(06-08-2011 02:58 PM)NoQuarter08 Wrote:  The easiest way to decipher true North vs South is look at a map of the union states vs the "right to work" states. The cultural issues are really highlighted this way. Notice WV and KY are not a "right to work" state and they were not fully part of the Confederacy. WV & KY were sort of battleground states caught in the middle. The attitude still carries over from the Civil War.

This is a stupid analogy. Both WV and KY are coal producing states. If you think that the United Mine Workers Union, or anyone associated with them, would allow a state in which their members have a major say in the voting process to become a "right to work" state, you're nuts. Anyone who buys that line of BS is nuts too...

It has nothing at all to do with attitudes left over from the Civil War. It has to do with the attitude of the coal companies prior to the formation of their union. Read up on the formation and history of the UMW and you'll see why these 2 states will probably NEVER become "right to work" states. You'll see that the Civil War doesn't figure into it at all...

Anyone that thinks otherwise, I've still got that swamp I need to sell...