Dubya and mine safety(Hint: None)

From hullabaloo:

...It's also worth remembering that since reaching office, Our Fearless Leader cut MSHA (Mine Safety and Health Administration) funds in real dollars, fired a whistleblower, put a mining company executive in charge,
cbs news

reduced staff by 170,aflcio
tried to slash funding even more,
working for change
and exempted the MSHA from the Freedom of Information Act.
minesafety.com

He did, however, arrange a photo op with the last group of high-profile miners trapped in the ground, and said this for the cameras:

"It was their determination to stick together and to comfort each other that really defines kind of a new spirit that's prevalent in our country, that when one of us suffer, all of us suffers."

Mr. Bush, we are told, has given up spirits.

edit: are we all suffering now?

Scott mahablog
and Barb
lefarkins



tell us that the mine in question had (among other issues) a full 273 safety violations in the past two years

Leah lefarkins
puts all this into context