tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post4723043982719688030..comments2024-02-28T20:56:23.768-06:00Comments on Sipsey Street Irregulars: Anniversary: The Ludlow Massacre and the Colorado Coalfield War.Dutchman6http://www.blogger.com/profile/09935420042995679958noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-18449466606902207722015-04-22T21:04:49.848-05:002015-04-22T21:04:49.848-05:00I stopped by that memorial a few years ago. The l...I stopped by that memorial a few years ago. The location looks barren and silent. The plaque there describes in cold historical language what must have been utterly horrific.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00424866846543113731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-7759278838603773012015-04-21T14:32:57.010-05:002015-04-21T14:32:57.010-05:00The folks in Hardin County, KY, Matewan, WV, and t...The folks in Hardin County, KY, Matewan, WV, and the Pennsylvania coalfields went through something very much like the CO coalfield war. Lot of that went around.the Plinkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-15369582240188564062015-04-21T11:02:04.719-05:002015-04-21T11:02:04.719-05:00I don't know if this is an urban myth, but sup...I don't know if this is an urban myth, but supposedely, the term "red neck" comes when some of the miners (I think in West Virgina or PA) wore red neck scrafs in order to secretely identify themselves as supporative to a union. This of course led to machine gunning, bombs, etc. So maybe the elite wanted to be sure to demonize the term red neck as a stupid southerner so no one would learn the true history of the real red necks, whom to the liberals dismay helped to support unions when unions were wroth a damn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-35078180943071201692015-04-21T05:10:45.836-05:002015-04-21T05:10:45.836-05:00a while back, when we had large gatherings in Alba...a while back, when we had large gatherings in Albany NY protesting the (so-called) SAFE Act, the only union that stood with us was the United Mine Workers. They understand the importance of an armed citizenry. At the time rumors swirled that another union was going to hold a counter-rally; the collectivist minions SEIU. They never showed, probably due to the fact that the mine workers were there. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com