It seems like, lately, controversial posts are becoming a habit with me.
To begin with - I appreciate with all of my being the help I have gotten from different people in my crusade against mountaintop removal coal mining. I have had encouragement, critique, advice, denial, and outright hostility since beginning this fight. Most times I [...]
The other day when we were on top of the ridge in Drews Creek looking over at the mountaintop removal site, the question was posed - why do we fight? At the time, I could only look out over the mountains and ponder that question. Not really so much for the answer but more of [...]
Since starting my personal crusade against mountaintop removal coal mining I have asked myself almost daily - what is it going to take to stop the ignorance? I’m here to tell you today what it will take. It is going to take people just like me banding together with other people just like me and [...]
For some reason, anybody high up in the food chain at Walker Machinery voicing their ridiculous opinions on mountaintop removal can bring the rant right out of me.
I’ve said it in the past, I’m all for one’s own opinion. The difference here is the opinions of Walker Machinery are motivated strictly by the bottom line. [...]
Regrettably - today is the last day of Blogging For Appalachia Week. I am thrilled at the response and awareness the program has generated and hope interest doesn’t get lost on the topic.
I sincerely want to thank the Outdoor Bloggers Summit for first initiating the challenge and second for the huge response from it’s members. [...]
My friend Mark stopped by tonight things are going AOk with the new baby. I was about out of my crutch - pepsi - and he volunteered to take me to the store. It was already after dark and when he turned on his headlights I saw the neighborhood deer herd bedded down less than [...]
This is just a quick post to remind readers of “Blogging For Appalachia Week.” The OBS issued a challenge centered around MTR. The link list in the right sidebar under Blogging For Appalachia are links to sites that are either participating in the challenge from OBS, are spreading the word as part of my Blogging [...]
