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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 09:37 AM Original message |
How many knew this about Appalachia ?? |
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phillysuse (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. Read "Born Fighting", Senator Jim Webb's book |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I'll second that. Great book. n/t |
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Hokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. The main reason that Appalachia is poor is coal |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Coal miners never got drafted. So, no GI Bill, etc. nt |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. And they have strip-mined away some of the most beautiful country in America.. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. And West Virginia also has land rights that apply only to the surface, not to the coal. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. On DU? Probably not many. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. Under-development is a function of the coal and steel industries and how these employees... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I don't think that is true. |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. You are absolutely correct |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. NOW. But coal was declared a 'war priority' industry and miners did not get drafted for WWII. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
8. They were also descended from Scots-Irish slaves |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
11. Poverty is the great equalizer... |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
12. Because of its history it has a very small black population. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I don't think he understands the people of their history.. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
13. Yep |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
16. I did |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I have a distant relative buried in an Atlanta cemetary... |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. Ever heard of these people? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Ever heard of these people? |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Never heard of that tribe. |
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