Trump: "You know what you can't hurt? COAL! You can do whatever you want to coal!"

[Miles Archer]

He's on stage now in WV. Said you can blow up pipelines and solar panels but you can't hurt coal.

[dalton99a]

1. Coal never complains

[Fred Sanders]

5. Natural gas, solar panels and wind turbines are complaining ALL the time!

And those fucking hydro damns never shut up.

Making having coal, of which America has near unlimited reserves for domestic use, is a "national security" issue is just another plank in their Ship of Fear.

But forgive him...having a very,very bad day, is Shitler.

[hatrack]

13. Coal does not delight in evil, but rejoices with emissions!

Coal bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Coal never fails, but where there are solar panels, they will be blown up; where there are windmills, they will be knocked over; where there is natural gas, it will pass away.

[ZZenith]

29. Excellent! N/t

[dalton99a]

40. +1

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. And it will still respect you in the morning.

[maxrandb]

43. You can grab coal right by the pussy!

If you're an asshole coal just lets you do it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. You can even eat it if you're hungry when you lose your job

because coal is more expensive to produce than natural gas so they close down the mines. But you can still eat the coal.

What a fucking idiot.

[Autumn]

8. Did he really say you can eat coal?

[0rganism]

23. if you really want to, right?

do anything you want. coal doesn't complain.

[Blue_true]

9. Coal trains are easy to take out. Just throw a Molotov cocktail in one car.

And watch the whole damn thing burn. Trump is an idiot that is playing to a base of idiots.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

3. Dumbest thing I've heard today.

But he's still talking...

[Blue Owl]

4. Here's a lump for your stocking

n/t

[ZZenith]

31. It makes great Christmas gifts!

Nobody wants wind for Christmas, FFS!

[Kablooie]

6. The World's Oldest Underground Coal Fire Has Been Burning For 6,000 Years

If you've heard of underground coal fires, then you've probably heard of the one raging under the abandoned town of Centralia, Pennsylvania, since 1962. Fifty-two years is a long time—and a lot of coal—but that's barely a blink compared to Burning Mountain in Australia, which has been ablaze for 6,000 years.

Coal seam fires are incredibly common, as it happens, and thousands of them are now burning underground across the world. A coal seam some 700 miles south of Australia's Burning Mountain caught fire a month ago, spewing poisonous gases and prompting intense firefighting efforts. Once an subterranean coal seam fire gets out of hand—as in Centralia, as in Burning Mountain—it's nearly impossible to put out.

https://gizmodo.com/the-worlds-oldest-underground-fire-has-been-burning-fo-1539049759

[LunaSea]

7. And you can filter it from the air....

with your childrens lungs.

[Totally Tunsie]

10. "You can blow everything else up",

but you still have to transport coal. If pipelines and solar panels are vulnerable, so are railcars and lines. IDJIT!

[texasfiddler]

11. Railroad lines are easier to blow up than anything he just mentioned

One could take out a couple of critical bridges in Kansas and take out the Powder River Basin coal for weeks to a big chunk of the nation's coal plants. The piles would deplete. I know two bridges that would accomplish this … Just sayin!

[MyOwnPeace]

12. Yeah, but...........

when coal gets pissed off about being moved, sometimes it just brings down the mountain and the killer-owners claim that it was not their fault - and sometimes even run for governor just to be out there to "protect" those miners.

Oh, and I lost family members, including my Father, to black lung.

FUCK YOU, DONALD!!!!!!

[C_U_L8R]

15. You can't make money with coal, anymore.

And sweethearts, there's no such thing as clean coal.
Trump is leading you all to ruin. Just like his many failed businesses.

[jmowreader]

48. Trumpy Bear thinks "clean coal" is coal that's been washed in cheap shampoo

[theophilus]

16. You don't hurt coal. It hurts you. And the rest of us. And the whole living planet....n/t

[Spider Jerusalem]

17. Sure, and you can blow up railway tracks and bridges and docks...

and then how are you going to get that coal anywhere?

[John Fante]

36. I can actually hear Trump getting dumber.

[struggle4progress]

18. New York Mining Disaster 1941

[SMC22307]

59. I had no idea. The Bee Gees for me were '70s disco.

I'm reccing this thread for the outstanding music!

[struggle4progress]

19. Bells of Rhymney

[struggle4progress]

20. Miners' lifeguard

[struggle4progress]

21. West Virginia Mine Disaster

[struggle4progress]

22. Springhill Mine Disaster

[Totally Tunsie]

24. One more...

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[struggle4progress]

28. +

[struggle4progress]

25. Black Lung

[Yavin4]

26. We all need to apologize to George W. Bush for calling him the stupidest president ever.

We have reached a new level of presidential stupidity.

[Totally Tunsie]

33. tRump makes GWB look lke a Mensa candidate. n/t

[MyOwnPeace]

53. Don't worry..............

He won't remember that we called him that anyhow...............

[struggle4progress]

27. Coal Miner's Blues

[struggle4progress]

30. You'll never leave Harlan alive

[Docreed2003]

37. Here's another version by Darrell Scott, the songwriter

The song is autobiographical as he wrote it about his own family...

[struggle4progress]

38. +

[Flaleftist]

32. Sure, air and water pollution, sea level rises, increased global temperatures,

but coal will still be here. Winning!

[struggle4progress]

34. The Death of Harry Simms

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

35. Then I think he should eat a big old chunk of coal

Come on Trumpy. Put your money where your mouth is.

[struggle4progress]

39. Coal tattoo

[struggle4progress]

41. Hardtimes In Coleman's Mines

[gratuitous]

42. Paradise

Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away.

[struggle4progress]

47. +

[struggle4progress]

44. Dark as a Dungeon

[Totally Tunsie]

61. +++

I've always loved this song, especially The Journeymen's version. Scott McKenzie's (of "If You're Going to San Francisco" fame) lilting voice on this is haunting. They credit Merle in their intro. Thanks for the re-visit to Merle's rendition.

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WHO KNEW THERE WERE SO MANY COAL MINING SONGS?

[struggle4progress]

63. +

[maxrandb]

45. I could shoot coal on 5th Ave

Wouldn't bother coal at all!!!

[struggle4progress]

46. The L & N don't stop here anymore

[struggle4progress]

49. Dyin to make a livin

[struggle4progress]

50. Which side are you on?

[Initech]

51. Coal once dropped on a McDonald's so hard it became a Wendy's.

Take Chuck Norris jokes and replace them with "coal". Go!

[struggle4progress]

52. Ludlow massacre

[struggle4progress]

54. Battle of Blair Mountain

[DBoon]

55. Trump should know

His heart is made of coal

[The Genealogist]

56. His mouth opens, words come out, yet he never seems to say anything

Verbal diarrhea. Word salad. Gibble-Gabble. Call it whatever you want.

[GWC58]

58. And always an angry scowl on his face!

I can see Herr Drumph with a uniform on, with “SS” on his collar! 😱

[Hoyt]

57. I'm A Black Lung Miner in East Tennessee. Raised My Family on Coal Dust and Beans.

[SMC22307]

60. Reccing for the music...

Fuck Drumpf.

[area51]

62. Trump: "You know what you can't hurt? COAL!"

Um, okay ....