BREAKING: YOUNG PATRIOTS STOP A CONGRESS THAT CONDEMNS THEM TO AN UNLIVABLE FUTURE.

BREAKING: YOUNG PATRIOTS STOP A CONGRESS THAT CONDEMNS THEM TO AN UNLIVABLE FUTURE.

Protesters interrupt House eight times in closing budget debate
thehill.com
The protesters targeted members of both parties, with some singing the national anthem. Protesters in the House gallery interrupted members eight times during closing debate on the FY 2012 budget resolution, closing out a hectic day as the House tried to pass a FY 2012 budget resolution.

"Then the coal company came with the world’s largest shovel; And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land; Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken; Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man." – John Prine

“Then the coal company came with the world’s largest shovel; And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land; Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken; Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man.” – John Prine


West Virginia Mining Town Bought Up by Massey Energy
www.nytimes.com
A small town in West Virginia has essentially disappeared in the wake of the state’s largest surface-mining operation.