Speech Excerpts from Labor Day Speaker Don Blankenship, Massey Energy

Speech Excerpts from Labor Day Speaker Don Blankenship, Massey Energy

Massive Rally and Concert to Address American Workers

CHARLESTON, W.Va., Sept. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Don Blankenship, Chairman and CEO of Massey Energy, will deliver a speech to the Friends of America concert and rally in West Virginia on Labor Day, September 7th. As many as 100,000 people are expected to attend from 31 states around the country. The Labor Day concert and rally features country music legend Hank Williams, Jr., John Rich and Fox News personality Sean Hannity. American icon Ted Nugent will emcee the event. Following are excerpts from Mr. Blankenship's speech:

"Our gathering today is about our government and what it is doing to American Labor. It is also about what our government is allowing others to do to American Labor. Our government, environmental extremists, American corporations, and politicians on the right and the left are all endangering American Labor. They are making American Labor the real endangered species as they tell us that their goal is to save the planet".

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"Today, as managers and producers of domestic energy, you and I endure the dishonesty of our government. An Environmental Protection Agency that considers their cause more sacred than the truth. We endure a government that uses our taxes to destroy our jobs."

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"We don't need a government that wants to shut down our coal mines. We don't want a government that wants to increase our power bills. We don't want a government that loans our tax money to our overseas competitors and that refuses to loan money to our employers. We don't want a government that is run by people who believe they can change the earth's temperature when they can't balance a budget."

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"In Washington, they sometimes say that those of us in Appalachia need help because we're not very smart. Well, we're smart enough to know that only God can change the earth's temperature - not Al Gore."

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"It's not only American Labor that's at risk. It's America itself. Let's all work hard and be friends of America. Let's send the message to Washington that enough is enough. Let's send the message to Washington that the politicians have to stop giving our jobs away. If they don't, it's the politicians that need to retrain and re-locate."

The "Friends of America" rally and concert will be held on Monday, September 7, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Attendees are advised to arrive early to find parking, which opens at 6:00 AM. For more information, including a complete schedule of events, visit the Friends of America Rally online at www.FriendsofAmericaRally.com

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Source: Massey Energy

CONTACT: Chelsea Cummings for Massey Energy, +1-203-980-8953

Web Site: http://www.friendsofamericarally.com/

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