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Contact: Mike Carey, president, Ohio Coal Association, +1-614-228-6336, (office), +1-614-264-1694, (mobile)

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire–USNewswire/ — Mike Carey, president of the Ohio Coal Association (OCA), today issued the following statement in response to just-released remarks from Senator Barack Obama about the nation’s coal industry.

“Regardless of the timing or method of the release of these remarks, the message from the Democratic candidate for President could not be clearer: the Obama-Biden ticket spells disaster for America’s coal industry and the tens of thousands of Americans who work in it.

“These undisputed, audio-taped remarks, which include comments from Senator Obama like ‘I haven’t been some coal booster’ and ‘if they want to build [coal plants], they can, but it will bankrupt them’ are extraordinarily misguided.

“It’s evident that this campaign has been pandering in states like Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana and Pennsylvania to attempt to generate votes from coal supporters, while keeping his true agenda hidden from the state’s voters.

“Senator Obama has revealed himself to be nothing more than a short- sighted, inexperienced politician willing to say anything to get a vote. But today, the nation’s coal industry and those who support it have a better understanding of his true mission, to ‘bankrupt’ our industry, put tens of thousands out of work and cause unprecedented increases in electricity prices.

“In addition to providing an affordable, reliable source of low-cost electricity, domestic coal holds the key to our nation’s long-term energy security – a goal that cannot be overlooked during this time of international instability and economic uncertainty.

“Few policy areas are more important to our economic future than energy issues. As voters head to the polls tomorrow, it is essential they remember that access to reliable, affordable, domestic energy supplies is essential to economic growth and stability.”

The Ohio Coal Association (OCA) is a non-profit trade association representing the interests of Ohio’s underground and surface coal mining producers. The OCA represents nearly 40 coal producing companies and more than 50 Associate Members, which include suppliers and consultants to the mining industry, coal sales agents and brokers and allied industries. The Ohio Coal Association is committed to advancing the development and utilization of Ohio coal as an abundant, economic and environmentally sound energy source.

SOURCE Ohio Coal Association

For the full story on this visit:
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/11/02/obama-ill-make-energy-prices-skyrocket/
where you will find an article and audio of Obama talking about energy prices and bankrupting any new coal plants! Coal supplies 49% of our energy in the USA.!

Energy prices skyrocketing will leave the economy in tatters, as we saw earlier this year.

If you already think your energy bills are too much this will shock you!

Please pass this information on to everyone you know!

• “You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.”
• “You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.”
• “You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.”
• “You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.”
• “You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.”
• “You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.”
• “You cannot establish security on borrowed money.”
• “You cannot build character and courage by taking away men’s initiative and independence.”
• “You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.”

by Reverend William J.H. Boetcker

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