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Beyond Hell’s Gate

Denny Tyler — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:01:40 +0000

What is Hell’s Gate? It is a simple metal gate on Kayford Mountain that separates Larry Gibson’s property from an active mountaintop removal site.

Once you pass Hell’s Gate it is like you are transported to an entirely different planet. Or, as the name would suggest, Hell on Earth.

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Doodling With Don

Denny Tyler — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:50:54 +0000

Sometimes when I am bored I like to just draw. I’ve never been real good at it and like to practice whenever I can. I decided to play with my new best friends photo a little bit. Boy I sure hope Donny boy can take a joke. Like I said, I never claimed to be [...]

The BWD and MTR

Denny Tyler — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:59:05 +0000

Yesterday I wrote a post describing my plans to back off in my battle against mountaintop removal coal mining. Today I am recanting that statement.

There will be no threat you can make that will cause me to back off. I feel like a weakling for even considering it. You can email me all you [...]

Rise Up Appalachia!!

Denny Tyler — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:01:41 +0000

Since starting my personal crusade against mountaintop removal coal mining I have asked myself almost daily – what is it going to take to stop the ignorance? I’m here to tell you today what it will take. It is going to take people just like me banding together with other people just like me and [...]

Paradox At The Crossroads

Denny Tyler — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:22:10 +0000

It seems like I have been finding myself at various crossroads along my path of life as of lately. I find myself at yet another point where no matter the decision I make – life changes from here on.

If I have any readers left from the old blog you will know about the accident [...]

Blankenship Shows His Good Side

Denny Tyler — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:53:59 +0000

Blankenship to reporter: ‘You’re liable to get shot’

(2min video) ABC News

My favorite person in the whole world.

Smile Don Blankenship, you are on ABC News.

ABC News World News With Charles Gibson and Nightline. – Monday 7, [...]

Attitude Adjustment

Denny Tyler — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:01:59 +0000

Be forewarned – this is a rant post.

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I think the entire planet could use an attitude adjustment.

Something that has become painfully apparent recently and it is something I have thought about in the past. The general I don’t care mentality of the public. If it is not happening between home and work [...]

What we’ve got here…

Denny Tyler — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:09:39 +0000

… is a failure to communicate.

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I look at mountaintop removal as this giant beast with teeth that can grind boulders into valley fill. I look at all the grassroots and the environmental groups as a bunch of bees swarming the beasts head. As long as the beast can keep swatting them away he [...]

Ignorance of the people…

Denny Tyler — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:32:26 +0000

… brought to you by the coal industry.

The more I talked with people in Drews Creek the more it became obvious they didn’t have a clue about the new mountaintop removal site. It was just like one day there is peace and quiet and the next day your picking broken picture frames up off [...]

Now It’s Personal – MTR

Denny Tyler — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:35:16 +0000

A few weeks ago I wrote a post entitled Bolt Mountain, Under Attack!! That may have been a little dramatic at the time. Mainly because I wasn’t 100% sure if what I was seeing was a mountaintop removal site. It was too far in the distance. Friday, with my friend from Ohio, I went searching [...]