West Virginia mining accident and reporting

innerSpaceman · 01-05-2006, 12:31 PM

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.

scaeagles · 01-05-2006, 12:42 PM

Of course! Of course blame lies with Bush. I have heard that Louis Farrakhan has accused the Bush administration of actually planting explosives at the site, but when he learned that it wasn't African Americans working in the mines and their skin was just darkened by coal soot, he decided to rethink his position.

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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	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. Last edited by innerSpaceman : 01-05-2006 at 12:41 PM.
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Of course! Of course blame lies with Bush. I have heard that Louis Farrakhan has accused the Bush administration of actually planting explosives at the site, but when he learned that it wasn't African Americans working in the mines and their skin was just darkened by coal soot, he decided to rethink his position.
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