Posted on 01/07/2006 5:03:56 AM PST by cbkaty
unbelievable ......
It's not worth the effort. From my experience it's more effective to just smile, shake your head, and say "You actually believe that crap? I thought you were educated!"
Gets 'em every time.....let them exercise their blood pressure for a change...
Coal mine production reached the highest levels in history in recent years. In 2004 coal mining fatalities were near the lowest level in history with 28. Even with the recent high production, MSHAs accident reduction efforts helped to keep the annual fatality totals nearly 50% lower in recent years compared with totals recorded in the early 1990s.
1. Clintons last year in office, 2000, there were 48 deaths in coal mines. In 2004, there were 28
2. The injury rate in 2000 was 6.64, in 2004 it was 5.00
3. Citations for safety violations in 2000: 58,285; Citations for violations in 2004: 64,635 (this would indicate to me more rigorous enforcement under Bush, especially after having cut back on coal industry enforcement jobs as the Democrats claim. Sounds to me like the Clinton administration was asleep at the switch)
I'll try it. You're right, they aren't worth my time.
NBC wanted to know why it took so long for a federal response.
The dangers are different but just as deadly. I had three damned close calls in the surface mine where I worked. They involved flyrock, a dragline operator who couldn't see my pickup and almost knocked me off the bench and failed brakes on a pit haul dump truck.
Guarantee that Tim Russert will be citing some bogus statistics on his show, proving Bush killed the miners!
Question - where are Jay Rockefeller and Robert Byrd? Aren't these a-hole senators responsible for their own state? I haven't seen them ONCE on TV.
Good one! If the government inspectors thought the mines were unsafe, they should have closed them until they were safe. Government closes local restaurants because they fail health inspections. 'Issuing reports' does not cut it without enforcement.
Stupid.
No. We need temporary guest workers, who will be willing to work for $0.15 per day with no bathroom breaks and who don't care about the safety requirements.
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