[Football Widow]

I have also really enjoyed this debate.:Thumbs: I think that Old School did have alot of good points that he has stated.

I had a couple of points that I wanted to reply too also. Coach Owens 87 thinks that there is not a problem with sewage running into the creek....Where have you been? Straight pipes are every where. . Also there is alot more people out there without running water than what you think. You should also take into the account that there is a mine over in the Big Creek area that hooked alot of "straight pipers" up to a municiple sewer system. Maybe you should return to examine your county a little bit more. Lung cancer can be more attributed to smoking than anything. Alot of children have asthma simply because their parents smoke inside their tiny car with all the windows up. What could you expect? Also alot more people are sick today, not because of coal mining, but because they won't get off their big lazy rumps and exercise, eat correctly,quit smoking, etc. You should also really check the stats on STD's and hepatitis. Last time I checked my med book, none of these could be coal mining related (unless there is some extra curricular activities going on that I'm not aware of ?? I could tell that you were "pre-med" when you started talking about illness. Wait till you get out in the "real world" with a job and see real patients. You'll understand where I'm coming from. Coal mining companies give back to the community as well. Don't forget about all the money that they give towards scholarships, school athletics and educational programs. There was also an article in a Prestonsburg news paper about how a mine had donated money to pave a parking lot at Jenny Wiley. Please try to remember the good things that these companies do as well!