[innerSpaceman]

We might not have people still working in such harsh conditions if the Bush Administration had not eviserated enforcement of mining health and safety regulations.

Does that come as a surprise to anyone?

Sago Mine has one of the worst safety records in the business, with hundreds of violations during the last few years. Tough enforcement of the mining regulations for heath and safety have effectively ceased since Bush took office (though admittedly, the fines were always a mere nuisance under all previous administrations ... which is not to say that previous ones did not provide much tougher enforcement under a much more proactive UMSHA.