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Comments (1)
Who are you to say that surface mining is doing anything to the enviroment do you live anywhere to be affected by this or are you another person out of state who has nothing better to do than complain about something you know nothing about mountaintop removal reclaims the land they destroy I am 39 my father was a miner my grandfather was a miner my brother was a miner my boyfriend is a miner WestVirginia is a coalmining state always has been Now we who was misled by voting a president in who was backed by our coalmining union and yourself want to take that away who are you to decide or even care what happens here
Posted by MDJM11 | July 2, 2009 2:38 PM