# O noes. Obama wants to bankrupt the coal industry!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 3, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-noes-obama-wants-to-bankrupt-the-coal-industry/470796 "2008-11-03T01:18:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-noes-obama-wants-to-bankrupt-the-coal-industry/470796/61 "2008-11-04T00:22:33Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > I thought he had a few Asian vics, maybe I’m remembering wrong. One of Dahmer’s victims was an Asian guy named Konerak Sinthasomphone who almost escaped. He was drugged, the police found him wandering on the street in front of Dahmer’s apartment building, Dahmer came out and said they’d been drinking and had a lovers quarrel, so the police kindly brought the poor guy back to Dahmer’s apartment and left. Not sure what relevance that has, but there you go. Almost all his victims were white males. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-noes-obama-wants-to-bankrupt-the-coal-industry/470796/62 "2008-11-04T05:07:25Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > More breaking news! \*\*magellan01 \*\*still has his objectivity radar broken! The claim was that it was a “hoax”. I commented on _that_, specifically on wht the supposed “hoax” was. Your reply to my comment doesn’t address the “hoax” aspect. Imagine that. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-noes-obama-wants-to-bankrupt-the-coal-industry/470796/63 "2008-11-04T05:56:15Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > The claim was that it was a “hoax”. I commented on _that_, specifically on wht the supposed “hoax” was. Your reply to my comment doesn’t address the “hoax” aspect. Imagine that. The video was not hidden, so Imagine that, the republicans are pumping up something that even McCain would agree according to the information I did see. Instead of big news, is is pathetic talking points. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-noes-obama-wants-to-bankrupt-the-coal-industry/470796/64 "2008-11-04T07:27:28Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > The video was not hidden, so Imagine that, the republicans are pumping up something that even McCain would agree according to the information I did see. Instead of big news, is is pathetic talking points. That may be. My point was that if that is why this qualifies as a “hoax”, that’s mighty lame. But how do you like this back in forth where we each comment on what the other wrote? Works pretty well, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-noes-obama-wants-to-bankrupt-the-coal-industry/470796/65 "2008-11-04T07:36:17Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Whatever. Keep believing your rapture myth. I’ll be laughing my ass off in 20 or 30 years when the American left is pushing policies to radically increase CO2 emissions to stave off the next ice age. Also, there was an article recently about a massive methane release that may make man-made greenhouse gases look like an even bigger drop in the bucket. And the sad thing is the Republican base is made up of people just this ignorant and incurious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-noes-obama-wants-to-bankrupt-the-coal-industry/470796.md?page=3)