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The coalfield Don brings in Hannity and washed-up friends to rally for MTR

by: heath_harrison

Mon Aug 10, 2009 at 21:27:01 PM EDT


 In an attempt to combat what he wrongly cites as out-of-state activists fighting MTR, AP reports Don Blankenship is bringing in out-of-state GOP hacks and washed-up musicians, along with an out-of-country global warming denier of questionable credibility.

And then the anti-union folks wrap the whole thing, held on an MTR site,  up in a fake "Labor Day' message about workers.

W.Va. Red is already gushing:

It was just announced that Friends of America, a coalition of local employers, associations, and elected officials, will host Sean Hannity, Hank Williams, Jr., and Ted Nugent at a Labor Day Rally in Holden, WV. The event will take place on a reclaimed surface mine, just south of Logan, West Virginia.

The rally will feature nationally-recognized musical entertainers and speakers. Featured speakers include Sean Hannity, a nationally-syndicated radio host and Fox television host, and Lord Christopher Monckton, a former science adviser to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Featured entertainers include country music legend Hank Williams Jr., Halfway to Hazard, Taylor Made and others.  American icon Ted Nugent will emcee the event.

http://www.wvared.com/?p=1910#...

Massey supporters told Daryl Hannah and James Hansen to "go home" and leave the issue to West Virginians. Will they say the same to Long Island Sean?
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AP article here:
http://wvgazette.com/ap/ApTopS...

Oh, and let's not forget what kind of scum this supposed "American icon" Nugent is:
http://www.rollingstone.com/ro...

heath_harrison :: The coalfield Don brings in Hannity and washed-up friends to rally for MTR
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Is Roman still on Blankenship's payroll? (4.00 / 1)


When a man embarks upon a crime, he is morally guilty of any other crime which may spring from it. Sherlock Holmes.

What I want to k now . . . (4.00 / 2)
Who declared Ted Nugent an icon?

What is a halfway taylor made hazard?

When is Sean Hannity going to let himself be water boarded?

Where does the tabloid journalist Third Viscount Monckton of Brenchley anchor his yacht?

Why did the Hank III's punk/country play a concert in Huntington in June?

How does Don Blankenship think the next court term will go?

NFTT: Support My Team or I Will Dance


If You Can't Even Help Your Own (4.00 / 1)
Hank III and Hank, Jr., don't always agree. To quote "If You Can't Even Help Your Own" off Hank III's "Damn Right and Rebel Proud" CD (which came out under the Bush years)

"I was raised by myself down in Arkansas
My family had some rich folks' but they'd never call
If they wanna be that way well that's fine with me
Cause i ain't got a thing to say to a man filled with greed

Well if you can't even help your own,
Well my friend your gonna be all alone

Well i'm real down to earth,
and i know just how it hurts,
to be in a bind, just tryin to stay alive

Well i can drink and i can cuss
And i can be pretty dog-dawn tuff
I like to stay up all night just to see that big sun rise, and light-up my life

You better keep your eyes on whats goin on
With the government today, cause there doin us wrong
They took the farm away from my poor grandad
And i never will forgive them for doin that

Well if you can't even help your own,
Well my friend your gonna be all alone
Well if you can't even help your own,
Well my friend your gonna be all alone"


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Hank with tats (0.00 / 0)
and Hank with beard don't even talk much anymore, let alone agree. Glad someone got it.

You would not see Tim McGraw headline a concert like this one Don has planned "to honor workers". Samuel Gompers is spinning and rolling in that cold dark place.

NFTT: Support My Team or I Will Dance


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i'd say (0.00 / 0)
the mermaid and hank jr are equally washed up...as for ted, the motor city madman is never washed up

Are you saying he's unwashed...? [n/t] (4.00 / 2)


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blonde (0.00 / 0)
If you are not doing NN09 can you cover DL on Friday?

The couple that showed up lat month are very interesting and I got an email they are planning the trek from Jefferson County again.

NFTT: Support My Team or I Will Dance


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Unfortunately, I can't (4.00 / 1)
My beloved husband invited me more than a month ago to accompany him on a gig at a very nice hotel in a neighboring state. It may be our only chance at something akin to a vacation.

How is it that everything fun and interesting lands on the same weekend every time? I've got a similar huge conflict in late September!


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I probably should have rememberd that fromthat Sat. roundtable. (0.00 / 0)
Well, have a great time!

My spouse is losing everyone else in the house this weekend, even the dog.

NFTT: Support My Team or I Will Dance


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he is unwashed (0.00 / 0)
after a kill it and grill it moment

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Third Viscount Monckton of Brenchley ia a mermaid? (0.00 / 0)
After inheriting his father peerage in the House of Lords, he was turned out by the voters the next year, as Britain reformed their upper chamber.

NFTT: Support My Team or I Will Dance

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This cracks me up. (4.00 / 3)
Nothing stands for "speaking for preserving of the American Way" like bringing in a real-live member of British Nobility to tell us po' folk what to think, huh?

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Yeah, I thought we solved that problem with The Rebellion. (4.00 / 1)
I work for a company started by a Brit
Sheffield, parents both in uniform in WWII

NFTT: Support My Team or I Will Dance

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I think he washes... (4.00 / 2)
...but nothing will remove the stink of stupidity.  Maybe he should try tomato juice.  Works on skunk, doesn't it?

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steve (4.00 / 1)
Yeah, Ted last had a successful album in what, 1980?

Maybe he can't afford soap.

When a man embarks upon a crime, he is morally guilty of any other crime which may spring from it. Sherlock Holmes.


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The Spooge is Coming to Neak (4.00 / 1)
I blogged on The Nuge coming to speak today.  Whole thing is a very expensive way to gather information for their mailing lists.  It's free, but you have to give over your personal info to get a ticket.  Gee, wouldn't it be a shame if a lot of people who didn't like the Coalfield Don (love that name, kudos for that) sign up and become more fruitless postage for future communiques from The Don.

if it was only really for the sake of the kids. sigh. (4.00 / 1)
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The residents of Holden should offer all these "stars" a drink (4.00 / 1)
from a glass of Holden, Wv tap water.

Letting outside media see the "beauty" of a re-landscaped surface mine site is Blankenship's plan "B".

Chasing people off his precious coal while getting more media folks to write WV off as a lost cause is Blankenship's plan "A".


Bill O'Reilly pronounced the (Appalachian) region, a swath through 13 states, a lost cause and an area full of drunks. In O'Reilly's mind Diane Sawyer's interest in improving the lives of Appalachian children, via an ABC documentary about their overwhelming challenges, was nothing less than a waste of time. O'Reilly dismissed the whole subject by calling Appalachia a "culture of poverty," characterizing the adults as a bunch of substance abusers and saying that the only thing kids growing up there should do to improve their lives is "get the heck out of there." With video.source


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