LogicIsForSquares Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/west-virginia-state-senate-candidate-veteran-brutally-beaten-n570271?cid=sm_fb Ojeda's opponent represents the old guard corruption in southern WV coalfields. The attacker has family ties to said opponent. I am not the least bit shocked that this happened two days before the WV primary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbedward Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 It'll probably help him get sympathy votes now if anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gftChris Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 It'll probably help him get sympathy votes now if anything Exactly, he probably did it to himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbedward Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Exactly, he probably did it to himself. I'm not saying that, it sounds like the intent was to kill him he just didn't get a chance to finish the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 I read a book once about the coal miners and the workers trying to start a union. It was deadly stuff - I'm not that surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gftChris Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 I'm not saying that, it sounds like the intent was to kill him he just didn't get a chance to finish the job. Sorry, I forgot the sarcalsm font. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted May 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Ojeda has been public about the corruption down in the coalfields. I wouldn't be shocked if someone killed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardBrownsFan Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Clevfan4life Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 why are we showing video's of diehards immediate family? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy Fan Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 "Dancing outlaw" has the wild and wonderful stuff locked up, but without the "jackass" style shock-edits. There's a poetic innocence to it. WV is probably the best state in the country to have your car break down. People will flood out of the hollers to help you out if you're in distress. Go into a holler uninvited, and you won't come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gftChris Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 What's a holler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy Fan Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 A rural Appalachian mispronounciation of "hollow". A little River valley in a mountain/hill that typically feeds into a larger river system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy Fan Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 "Where do you live?" "Right beside at (that) little crick (creek) back up 'ere (there) in at (that) holler." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy Fan Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 I should clarify the "they'll help you out" statement. 1. Don't be black ( most of the time) 2. The physical boundary of the holler is probably a lot smaller than the hillbillies' perception of the boundary of that holler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted May 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 WV is probably the best state in the country to have your car break down. People will flood out of the hollers to help you out if you're in distress. Go into a holler uninvited, and you won't come out. This is a pretty true assessment. I have been here awhile since moving from NJ. The mentality is totally different. The locals can be incredibly welcoming or absolute nightmares. There isn't much in between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted May 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 I should clarify the "they'll help you out" statement. 1. Don't be black ( most of the time) 2. The physical boundary of the holler is probably a lot smaller than the hillbillies' perception of the boundary of that holler This. If I don't have my wife in tow, everything is kosher. I could tell a million hillbilly stories. Southern WV is like a different universe. I have been working a contract from WVDOH to assist with their FEMA flood damage assessments. I had never seen that level of local government corruption before and I came from NJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted May 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 "I am out here to fix the road. I am not from the DEP (state EPA)." A statement that tends to make for a more pleasant introduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardBrownsFan Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 But you're still a goldurn Yankee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbluhm86 Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 But you're still a goldurn Yankee. That's funny, if you stop to think about it, because West Virgina was created by the anti-slavery/pro Union population splitting off from the rest of Virginia... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted May 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 But you're still a goldurn Yankee. "You aren't from around here?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StinkHole Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 Stuart Not a single Democrat voting for Hillary in this heavily Democratic region of WV. http://injo.com/2016/05/601966-check-out-what-happened-when-cnn-reporter-tried-to-find-hillary-voter-in-dem-west-virginia-county/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=owned&utm_campaign=morning-newsletter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted May 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 Stuart Not a single Democrat voting for Hillary in this heavily Democratic region of WV. http://injo.com/2016/05/601966-check-out-what-happened-when-cnn-reporter-tried-to-find-hillary-voter-in-dem-west-virginia-county/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=owned&utm_campaign=morning-newsletter WV has been turning red since 2000. The recent state elections have confirmed it. That said, Hillary made herself enemy #1 here when she badmouthed the coal industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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