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KBlagburn Donating Member (409 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-10 08:19 PM
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"Coal Companies Mine Family Graves in West Virgina" OMG!! What have we become?
Edited on Mon Sep-13-10 08:19 PM by KBlagburn
Dear God what are we becoming as a country??

http://www.takebackthemedia.com/?p=60

Read and watch the video at the link. This is horrifying. They are literally mining a family cemetery that is 270-280 years old and holds 35-60 graves.


"Larry showed us some surviving family cemetaries, the shockwaves from explosions crush the coffins and contents, and they collapse, the earth above drops into the hole where bodies have been flattened."

"Explosions have sent 5 ton rocks hurtling onto his property, one boulder that size killed a child in his bed. The very earth opens up and stays that way after they blow the mountains to rubble. The grass and bushes grow about these cracks and you can fall into one and there’s a good chance no one will ever know where you went. It was difficult to film in this area for just that reason alone, never mind the heartbreak I felt as I crested a hill with Larry and the expanse of decimation assailed my eyes. It took my breath away."





Edited for spelling.
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-10 08:22 PM
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1. Greed even overrides death
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-10 08:41 PM
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2. K&R
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TBF Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-10 08:47 PM
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3. Capitalism rolls on ...
we'll see whether the free-marketers show up to defend even this.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-10 08:52 PM
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4. There's CALCIUM in them thar graveyards
BTW, what IS the price of calcium these days?
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ipaint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-10 09:08 PM
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5. Watch the documentary Gasland.
The country is being destroyed by the natural gas industry too. Massive amounts of land and water wells are being poisoned with hundreds of deadly chemicals.

We will be a toxic dump when they get through and no one in government cares enough on either side of the aisle to stop it.
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-10 09:09 PM
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6. Why not?
Those mining bosses eat them up while they're alive; might as well eat the dead ones, too.
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