Read Trump's 1990 Playboy interview -- DanTheFan 05/07/2016 1:00PM
Who needs breathable air? Or a living planet? ** -- WarmHoo 05/06/2016 1:37PM
He needs to connect with people in Ohio and Florida. ** -- JMHoo 05/05/2016 9:11PM
Lots of miners and blue collar in OH and he did pretty well in FL against -- Hoodafan 05/06/2016 08:37AM
Yeah. By telling another Big Lie: that he'll reopen the coal mines -- WaxHoo 05/05/2016 8:04PM
Did he claim it was all due to falling Nat Gas prices and market forces? Oh -- Hoodafan 05/06/2016 08:39AM
Honestly, that's what it is. It isn't about regulation. -- hoolstoptheheels 05/06/2016 1:07PM
Of course coal is in the tail end of it's life cycle, but to me, the -- Hoodafan 05/06/2016 1:52PM
Your subject line, to me, is more important than the rest of it -- Fuzzy Dunlop 05/06/2016 2:04PM
But nobody is "forcing private industry to maintain obsolete jobs." Not -- Hoodafan 05/06/2016 2:14PM
Trump absolutely is implying that: "we're gonna reopen the mines, put -- WaxHoo 05/06/2016 3:12PM
It certainly isn't an easy answer -- Fuzzy Dunlop 05/06/2016 2:22PM
Faux conservatives like Hooda & TK want to GovCo to intervene -- WaxHoo 05/06/2016 2:07PM
Wow, just when I thought you couldn't out do your first absurd post in this -- Hoodafan 05/06/2016 2:17PM
Your irony antenna needs adjusting, Hooda. -- WaxHoo 05/06/2016 2:57PM
We're living here in Allentown And they've taken all the coal from -- WaxHoo 05/06/2016 2:03PM
(duplicate post)** -- WaxHoo 05/06/2016 2:02PM
You really think regulation is the driving factor? -- WaxHoo 05/06/2016 11:46AM
You have no idea what you are talking about -- TomKazanski 05/05/2016 10:57PM
You're blowing hot air thru your hat as usual Tommy ** -- WaxHoo 05/06/2016 1:49PM
Natural gas is why they are closed -- Notorious KOM 05/06/2016 10:20AM
Questions about your where you're getting your efficiency ratings- -- HoosGuy 05/06/2016 2:31PM
It goes a bit beyond my engineering/math capabilities, but... -- Notorious KOM 05/06/2016 3:20PM
You do realize that coal still account for a third of all energy -- TomKazanski 05/06/2016 12:48PM
True, coal isn't going anywhere in the short term -- Notorious KOM 05/06/2016 1:39PM
And trending down. Smart energy investment dollars are not pursuing coal. ** -- hoolstoptheheels 05/06/2016 12:53PM
You mean like 537 million dumped into solyndra -- TomKazanski 05/06/2016 1:04PM
No. I mean private investment dollars, which are not pursuing coal. -- hoolstoptheheels 05/06/2016 1:14PM
I think his point was that smart investors are smart enough not to invest -- Hoodafan 05/06/2016 1:41PM
Nah. People aren't pursuing coal because it is unattractive. -- hoolstoptheheels 05/06/2016 1:45PM
Maybe but that doesnt mean it cant be profitable if the govt would take its -- TomKazanski 05/06/2016 2:34PM
I don't even disagree with you in principle. I just don't know that I see -- hoolstoptheheels 05/06/2016 4:17PM
Do you believe burning coal causes harmful pollution? -- SixerHoo 05/06/2016 3:55PM
Never took you for such a Marxist, TK -- Fuzzy Dunlop 05/06/2016 3:29PM
Then let the market bear that news instead of the govt -- TomKazanski 05/06/2016 3:43PM
Show proof it's regs & not mechanization & mkt forces. -- WaxHoo 05/06/2016 5:03PM
Excellent and very informative post. Thanks! ** -- Hoodafan 05/06/2016 11:04AM
And conservatives dance a jig when HRC says she would eliminate coal jobs -- Fuzzy Dunlop 05/06/2016 10:27AM
As usual, the complexity of the situation eludes you. ** -- SixerHoo 05/06/2016 08:26AM
As usual, you attack as if it's fact, and offer no substance to support -- Hoodafan 05/06/2016 08:42AM
You're saying it's not a fact that Kazanski doesn't do nuance? -- SixerHoo 05/06/2016 09:29AM
I took the shot because you added nothing but a typical robo attack on TK. -- Hoodafan 05/06/2016 09:53AM
Let's not pretend that's the sole cause, either. -- SixerHoo 05/06/2016 10:09AM
LOL! Of course I care! -- Hoodafan 05/06/2016 10:33AM
Few, if any, conservatives on this board do nuance. -- HowieT3 05/06/2016 09:36AM
I'll be the first. Because your post is the essence of what -- Hoodafan 05/06/2016 09:58AM
"All gun owners are irresponsible" Top that for nuance ** -- Tuckahokie 05/06/2016 09:46AM
All Trump supporters are uneducated and racist. ** -- Hoodafan 05/06/2016 09:59AM
Damn...you won...oh well :>) ** -- Tuckahokie 05/06/2016 10:07AM
Meh. We can call it a tie. But I'll admit that I had -- Hoodafan 05/06/2016 10:10AM
Liberals are all out-of-work layabouts leeching off conservatives' taxes. ** -- SixerHoo 05/06/2016 10:38AM
How could that be if Red states are the biggest takers? ** -- Hoodafan 05/06/2016 10:42AM
Great question. ** -- SixerHoo 05/06/2016 11:12AM
The biggest reason coal is on the skids is that oil and gas -- Shenhoo 05/06/2016 08:54AM
And to hear Trump tell it -- Fuzzy Dunlop 05/06/2016 09:57AM
Here's coal's problem. In 2008, natural gas at the Henry Hub -- Shenhoo 05/06/2016 10:00AM
And that's a good thing! So if that's the problem, why even bother with the -- Hoodafan 05/06/2016 10:40AM
Certainly fracking and other new technologies have dramatically lowered the -- Tuckahokie 05/06/2016 08:39AM
I agree regulation is a factor and didn't say otherwise. -- SixerHoo 05/06/2016 09:45AM
You are the one who interjected the term "regulation" -- TomKazanski 05/06/2016 10:59AM
LOL! Obamacare is shutting down coal mines? Stay on topic here, TK. ** -- SixerHoo 05/06/2016 2:05PM
Umm, you might want to read again and edit this one. ** -- Hoodafan 05/06/2016 2:19PM
TK can defend himself, but he didn't claim it was. He was directly -- Hoodafan 05/06/2016 10:08AM
TK's FOS on this, as he so often is. ** -- WaxHoo 05/06/2016 1:39PM
You're right, job losses solely due to no longer using gas lamps to light -- Hoodafan 05/06/2016 1:56PM
No, hard head, the #1 reason for reduced coal mining employment is -- WaxHoo 05/06/2016 3:27PM
Well, since you heard someone tell you that it must be true. Let's not let -- Hoodafan 05/06/2016 5:01PM
Maybe he can do something for the lamp lighters and town criers too. ** -- bballbill 05/05/2016 8:38PM
Speaking as a former newspaper guy -- Fuzzy Dunlop 05/06/2016 09:51AM
Deleted** -- bballbill 05/05/2016 8:38PM
You knock em out and you don't have to worry about the judges ** -- MBHoo 05/05/2016 7:41PM