Coal miners ask Obama to stop ‘absolute lies’

[Tertius]

Coal miners ask Obama to stop ‘absolute lies’
October 13, 2012
By CASEY JUNKINS
BEALLSVILLE - Coal miners at the American Energy Corp. Century Mine said they want President Barack Obama to stop what they term the war on coal - and to stop spreading mistruths about them.

Miners gathered Friday afternoon to express their opposition to Obamas energy and environmental policies, which they believe threaten their jobs. Miner Mitch Miracle read aloud a letter the miners mailed to Obama that outlines some of their concerns.

The miners said Obamas campaign team is running ads filled with blatantly false statements about the miners regarding their participation in Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romneys August campaign stop at the Century Mine. These ads assert that the miners were forced to attend the event by the mines owner, Robert Murray.

STANDING UP FOR COAL — Mitch Miracle, a coal miner at American Energy Corp. Century Mine near Beallsville, speaks out Friday against what he and his fellow miners call President Barack Obama’s war on coal.

There are numerous false statements and absolute lies concerning our participation in this event, mostly started by a local shock jock radio host, the miners letter to Obama states. Why would you (Obama) lie about the 500 working miners who have signed this letter? We, the employees of the Century Mine would request you immediately stop these false ads.

This summer, Murray Energy Corp., parent company of the Beallsville mine, cut or relocated 56 workers with the closure of the Red Bird West mine near Brilliant. Murray also cut 29 mining jobs from The Ohio Valley Coal Co.s Powhatan No. 6 Mine. All of this was done, Robert Murray said, because of Obamas war on coal.

Murray then hosted the August Romney campaign stop in Beallsville, during which many miners appeared behind Romney as the former Massachusetts governor spoke about the need to protect coal mining jobs. In response to the assertion some have made about the miners being forced to appear with Romney, the miners made the following points on Friday:

As for anyone who claims the miners were forced to attend, those on-site Friday said these assertions probably came from discharged or disgruntled former employees.

Despite the miners Friday statements, Ohio Democrats have requested a federal investigation regarding Murrays campaign contributions and practices.

[Colonel Taylor]

Let see how long it takes a lib to wander on by and say Obama don't lie and it must be Romney lying, Axelrod said so. They are so gullible.

[Crock Hunter]

In phone calls and emails to WWVA radio host David Blomquist, employees at the Century Mine in Ohio said they feared retaliation if they did not attend the Romney event.

“Yes, we were in fact told that the Romney event was mandatory and would be without pay, that the hours spent there would need to be made up my non-salaried employees outside of regular working hours, with the only other option being to take a pay cut for the equivalent time,” the employees told Blomquist. “Yes, letters have gone around with lists of names of employees who have not attended or donated to political events.”

“I realize that many people in this area and elsewhere would love to have my job or my benefits,” one worker explained. “And our bosses do not hesitate in reminding us of this. However, I can not agree with these callers and my supervisors, who are saying that just because you have a good job, that you should have to work any day for free on almost no notice without your consent.”

“We do not appreciate being intimidated into exchanging our time for nothing. I heard one of your callers saying that Murray employees are well aware of what they are getting into upon hire, or that they are informed that a percentage of their income will go to political donations. I can not speak for that caller, but this is news for me. We merely find out how things work by experience.”


Facts... (rightwingers and other nitwits need not click.. .. )

[Colonel Taylor]

Fact from nothing more the a leftwing liberal blog.

A Pew Research Center for The People & The Press report released March 9, 2005, revealed that "Some 75 million Americans, or 37 percent of the total adult population and 61 percent of online Americans, used the Internet to get political news and information" [1]

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In phone calls and emails to WWVA radio host David Blomquist, employees at the Century Mine in Ohio said they feared retaliation if they did not attend the Romney event.

“Yes, we were in fact told that the Romney event was mandatory and would be without pay, that the hours spent there would need to be made up my non-salaried employees outside of regular working hours, with the only other option being to take a pay cut for the equivalent time,” the employees told Blomquist. “Yes, letters have gone around with lists of names of employees who have not attended or donated to political events.”

“I realize that many people in this area and elsewhere would love to have my job or my benefits,” one worker explained. “And our bosses do not hesitate in reminding us of this. However, I can not agree with these callers and my supervisors, who are saying that just because you have a good job, that you should have to work any day for free on almost no notice without your consent.”

“We do not appreciate being intimidated into exchanging our time for nothing. I heard one of your callers saying that Murray employees are well aware of what they are getting into upon hire, or that they are informed that a percentage of their income will go to political donations. I can not speak for that caller, but this is news for me. We merely find out how things work by experience.”


Facts... (rightwingers and other nitwits need not click.. .. )

[Stinger]

Fact from nothing more the a leftwing liberal blog.

The radio jock said that. That's a fact. If the quotes appeared in the Martian Inquirer or the Liars' Herald, it doesn't change the fact that the radio jock said that.

Whether he's telling the truth or not could be disputed.

Sorry you couldn't figure that out and tried to discredit the source.

[Colonel Taylor]

Fact from nothing more the a leftwing liberal blog.

The radio jock said that. That's a fact. If the quotes appeared in the Martian Inquirer or the Liars' Herald, it doesn't change the fact that the radio jock said that.

Whether he's telling the truth or not could be disputed.

Sorry you couldn't figure that out and tried to discredit the source.

Yup it must be true your left wing rag said so. Keep chugging that there koolaid. Next you'll be quoting MM's.

[Bungalow Bill]

Obama is not the only one to be asked to stop saying certain things.:



http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/ ... her-libya/

[Stinger]

Obama is not the only one to be asked to stop saying certain things.:



http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/ ... her-libya/

Which is worse . . . using a dead soldier for political gain or accurately quoting a radio jock's story?

[Colonel Taylor]

Obama is not the only one to be asked to stop saying certain things.:



http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/ ... her-libya/

ThinkProgress was voted “Best Liberal Blog”

No wonder you libs are so misinformed. Drink up!!!

[Bungalow Bill]

Got to love the nutjobs. A story that has appeared in numerous publications suddenly isn't true
when it is linked from a liberal site. So if Arlen Specter's death was reported in ThinkProgress that
means he's still alive? Winguts=Hilarious. So where was the misinformation?



http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politic ... -1.1179143

[Bungalow Bill]

Col. Thorny and the Crickets.