“The old chestnut that ‘coal is West Virginia’s greatest natural resource’ deserves revision. I believe that our people are West Virginia’s most valuable resource. We must demand to be treated as such.”
Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) wrote that.
I hate to quote a politician kissing his constituents’ asses. But you gotta love a West Virginia politician distancing himself from the coal industry. And you gotta love an old man dropping a nonsensical metaphor.
Thank you Switchboard.
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