[bamahead]

My father was in the mine roof bolt business for 30 years. This union is and has always been a mouthpiece and left arm of the DNC.

They have never cared a damn thing about the industry, or its workers. They are simply a dues collecting, vote manufacturing machine for the Democrat party.

[SalukiLawyer]

And John L. Lewis rolls over in his grave.

Illinois is a coal state. What did Senator Obama do for his constituents? Promise to bankrupt the coal industry.