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Dubya's photo-op with Miners
David Corn - The Nation

While Dubya proposes slashing the budget of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) by $7 million, he opines at an Administration photo-op that, "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." (Syntax in the original.) 12 days after 9/11, a mine explosion in Alabama drew little media attention. At that time, the mine owned by Walter Industries, had 31 outstanding violations that MSHA inspectors had not determined to have been corrected, and as of July 15th had not responded to these accusations.

posted by An Old Curmudgeon 5:35 AM