BackWoods Drifter

…it’s the people of Appalachia calling.

I just discovered this article and had to post about it. Friends of Coal Push New Message, Outreach.

First paragraph – Steve Walker, president of Walker Machinery, said he was preaching to the choir at the Belle headquarters Jan. 30, but drove home the message of evolving clean coal by telling his employees, “This is not your grandfather’s coal industry.”

Mr. Steve Walker – you’re right – it’s not our grandfather’s coal industry – it is our father’s, their father’s, and their father’s before them. It belongs to the people that stood in the weather for six months fighting for a fair contract from people just like you. This coal industry was built on the backs of our grandfather’s. The very people you so easily disregard. That, my friend, is about to come to an end. You might think you are fooling the people but I have a wake up call for you – I’m going to shine such a bright light on this subject your cartoon talking bug will have singed wings.

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I really don’t understand how his opinion matters – It’s Walker Machinery – A supplier of new and used heavy equipment to MTR sites all over Southern West Virginia. I mean seriously… I think it must be – that is the way for the local reporters to show support for their income stream regardless of the morality. Journalism…

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You’ll notice this is the only post on this entire blog you can’t comment on – that’s because I hung the phone up on Mr. Walker.