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59. They used to be Union Democrats

Reply to mikeysnot (Reply #42)

Wed Nov 1, 2017, 12:39 PM

Nov 2017

Trump has sold them a bill of goods and they are duped
It's sad actually.

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Awaiting Trump's coal comeback, miners reject retraining [View all] demmiblue Nov 2017 OP

Its like a freaking cargo cult dhol82 Nov 2017 #1

You pegged it. Insightful. And they trust him on the tax {strike}reform{/strike} heist. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2017 #3

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2017 #16

I never would have thought of that, but exactly right. CanonRay Nov 2017 #27

dhol22, exactly! Nitram Nov 2017 #40

In one emoji character should sum this up turbinetree Nov 2017 #2

All over the west there are ghost towns where the mines were, greymattermom Nov 2017 #4

Are the descendants of the Bodie miners still waiting for gold mining to come back? DBoon Nov 2017 #22

It's the heart because when mining dried up, disability was the answer. ileus Nov 2017 #95

There's dumb . . . Sam McGee Nov 2017 #5

It's called being willfully ignorant. SharonClark Nov 2017 #6

AKA republican base. mikeysnot Nov 2017 #42

They used to be Union Democrats Drahthaardogs Nov 2017 #59

Even if coal were to come back, lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #57

One of the things perhaps better done by robots treestar Nov 2017 #77

A robot can't get black lung disease, or die from the boss ignoring safety regs... Hekate Nov 2017 #143

Steam locomotive repair courses should be included. TheCowsCameHome Nov 2017 #7

That course is full maxrandb Nov 2017 #13

How About Wagoneer Classes? ProfessorGAC Nov 2017 #24

Maybe blacksmith classes too True_Blue Nov 2017 #46

Buggy whip making. Turbineguy Nov 2017 #104

Recent advances in stone tools. Squinch Nov 2017 #107

Rotary phone are too new fangled Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2017 #132

Flat Earth, Evil Spirit Exorcism, and leaches. lindysalsagal Nov 2017 #56

Telegraph operator? MyOwnPeace Nov 2017 #102

I can sympathize. KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2017 #8

Yes, exactly. Very cruel of Trump to lie to them. Good leadership would have encouraged Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #10

+1 demmiblue Nov 2017 #15

Thank you. Tracer Nov 2017 #44

Yes, we don't know his situation and have no right to judge. KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2017 #62

"These guys have coal mining in their blood and family history" jberryhill Nov 2017 #52

Farming and timber (and the civil war) and me a retired engineer. KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2017 #63

Well, if it's not relevant.... jberryhill Nov 2017 #67

Coal mining is different T_i_B Nov 2017 #139

In coal country your GGF, GF, Father and all your uncles were coal miners. ileus Nov 2017 #100

But when you can't follow in the family's footsteps, when those jobs have been gone for the better Squinch Nov 2017 #108

Just hit the nail on the head there T_i_B Nov 2017 #138

Thank you, T_i_B for your input from the UK. KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2017 #141

Actually.... T_i_B Nov 2017 #142

Well now we know just how stupid the Trumpsters are vlyons Nov 2017 #9

"We should cut of safety net aid to any coal miner, who does not accept retraining. " keithbvadu2 Nov 2017 #18

I didn't realize that vlyons Nov 2017 #23

The nursing and computer programming courses were not to provide low cost mining workers. Squinch Nov 2017 #109

They're used to 100k a year, being a clerk at the Dollar General ileus Nov 2017 #97

The Secret Service should take note of guys like this DFW Nov 2017 #11

This type of thinking just reaffirms what historians are saying bronxiteforever Nov 2017 #12

+1 yes East Asia as a whole lunasun Nov 2017 #28

Could we be any more condescending? GaryCnf Nov 2017 #14

Depends upon whom you are calling working class delisen Nov 2017 #20

Thank you. mobeau69 Nov 2017 #21

Um, this guy deserves it. He's being offered FREE EDUCATION and he sticks his head in the sand. Coventina Nov 2017 #35

You must live a comfortable life GaryCnf Nov 2017 #48

I spent most of my childhood homeless. That taught me that education is critical to a better life. Coventina Nov 2017 #49

Ah, the J.D. Vance GaryCnf Nov 2017 #50

Who is asking anyone to go backwards? Coventina Nov 2017 #64

What do you think a union coal miner makes? GaryCnf Nov 2017 #69

How much do they make when there are no jobs? Coventina Nov 2017 #70

I think we were talking about GaryCnf Nov 2017 #74

They are stupid if they are depending on them coming back. Coventina Nov 2017 #76

then what do they want? treestar Nov 2017 #79

This message was self-deleted by its author WinkyDink Nov 2017 #125

1/2 of what he had before is better than nothing vlyons Nov 2017 #110

Right!? KPN Nov 2017 #37

when mechanization changed southern farming after WWII DBoon Nov 2017 #53

Somehow you are elitist for pointing that out. Coventina Nov 2017 #65

Seeing as how GaryCnf Nov 2017 #66

my aren't you touchy today DBoon Nov 2017 #71

No one has a right to always treestar Nov 2017 #82

As I said in my original post GaryCnf Nov 2017 #98

This message was self-deleted by its author WinkyDink Nov 2017 #126

there is a kind of willfully stubborn treestar Nov 2017 #78

So much misinformation, so little time. Squinch Nov 2017 #83

Let's see if I get this right GaryCnf Nov 2017 #96

Ok, "friend." You go to Wikipedia-lite for your numbers. I prefer a real source: Squinch Nov 2017 #106

Let me count the ways GaryCnf Nov 2017 #111

WTF? No, your wiki source and the Census Bureau numbers I quoted are NOT saying the same thing. Squinch Nov 2017 #113

I'm seeing a pattern of responding with a snowstorm of dense text Hortensis Nov 2017 #115

And I find it interesting that once I voiced my suspicions I haven't heard a peep. Squinch Nov 2017 #116

Oh, he was too busy calling me a liar in another thread. :) Hortensis Nov 2017 #117

The persona is not consistent either. Let's you and me stand over here on the side and Squinch Nov 2017 #118

:) Hortensis Nov 2017 #120

Enjoy it! Squinch Nov 2017 #121

Apparently I misunderstood GaryCnf Nov 2017 #128

. Squinch Nov 2017 #130

Miners Cold War Spook Nov 2017 #124

Bureau of Labor Statistics data hatrack Nov 2017 #129

To be fair NCDem777 Nov 2017 #135

Totally agree GaryCnf Nov 2017 #136

Yes, we need to have empathy for people who have absolutely none of anyone else Cosmocat Nov 2017 #94

I'm assuming you met "for" GaryCnf Nov 2017 #99

Why would a coal mining course be offered? onlyadream Nov 2017 #17

That's what I was thinking TexasBushwhacker Nov 2017 #75

Responding to local demand? Not all jobs are gone yet. Hortensis Nov 2017 #122

There was a video clip of Sarah Silverman onlyadream Nov 2017 #137

Lol, what an insult. Worse, genetically something like Hortensis Nov 2017 #140

Cheech and Chong in High School: I took Spanish; got a B. keithbvadu2 Nov 2017 #19

He will be very upset when some "other person " who took the realistic training gets a job lunasun Nov 2017 #25

I think they're afraid as well. Kittycow Nov 2017 #30

he probably fears the other person who will take the realistic job more than the unknown lunasun Nov 2017 #32

Life is a step into the unknown - that's the human condition hatrack Nov 2017 #51

Sadly the success of these retraining programs are AJT Nov 2017 #34

That's the reality ... KPN Nov 2017 #38

And he'll say that "other person" STOLE his job. And he's being discriminated against. Squinch Nov 2017 #84

He will be very disappointed. Trump hoodwinked these people SummerSnow Nov 2017 #26

Believe ME! Zambero Nov 2017 #31

Coal will come back strong Zambero Nov 2017 #29

blocking the sun to eliminate cheap energy? DBoon Nov 2017 #55

I haven't watched that one yet Zambero Nov 2017 #73

and they'll be making coal powered cars soon pstokely Nov 2017 #33

GM Once Built These Fascinating Coal-Powered Turbine Cars mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2017 #61

It boggles the mind... malthaussen Nov 2017 #36

Proving once again gibraltar72 Nov 2017 #39

To hell with these ignorant, self-destructive people. Paladin Nov 2017 #41

"Would you like fries with that?" hatrack Nov 2017 #43

I'm sorry, but I'm having trouble feeling bad for these people. I went to art school. Everyone Neema Nov 2017 #45

I grew up in the declining Steel mill era - all too familiar packman Nov 2017 #47

And that explains republicans: magic selfish thinking. lindysalsagal Nov 2017 #54

Neither nursing nor computer programming exboyfil Nov 2017 #58

No. They don't fit his skill set. That's why he'd need to train for it. Squinch Nov 2017 #85

I guess I should use the term aptitude exboyfil Nov 2017 #88

Everyone in the world needs to select their profession from the professions that are available Squinch Nov 2017 #89

Thank you! Coventina Nov 2017 #90

I was once in publishing. I did work that I began to see was not going to continue Squinch Nov 2017 #92

Exactly. You nailed it. White men who blame everyone else for their problems. Coventina Nov 2017 #93

Maybe it will come back. There still are a lot of naughty people who need coal in their stockings. Doreen Nov 2017 #60

Wait!! Get training to make 8 track cartridges,that technology is coming back too!! n/t Bengus81 Nov 2017 #68

This message was self-deleted by its author Squinch Nov 2017 #86

I'm retraining now to learn how to make buggy whips left-of-center2012 Nov 2017 #72

Move to the Redoubt. You're certain to get rich. jmowreader Nov 2017 #80

Trump would probably buy some to use with his golden shower parties. Elwood P Dowd Nov 2017 #81

Bahahaha! I just self deleted my joke about buggy whips because I see you got there first! Squinch Nov 2017 #87

60 minutes should do a piece on this immediately truthisfreedom Nov 2017 #91

It is too bad that anyone would believe one of trump's lies Gothmog Nov 2017 #101

Yet another way Donnie is harming these people unblock Nov 2017 #103

I have a hard time sympathizing with these people. Luciferous Nov 2017 #105

Another example of 45's words causing real harm to people DesertRat Nov 2017 #112

Some seem compelled to salve GaryCnf Nov 2017 #114

This message was self-deleted by its author WinkyDink Nov 2017 #127

IN other news, parachute pants are selling out all over W VA lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #119

This message was self-deleted by its author WinkyDink Nov 2017 #123

And Trump will lead the way: CakeGrrl Nov 2017 #144

They are dillusional in every sense JDC Nov 2017 #131

Coal is no longer profitable enough. alphafemale Nov 2017 #133

Difficult to overcome entrenched willful ignorance. FreeStateDemocrat Nov 2017 #134

Sorry, but coal is dead. It's never coming back, and it shouldn't. Oneironaut Nov 2017 #145