While reading this article I was shocked to find that people are actively against green jobs, are actively supporting moutain-top mining and are proud of their role in another person's resignation. It all goes to show how inconsistent the typical political blowhard is (of either persuasion).
The article reports that at the rally in West Virginia, Sean Hannity bragged about his role in Van Jones's resignation as Obama's green jobs czar and forecast his duty of harassing future green jobs czars until they resign, too. Yet, the event was arguably about helping coal miners keep their jobs. So, Hannity is proud of working to put one person out of work? It doesn't make sense, but Hannity never seems to let that stop him.
Overall, I was most affected by the third generation coal miner who pointed out that for people who work in a city "there's other options" - but no other options exist for him. This makes sense to many small town folks whose jobs depend on the industry in town, be it farming, onion ring manufacturing or coal mining. Environmental policy should include some job training or other initiatives to help coal miners re-employ as it continues to close down coal plants.
Ah, a girl can dream...
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