Mickey Z

Cool Observer

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Obama preserves our way of life

Awakened by the distant howls of slaughtered Indians, Uncle Sam rises from his bed and hits the light switch…blissfully unaware of how “valley fills” have enabled him to gain access to that electricity. Here’s how The Sierra Club begins its discussion of mountaintop removal mining: “In places like Appalachia, mining companies blow the tops off mountains to reach a thin seam of coal and then, to minimize waste disposal costs, dump millions of tons of waste rock into the valleys below, causing permanent damage to the ecosystem and landscape.”

That is a valley fill.

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As Voltaire sez: “The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.”

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