it's gonna be fun to see a vibrant Main Street in Richwood again like it was before Obama and Hillary killed coal.
I can't wait until all the coal mines re-open....
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LOL. Yeah, we'll see how that goes. It'll be interesting to see how his supporters deal with his softened tone on lots of campaign promises.
He's already walking back the wall, Obamacare, suddenly Hillary is a good person, so is Obama....But he's not a politician.
I'm reminded of Alan Sheperd's prayer while waiting his rocket to be launched to become the forst American in space...."Dear Lord, please don't let me *** up"I can't wait until all the doom and gloom predictions the left made will come true.
Well, when he does walk back from all his irrational position statements, that would be a very good thing.
Let me know when the slave auctions begin, women are forced out of the workforce, and Mexican families are being ripped apart by ICE.
Which are you looking forward to the most, a trade war with China or other country or nuclear war?I can't wait until all the doom and gloom predictions the left made will come true.
You are one pathetic individual. Mocking people that lost their jobs due to Obama's war on coal. I'm sure southern WV is not to your liking. The people aren't as smart as you. They smoke cigarettes and listen to country music. They own guns and go to church each Sunday. They had a great paying, albeit dangerous job that for decades powered this country.
I hope you're proud of yourself. I am certain you fellow liberal elitists agree with you. These people in Richwood are baskets of deplorable and irredeemable.
His changing trajectory isn't going to piss the left off. But I bet his voters won't be pleased.I can't wait until all the doom and gloom predictions the left made will come true.
It's funny. Obama with devastating efficiency delivered on his promise to destroy coal jobs and and the coal industry and then to create part time jobs at McDonalds and then support a $15 minimum wage, that will only destroy jobs, to compensate. Rather than losing hundred of billions of dollars are green energy, why not invest in clean coal technologies. Why not develop a transition plan to lessen the suffering.
I have some dear friends that are coal miners. I employ great friends that manufacture, or use to, coal mining equipment. I'd love for you to meet a few of these guys in a local bar and spout your anti-coal talking points. It would be worth the price of admission.
Hey einstein, I left Richwood in 79. The stores were starting to be boarded up at about that time. By the time I returned briefly in 87, it was a ghost town-like most of southern WV was becoming at back then. But it was Obama who killed coal. Are you really that dense?
Seems like he might be mocking Trump who said he'd bring coal jobs back. Did that occur to you? smh
Settle down Alice ... my comment was only that the jobs aren't coming back like Trump promised they would.
No need to go all Internet Tough Guy .... or My-Friends-Are-Internet-Tough-Guys or whatever the hell you're doing.
Go back under whatever rock you've been under, you weren't missed.
Much smarter than you and I was talking about southern West Virginia (Never been to Richwood and you comments were clearly broadly directed at the coal industry). Obama promised to kill coal. The EPA did destroy coal. And if you knew anything about the industry, you would know that he succeeded. And you mock them.
How do you know what jobs will come back? You have no clue. Like I said, go to Beckley and spout your nonsense. I don't think you'd dare.
Let me give you a little education. Due to the EPA many power plants shifted to nat gas. The coal plants have been mothballed. But electric companies aren't stupid. They have significant investment in those coal plants. They could soon have the choice to switch based on contract prices. I agree that not all coal jobs will return, but many could. And keep in mind, between China and India one new coal plant is commissioned every other week.
Had a similar conversation with one of my liberal friends as they were spouting off about the goodness of the death of coal and how the "coal barons" were making money off the backs of the people. I just simply asked her if she had given any thought at all to the 1000's of families that are out of work and whether they preferred their freedom from the coal barons or if they'd rather be employed. It was like there was a disconnect in the fact that we were talking about real people and not just a widget.
Because I'm smart and you .... well, you aren't.
I have no desire to step into the cesspool that Beckley has become ... but I'm sure it's fine for you.
But...Trump is going to bring those jobs back! Thousands of WVians (including a lot of my family) took him at his word. It is going to be beautiful, fantastic, spectacular....big league.
Look at how Obama killed coal jobs....
Year
Total U.S. Coal Production Total U.S. Coal Miner Employment Annual Production Per Miner
1900 269,684 448,581 0.60
1910 501,596 725,030 0.69
1920 658,265 784,621 0.84
1930 527,172 644,006 0.82
1940 512,256 530,388 0.97
1950 560,388 488,206 1.15
1955 490,838 258,616 1.90
1960 434,329 188,451 2.30
1965 526,954 144,864 3.64
1970 612,659 146,078 4.19
1975 654,641 193,787 3.38
1980 829,700 228,569 3.63
1985 883,638 169,281 5.22
1990 1,029,076 131,306 7.84
1995 1,033,000 83,462 12.38
2000 1,073,600 71,522 15.01
2006 1,162,750 82,595 14.08
2013 982,877 80,209 12.25
I bet his voters will buy whatever he sells them.
"No... not a physical wall, but an electronic wall that will much better. Bigly better. Baleebit."
"Sounds good!"
Another liberal elitist. Beckley is a cesspool. Basket of deplorables. Irredeemable. Yes, southern West Virginia has a huge drug problem. I thought libs like you wanted to help those less fortunate. I guess you don't fit that category.
Lol. Take a trip to Beckley and tell them they live in a cesspool.
191,000 coal jobs lost since 2014.
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/us-has-lost-191000-mining-jobs-september-2014
You'd have to be an idiot not to see the destruction of Southern WV.
These libs love the death of coal and coal miners jobs. Hillary said the same thing. I just don't understand the mind set of celebrating when someone loses their jobs, good paying middle class jobs. The devastation to the families is enormous. I have seen it first hand. How many other places can a high school graduate make $100K a year? And they laugh.
Somebody needs to post the black murder graphic across the country for the last 20 years. It will be interesting correlation between loss of jobs and loss lif.e
So you must be really pissed about Trump promising to bring those jobs back when in reality he was just joking and saying anything to get the WV vote, right?
I love how libs lie through their teeth and claim Obama did not destroy coal jobs. He promised he would. He kept his promise. Anyone who drives though southern WV or eastern KY can see first hand the devastation.
Hillary's claims of deplorables and irredeemables, libs calling Beckley a cesspool, another poster mocking WV'ians that lost their jobs. And they are the compassionate party, lol.
So apparently you don't care that Trump promised to bring coal jobs back and he won't be able to back up the claim. You are aware of the promises that Trump made to the WV voters aren't you? I can't say I blame you for repeatedly trying to change the subject of the thread. Trump is the worst kind of politician and you will find out soon enough. Well done.
My brother lives there as do my nephews and lots of friends. A proud community. And absolutely distraught over the plight of Beckley.
I never said that. You are putting words in my mouth. I said Trump didn't need to promise a return of coal, he had the state won regardless because of all the damage caused by libs. I do believe Trump will stop defending the EPA in court on the EPA Clean Air Act which was blatantly unconstitutional. I do believe Trump will appoint a new EPA director much more friendly to coal. I do believe Trump thinks that global warming is a hoax. I do believe coal will rebound, but that it will take many years as electric generators will ultimately decide on what fuel to use and when. It will be critical for Trump to enact legislation returning EPA and other regulatory powers that have huge impacts on the economy to Congress. The people need their representatives to vote on such huge issues that affect so many lives.
Your boy promised to bring coal jobs back to WV. I'll give him a chance to take office then he's on the clock. WV needs the jobs, I hope he's not a big liar.
He specifically mentioned coal as one of his main priorities the day after his election. I think his infrastructure jobs will help WV. I think he will work to rein in the EPA and begin to restore coal as a national fuel. But that will take years, as I mentioned in an earlier post. Electric companies are not going to rely on EPA regs alone. They can be overturned in the next administration. We need legislation returning big regulatory decisions to Congress to give the power companies the confidence they need to begin to move to coal powered production once again. Then the market can decide which fuel is best for generation. I think he encourages exploration and supports fracking (which Hillary did not). I think it will mean more jobs, but it will take time. Our state desperately needs those jobs.