gotta hand it to him...

...the guy's got brass cojones to pass this off when referring to mountain-top removal, the process of methodically removing a mountain from the top down, filtering through the rock to get the coal, ores, etc., and then dumping the rest (including heavy metals) down what's left of the mountainside, normally into a river:

"To imply that we're flattening Appalachia is so untrue. We're creating level land for Appalachia."
- Bill Caylor, president of the Kentucky Coal Association

Audacious on so many levels. I hope someone scrapes his scalp off and dumps it in his ass. Oh, I'm sorry, I meant levels it into his ass.