We all know that mountains get mined. However, George W. Bush signed a paper letting coal companies save money. The way they save the money is harmful to everyone, animals and humans. They simply blow up the top of the mountain, then push the dirt off into streams and wherever else they want without any concern. This causes the rivers, lakes and streams to flood in communties. Not only that, but by blowing up the mountain, they are also blowing up many animals, baby animals, birds, homes. Bears are actually coming down from the mountain into north park 17 Ethel and eating out of trash cans. There haven't been any attacks thankfully. How do I know this? My family lives there and have seen these bears as have I. Another problem is Blair Mountain. It is a historical site from an era of coal miner wars. The miners had no union and were forced to stay that way. They were made to sign oaths that they would never go union. However, they were shut off from the rest of West Virginia and didn't realize exactly what union was. Signing the paper, they soon came to see that union meant a form of work that was fair. See the non- union companies gave the miners money they could only spend at the companies stores. That meant, they couldn't rent or buy a house unless it was from the company. The companies houses were really shacks that were infested with goddess knows what and should have been condemmed. What of the miners who caught black lung? Nothing. No medical treatment or rembursement for them dying to support the countries coal needs. The workers tried to go union and the company had hit men to assasinate anyone who dared go union. The people were afraid. Then one day, the hit men went into a county and the sheriff Chief Hattfield stopped them because they had guns. they insisted that they were the law there and Hattfield insisted money didn't make them law. So there was a shootout, the hit men drew their guns first. Called to court, he left his gun to show he was a decent man and the court was even in on this and when Hatfield went up to the court house, more hit men came and killed him, unarmed. They thought this would deter the people from revolting, but instead it angered them. There was a war on Blair Mountain and the rest is history. If you are interested, you can search for battle of blair mountain and mountain top removal. Bush is letting them tear that down too. It's a historical land mark and yet the coal company insists they own it and are tearing it down. Last I recall, it wasn't possible to own or demolish important historical landmarks. So why is this coorperation once again above the law? To stand up to the Government and coorperations and to get them to stop killing all the animals and tearing down everything for money in heartless, illegal ways, sign this petition. Even if you aren't a West Virginian, this should concern you. It starts in small places that no one cares about, but then it spreads to the rest of the U.S.A. "Stop the needless mountain top removals when there is a decent way to do it. Stop trying to tear down historical landmarks to make your own pockets greener. " That is our message to the government.
We all know that mountains get mined. However, George W. Bush signed a paper letting coal companies save money. The way they save the money is harmful to everyone, animals and humans. They simply blow up the top of the mountain, then push the dirt off into streams and wherever else they want without any concern. This causes the rivers, lakes and streams to flood in communties. Not only that, but by blowing up the mountain, they are also blowing up many animals, baby animals, birds, homes. Bears are actually coming down from the mountain into north park 17 Ethel and eating out of trash cans. There haven't been any attacks thankfully. How do I know this? My family lives there and have seen these bears as have I. Another problem is Blair Mountain. It is a historical site from an era of coal miner wars. The miners had no union and were forced to stay that way. They were made to sign oaths that they would never go union. However, they were shut off from the rest of West Virginia and didn't realize exactly what union was. Signing the paper, they soon came to see that union meant a form of work that was fair. See the non- union companies gave the miners money they could only spend at the companies stores. That meant, they couldn't rent or buy a house unless it was from the company. The companies houses were really shacks that were infested with goddess knows what and should have been condemmed. What of the miners who caught black lung? Nothing. No medical treatment or rembursement for them dying to support the countries coal needs. The workers tried to go union and the company had hit men to assasinate anyone who dared go union. The people were afraid. Then one day, the hit men went into a county and the sheriff Chief Hattfield stopped them because they had guns. they insisted that they were the law there and Hattfield insisted money didn't make them law. So there was a shootout, the hit men drew their guns first. Called to court, he left his gun to show he was a decent man and the court was even in on this and when Hatfield went up to the court house, more hit men came and killed him, unarmed. They thought this would deter the people from revolting, but instead it angered them. There was a war on Blair Mountain and the rest is history. If you are interested, you can search for battle of blair mountain and mountain top removal. Bush is letting them tear that down too. It's a historical land mark and yet the coal company insists they own it and are tearing it down. Last I recall, it wasn't possible to own or demolish important historical landmarks. So why is this coorperation once again above the law? To stand up to the Government and coorperations and to get them to stop killing all the animals and tearing down everything for money in heartless, illegal ways, sign this petition. Even if you aren't a West Virginian, this should concern you. It starts in small places that no one cares about, but then it spreads to the rest of the U.S.A. "Stop the needless mountain top removals when there is a decent way to do it. Stop trying to tear down historical landmarks to make your own pockets greener. " That is our message to the government.
We signed the "Mountain Top removal and Blair mountain" petition!
# 309:
3:26 am PDT, Sep 20,Simos Tarabatzis, Greece
# 308:
3:08 pm PDT, Sep 16,Robert Kennedy, North Carolina
My Father's family id from that area, and my Grandparents use to work the old firetower there on Blair Mountain. My Father and his 3 Brothers were born in the old cabin that stood just below the fire tower. The family name was Burgess.
# 307:
9:50 am PDT, Sep 13,Jamie Scott, Texas
# 306:
9:33 pm PDT, Aug 11,John Ives, South Carolina
# 305:
2:43 pm PDT, Jul 31,Greta Malkotzoglou, Greece
# 304:
10:52 pm PDT, Jul 30,Name not displayed, Belgium
# 303:
10:35 pm PDT, Jul 30,Andi Alnwick, New York
# 302:
3:07 pm PDT, Jul 20,Elisa Dolléans, France
# 301:
5:06 pm PDT, Jul 7,Marchand Christine, France
# 300:
5:05 pm PDT, Jul 7,Destizons René, France
# 299:
5:02 pm PDT, Jul 7,Donneger Rémi, France
# 298:
7:40 am PDT, Jul 5,Yvette Monnet, France
# 297:
10:01 am PDT, Jul 4,Ange Barrett, United Kingdom
# 296:
5:34 am PDT, Jul 1,Theresa Peck, Illinois
# 295:
4:45 am PDT, Jun 30,Jordan Buehler, Ohio
# 294:
1:11 pm PDT, Jun 20,Jeanie Buerger, Massachusetts
I was born and raised in West virginia and I hate the thought of my beautiful state being ruined because of George W. bsh. help save my state and its wildlife
# 293:
12:28 pm PDT, Jun 18,Kathleen Corcoran, Maryland
I grew up in Logan, West Virginia. My family would go to Blair Mountain on Sunday picnics. Climbing the fire tower and looking out over the beautiful forests is an indelible memory. Also, a family story tells of how my grandfather marched up Blair Mountain and fought in the mine war. It hurts to know that this beautiful and important site is being ravaged.
# 292:
1:50 pm PDT, Jun 11,Name not displayed, New York
# 291:
6:40 pm PDT, Jun 8,Roberto Angarita Vargas, Colombia
# 290:
5:07 pm PDT, Jun 8,Jean Adams, Texas
# 289:
10:19 am PDT, Jun 8,Pamela White, North Carolina
# 288:
9:01 am PDT, Jun 8,Laura - Elena Doltu, Romania
# 287:
11:42 pm PDT, Jun 5,Celine Caille, France
# 286:
1:32 pm PDT, Jun 5,Ines Seidel, Germany
# 285:
6:57 am PDT, Jun 4,Danièle Dolléans, France
# 284:
2:55 pm PDT, Jun 2,Alexandra Delomez, France
# 283:
7:57 am PDT, Jun 2,Kayleen Gubrud, Minnesota
# 282:
7:22 am PDT, Jun 2,Courtney Boeck, Michigan
# 281:
3:57 am PDT, Jun 2,Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
It took millions of years for the earth to build these mountain, to perfect a place for life. It takes such a few years to completely destroy it all. With the shortage of water and the destruction of our earth are we not destroying ourselves for the sake of a few people getting very wealthy? When is enough, enough for these people?
# 280:
9:12 am PDT, Jun 1,Stéphanie ROSSENU, France
# 279:
4:45 pm PDT, May 31,Maria Dixon, Spain
# 278:
7:21 am PDT, May 28,Mike Pert, New York
# 277:
3:33 am PDT, May 28,Yariv Leers, New York
# 276:
7:50 pm PDT, May 27,Arline Wrecker, New York
# 275:
7:49 pm PDT, May 27,Joe Tobia, New York
# 274:
7:47 pm PDT, May 27,Jeff Fischman, New Jersey
# 273:
7:46 pm PDT, May 27,Frank Kunkel, New York
# 272:
7:45 pm PDT, May 27,Hon.Howard Birnbaum, New York
# 271:
7:44 pm PDT, May 27,Eric Waxman, Pennsylvania
# 270:
7:42 pm PDT, May 27,Seth Stern, New Jersey
# 269:
2:29 pm PDT, May 27,Eric Spinale, California
# 268:
7:04 am PDT, May 27,Cathy C, New Jersey
# 267:
4:41 am PDT, May 27,Em Doe, Massachusetts
# 266:
1:52 pm PDT, May 24,Morgan Griffith, California
Nothing stands in the way of corporate greed, nothing is respected neither man, beast or the earth itself. We will find what a huge mistake this is only when it is too late to turn back the pages of time.
# 265:
2:58 pm PDT, May 21,John Hughes, Massachusetts
I can see no reason for this destroying of our natural beauty.
# 264:
1:09 pm PDT, May 19,Sheree Aramini, New Jersey
# 263:
4:54 pm PDT, May 16,Anne Seidel, Germany
# 262:
10:11 am PDT, May 16,Gossiaux Genevieve, Belgium
# 261:
9:16 pm PDT, May 15,Carrie Harris, Alaska
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/hope-v--stability
# 260:
3:36 pm PDT, May 15,Tom Maxwell, California
# 259:
4:09 am PDT, May 15,Leclercq Aurore, France
# 258:
1:48 am PDT, May 15,Jackie Baut, Philippines
# 257:
12:01 pm PDT, May 14,Marena Chen, Malaysia
Blow off the Mountain top to mine coal? Are you people demented? Don't you realise the ecological catastrophe you are creating with your greed? Want to mine coal - dig it out the conventional way - but better still - get the heck out of there and leave things alone.
# 256:
6:12 am PDT, May 14,Maranda Staffin, Pennsylvania
I for one, love the mountains and animals. What little this country has looks to soon be obliterated. The mountains I grew up in and wanted all people who lived there to grow up in....gone. Mountains aren't just beautiful and not only have thousands of animals some of which are endangered, but also the mountains are a part of the human culture there. Were a tornado to hit, the mountains would protect us, too hot there is shade, too poor and hungry a place to hunt, not to mention the mountains have tons of ginsing and other healing and medicinal herbs. Why? Something you get so much from, yet since it can't give you money it's considered worthless?
# 255:
11:59 am PDT, May 13,Pam Boland, Georgia
# 254:
4:27 am PDT, May 13,Nadine Lavallé, Belgium
# 253:
4:13 am PDT, May 13,Victoria Castillo, France
# 252:
2:04 am PDT, May 13,Elodie Navet, France
# 251:
11:54 pm PDT, May 12,Barbara Rogers, New York
Blowing things up!!! WOW! How original...and how stupid!
