(Poll created August 18, 2010)
Submitted by editor

You're just barely getting by living in Southern West Virginia, and you hear that a coal mine is going to remove the mountain on the other side of the valley - strip off the top, dig out the coal and use the rocks to fill in the valley to create flat land for shopping centers, houses and the like.

What's your reaction to this news?


Choose up to 3 answers
Disbelieve the story.
If NPR & NYT are against it, I'm for it.
The NY Times says it is bad, so I'm against it
If NPR is against it, I"m against it.
Where do I fill out a job application?
God made the mountain - they have no right to remove it
Darrell Hannah says they should put up a wind farm instead - I agree
Time to buy up all the houses in town and make a huge profit
It's their property, it's not up to me
Obama and Biden want to destroy the coal industry - I agree with them
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