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    <author><![CDATA[no wimps allowed]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[The most toxic air is a CONSERVATIVES WEINER BREATH!!!!!!!!
        
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      <![CDATA[so what else is new? tn ranks at the bottom or close for a lot of things education health,police teachers low pay TDCS is a shame to the whole nation and please don't forget corrupt elected officials.now let me here from the family members of all I listed and that i am wrong on everything i posted.
        
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      <![CDATA[High levels of mercury vapors in the air over the Volunteer State....this could explain the enthusiasm for Creationism in the TN classrooms...the obsession with guns....the homophobia...the secessionist leanings...the low test scores...and the general gullibility of the locals.
        
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      <![CDATA[Obams has been from the Bush Jr. years a nasty situation all the way around...from Kentucky and have known for many years what coal has done to the air...very poor air polution air control from the state house...now TN, where we live same problem. It's all political in nature.
        
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      <![CDATA[“If somebody wants to build a coal-fired power plant, they can. It’s just that it will bankrupt them,” Obama said, responding to a question about his cap-and-trade plan.
        
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      <![CDATA[Lots of mercury vapors in the atmosphere over Tennessee? That  could account for the Tea Party victories in the State House etc.....and that could explain how Mark Clayton won the Democratic nomination for US Senate...heavy metals could be adversely affecting the residents of the coonskin cap state.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Blue]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[President Obama is doing as much cleaning up as Congress will let him. The GOP is trapped by the energy business and they will not let anyone come in to try and make America clearner and healthier.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Chris Allen]]></author>
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      <![CDATA["President Obama<br>
and his private EPA has already made it so expensive for these coal fired<br>
plants to survive that in the near future we can all expect much more expensive<br>
electrical rates!"<br>
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Care to back that up with actual data, and not just right-wing blog talking points, Neverfear?<br>
<br>
"One of Obama's pre-election goals was to put the coal industry out of business."<br>
<br>
Same question Gast.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[rickmuz]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[But wait... Doesn't the coal industry spend millions of dollars to tell me that coal (carbon set on fire) is CLEAN BURNING?
        
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    <author><![CDATA[just me]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[That has much more to do with the vehicle emissions in the city. Do some research and you will find that most large cities in this country have level orange or higher during the summer months.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[moonglow1]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[According to the National Weather Service, Nashville is often under a code orange air alert which means unhealthy air.
        
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          <a href="http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/Profile?oid=1541917">moonglow1</a>]]>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:11:50 -0500</pubDate>
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    <author><![CDATA[yogiman]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[By whom and with what evidence? Or could it just be a political claim?
        
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    <author><![CDATA[NeverFear]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Don't know about the legitimacy of this organization, but suspect it has a<br>
very biased agenda. Does,  however, fit with the same agenda as our own<br>
Senator Lamar Alexander's in destroying the industry providing our foremost <br>
abundant and least expensive source for electrical power.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[BattleCat]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I'm sure no one is keeping as close an eye on the situation as you gast. We all rely on you to misread, falsify and misquote stories to bolster your paranoid fantasies.
        
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      <![CDATA[One of Obama's pre-election goals was to put the coal industry out of business. I remember the news clip and was surprised when he said it and thought, "Wow, that's sticking it to labor."
        
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