« The Ides of August: Obama Begins to Bounce Checks on August 15 | Main | Silly Right Wabbit. Violence Is for Left Wabbits. »
July 25, 2011
Fuck all you NIMBYs. I quit!
My name's Ronnie Bryant, and I'm a mine operator.I've been issued a [state] permit in the recent past for [waste water] discharge, and after standing in this room today listening to the comments being made by the people. [pause] Nearly every day without fail -- men stream to these [mining] operations looking for work in Walker County. They can't pay their mortgage. They can't pay their car note. They can't feed their families. They don't have health insurance. And as I stand here today, I just think -- you know -- what's the use? I got a permit to open up an underground coal mine that would employ probably 125 people. They'd be paid wages from $50,000 to $150,000 a year. We would consume probably $50 million to $60 million in consumables a year, putting more men to work. And my only idea today is to go home. What's the use? I don' t know. I mean, I see these guys -- I see them with tears in their eyes -- looking for work. And if there's so much opposition to these guys making a living, I feel like there's no need in me putting out the effort to provide work for them. So as I stood against the wall here today, basically what I've decided is not to open the mine. I'm just quitting. Thank you. -- I'm just quitting: A scene right out of Atlas Shrugged in Birmingham by David McElroy [HT Morgan]
Posted by Vanderleun at July 25, 2011 3:38 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
Your Say
I fume when I think what this economy is doing to the real men in our country. I've watched it first hand in the construction industry. And I'm convinced it is not about the environment whatsoever, but rather about regulating industry out of business. Period. And I'll go even further and add that I believe there is even a racial, redistrubutive agenda at play.
Posted by: RedCarolina at July 25, 2011 4:55 PM
There is. Most hard labor in the south is now being done by Mexicans at a cut rate.
Posted by: Jewel at July 25, 2011 6:07 PM