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| Mr Peabody's Coal Train has Hauled it Away; Paradise | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 13 2016, 02:46 PM (1,869 Views) | |
| CautionaryTales | Apr 13 2016, 02:46 PM Post #1 |
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When I was a child my family would travel Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered So many times that my memories are worn. And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County Down by the Green River where Paradise lay Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away (J Prine) Obit: http://www.vox.com/2016/4/13/11420882/peabody-energy-bankruptcy-coal Edited by CautionaryTales, Apr 13 2016, 02:46 PM.
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| Harambe4Trump | Apr 13 2016, 02:47 PM Post #2 |
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The coal industry employs thousands of white men. The Regressive Left will be thrilled. |
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Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary. #MAGA #wallsnotwars | |
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| CautionaryTales | Apr 13 2016, 02:59 PM Post #3 |
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What goes around comes around |
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| Harambe4Trump | Apr 13 2016, 03:01 PM Post #4 |
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Imagine a boot on this man's face for all eternity. That is the progressive goal. |
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Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary. #MAGA #wallsnotwars | |
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| CautionaryTales | Apr 13 2016, 03:18 PM Post #5 |
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Blame Peabody. They are the ones that couldn't survive the free market. |
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| Harambe4Trump | Apr 13 2016, 03:26 PM Post #6 |
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"We're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business." - Hillary Clinton |
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Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary. #MAGA #wallsnotwars | |
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| CautionaryTales | Apr 13 2016, 03:28 PM Post #7 |
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They put themselves out of business.... They tossed their miners in the pit. Relax though... The executives will all do well. Read the article. Edited by CautionaryTales, Apr 13 2016, 03:29 PM.
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| Drudge X | Apr 13 2016, 03:29 PM Post #8 |
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Leftists are forced to pay for electricity made from coal. For solar and wind energy, leftists can get it free or through Obama's subsidized programs at the expense of taxpayers. |
| Kate Steinle was separated from her family permanently but leftists didn't seem to mind. | |
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| Harambe4Trump | Apr 13 2016, 03:30 PM Post #9 |
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Of course they will do well, they bought the politicians didn't they? What happened to the coal industry was a political hit job of the progressive machine. |
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Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary. #MAGA #wallsnotwars | |
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| CautionaryTales | Apr 13 2016, 03:31 PM Post #10 |
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Really? Your meter has a political preference button? |
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| Harambe4Trump | Apr 13 2016, 03:31 PM Post #11 |
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Then... Patriot went bankrupt. I'll let my colleague David Roberts tell the sordid tale: Patriot Coal filed for bankruptcy in 2012. And it wasted no time asking a bankruptcy judge to let it jettison health care liabilities. (The judge said yes, just as she said yes two weeks prior when Patriot asked for permission to pay their executives almost $7 million in "retention bonuses.") Patriot had no loyalty to these retirees, of course. For the most part, they'd never even worked for Patriot. ... Ditching its obligations to workers — "restructuring," in the antiseptic language of corporate law — didn't save Patriot. It filed for bankruptcy again in 2015. Its efforts to escape its liabilities are ongoing. Coal employees have subsequently sued Peabody and Arch, accusing them of deliberately setting up Patriot to fail as a way of squirming out of their obligations. These "liabilities" included promised medical benefits to retired miners who are now dealing with black lung and other serious health issues. The legal battles around responsibility here are likely to rage for years. By the way, if you're wondering, about how Peabody's executives were faring... Up until recently, they were doing just fine. A 2015 report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis found that the top five Peabody executives continued to reap their usual multimillion-dollar salaries even while the company was careening toward ruin: I'm aware. They screwed their employers. |
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Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary. #MAGA #wallsnotwars | |
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| CautionaryTales | Apr 13 2016, 03:32 PM Post #12 |
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Read the article... They gambled on making a killing off the Chinese market, and rolled snake eyes. |
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| CautionaryTales | Apr 13 2016, 03:35 PM Post #13 |
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Then lay your blame where it belongs... In the Peabody boardroom. |
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| Harambe4Trump | Apr 13 2016, 03:38 PM Post #14 |
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There is plenty of blame to go around. |
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Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary. #MAGA #wallsnotwars | |
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| CautionaryTales | Apr 13 2016, 03:41 PM Post #15 |
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Why were you laying the blame on progressives? Peabody raped the employees, gambled their business and will screw thousands of creditors. You blame progressives? Read the article I take it. |
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| Tsalagi | Apr 13 2016, 03:44 PM Post #16 |
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There are some who say this might be karma....they have spent generations down in the mines cutting into Mother Earth...now their actions have consequences on a cosmic scale, for every harm, they must pay in balance. |
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| Harambe4Trump | Apr 13 2016, 03:46 PM Post #17 |
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Why shouldn't Progressives be blamed? The Progressive candidate for President pledged to bankrupt coal miners and coal companies. She succeeded. I didn't defend the Peabody corporate board, nor will I. Edited by Harambe4Trump, Apr 13 2016, 03:47 PM.
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Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary. #MAGA #wallsnotwars | |
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| Harambe4Trump | Apr 13 2016, 03:46 PM Post #18 |
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I see you have decided to celebrate the loss of livelihood these men will suffer. |
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Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary. #MAGA #wallsnotwars | |
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| Drudge X | Apr 13 2016, 03:50 PM Post #19 |
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Where does your electricity come from? didn't you say that you do not like electric car and prefer gas powered engine? Edited by Drudge X, Apr 13 2016, 03:51 PM.
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| Kate Steinle was separated from her family permanently but leftists didn't seem to mind. | |
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| CautionaryTales | Apr 13 2016, 03:51 PM Post #20 |
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Didn't read the article before you shot off your mouth either, did ya? |
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