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This is how dumb they think you are
Walker/Cat's coal-happy ads in rural West Virginia |
David Roberts |
19 Feb 2008 |
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| Prompted by Pompey Road in comments, I went looking for some commercials that have been running in rural West Virginia, put out by a company called Walker/Cat that makes heavy machinery for coal operations. (George W. Bush spoke at their Belle plant in 2002.) Turns out they're right here. They have to be seen to be believed. Here, Miss Bug explains that heck no, blowing up mountains, dumping the rubble in streams, and covering the result with a thin layer of soil and ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, messaging, mining, West Virginia (all these topics) |
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