Senior Citizens March to End Mountain Top Removal Finale

The Senior Citizens March to End Mountaintop Removal ended in a protest and press conference at Massey subsidiary Mammoth Coal Company on US-60, east of Cedar Grove, at 4:00 p.m. on Oct, 12th. Mammoth Coal Company is 25 miles from the marchs starting point at the state capitol in Charleston. At least 28 seniors between the ages of 50 and 88 put their feet to the pavement during the 25 mile walk, including Larry Gibson of Kayford Mountain and Jesse Johnson of the Mountain Party. The march ended peacefully with no arrests or conflicts. Baffled by this the army of corporate media teams were then forced to interview the elders about why the had marched and coverage was seen on every local TV station in Charleston.

the 5 day march's 5 video playlist is here
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=EEA07AE3D69276F9

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Senior
• Citizens
• activism
• MTR
• Mountain
• Top
• Removal
• Jobs
• Environment
• elders

[xupd48tb1]

If people spent more time and money trying to come up with alternative means of energy instead of waisting their time protesting maybe something would get done....

[FluxRostrum]

I think if people spent more time and money on paying attention to the alternatives that already exist

[FluxRostrum]

instead of wasting their time thinking up clever ways to put down those who respond to situations differently than you do... then maybe something would get done.

[xupd48tb1]

and yours is creating U.S. jobs?

Pointing to anything on the internet for facts is just plain stubborn... I live near a reclaimed MTR site and can see it daily... Most these people see sites in progress and throw their little hissy fits...

[FluxRostrum]

you stubbornness is creating Chinese Jobs ... Thanks alot.

ourfuture . org / blog-entry / 2009114502 / offshoring-wind-energy

[showaltermicro]

Time will tell.

[northpal2]

There are 2 constitutions, the pre-civil war organic and then the subversive post civil war corporate.

So which one "is that revolution is in the constitution " do you reference ?

[gov360dotorg]

I am sory - I do not understand your question -

90% of the people currently DO NOT vote - so all I am saying is that revolution is in the constitution - whenever people are truely sick and tired enough

[northpal2]

So the solution to voting is what ?

[ryanshaunkelly]

History recalls how great the fall can be

While everybody is sleeping the boats put out to sea

Borne on the wings of time

It seemed the answers were so easy to find

Too late, the prophets [profits] cry

The island is sinking let us take to the sky

Ventura Sheehan Perot Paul

Nader McKinney Kucinich Kaptur

Grayson Gravel Gonzalez Clemente

Choate Carter Baldwin Anderson

[gov360dotorg]

and I don't see tons of cops around - THAT is a good sign - you spend way too much time in the company of cops

[gov360dotorg]

THIS is a great video G

[gov360dotorg]

senators and U.S. House reps get elected by 20% of the people (or less) -nearly 80% of the people do not vote -

The point is this - Congress will do exactly what 10-20% of the people want them to do - that is why NOTHING that the people what ever gets done.