Comments on: ‘Coal Booster’ McCain Would ‘Put Coal Out Of Business’

By: beagle

beagle — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:23:04 +0000

Yes, that is correct. Obama is on the record as having stated he will kill the coal industry. (Jan 2008 — SF Gate) Read into it (i.e., spin it) any which way you will.

By: darladooner

darladooner — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:02:30 +0000

obama should put coal out of business, too.

By: V-RON

V-RON — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:18:15 +0000

I think that whichever candidate wins this election, global poverty needs to be one of the top issues on the agenda that he has. According to The Borgen Project:
$30 billion: Annual shortfall to end world hunger.
$540 billion: Annual U.S. Defense Budget.

By: Shayne

Shayne — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:21:37 +0000

Palin is in Ohio saying that the media is covering up Obama’s threat to kill the coal industry.

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:18:01 +0000

Strange I received an email this AM stating that Obama would kill the coal industry.

By: Fred

Fred — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:50:07 +0000

tokin librul Says:
It ought to be noted that Obama, too, is an advocate for BOTH “Clean Coal” (an oxymoron of absolutely STAGGERING proportions) and ethanol fuels

But which one will use these short term aids to guide us to clean energy independence?

mccain…..I don’t think so.

Obama, I believe he will.

By: Shayne

Shayne — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:41:28 +0000

“Say Anything” McCain, the socialist, is promising Floridians checks for drilling off shore there. And he’s talking about building 40 safe nuclear plants even though the storage or reprocessing for spent fuel doesn’t exist yet.

By: freeman

freeman — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:37:45 +0000

Katy
thanx for the article , I was not born a cynic , I’ve had to work at it .

By: tokin librul

tokin librul — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:35:28 +0000

freeman Says:
Nevar,
Don’t worry about John’s selling our coal to China , after they get done using it, it drifts across the pacific and ends up back on the west coast of the US .
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:30 am

This sounds like a job for …HOMELAND SECURITY…!

Obviously, we’re going to have to erect a wall to keep out the noxious Commie smog.

By: Nevar

Nevar — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:33:09 +0000

What about the coal industry in your home state of Arizona, McCain?
You know, up there on the Navajo Reservation… what about the belching dirty smoke from the power plants, the polluted wells, the grinding poverty, the long history of environmental degradation and ignoring the health and well being of the people you exploit?
How come you’re not campaigning in Window Rock?
John? Are you there?
John?

By: katy

katy — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:31:41 +0000

just so you know, they are still fighting for the FutureGen project here in illinois… it probably will have a better chance if obama is elected…

this was in my local paper saturday:

Coal-plant backers see new hope in a new president
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-futuregen-newhope,0,50849.story

lots of coal in illinois too…

By: freeman

freeman — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:30:11 +0000

Nevar,
Don’t worry about John’s selling our coal to China , after they get done using it, it drifts across the pacific and ends up back on the west coast of the US .

By: freeman

freeman — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:25:44 +0000

Clean coal OWNS this debate and the parties are paid for by the telecoms .
Change we need ! If you have on your hard hats , turn on the little light in the front .It’s awfully dark in this shaft .

By: Nevar

Nevar — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:21:05 +0000

Give him a pick and put him in a mining cart.

By: hussein toasterhead

hussein toasterhead — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:14:41 +0000

stewarjt Says:

McBane looks good in the hard hat and safety glasses. He should wear them more often on the stump.

November 3rd, 2008 at 10:01 am
_______

Seriously. Why isn’t this a “Dukakis Moment?” Do these guys not look equally as ridiculous in “DRILL NOW” hardhats and suits?

By: tokin librul

tokin librul — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:14:18 +0000

freeman Says:
Survival of the human species will put politics out of business ,most likely too late .
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:09 am

Nah…Too much money to be made in the collapse…

It ought to be noted that Obama, too, is an advocate for BOTH “Clean Coal” (an oxymoron of absolutely STAGGERING proportions) and ethanol fuels…

Both of which are spurs to increased carbon emissions…

The cockroaches and rats will survive, but little else

By: hussein toasterhead

hussein toasterhead — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:13:21 +0000

I’d really like to see McCain ‘08 run against McCain ‘00. Now THOSE would be some debates worth watching! Damn these unidirectional trousers of time!

By: freeman

freeman — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:09:34 +0000

Survival of the human species will put politics out of business ,most likely too late .

By: DieNowForPeace

DieNowForPeace — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:04:15 +0000

McCain: “..and we’re going to export coal to other countries

CREATING AN ECONOMIC BOOST TO THE 3RD WORLD WHILE LINING THE POCKETS OF THE ALREADY CRIMINALLY PROFITABLE OIL/GAS INDUSTRY WITH NO PAYBACK TO THE AMERICAN CONSUMER.

Whatever McIIIrd, Cheney will not have to kill your hamster now.

By: stewarjt

stewarjt — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:01:19 +0000

McBane looks good in the hard hat and safety glasses. He should wear them more often on the stump.