June 14th is Flag Day AND Trump's birthday
A look at some tweets and a video clip
From Congressman David J. McKinley
Happy #FlagDay, where we honor the flag and all it stands for as a symbol of our great country, and Happy 244th Birthday to the U.S. Army, who helps to protect our freedom on a daily basis! pic.twitter.com/Y9ZWacq5QE
— David B. McKinley (@RepMcKinley) June 14, 2019
From President Trump
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This reminds me of the old joke that begins "two narcissists walk into a bar and the first one says . . ."
Governor Jim Justice tells us why President Trump loves West Virginia
I couldn't make this stuff up. Here's West Virginia governor Jim Justice explaining yesterday why Trump is so attracted to West Virginia:
“The gamble that you have that is so on the table is, whether you like him or don’t like him, whether you like me or don’t like me, you have a president of the United States . . .
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Demonstrate concern: a rhetorical strategy used by Ogden papers to insulate themselves from any criticism that they are part of a problem
Today’s example: a Wheeling Intelligencer editorial wants the Catholic Church to “Probe Gifts Within Church”
One strategy to avoid being marginalized on an issue is to show concern for the problem. Take the climate change issue in which we've probably progressed to the point where arguing that “climate change is a hoax” hurts your credibility. As I documented earlier this year, Ogden newspapers (and local congressman David McKinley) appear to . . .
Editor Mike Myer asks: “If Bransfield did all these things for so long, how did he get away with it?”
Yes, it’s a clueless question from the editor of a newspaper that brags daily on its masthead that it has “stood guard for 166 years against predatory interests which would violate civil rights.”
Here’s my answer to Myer’s question: because those who had the power and the microphone (the Catholic Church, local media, and law enforcement) chose not to investigate.
Myer rightly questions the diocese but that is as far as he goes. I’m sure he, like anyone in the area who does not live under a rock, has heard rumors about some . . .
Shorter (EPA head) Andrew Wheeler: If only the media lied to the American public like we do, the public wouldn’t be concerned about climate change.
What else would you expect from a former Murray Energy lobbyist and Trump appointee?
(source -- cartoonist Ed Stein)
On Monday, The Hill reported that EPA chief, Andrew Wheeler, spoke to the National Press Club:
“Every year since 2001 Gallup has conducted polling on the same question: Do you think the quality of the environment in the country as a whole is getting better or getting worse? Every . . .
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The investigation of Bransfield (with update)
I do not know how the Wheeling Intelligencer will cover this tomorrow, but I will be surprised if they do a better job than the Washington Post
Washington Post reporters Michelle Boornstein, Shawn Boburg and Robert O'Harrow Jr. have thoroughly described the charges against former Wheeling-Charleston Bishop Michael J. Bransfield. At 3,300 words, the reporters appear to leave nothing out. (I was going to quote key passages, but there are too many.) If this story is important to . . .
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"Forget it, Jake. It's West Virginia."
Environmental groups sue as state and federal regulators do nothing to stop the excessive dumping by Murray Energy and Justice-owned coal companies
From Reuters:
Several West Virginia coal mines, including some owned by the governor’s family, have released many times the allowable amounts of pollutants into nearby waterways in recent years without being penalized by regulators, according to environmental groups citing state data.
The Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, . . .
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