TIL after Jay Rockefeller graduated from college, he volunteered with AmeriCorps in West Virginia. Instead of going home to New York when his contract expired like he was expected to, he stayed in West Virginia, ran for a House of Delegates seat, got elected Governor, and then became a Senator. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay…
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Rockefeller Center, New York City by Jay B. Wilson
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1979 West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival in Clarksburg, WV. Parade car with Jay Rockefeller, Jennings Randolph, and Joe DiMaggio in downtown Clarksburg.
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Dee Snider of rock band Twisted Sisters word murders Senator Jay Rockefeller during PMRC hearing. (35 second watch) youtu.be/S0Vyr1TylTE?t=15…
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Sen. Jay Rockefeller unloaded on lawmakers: "for some, it’s just we don’t want anything good to happen under this president, because he’s the wrong color.” politico.com/story/2014/0…
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"Sen. Jay Rockefeller put a halt to a bipartisan Freedom of Information Act bill that would make government more open and accountable. If the bill is not approved by the Senate on Monday, it will die." danielschuman.com/2014/12…
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Jay Rockefeller Wants The FCC to Regulate The Internet "For The Children" - intellihub.com/2013/03/29…
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One Man is Single-Handedly Standing in The Way of FOIA Reform: Outgoing Senator Jay Rockefeller Wants to Kill the FOIA Reform Act This Monday sparrowmedia.net/2014/12/…
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Former Sen. Jay Rockefeller's mansion next to Rock Creek Park architectofthecapital.org…
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Sen. Jay Rockefeller: "Take Fox and MSNBC off air and let us work!" realclearpolitics.com/vid…
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The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary: How Do Senator Jay Rockefeller and his Commerce Committee Colleagues (Barbara Boxer and Richard Blumenthal) Sleep at Night? tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.…
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West Virginia’s former U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller Endorses Clinton for President wvgazettemail.com/opinion…
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Jay Rockefeller: Internet Should Have Never Existed thenorthwestreport.com/ja…
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Sen. Jay Rockefeller, Gov. Charlie Crist Rip Republicans for Racism vanityfair.com/online/dai…
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Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) rebukes coal-powered climate deniers: β€œBurying one’s head in the sand is not a solution” earth-stream.com/Earth/Po…
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Senator Jay Rockefeller warns tap water supplying some of West Virginia is still not safe dailymail.co.uk/news/arti…
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Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) Wants FCC To 'End' Fox News and MSNBC: "It'd be a big favor to political discourse, our ability to do our work here in Congress, and to the American people, to be able to talk with each other and have some faith in their government." huffingtonpost.com/2010/1…
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Senator Jay Rockefeller: Internet is β€œNumber One National Hazard” infowars.com/rockefeller-…
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Jay Rockefeller's Vaping Vapors: A Senate Hearing Highlights Irrational Hostility Toward E-Cigarettes townhall.com/columnists/j…
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Senator Jay Rockefeller's Tribute to West Virginia

I found this very touching and true - a man who could have had the world, but instead chose us. Here is the entire text...

A Tribute to West Virginia

By Senator Jay Rockefeller

Fifty years ago, I was on the outside looking in. A young man in awe of a state knit so tightly and beautifully – a place whose people are so closely connected but welcomed me and shared their treasured home.

A place where the mountains touch the heavens and dirt roads lead to home. Suppertime is family time and neighbors always give with both hands.

Where summers mean 4-H camp and sugar maples glow in the fall. Winters test resilience and the sound of spring peepers bring us joy.

It’s a place where glass is blown and handmade quilts get blue ribbons. Buckets of blackberries end up in cobblers. Ramps have their own festival and buckwheat does too.

Where doors are held open and smiles are shared generously. Where we call friends β€œaunts” and β€œuncles” because they’re just like our own.

A state whose pride wells with the crack of the Mountaineer’s musket. Who cherishes a university that grew strong out of impossible tragedy.

It’s where John Denver sang of misty moonshine and Rocket Boys reached the sky.

Where we know the sound of train whistles and the smell of newly-baled hay in the sun.

Where we raft our rapids and fish our streams. Hike our trails and ski snow-covered slopes. Climb our peaks and camp in valleys.

It’s a state where weddings are planned around football schedules and prayers said every night. Kids catch bugs in mason jars and know the state song by heart.

Where friendly small towns make us proud and front porches have swings.

Where veterans are hometown heroes and patriotism means more than waving a flag.

It’s a place where hard work is marked by empty coffee thermoses and coarsely stained hands.

Where coal lives beneath our land and underpins a way of life. Steel has been forged and helped build a whole nation.

Where struggle doesn’t mean defeat; it inspires us to fight harder. Where tough times bind us together and we shout our successes from the mountaintops.

It’s a peaceful place where the mountains hold us close and the view from our window reminds us we’re part of a larger story – of something special.

We ache for it when we’re away. And we smile when the words β€œWild and Wonderful” greet us at the state line.

On West Virginia’s birthday, I am thankful for my state. I found myself at her potlucks and in her hollows. I found my life’s pa

... keep reading on reddit ➑

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Threatening legacy, Senator Jay Rockefeller stands alone holding back historic FOIA reform in the USA e-pluribusunum.com/2014/1…
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Bill challenging US official secrecy passed after senator's late change of mind. House expected to follow suit after Democrat Jay Rockefeller dropped his objection to bipartisan bill designed to force greater US government openness. theguardian.com/us-news/2…
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Sen. Jay Rockefeller Seeks U.S. Agency Probes of News Corp. Phone Hacking bloomberg.com/news/2011-0…
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Jay Rockefeller Wants to Revolutionize How You Watch TV nationaljournal.com/tech/…
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Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments salon.com/opinion/greenwa…
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Senator Jay Rockefeller warns tap water supplying some of West Virginia is still not safe dailymail.co.uk/news/arti…
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Jay Rockefeller Retires: Can Any Democrat Still Win His Seat? slate.com/blogs/weigel/20…
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Don't you understand the way Intelligence works? Do you think that because I'm Chairman of the Intelligence Committee that I just say I want it, and they give it to me? I only get, and my committee only gets, what they want to give me." – Sen. Jay Rockefeller, 2007 tinyrevolution.com/mt/arc…
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Jay Rockefeller on Howard Dean's Suggestion that the Senate Health Bill Should be Scrapped: "Am I angry that the public option appears to have been dropped? Of course ... Was I for the Medicare buy-in? Of course I was. ... So what do I do? Take my football and run home and sulk and complain?"

I've been thinking through this for a while. Dean and Co. propose dropping the Senate bill like they could easily take it up again soon. If scrapping the bill means no health care reform at all though, I don't know. Rockefeller makes some good points. The preexisting condition provision is a pretty huge concern for a lot of people.

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What did James Mellon, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan have in common besides enormous wealth? bookrags.com/research/men…
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