Gracie, both you and Gail are right. I will look at the Sierra link. When I was a young man and came to the Deep South, I took a series of tests including a psychological for an oil company - 1964. The man who administered the tests said everything was fine except that I seemed to have a deep distrust of authority. The doctor then said that he noticed I was from WVa so that explained the lack of trust in authority and smiled. I was hired. Rick > > From: "gracie" <g.winters@sbcglobal.net> > Date: 2006/08/11 Fri PM 07:46:26 EDT > To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] letters to the governor > > Rick, I do understand why you feel the way that you do. And I don't > blame any of you for feeling defeated. This has been going on for a long > time. I am not sure exactly how to change things other than joining with > each other to keep this in the public eye. Also joining groups, such as the > "American Rivers". They are fighting to keep the rivers clean and plainly > dumping the leftovers of a destroyed mountain 'dirty the waters' so to > speak. The toxic runoff from coal mines does too. > > It took a long time here to make the oil companies clean up their messes > but it did finally happen. There is a legal fight going on east of me in > Okla. over a mine. The surrounding area is polluted with arsenic and other > toxic chemicals. > > Remember that because of the internet, you in Wv are not alone anymore. > There are a lot of us out here that are 'madder than h***' who don't live > there. The politicians there may be able to ignore the "illiterate inbred > hillbillies" but what are they going to say to all of us out here across the > USA I get soo mad when mountain people are viewed as > subhuman. Just as mad as I get when my native american ancestors are > pictured the same way. I come from both and I AM PROUD OF THAT. > > Also those of us who don't live IN Wv, the coal cos can't threaten us > the way they do there. A single drop of rain can become part of a river. We > need to keep the letter writing campaign going. > > I don't keep up with the music or movie news. Do we have an actor or > singer from Wv? Get one of them involved. > > Join the West Virginia Sierra club. Pushy, aren't I. > > There is a link for Blair Mountain(PDF) on this page. > http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=wv&sp-a=sp1001da90&sp-x-1=collection&sp-q-1=Main&sp-t=site_wide > http://www.sierraclub.org/ > > Gracie > Cherokee Redneck from Okla > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <rcs5@bellsouth.net> > To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 5:44 PM > Subject: [WVLOGAN] letters to the governor > > > > I intend to write the governor as well. I have to admit that I have no > faith whatever in WVa government doing anything about MTR. This is not a > new issue. People in the coal mining counties have been treated like dirt > since they began to mine coal. Do you all hear any of Logan or Boone Cos.' > elected officials saying anything about MTR?? No, and it will never happen. > It's been a good while since ABC Nightline did a show on MTR at Blair and in > Cabin Creek. I bought the tape - mid-to-late 90s. > > Like Gail, when I look at Blair I am outraged and sick at the same time. > Nothing is the same - nothing. When I was a child I called one ridge across > the road "my mountain". I loved to just sit and look at it. It is now 1/3 > lower in elevation. Sorry to sound pessimistic. Rick > > > > > > ============================== > > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >