Those who stand for the right things have been silent for too long. That was one of the messages that went out loud and clear during Monday's "Friends of America" Labor Day rally on a southern West Virginia reclaimed mining site.

Event emcee Ted Nugent told the thousands in the crowd on the Logan-Mingo county line that it's time for them to let their voices be heard. "Call your mayor. Call your governor. Tell 'em who you are and what your family believes in," Nugent said. "Call your senator. Call your congressman. Call the White House. It's a pain. It's not fun, but it's so overdue it makes legless Marines cry."

Nugent says Americans should be ashamed for not getting more involved. "We have asked for this train wreck we're on," he said. "The problem in America today is us."

Nugent called President Barack Obama "the perfect President for a nation that doesn't care."

International Coal Group President and CEO Ben Hatfield told the large crowd it's time to send Congress a message that the working people of America are tired of being ignored. "Environmental extremists do not speak for working class America and our congressional representatives owe their allegiance to their constituents, the ones that elected them," Hatfield said.

He added that coal mining is under attack. "Today our critics want to treat us like criminals," Hatfield said. "Right now in Washington unelected regulators from the EPA, acting under the direction of President Obama, actively work against the issuance of mining permits."

Nugent whipped the crowd into a frenzy saying the new freedom starts now. "If you want to fix America you have to do it," Nugent said.