tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post6264267736926861030..comments2024-03-28T09:14:20.479-05:00Comments on driftglass: Today In "The People of the Land": Kentucky Moonshinedriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-30340185974593963312017-01-25T23:00:14.674-06:002017-01-25T23:00:14.674-06:00So many Razmuses - Good Germans one & all.So many Razmuses - Good Germans one & all.jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840719620959481121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-61645296720053773772017-01-25T20:58:37.302-06:002017-01-25T20:58:37.302-06:00They tried to turn part of the old Oakland Army Ba... They tried to turn part of the old Oakland Army Base into a coal terminal to ship coal from Utah overseas but we said no. <br /> Actually I think what we said was "Fuck no."<br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-13663524273686259882017-01-25T17:13:38.359-06:002017-01-25T17:13:38.359-06:00So we're back to local color writing, eh? I su...So we're back to local color writing, eh? I suppose it's only natural; if we're going to turn the clock back one hundred years, might as well bring the yellow journalism right along with it.Randle Aubreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08957663042491162067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-77555591917530395052017-01-25T16:26:18.685-06:002017-01-25T16:26:18.685-06:00The frustrating thing is that I remember reading t...The frustrating thing is that I remember reading this the first time. What I remember is the feeling of coming through on the other end. The perverse sense of satisfaction of knowing that the lunacy of the Bush Administration was no longer being sold so effectively and was finally being pushed back on. I guess relief had set in but because it was that time period had been what opened my eyes a sense of dread had never taken hold. No where near the sense of dread I felt after election day. But reading this also reminds me that every tunnel ends and that there really is another side. So for that, thank you. You and Bluegal really have been educators & providers of hope for me for quite sometime. <br /><br /><b>THANK YOU.</b>Miskatonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08223788267612355889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-24304232410841561452017-01-25T16:06:53.529-06:002017-01-25T16:06:53.529-06:00I'd also like to see if I am the only one noti...I'd also like to see if I am the only one noticing that America's response to the current drug problem the Ikes acknowledge in their rural white community isn't the same as America's response to the Crack Epidemic in the 1980's and 1990's? <br /><br />I mean, if knock and block, search and seizure law suspensions (before Greenwald cared), militarized police, three strike rules, and mandatory minimums worked in inner city America, why not rural Kentucky today? <br /><br />I wonder what is the difference between our Government's approach between the two? <br /><br />trgahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04718897286384990852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-73658284293696478642017-01-25T15:10:24.233-06:002017-01-25T15:10:24.233-06:00trgahan: Not to mention the mountains of toxic coa...trgahan: Not to mention the mountains of toxic coal ash that have to be stored until they break out of their confinements and pollute miles and miles of drinking water and fisheries downstream. Utilities would much rather use natural gas and renewables. The market has already determined that coal is on the way out.Jimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891331049535299222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-43629627070150686892017-01-25T14:38:50.259-06:002017-01-25T14:38:50.259-06:00I do hope the Ikes family and children rely on the...I do hope the Ikes family and children rely on the ACA for their health needs. And when the most basic needs of life are ripped out from under them and they cannot afford the "Oh, so much better Republican plan", I would like them to go back to "60 Minutes", some with oxygen tubes in their noses, and expand on their theory of "dependence and handouts" on the Feds, you lazy bums you. <br /><br />That Mitch McConnell comes from a state with one of the most successful implementations of Obamacare (Thanks to the previous Democratic governor) just warms the cockles of my heart. Could the love of Obamacare in his state do him in? Could Obamacare be his Waterloo? Oh, would that it were.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06305208020734989122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-52892353619526432172017-01-25T13:39:59.651-06:002017-01-25T13:39:59.651-06:00Funny thing she should mention railroads and coal....Funny thing she should mention railroads and coal....aside for the job losses being one of automation and NOT regulation ....during the recent "coal boom" brought on by the W administration's energy policy the railroads worked the coal industry to jack their profits. <br /><br />See, the shipping agreements basically stated IF the rail road had cars and line available for shipping then the mine had to provide the coal or pay "non-delivery" fees. So 2004-2010 railroads expanded their sidings and bough extra cars to force the mine to either shovel coal regardless of market demand or pay for the "idle cars." <br /><br />The fall out of the economic crash brought this house of cards down, hard...and left mines and power plants with enormous stockpiles of mined coal with nowhere to go (U.S. domestic coal use peaked in 2005) most of which is now burning (yes a pile of coal can light itself on fire). <br /><br />Anyway, it always flabbergasts me that people who want to make a living off this stuff don't spend even 10 minutes a day understanding it as business. <br /><br /><br /> trgahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04718897286384990852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-24788692680730780352017-01-25T13:00:24.779-06:002017-01-25T13:00:24.779-06:00 Alternative facts indeed.
-Doug in Oakland Alternative facts indeed.<br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-62687260407319078052017-01-25T12:59:32.048-06:002017-01-25T12:59:32.048-06:00Praying over their waffles kinda says it allPraying over their waffles kinda says it allUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13196853528193972466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-45001393310917670892017-01-25T12:33:44.462-06:002017-01-25T12:33:44.462-06:00Good stuff. Thanks.
As someone said, "Stuff g...Good stuff. Thanks.<br />As someone said, "Stuff goes on until it doesn't." Still waiting for that "doesn't".<br /><br />What are we 4? 5? days into this mess and, as bad as they are, MSM and "journalists" are using terms like "no evidence", "falsehood" , and "not the facts"? And hopefully tiptoeing up on "lies" and "lying".<br /><br />bowtiejackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269786110593961195noreply@blogger.com