[La Enchiladita]

Denver Anderson, 61, part of a second group of miners who experienced the blast but emerged unhurt, said he did not blame the mining company and believed the cause was a lightning strike.

"I don't think the company could have done anything about it," he told reporters near Sago Baptist Church.

You won't hear that on the evening news, nor read it in any major metropolitan newspapers.

Now, hush up, Reuters.

[rellimpank]

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[StarCMC]

Prayers for these families.

[infidel dog]

My prayers go out to those poor souls and their families. Truly a tragedy. Amazingly, I heard a fragment of a newscast this morning-on the ever-loathesome NPR, what the hell do you expect-blaming the Bush administration for neglecting mine safety and drawing nostalgic comparisons with the righteous glory of the Clinton regime. These people are the lowest sort of scum. I'd like to take Steve Inskee, or whatever his name is, Nina Totenberg, David Folkenflick, Garrison Keillor and anyone else associated with this den of left-wing degenerates and drag them into their respective town squares, hang them by their feet, soak them with gasoline, strike a match and then toast marshmallows over their smoking, carbonized corpses. I'll dance in the streets the day the American Left is exterminated like the vermin they are.

[Roccus]

For more on lightning strike see


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550633/posts?page=2913#2913

Also post #2919

[Iwo Jima]

they had stopped administering sedatives but he had yet to regain consciousness..

This is not a good sign. Given the initial reports, I was more optimistic. There is still hope, but the odds are not good. This indicates some degree of permanent brain damage.

However, I recently read about new thinking about the way the brain can adapt to permanent damage. Even though brain cells do not recover, it seems that other, undamaged parts of the brain can "step up to the plate" and take over responsibility for functions which were previously done by the damaged areas, something which had long been thought just could not happen.

Here's hoping that happens for Mr. McCloy.