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Originally posted by Bungleau:
This is an... interesting... way to bump one's post count. I almost wonder if some other posts have disappeared in the meantime.
In any case, it's important to remember that generalizations about how things were better in "the good old days" often have a tarnished view about those good old days. 25 years ago in WV was 1979... the energy crisis was just starting to tail off. Jobs in WV would have been plentiful because coal mining was a cheap alternative, labor included. That may not be the case any more.
As well, people who make comments about the "good old days", in my experience, tend to have biased views of it. Case in point: my mother, who retired as a teacher, decides whether the current state government is doing a good job based solely on what the government does for education, and for her retirement funds in particular. If the government brings in companies with a million new jobs, but talks about implementing co-pays for health insurance visits for retirees, the government is bad and has to be replaced.
It's seeing the big picture, and not focusing on the small one, that's important. And seeing this one, I expect this thread may get moved over to current events in the near future.
At least, that's how it would have been in the good old days 
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Actually i had some other thoughts to put in. So am i wrong for adding more to my own post topic? If i am then the moderators can deal with it accordingly but i never intended it to be a bump just a topic addition.
Yeah Star Trek is all about the good old days cough cough.
I must have misunderstood the heading General to mean you could talk about anything.
And though you try to compare my topic to your mothers, my family nor I have worked or even been in a coal mine. I was just tossing in relative facts to get a point accross.Mostly that foreign corporations have alot of interest in resources and other things in US , WV included.
Bung Has Stung ME! lol
[ 05-16-2004, 09:37 AM: Message edited by: faiden ]