[TheRealThing]

I am by all means still a Liberal. Democrat. Whatever you want to call it. But the laws the Administration have put on coal is killing eastern kentucky. It truly is. anyone that denies it is blind. 400 layoffs in martin county friday i believe? And 1000s of more already.

With regard to the layoffs in the coal fields specifically. They are due, in no small way, to Obama's war on the coal industry. There is no shortage of sources confirming his intent to end the use of coal as a viable fuel option, for American and foriegn industry. This to me is an unanswerable paradox among liberals and democrats in general. How is it that you all can doggedly support politicians that are removing folks ability to provide for their families by shutting down the coal industry? The heck of it is, it's all based on efforts to live up to the green agenda. The voodoo science fabricated to support global warming. HELLO, IT'S A HOAX! I've already outlined my amazement with the democrats maintaining steady numbers in their voting base in spite of the glaring duality of their stated platform. Which, is to say they support the 'working man', while in the next breath they say "belly up to the bar all you non-workers, vote for us and we'll totally support you for life."

It takes every last dime we can muster as a nation to fall 40% short of being able to even fund the welfare demands, services of which, range from food and lodging to health care and cell phones. Oh, and let's not leave out a totally free education for the poor at the university of their choice. The 40% has to be borrowed from China and others. Nobody can explain how the things I have just mentioned are morally acceptable. It would be one thing if our state of affairs were like they were in the 70's thru the 90's, when we were at least close to funding entitlements. Well, guess what, we're not even close anymore.