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On March 19, 2009, William Bruno, a retired 30-year veteran of CONSOL energy,<ref>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=66439&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=534175&highlight=%20</ref> released a book entitled, [http://www.thekingrat.com/bio.html "The King Rat and His Court; : Lessons in Corporate Greed."]

Consol Energy provided the [[National Rifle Association]] access to its [[Blacksville 2 Mine]] in West Virginia to film a television advertisement with an anti-[[Barack Obama]] message.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2008-09-22-589613148_x.htm?loc=interstitialskipcse | work=USA Today | title=UMW plans stoppage over NRA filming | date=2008-09-22 | accessdate=2010-04-30 | first=Tim | last=Huber}}</ref> The National Rifle Association intended to ask miners the question "How do you feel about having your [[Second Amendment]] rights taken away if Obama becomes president?" Word spread among pro-Obama miners who contacted their union, the [[United Mine Workers of America]], resulting in 440 miners taking the day off in a contract-sanctioned protest, and halted production at CONSOL's Blacksville 2 coal mine.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/mine-workers-protest-anti-obama-ad/?scp=1&sq=Obama%20campaign&st=cse | work=The New York Times | title=Mine Workers Protest Anti-Obama Ad | first=Steven | last=Greenhouse | date=2008-10-02 | accessdate=2010-04-30}}</ref>