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  1. 12-20-2009, 03:42 AM #1
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    Byrd's coal comments rock W.Va.

    Byrd's coal comments rock W.Va.

    By ALEX ISENSTADT | 12/18/09 4:33 AM EST

    An extraordinary recent statement by Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) has stunned his coal-dependent home state


    Pro-coal supporters protest against Robert Kennedy Jr.'s call for an end to mountaintop removal mining on Coal River Mountain at a rally outside the headquarters of the state Department of Environmental Protection in Charleston, W.Va. Photo: AP

    An extraordinary recent statement by Sen. Robert Byrd has stunned his coal-dependent home state and left West Virginia politicians and business leaders scrambling to understand the timing and motivation behind his unexpected discourse on the future of the coal industry.

    In an early December op-ed piece released by his office — also recorded on audio by the frail 92-year-old senator — Byrd argued that resistance to constraints on mountaintop-removal coal mining and a failure to acknowledge that “the truth is that some form of climate legislation will likely become public policyâ€
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  2. 12-20-2009, 05:21 AM #2
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    That's totally bizarre that Byrd would turn on coal. He's a racist socialist and always has been. Wake Up West Virginia: kick his butt to the curb in 2012. A damn shame he's not up for re-election in 2010.
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  3. 12-20-2009, 10:42 AM #3
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    West Virginia is getting what they deserve, a slap in the face,.......wake up and smell the coffee!
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