tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post3904903449325969429..comments2024-01-16T03:42:46.705-05:00Comments on The Downward Spiral: TVA: Another Nuke Plant = Employee LayoffsBill Hickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17551954408189665078noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-55954685205337861272012-05-08T12:08:40.849-04:002012-05-08T12:08:40.849-04:00Hey BH, congrats and Happy Anniversary!
I'm s...Hey BH, congrats and Happy Anniversary!<br /><br />I'm surprised you didn't link "Uncle Frank" by DBT. This post got me thinking about that song:<br /><br />They powered up the city with hydro-electric juice.<br /> Now we got more electricity than we canever use.<br /> They flooded out the hollow and all the folks down there moved out,<br /> but they got paid so there ain't nothin' else to think about.<br /><br /> Some of them made their living cutting the timber down,<br /> snaking it one log at a time up the hill and into town.<br /> T.V.A. had a way to clear it off real fast.<br /> Lots of men and machinary, build a dam and drown the rest.<br /><br /> Uncle Frank lived in a cabin down on Cedar Creek,<br /> bought fifteen acres when he got back home from overseas.<br /> Fifteen rocky acres, figured noone else would want,<br /> 'till all that backed up water had to have some place to go.<br /><br /> Uncle Frank couldn't read or write<br /> Never held down a job, or needed one in his life.<br /> They assured him there'd be work for him in town building cars.<br /> It's already going down.<br /><br /> The cars never came to town and the roads never got built<br /> and the price of all that power kept on going straight uphill<br /> The banks around the hollow sold for lake-front property<br /> where Doctors, Lawyers, and Musicians teach their kids to waterski.<br /><br /> Uncle Frank couldn't read or write<br /> so there was no note or letter found when he died.<br /> Just a rope around his neck and the kitchen table turned on its side~https://www.blogger.com/profile/07775795950513629761noreply@blogger.com