Coal Strike Updates
The West KY NUM have agreed to wait until Sunday (although probably Monday) before beginning strike action.
Word is that the East KY NUM and the WV NUM are considering going on strike as well. According to Tribune's energy expert Ken Coleman such a strike would cripple power supplies across the nation and could bring the entire economy to a shuddering halt.
A man with a "Texan accent" was arrested in Henderson county, KY last night. Police have indicated that it may have something to do with the Franklin County Murders.
A tired looking Senator Realpolitik (the leader of both the federal NUM and the AFL-CIO) has announced that at some point in the next few days the AFL-CIO will appoint a mediator in an attempt to end the strike before "all hell breaks loose".
FYI, I'm pretty sure you might do damage to the Northeast and maybe some parts of the Southeast.
However, Louisiana and Texas really don't fundamentally care about these miners and whatever complaining they have to do.
Texas is on its power grid separate of the rest of the nation (a blessing brought about by the once and great speaker of the House Sam Rayburn) and doesn't use any power or supplies outside of the state.
Louisiana has large natural gas reserves and the second largest amount of petrochemical plants in the world. We could survive on our own.
The New Orleans mafia is just interested in its gambling interests. I said that before.
