is using bail as punishment, and it is certainly excessive. He is doing a disservice to society by holding them behind bars until their hearing. Please reduce their bail to a reasonable amount that reflects their four non-violent misdemeanor charges.
Boone County Magistrate Office: 304-369-7360
Act in solidarity with EmmaKate, Benjamin, and all of those who are standing on the front lines of destruction. Call Magistrate Snodgrass and pass this on to your networks.
Please Donate to the Climate Ground Zero Legal Defense Fund by clicking the button below, or you can forward this link.
Just called, the woman who answered sounded fed up already, like shes heard this a few times before…
Well the way that I see this is praise Mr. Snodgrass. If the 2 that were put in jail had jobs, they would not have time to protest then they would not be in jail. Get a job and get off the system and stop relying on someone else to get you through life bygod.
If the majistrate don’t set a large enough bail Roselle and CGZ will just rotate another young person in to protest as he would surely do serious jail time because of the restraining order against him.
I called yesterday. LIke I said…not a lot going on upstairs. We’ll see.
It is interesting, and in some cases a good thing, that the judicial system wields power to effectively deter criminal recidivism. But the main issue here is that there is little mechanism in WV law to prevent abuse of the bonding power.
Over the past year and a half, the courts in southern WV have been arm wrestling with MTR protestors, and steadily upping the heat in the form of bail, fines, and recently actual sentencing. True, this is an effective way to deter crime. But is it fair, when compared to Ruth Tucker’s $100 fine for an assault consummated with a battery?
I will be writing this week on this…this affair.
The woman who answered the phone cut me off saying, “I know what you’re going to say.” She would not let me say anything and hung-up on me 3 times, because I would not give her my phone number.
Nope, Johnny, nothing is fair.
I understand when someone says these young people should get jobs and stop protesting the mining company. That person has a right to voice his opinion the same as those who protest. We have a country of rights, and we have given away far too many of these right to those few CEOs who profit most by exploitation of the environment. Here, in Louisiana, we will soon feel the devastating effects of an oil company who refused to safeguard the environment because it was just too expensive or too troublesome to drill safely and correctly. That oil company now seeks to limit its liability in federal court to $257million. That money is a drop in the bucket compared to the billions the company made in the last quarter of 2010. Make no mistake, big oil will pay far less than the value of the damage it caused because the money is better spent by greasing palms or making promises of political support or show that it produces menial jobs for our citizens. That same oil company will show a huge profit at the end of the year even after the clean up.
Egolocigal damage and extinction of species is accelarating. The man who says, “Get a job,” will have to watch his grandchildren breathe the air of his indifference.
More proof that WV is controlled by coal fascists. Hit somebody, get a $100 fine. Threaten to slit kids’ throats, get a $100 fine. Shoot at someone in a parking lot, get a $10,000 bail. Stab someone 5 times, get a $10,000 bail. Sit in Massey’s driveway, get a $100,000 bail. Sit in Massey’s driveway, get 20 days in jail. Sit on a mine road, get 60 days in jail. Willie Bottomfeeder, how about you get a real job and a real life? I’m sick to death of supporting your sorry behind with my tax dollars going to corporate welfare for killers like Massey and enablers like Manchin.
Mr. Phisterbottom, I understand that you are very misinformed about what we do and how we gain our funds here in Rock Creek. We are not system free-loaders. Our jobs ARE ending Mountaintop Removal. Doesn’t sound very lucrative does it? It’s not. None of us take a government check, we do our own fund-raising. It’s very hard, and sometimes we don’t feel like working because we feel beat by the system, but we don’t answer to anyone but our selves and because of that we want to help others realize that they don’t have to answer to anyone.
We don’t have to work forty hour weeks if we don’t want to because we don’t have a boss breathing down our necks with a boss breathing down their necks, but we do anyway. We survive on very little, and we do what we love. So, it makes how we live bearable even if it’s not the accepted norm. If you ever took the time to come by, you’d see we’re not lazy freeloaders. We’d definitely have you over for dinner.
The rational given by Mr. Snodass was that EmmaKate and Ben put the community in danger by occupying the latter truck making in unavailable to be on call for fire. The fact of the matter is employees could have parked at the end of the driveway and walked to work and the only person in any sort of danger was EmmaKate in the tripod. I would even go to the extent to say that the latter truck actually endangered EmmaKate if anything.
The police had no business in calling in the fire department and it is poor judgment on the part of the fire department to repond to this call and abandon their primary duty of putting out fires and protecting the comunity at large.
Massey Employees could have made it to work on time that day by just walking down the driveway. The passage fo that driveway serves absolutley no purpose to the public other than the fact that it allows Don Blankenship to devise more ways to poision water, destroy mountains and kill people.
I want to repost Vernon’s real example of how the legal system treats massey worker activists: “More proof that WV is controlled by coal fascists. Hit somebody, get a $100 fine. Threaten to slit kids’ throats, get a $100 fine”
Just called…I think this person is losing her mind.
Progress Miner, you’re right, “nothing is fair.” I knew that. I suppose a better question would be,
Is the Magistrate’s assessment constitutional? Both the WV Constitution (Art 3, Sect 5), and the U.S. Constitution (8th Amdt) have explicit language protecting against “excessive bail” and “crual and unusual punishments.” From the former,
“Penalties shall be proportioned to the character and degree of the offence.”
Thankfully the authors of our laws (if not all citizens) aspire to some ‘approximate original contour’ of equal justice, and unreasonably high bonds can be appealed under WVC § 62-1C-1c.
AP, you know if you would work forty hours a week like an honest person instead of bumming for money, you would feel better about yourself, if you stop mountain top removal then next it would be the deep mines then what is left for real honest hard working West Virginians? Wal-Mart shut the mines down then no more Wally World for anyone, they would just have to shut the state down. Then what are you going to do then who are you going to protest? One more thing why is it that all protesters smell like a nasty goats ass, take some of your money you get and buy you and your protester buddies some soap.
Willie, you’re a fine example of backward thinking. Please make it clear that you represent the industry mindset and not that of the average West Virginian, who has some sense, intelligence, and yes, opposes MTR.
Rooster statements are sadly misinformed and juvenile.
Rooster, what if you were in a building similarly blockaded and you were so injured or sick you needed an ambulance? What if the building had caught on fire and you were trapped? What if it was just your hangout and you were made to walk a mile or more because someone decided they did not want it there?
It is selfish to impose your will onto others. When / if you mature you may discover this.
You have freedom of speech – not freedom to act or disobey the law. If people are not responding to your message – look at the message you are delivering. You have ample recourse other than to break the law and deny other people their rights.
you people need to get a real job and stop bumming for money,it’s the same as welfare,wic,hud or getting an ssi check.if you earned your money you would not have the time to protest.most of you tree huggers stink to high heaven,can’t you afford a bar of soap,there are plenty of rivers and streams to wash in.not bathing is the laziest a man can get. also if mining was gone and all the jobs that it creates is gone,whose left to donate to your lost cause? of all the mountains,only 1% is mtr,and after they are gone you will go after deep mining.just because you all are a bunch of lazy bastards don’t mean the rest of us are.stupidity breeds upon it’s self so you bunch of inbred lazy good for nothings keep at it,i need a good laugh.
Vernon let me guess you get a welfare card, so it would not matter what happends. So tell me there Einstein if no coal mines then what is left for West Virginia Logging well then you would protest that, so come on and tell me what would we do for an honest living??? No one working then they would take the welfare system away no one to put money in it so tell me what would we do. And my motto “Screw the trees and rape the mountains dig coal boys dig that coal.
Just an FYI, Massey employees were able to drive around the tripod. You kept no one from that building.
From what I am able to gather, if these acts continue – $100,000 bail will seem cheap.
Willie I can personally vouch for Vernon. He is a hard working West Virginian who only has the best interest in mind for communities in our area. Also let me try to assess you in an objective manner. You say “Screw the trees and rape the mountains “, so that obviously means you have no pride in your environment and must enjoy living in coal dust infested cesspools of decay and poverty where you have to travel an hour or two out of your way to find some form of brainless recreation. By your logic, West Virginians must be dependent on others instead of themselves. Let me shed some light on your way of life. Coal is not always the way here. We have enough bio-diversity to start mushroom farms (very lucrative), greenhouses, canning kitchens, etc… Mining is good work you know it and I know it, but MTR is just a cheap way to keep corporations pockets full, workers oppressed, land devastated, and people miserable. Fact is deep mining produces many more jobs than MTR, but you probably don’t care as long as you have your wallet full and gas in your tank. To quote my favorite doctor “You’re an idiot.”
Benjamin and EmmaKate are heros and have my sincerest thanks for their commitment to protecting the land and community. Clearly some of these posters on this forum have been brainwashed by a MTR system that won’t just destroy our climate, air, and water; but will eventually remove the coal miner from the picture all together. I think it’s abundantly clear that once people start clinging to personal attacks about soap that they have absolutely no argument and don’t understand that a $100,000 bail for civil disobedience is unjust and disrespectful no matter which side you are on.
Look on the bright side.
Once they are tried and found guilty, they can get credit for time served against their sentence.
f you don’t think the charges are serious – read this
And this is JUST the obstruction charge
That §61-5-17 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE.
§61-5-17. Obstructing officer; fleeing from officer; making false statements to officer; penalties; definitions.
(a) Any person who by threats, menaces, acts or otherwise, forcibly or illegally hinders or obstructs, or attempts to hinder or obstruct, any law-enforcement officer, probation officer or parole officer acting in his or her official capacity is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500 or confined in jail not more than one year, or both fined and confined.
T.C. Hall…..Canning kitchens? What a quaint communal idea. I guess the old saying is true today, ‘old hippies never die,they turn into people like you sir. Fact is,sadly, deep mining produces many more deaths and injuries than mtr but you probably don’t care as long as it’s stopped.
Well T C you have made comment on a few things but you never made a comment on why the protesters smell like a goats ass. I do not travel 1 hour to work and an hour from work. Deep mining does provide more jobs, but with the reject from the prep plants where does it go? To make valley fills, so if they stop MTR then the deep mines is next. So many other companies rely on coal that the loss of coal would make these other companies shut down, crap rolls down hill. Look at the monies generated from the coal severence tax that help this state, Has any of the people protesting ever thought about this, no becuase over half of them are from other state so they dont give a rats butt about it.
I guess when the coal mines all get shut down people will have to either go back to college, go to college or learn how to farm the land. Oh wait….can’t farm toxic land with toxic water….damn, guess they’ll have to go back to college or learn a new trade like the rest of us when we lose our job or want to better ourselves.
Just keep on Willie; you’re a perfect example of why we need to improve schooling. Oh wait, schools are supported by my tax dollars and yours if you actually work, so you’d be against schools. If people want their kids to learn to read and write they should pay for it themselves, right? Obviously that’s not a priority for you.
Prudence, thanks for quoting the law and the maximum $500 fine. Nice to know the bail is 200 times the fine, so it’s punitive rather than the real purpose of bail. The magistrate has essentially tried EmmaKate and Ben without a trial, found them guilty, and sentenced them to an indefinite prison sentence. It’s not like these brave folks tackled a cop chasing a robber. They occupied a private road. Misdemeanor.
By your logic, a person pulled over for speeding 5 or 10 miles per hour over the speed limit should also get a $100,000 bail. It’s more dangerous than what these 2 did, and ties up a cop who could be responding to something else.
Do Prudence and Willie believe it’s better to stab and shoot people? I mean, that’s only a $10,000 bail.
To the watcher. I would think that anyone with half a brain would realize if their is one form of mining than more regulations could be enforced to improve safety in the underground mining work force.
To Willie Phisterbottom…well I really have nothing to add on your broken record statements. You obviously have a keen nose that far surpasses mine because personally I feel like these fine folks smell just fine. I am trying to rebuttal your comment the best I can, but in all honesty you have proven my point when I say that people like you overlook life and land and suck on the nipple of the all mighty dollar.
After researching the potential jail terms, the protesters face a 2 1/2 year jail + $2500 in fines each for 3 of the crimes (could not locate sentencing guidelines for littering). This is assuming the judge doesn’t decide to go for a more significant sentence. I would say with the uproar this situation has caused that they get at least the entire 2 1/2 year sentence. I am sure there will be plenty of miners at their probation hearings to ensure they stay in jail for the duration.
Who knows, maybe they can learn to do something useful there.
Why is it Snodgrass cares more about protecting access to Massey’s road than he does about keeping drunk drivers off public roads or knives out of people’s heads? I can’t wait to see Snodgrass behind bars for felony corruption charges.
Vernon yes I work and I work hard, so all of the thousands on welfare dont have to. Yes I pay my share of taxes. but if no jobs then no taxes then the schools cant improveor even shut down due to the lack of kids because the parents have to leave to find work.
T C well on the smell I was at the Boone Co court hse when they brought in a bunch of protesters and even the people working in the offices said they stunk so bad it made them sick, and they said that they smelled of ass. and you feel like they smell fine then you need to see a doctor, because you have something wrong with your nose unless you like the smell of nasty ass. And I aint over looking life, you are I am seeing the present and the future for the miners and everyone associated with the mines one way or another. so bend over and choke on that you artist.
Artist–meaning one who sits around drawing a check.
i totaly agree with mr. phisterbottom,mining pays my bills, feeds my family and my tax dollars go to all the lazy,nasty ass loafers, who sit and draw a check(S).you people are alike hitler,trying to impose your will and believes onto others,attacking people who don’t agree with your mind set.you break the law and then you calls us slow witted?do you want people comming onto your property without permission? remember this, you people started this and then you complaine when you don’t get your way.you people are so acustomed to getting free money you think everything should be free to you.i hope snodgrass throughs the book at them. lazy stinking people with no jobs are nothing more than a drag on our economy.wise up and get a job,see what it feels like to be a man and earn an onest living instead of feeding on the people of our state.
Personally, I’ve smelled coal miners who reek worse than any of the ‘tree-huggers’ ever have. But that’s just me. Maybe you can’t tell the difference anymore, Willie…Should have that checked out.
As far as schools go, as long as there are children, there will be money. Even if every member of the community is on welfare or government assistance, the schools still receive money for each child there. If a parent is willing to continue their own education, the schools will receive even more. As of yet, I have met very few people here willing to do that. It seems you would be included in that high number of uneducated people who try to ‘better the world’ by making it worse. (And Willie, going back to school might be a better idea for you than continuing along the lines you’re going. It seems that basic vocabulary, grammar, and spelling escape your grasp. But that might be from the mining, too…)
The future of the miners would better be served by giving them better and safer jobs. While MTR and surface mining has a higher safety record, if there was better regulation, then deep mining would be that much more safe. No one ever thinks of that, though.
It is highly unfair what the bail was set at. And you have to face that. It’s unlawful. So instead of threatening, posturing, and annoying the rest of the general public, take a law course. Might not only improve your ability with the English language, but might also show you that sometimes, your government officials aren’t always in the right.
(Oh, and for the record, I would rather be an artist than a know nothing twit.)
Bail is to be set at the judge’s discretion.
It may be unfair (in your eyes) but I don’t see it as unlawful.
And, life is not fair. Life makes no pretense at being fair. And, by these selfish acts of trying to impose your will on others, you are not being fair. So, it appears, what comes around, goes around.
I see alot of comment on here regarding more regulation on mining. More regulation, more fines, right? Why would that be ok when at the same time you complain about the bail amount. More arrest, more of a fine. Lets see, 100 plus arrest……. I think you are getting a bargin at $100,00.00. I think it should be higher. In fact, you are encouraging people to call and “demand ” a lower bail, I think I will call and “demand ” a higher bail. 304-369-7360…. thanks for the number. Vernon makes a good point, speeding kills alot of people. Many more than mining. Speeding cars will effect many more families than mining. If you are concerned about the well being of the people of WV, why are you not protesting speeding motorist? Tire companies for making a tire that will with stand the higher speed? Engine builders, for making engines that will propel the car at a higher speed? Cell phones for distracting drivers while they are speeding? Beer companies for making people speed while intoxicated? etc.
Again Will and goodwrench you are only seeing money. You say we don’t work, then why do we come home with headaches from all of the planing, organizing, strategy sessions, etc… Money isn’t everything. If the government said cooperations didn’t have to pay those taxes do you honestly think they would? You honestly think that they would donate money for schools, hospitals, and other public works because of kindness? No they do it so that they can get the big breaks during tax season so that they don’t have to pay more, it’s called a write off or exemption. But enough about cooperation, what do you give back to the community? I help with fundraisers, work to improve conditions for children, volunteer with veterans with PTSD only to name a few and still hold a job. Don’t bring up the work hours because it’s just a poor excuse. I can do my 40+ a week and still have time to voice my opinions and go to school on the side.
Oh and Willie I’m an artist by profession so imagine that eh? I draw things that bring me a check (by the way thanks for the great new idea for a painting, I’m sure I’ll bank more on it than you’ll see in a year).
I really like what “Coal is great says” said everyone should call and have the bail raised. Well T C I volunteer everyday and help with fund raisers also, and still work and find time for my grandkids. And yes I go home with a headache also, you could not phathom my job with all the stress that comes with it. what all do you draw? Is it little stick men or triangles?
little
Willie…what? Are you trying to seem intelligent (fathom is with an “F”, get firefox you twit)? For the record stick men and triangles are quite popular in modern and contemporary art pieces (Matisse for example).
eM, if you weren’t so involved in blowing up 3rd world countries, you would know how those people raise a garden. get a real grip on a less fortunate life before you pretend yours is a slusher. I’ll just say this, you say you farm, does your waste roll downhill to fertilize your crops? Don’t go there unless you been there. Explain to those people whats toxic!
Progress Miner:
So you are saying we should compete with 3rd world countries on pollution? (People all over the world have hardships and dirty water..why not us? ) geez…………………
Compete? You really are out there MountainWitch. I’m saying eM, comes off as a mass of hardship. Talks about what is toxic, not necessarily pollution. That friend of yours, have you ever asked her about the release of pollutants from hospital incinerators? She works at one, is she standing out against that? UH OH WHOA WHOA WHOA! That’s her job I’m talking about I better stop, it’s not allowed. Actually, do you know what my comment actually depicts MountainWitch? I’ll look forward to your reply, actually I will more over appreciate the energy you will use to do so. What a cycle, thanks for doing your part!
Progress Miner:
Why do you and mnayothers not see that when a person is against a ceratin way of doing things it doesn’t mean they are against something all together? For example. I like spaghetti. I like to cook it at least once a week. Most people like to put their hamburger in not rinsed. After mine is thoroughly cooked I like to rinse the excess grease off because it reduces the fat intake. It’s not that I don’t like spaghetti. I enjoy it. I just choose to have my cooked a little different.
Just like MTR. It’s a small part of what an industry is doing that if they stop then it could make a BIG difference for us all. I know it’s not a good comparable but I am attempting to give you an analogy so maybe you can understand.
Thank you for the power so I can use my computer. I conserve that energy anyway I can. I am a single mother that could probably utilize more modern convinces in my life but I try not to. I don’t use air conditioning, I don’t use my dishwasher, etc. You would think that if you work so hard for something that you would do all you could to conserve too. After all, with us all working together it could last longer and create a betterment for us all. Abusing it is just going to create more problems for us ALL and it has.
Progress Miner although I do see the correlation you are trying to make by saying that because I choose to teach people how to care for other people and by being a nurse in the military where all I do is care for our soldiers that somehow that is the same as the person that works on a mountain top removal site and blows the mountains up allowing toxins such as silica to float into the air and then to dump the waste into water ways that run off and into our drinking water. I get what you are saying. We are all guilty in some way of perpetuating the destruction of this Earth. I agree!! But you can’t honestly say that we are all guilty on the same level. And you can’t honestly say that you believe that just because we are all guilty that the person that realizes this and does try to do better as compared to the person that just takes, takes, takes with no regard for any other living creature is somehow equally guilty. I’m sorry, I dont buy it and I don’t think you really buy it either.
Yeah I do buy it. We are all guilty, I see it easier than you, actually the ones out there being arrested for treespassing and so forth see it easier than you. You can’t even see sentence to sentence, just look at your post eM. Why do you choose to think I don’t give, give, give? I give tax payer dollars, dollars that feed prisoners, dollars that pay our education system, a system that, pollutes our childrens minds, with straight out of hell teachings. I give to my neighbors, asking nothing in return. We are guilty on the same level, you don’t choose to see it because your scared to face it. You think you get a free pass? Sorry, no one does, not even me. Yes you are 1000% right we are all responsible, and equally so. You are as guilty as what was done by our military, as I am, kind of like the UBB tragedy. We are all guilty for that too. We depend on those men, and all others that mine coal, for our energy, we helped put these men and women at risk for our welfare. So if you do use energy, and I know you do, and wish to call UBB a murder, well what does that make you? If you believe we take take take, then next time I am at the grocery store buying bologna, while some of these freeloaders are buying steak, then you can imagine what I take take take.Oh by the way eM, do you use oil? Yeah well we ALL are responsible for the Gulf disaster also. Have a good day!
tresspassing
“trespassing”
Good ol’ Tide education helped someone out, thanks eM!
Yes, I do think I got a very good education in Boone County public schools. I usually don’t correct typos because I’m sure I make my share but you seemed concerned that you spell “trespassing” correctly so I helped you out. What are neighbors for right?
Exactly.I pick up my neighbors beer cans, and put them in the proper place all the time. Guess, will start picking up those nasty, despicable cigarette butts also, I read they help metal in some sort of way. Anyways, thanks again!
Progress Miner….picking up neighbors beer cans and nasty cigarette butts???…next thing you know you’ll be sitting in a tree.
See you do care. I knew it. That makes me happy.
Progress Miner do you like to read? Here is a book you might like. Soul of a Citizen by Paul Rogat Loeb. It might be a little outside your interest but I’m thinking you might be a person that will step outside their comfort zone to broaden their horizons a bit.
Yeah, I like to read, The Bible, that’s the only thing that is truthful. Biographies are supposed to be, but I say the truth is stretched a bit. Here’s is one for you, Tranceformation Of America. As far as a book about souls, truthfully the Bible is the only one going to get ANYONE anywhere!Comfortable, I’m always comfortable, my soul is at peace you see. Now I will be truthful, I think a Christian should read false religion books, so they can be informed without heresay. As for me I haven’t actually read any as of yet, only skimmed through like a set of cliff notes, King James version is my choice, can I get you one? Now if that Loeb fella can know where his soul is settled, then I may take a gander. If he can’t then I don’t believe he is capable of writing about one.You know I don’t even get excited about Pastor Rick Warren’s A Purpose Driven Life, for the fact he says if you read this book it can change your life. I say if you can’t read the Bible and it don’t change your life, Warrens will fall well short. Now just as you are suggesting, I say to others give that Loeb and Warren books a gander, but don’t get caught up in their presumptions. thanks eM.
Progress Miner as a matter of fact I have a Bible and I have read quite a bit of it. It makes for hard reading…something like Shakespeare. Actually, I find many good lessons in the Bible. If you do decide to read the book and want to share your opinion, I would be interested in hearing it.
Progress Miner, I was in church service one time and a preacher by the name of Barney Goin’s made mention of a booked called, “A Shepherd Looks At Psalms 23″, so I searched and searched until I found it and I want to tell you I enjoyed the book but like you, I am a King James Version lady and I would be glad to share my Bible with anyone who might want to read it, I have several throughout my house.
Just thought you might want to know about that book and also, “Pilgrims Progress”.
Progress Miner: also if you guys over there at Progress Mine need any of the “friends of coal” stickers, license plates or other items we will be glad to get them to you guys, just let us know….
Thanks Raychel! I was in Charleston today, and I happen to see a brand new electric truck traveling the interstate system on a hauler. Although it wasn’t a Caterpillar, for your husband’s sake, it is providing a few jobs to someone!
To ALL those that think we will not win this fight….another small victory….”The state of Michigan has denied a permit for a coal fired power plant in Rogers City. The project has been highly contested for years.”—ipr.interlochen.org
All the while Peabody Coal just opened what is being described as the largest strip mining east of the Mississippi in Obama’s home turf, the Illinois coal basin. stltoday.com
Thanks Progress Miner, I appreciate the kind thoughts though. Who cares what goes on in Michigan that state lost all respect I had for them when Rich Rod went there to coach their football team and it’s doing not too well I might add but thats not what this is about… moving on…It’s sweet to know that what we love to do going on in Obama’s home state!
I think a few of us need to call and suggest they keep the bond as high as possible. Might teach some you you sorry freeloaders a good lesson. they have a word to describe most of you treehuggers who would rather protest real men while you are too sorry to even get a job. That word is a bum. A parasite is about the same thing. You live off of working men and women and to be honest you don’t really care about the environment, just something to protest, something to keep from working. Do all of you treehuggers really stick your head between your legs to inhale and recycle your farts so they won’t damage the environment.