Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to send a message

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: The Charleston Gazette

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to send a message
Author lists mountaintop removal among 'Crimes Against Nature'

By Ken Ward Jr.
Staff writer

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. flew over the West Virginia coalfields this week to get a better view of mountaintop removal mines.

Kennedy lunched with West Virginia Coal Association President Bill Raney, and listened to coalfield residents during a staged town meeting at a Raleigh County church.

The three-day tour was all part of Kennedy’s effort to get a wider audience to hear his message about the “Crimes Against Nature” — the title of his 2004 book — that he says companies commit and governments ignore.



Read more: http://wvgazette.com/section/News/2007071820

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And Kathy Mattea toured the area last week:
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'What I saw today shocked me'
Mattea looks, listens to mountaintop removal
By Tara Tuckwiller
Staff writer

Country music star Kathy Mattea spent Tuesday sitting at the edge of an enormous chasm of naked rock — a West Virginia mountaintop removal coal mine — and listening to people’s stories.

One woman told Mattea about the reservoir full of coal waste that looms upstream from a Raleigh County elementary school full of 220 children.

Another showed her photos of the trains that haul millions of dollars worth of coal every week out of the mountain near her house, while her Kanawha County community remains in poverty.

http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2007071031

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and she got attacked by the local rw asshat rag, The Daily Mail:

Kathy Mattea can do better
Country music star Kathy Mattea is descended from West Virginia coal miners. But she shares former Vice President Al Gore's beliefs about global warming -- she added a photo of a mountaintop removal mine in West Virginia to his "Inconvenient Truth" slide show -- and Gore's agenda has been hostile to the economic activity that supported her forbears and supports tens of thousands of West Virginians today.
It's a difficult position to be in, and if Mattea is going to enrich the debate on this issue, she should carefully balance her presentation in the future.
Mattea visited the state this week, documentary filmmakers and press in tow. She expressed shock at a mountaintop removal coal mine and cried over a Boone County woman's photos of a mountain that was destroyed by surface mining.

http://www.dailymail.com/story/Opinion/Editorial/2007071310/Kathy+Mattea+can+do+better/

[IndyOp]

1. Check out these videos & the google earth files to understand the scope --

Videos showing the ecological devastation - to the mountains and the valleys and people below...
http://www.ilovemountains.org/multimedia/#video

The scope of the damage is horrendous...
http://www.ilovemountains.org/multimedia/#ge

:cry: :grr:

On Edit: And the rightwing rag that attacked Mattea is FREAKING DELUSIOINAL if they don't admit that mountaintop removal is DESTROYING people.

[hollowdweller]

2. I heard about it on WV Public Radio this morning. Glad RFK Jr is out here!

Mountain top removal eliminates tons of good mining jobs and is mostly done with scabs.

[alfredo]

3. If you want to help stop mountain top removal, these people are

in the thick of the battle:

http://www.kftc.org/

http://www.kftc.org/our-work/canary-project The Canary Project.

[RFKJrNews]

4. Bobby needs to run for President

Just wanted to let you know that we have started an online petition to Draft RFK Jr. into the 2008 presidential race. Please visit our website to find out more at http://RFKin2008.com

One of the best ways to let a potential candidate know you support them is with a draft petition. The more signatures we collect, the greater consideration Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is likely to give the idea of a run for the presidency in 2008.

A recent draft petition for Al Gore garnered over 100,000 signatures! This can be a powerful way to send a message to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as well. There is strength in numbers!

Please show Bobby your support and sign the petition today. He needs to hear from all of us right now! Tell your friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, church and civic groups, tell anybody who will listen. Use the “email friends” feature on our petition to send out multiple emails at once.

Please tell your MySpace friends about the petition, add a link to your blog, to message boards, anything you can do to help get the word out is appreciated.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF RFK JR.!

CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION IF YOU WANT RFK JR. TO BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!
http://RFKin2008.com

[RFKJr4PRES]

5. RFKJr is the next Bobby Kennedy- NOT Edwards!

I just LOVE him!! He was the best speaker at the convention in 2004, not Obama.


Nice name and great idea!
:toast:

[ozone_man]

6. Gore/Kennedy

An environmental dream ticket. I'd settle for either one.

BTW, how does RFKjr see the Cape Wind project? He's not a NIMBY is he?

[RFKJrNews]

7. RFK Jr.

You're right, it would be an environmental dream ticket!

RFK Jr. opposes the Cape Wind project off Nantucket. It is important to clarify that he supports the project overall, because his views on this have often been misreported.

He simply feels they are trying to locate it in the wrong spot. He believes the wind farm would be more properly located at nearby Otis Air Force Base, which was a proposal put forward by Senator Ted Kennedy.

He explains his reasons in a December 16, 2005 New York Times op-ed piece. Recommended reading for those who want to understand his position on this important issue.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/16/opinion/16kennedy.html?ei=5090&en=58e5dd67e381fd58&ex=1292389200&partner=rssuserla&pagewanted=print

Learn more about the movement to draft RFK Jr., get the latest news, and SIGN THE PETITION at http://RFKin2008.com

[Bongo Prophet]

8. Gore/Kennedy would be the most amazing thing! A world changing thing.

But with no national legislative experience, he would be a tough sell to some.
Now, in a future cabinet position? No problem!

As far as I know, RFK has only talked of running for HRC's seat in NY if she is 08 candidate.
I would take a Senator Kennedy with no issues whatsoever, as consolation for a centrist DLC admin.

More progressives anywhere is a good trend.