After numerous trips to Washington, to meet with Sen., Congress, Reps, EPA,CEQ, OSM, DOI, and wasting time in the state capitol talking with mostly dip shits there, I can say that I met at least a couple of reliable, honest, people, I have to say I haven’t been impressed by any and possibly all. I’ve been on supposely powerful Capitol Hill, but I didn’t see anything that resembled power to me. And the biggest farce of all is our state capitol in Charleston, I think it is the home of the weak and the SICK, because one couldn’t find impress if you looked it up in the dictionary in the capitol, the word would not be there. I’ve been to several hearings and listen to the so- called coal industry, and nope it’s not there either, they are nothing but fagots. but when I go into communities, as Prenter, and Rawl, when I travel up and down Boone, Raleigh, Mingo, Fayette, Lincoln, and McDowell counties, this is where I witness power, and the power comes in many voices and the look in peoples eyes. These are the people who have been pushed and kicked all their lives either by the coal industry, or by the bigots who make up our political and justice system. The politicians like the administration which was recently replaced, used this country, and our constitution as though it was a doormat, they haven’t a clue what democracy is, or what it suppose to look like. I want to stop a second and say that if you don’t like where this post is going, you have that right to direct yourself away from my site now. You will have a chance to comment on what I write, but you have NO right as to say what I will, or what I don’t write. If you are interested in sounding off, get your own blog. I’ve been all over this country talking about the abuses from an industry, who doesn’t give a shit about anything or anybody, and the employees of these companies need to evaluate how much do they mean to their company. I sure you will find, as I did, you don’t mean a damn thing to these barons, they are using you for all it’s worth, and when their done with you, the hammer falls, and that’s it. All you’ve did in the past, all those laws broken, and lives put in danger, just to make an impression, won’t be worth anything when it comes down to walking away. You will walk away angry, broke, and used up, just so these companies can grab any and all things which they can make a nickels profit from, and we will be left with nothing, just like many of our communities are experiencing today. And the industry, along with those politicians who are gloting to grab all the trickle down crumbs that the industry scatter like bird seed. There is about to rise-up the true meaning of power, and that’s the power in the people. Whether it be in-state, or out of-state, this is an important, and emotional issue for all civilized people. Since it’s the company who sells their product to every conner of the country. So don’t try and limit this to an in-state issue. When your product is consumed by the public, then that leaves you open to an assault by the public to who you sell your product to. You’ve dug yourself a hole by getting over greedy, and by short-cutting the laws, and by the total destruction of communities, and the poisoning of our streams, that hold the very power that can bring an industry, like the coal industry, down to their knees, and can also jerk big feeling politician to his feet. The real power is in the people. History has told us this all along, and I don’t ever see it changing for no one or no company, or no paid-for-politician. In the end, we will be standing strong. The people, that is what democracy is all about. Chuck wrote this blog: 4-27-09; 5:45 pm.