It's Only A Coal Miners Grave

I. M. Peadiddy

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[bugg255]

the people of Appalachia have benn beatin down by mine operators,the government and maligned and victimized by big city press agencies for well over a hundred years...all we ever wanted to do is live and raise families,and hang on to our heritage,but people saw a resource to make money,coal companies then the govt and lately big pharma is flooding what's left of our communities with oxycodone,and other shit like that..making our young people zombies and ruining a once proud tradition...goto Hell

[jerdeb4evr]

General Motors blames the Union for their demise. Coal mine owners claim they can't afford more money for wages and benefits. I believe both situations are connected. If you put both in a pot and boiled it down you would end up with a big ol ball of greed. Every man deserves a wage he can live on, not sustain, live. And living means more than an outhouse and foodstamps..and funerals.

[anumpeshi]

america=at it's imception was built on blood, graves,lies, tortures and hidden truths, now how are you gonna trust in that?DON'T PUT YOUR FAITH IN NUCLEAR WASTE,OKCHA 2011

GHOSTDANCERS

[wturner0018]

@WadeHolland I am from Harlan County, Kentucky I know about scripts and fathers making their kids go to work with them. I was comparing this to current coal miners which is totally different. Being from Appalachia I understand that without coal there would be no economy or self supporting people just government aid. The average coal miner makes $23.27/hr from the united states department of labor.

[jdb032011]

That check should have Don Blankenship's name on it

[WadeHolland]

@wturner0018 You know miners that make that kind of money today, but only a very select few. You have to be a certified eletrician to make that kind of money in the mines. The fair wage talk goes back to the day when miners made less than $3 a day, and kids picking slate out of coal got 6 cents an hour. And they did not pay you cash money, or a check you could cash. Instead, they paid you with a token that you could use at their company store to buy products that are outdated and high priced.

[anj787]

@roybuck1973 Thank you for your hard work.

[roybuck1973]

i am a coal miner and yes SOME not all of us make that kind of wage but the reason is you just dont see any old coal miners a coal miner rarely reaches the retirement age if you spread our wage over the span of a normal career you would see that we have worked for a lot less than you think the work is hard and our bodies rarely make it to retirement age i am home now unable to do the simlest tasks i have 4 herniated disks and rhumatoid arthrits as well as the trademark black lung dont forget

[coy0te9]

RIP Hazel Dickens June 1, 1935-April 22, 2011

[wturner0018]

I know coal miners who make 30$/hr how is that not a fair wage?

[Scarface8434]

Y would u say they would go to hell ?????

[queenpunkr]

As the wife of miner...I probably shouldn't be watching these while he is working! Brought tears to my eyes! Thanks baby and all those who go to hell every day so we have electricity (and everything else in my case) Love you guys!