Posted on 04/06/2010 6:50:27 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
The death toll in the West Virginia mining accident has now reached 25, with the recovery efforts suspended for now because the area is not safe for rescue workers. At this time, our hearts all go out to the families of the workers who perished in this horrible tragedy.
Reading news accounts of the event, it strikes me that during the Bush administration, disasters like this were immediately seized upon to score political points. Specifically, when the Sago mine disaster happened in 2006, it was used as yet another example of Bush rewarding oversight positions to corporate allies who would allow lax standards to prevail.
For instance, in the wake of the Sago tragedy, Scott Lilly of the Center for American Progress wrote a column entitled, "How Many Brownies are there in this Administration?" He wrote that, "The terrible story from West Virginia that blanketed the nation’s television screens this week should be a further reminder of the cost of corrupt and incompetent government." Noting that the Sago mine had a horrible safety record, Llly asked rhetorically why nothing was done. "The answer to that is directly attributable to the individuals in whose hands the safety of miners and other workers has been placed by this administration and the prevailing mind set within the administration on any issue in which business interests differs from those of workers," he wrote.
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> Obama hates white folks.
Obama hates miners and the entire coal industry.
He told us so during his presidential campaign.
No.
Obama will use the deaths to promote clean Green energy.
Count on it.
Wow! I have never seen this.
“In a word, no. It is Prsident Bush’s fault.”
It always WAS Bush’s fault. It WILL ALWAYS BE Bush’s fault.
Was thinking the same thing today. Good post :)
Believe it or not, MSNBC blamed Bush. Said it’s proof we need unions.
CNN’s Campbell Brown was politicizing it last night. This is a chance to demonize the big bad capitalist mine owner.
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