ABC: Mine Deaths Blamed on Company Run by Major GOP Contributor

[RamboLiberal]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/11/mine_deaths_bla.html

West Virginia state mining officials concluded Thursday that a fatal mine accident in January could have been prevented, placing blame on a huge coal company run by one of the country's biggest Republican donors, Don Blankenship.

Blankenship is chairman, CEO and president of the Massey Energy Company of Richmond, Va.

He has spent millions of dollars to promote Republican candidates and causes in this year's election.

The report on the fatal mine accident cites "168 notices of violations" in Massey Energy's Aracoma Mine that led to the deaths of two miners, according to the investigation issued by the West Virginia Office of Miner's Health, Safety and Training.

[Greeby]

1. Suprise suprise

:eyes:

[Wickerman]

2. Damn, that is a real headline

:wow:

[Kagemusha]

3. Gee, all it takes is a little GOP defeat and look what happens!

Kid gloves just came off in one case.

[stop the bleeding]

5. well you do have to right avatar for the situation n/t

[Wickerman]

8. Since Tuesday evening I feel like I am seeing things

-seemed the perfect expression of such. I hope such sightings become common place.

[nashville_brook]

4. yikes

[indepat]

6. Gee, when spending so much to promote 'puke candidates and causes, so little is left to

promote work safety. re :puke:

Edited: Context

[tblue]

7. Classic GOP M.O.

[greeneyedboy]

9. Blankenship is a criminal sociopath. He must be stopped.

[gratuitous]

10. Ruh roh, Don

You'd better hope your buddies in Congress have time to make this mess go away before they have to get out of town. How are you at making little ones out of big ones?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

11. Jail.

Long jail. Nasty jail. That sort of thing. Then seize and sell off his company and give the proceeds to the survivors of the victims. Then, new laws to stop this from ever happening again.

[David__77]

12. His campaign was a miserable failure.

Bye bye Blankenship. I hope they string him up in the town square and let the miner's families do what they will...

[brentspeak]

13. I wish there were criminal charges filed against this jerk

[Tight_rope]

16. Forget criminal charges...Let's try MAJOR Lawsuits! Hit him where it hurts

:kick:

[ileus]

14. I never went to a massy mine that wasn't a dump inside...NT

[williesgirl]

15. And charges are being filed WHEN & by WHOM? recommended