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Ask President-elect Obama to end Mountaintop Removal.
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On Marriage
In 1967 the Supreme Court declared, in Loving vs. the State of Virginia: "Marriage is one of the 'basic civil rights of man,' fundamental to our very existence and survival.... To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications embodied in these statutes, classifications so directly subversive of the ( Read more... ) -
We Interrupt This Program for a Special Message
I'm sorry, I've really tried to avoid most things political on this blog, but I simply can't take it any more. I'm gonna 'splode if I hear one more person claiming that Obama is a communist/socialist/Muslim/terrorist, so I'm only going to say this once:
Barack Obama is not a Socialist!*^The most recent audio making the rounds of conservative ( Read more... ) -
The Electricity Fairy
In order not to clog up your flist or my journal with too many Appalachia-related posts, I've created a new community on Mountaintop Removal, aptly named king_coal. It's completely open, so please feel free to either friend it or add it to your watch list if this stuff interests you.
If I might hold your attention for one more minute ... one of the most ( Read more... ) -
Damon Morgan
Our first stop on the Appalachian Tour was to meet Damon Morgan. Mr. Morgan is an 84-year old retiree who returned to his family land after a career on the railways. His plans for a quiet retirement were scuttled when mining companies began surveying his land for mountain top removal to get at the coal below. Mr. Morgan has received an education by ( Read more... ) -
Great Books Meme
Gacked almost instantaneously from katyscarlett76 (because I'm sick of looking at my class notes and my research students are driving me nuts ( Read more... ) -
Phoenix
Phoenix on Mars
The left-hand side is an actual picture of the entry, complete with parachutes, taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. That is just so cool.
