West Virginia after the mountains (contest)

You mean this? (4.00 / 1)

Thou shall not mention her name

The deadline for submissions is July 20.

Send to the Herald-Dispatch?

But not me personally were those cheers for (1-6-7-5-2-8-3-4)--Sarah Palin

You know, you have such a stunningly superficial knowledge of what went on that it's almost embarrassing to listen to you--Zbigniew Brzezinski

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by: CA Berkeley WV @ Fri Jul 03, 2009 at 11:23:07 AM CDT

Where? (2.00 / 2)

I guess anyone who is interested in submitting should know where the environmentalists are.

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by: louise @ Fri Jul 03, 2009 at 17:27:36 PM CDT

Mountain State (0.00 / 1)

Good grief.
And some environmentalists wonder why people don't take them seriously....

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by: bluebird @ Fri Jul 03, 2009 at 19:13:53 PM CDT

Since several bounties have been offered by right wingnuts to figure out who "One Citizen" might be, (2.50 / 2)

I'd just as soon decline the cash and offer my ideas for free, thank you just the same. Especially since accepting the cash prize would put my family at risk due to their publicizing my name.

What I'm getting at is that while I was helping flood victims in southern WV just last month, the minister of a local church cautioned me that locals who have spoken out publicly against mountaintop removal in the past have woken up in the wee morning hours to what he called was a "plywood fire drill". What that means is that a team of "pro" mountaintop removal activists "visited" their victim's home with enough plywood and nail guns to completely board up the first floor of their house in a matter of seconds, and set it on fire.

He wasn't kidding.

So although I'm not about to clam up about my opposition to mountain top removal, I'm also not real excited about revealing where my family lives, either.

BTW I have a suggestion for a new WV motto.

Instead of "Mountaineers are always free", I think "Hillbillies have always been screwed" might be appropriate, considering how coal operators treat West Virginians.

An appropriate sports team name might be the "Coalpatch Saudis", since most West Virginians are treated as if they live in a third world country by an elite few who'd literally do anything to get their hands on our coal to enrich their own coffers. And if you think about it, most of the WVU Mountaineers' real stars (and their coaches) are always "drafted" onto the teams by usurping funds which otherwise could have helped to educate some of the most deprived kids from the poorest counties of the entire U.S. Who happen to live right here in one of the riches coal patches in the world.

Oh, and by the way, The Mountain Party was born as a direct result of the "Denise Giardina for Governor" campaign in the year 2000 general election, when she lost to Bob Wise. So I'm really not too surprised that West Virginia Blue somehow forgot to mention the "radical" source of the contest ran against a Democrat who not only

BTW anyone from WV who looks closely at Giardina's platform in retrospect might be surprised to find that her biggest problem was fund raising and spreading the word. Because it certainly wasn't her politicals or her integrity.

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by: One Citizen @ Fri Jul 03, 2009 at 20:20:04 PM CDT

No, it was missing from the Herald-Dispatch (0.00 / 0)

So I'm really not too surprised that West Virginia Blue somehow forgot to mention the "radical" source of the contest ran against a Democrat

Clem was asking what was missing from the newspaper. Any where to send the entries and the fact that the Rev. and Denise were behind this. It is in the diary! I'll wait, go get glasses. My bad, oh so bad, snark blinded you. Sorry.

But not me personally were those cheers for (1-6-7-5-2-8-3-4)--Sarah Palin

You know, you have such a stunningly superficial knowledge of what went on that it's almost embarrassing to listen to you--Zbigniew Brzezinski

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by: CA Berkeley WV @ Fri Jul 03, 2009 at 20:50:55 PM CDT

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It is completely obvious what was missing, and from where... (0.00 / 0)

What I expected to hear from my good friend CA Berkely were some creative and focused alternatives to my suggestions for a new state motto and sports team. Instead, she scolds me for a fair critique of WVABLUE for not coming completely clean on who Denise Giardina really is.

The Mountain Party was born as a direct result of the "Denise Giardina for Governor" campaign in the year 2000 general election. The Mountain party hasn't posed any real threaten to the Democratic party as yet, but as Governor Manchin winds down his second term, West Virginians may be compelled to distrust the Democratic party to the point where they'd just as soon vote for a ninja turtle rather than chance electing a DINO to run the country.

As an author, Ms. Giardina has incorporated a diversity of portraits, not only of coal miners, but also of coal operators, politicians, and VISTA workers into her novels, and has chronicled a continual lack of concern for human life by coal mine operators. Her novels include such important and diverse issues spanning from Black Lung to catastrophic floods in WV. Her novels have also captured the historical aspects of religion and racism in WV.

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by: One Citizen @ Fri Jul 03, 2009 at 22:00:35 PM CDT

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Mountain Party born through Charlotte write-in Campaign (0.00 / 0)

I could be all wrong on this but I remember the MP being formed not from DG but from CP's ill-fated write-in campaign.  Anybody out there remember different?  It seems that the party was formed by accident since all the signatures collected via petition qualified for a third party.  I don't think the intent was to form a third party but more of an after-thought.

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by: JBdem4usa @ Mon Jul 06, 2009 at 09:12:02 AM CDT

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You're Right (0.00 / 0)

Far as I remember.

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by: Hollowdweller @ Tue Jul 07, 2009 at 12:39:04 PM CDT

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OC (0.00 / 0)

You assume too much. I wasn't think at all one way or another about Denise Giardina's political background. If you want to say something about it, say it. There's no need to project some motive on to me that doesn't exist.

Really, I could hardly care less about what happened back in 2000. I wasn't as politically engaged back then as I am now. I probably should care more, but I really don't give a rat's a$$ about reliving past political battles. My electoral eye is on 2010 and 2012. I think way too much time is spent rehashing old history in this state and not enough time spent planning for the future.

FWIW, I included a link to her Wikipedia entry. I wasn't trying to hide a thing. If you think there's insufficient information in Wikipedia about her role in forming the Mountain Party, you would do us all a great service by editing that entry. (I mean this sincerely... if people with a long memory like you don't put things in Wikipedia, I fear the details will be lost forever.)

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by: Clem Guttata @ Sat Jul 04, 2009 at 04:04:25 AM CDT

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