Can we just issue a warrant for Murray the Coal Guy now?

[Stinky The Clown]

His pressers are utterly disgusting.



Seismic activity my gnarly ass. This beady eyed, lying motherfucker is one hell of an actor.

I also want him arrested because he was part of Cheney's Energy Task Force.

[BOSSHOG]

1. I'd rather

he continue to yak for awhile. There may be some folks in the country he hasn't pissed off yet.

[KharmaTrain]

8. He's Digging Deeper Than The Rescuers

Murray knows he's got a future disaster on his hands...and not the fate of those miners...but his entire company. His only hopes are these miners are rescued alive...beyond that his short-term brain doesn't venture. In some ways maybe this is a good thing as its keeping the corporate media from invading the lives of the families. The more Murray talks, the further he digs his company...either he hits the motherlode or goes bust. That drilling of the shaft right now seems to be a metaphor for his fate as much as the miners.

[BOSSHOG]

21. Heard some guy on the radio this morning

saying how out of character this is for a mine operator. Most of them want to be invisible and keep as low a profile as possible and when in public be extremely humble and contrite. He does enjoy digging.

[EstimatedProphet]

2. That's him?

I haven't seen him until now, and I've been avoiding the press coverage except for here.

Are you sure he's not a butcher? He looks like he should be making sausages.

[Stinky The Clown]

3. I'm my book, he should **be** sausage

[valerief]

4. Wasn't he in The Odd Couple movie with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau? nt

[JohnnyRingo]

5. This cold hearted capitalist would have to poke himself in the eye to gather a tear

Oh...Never mind

[tularetom]

6. Jesus he looks like Danny De Vito in 30 years

(Apologies to Danny)

Who's the slicky boy standing next to him? Probably his attorney ready to shut him up in case he actually incriminates himself in his protestations of innocence.

Edited out an unfortunate typo.

[LostinVA]

7. Or an older, balder, greyer Emeril Lagasse

[tridim]

10. His sidekick looks like a Jeb Bush/Mitt Romney lovechild. nt

[ljm2002]

14. Wow, I went back to look...

...and you nailed it! Too funny!

[Stinky The Clown]

22. Hahahahaha!

Perfect!!!!!

[Stinky The Clown]

24. I think that's Utah's governor, Jon Huntsman (R-I Better Act Concerned)

[TahitiNut]

9. Hey! Have some respect! He's part of the Cheney/Bush 'base'!!

:puke: :puke: Gotta love them union-busting mine-owners. :grr:

[spinbaby]

18. I wonder if he's got any real power

Or if he's just a convenient fundraiser for the Bush cabal.

[LostInAnomie]

11. I loved the press conference that started with a meandering speech about...

... the merits of coal powered energy and how it saves the American consumer heaps of money. After about 10 minutes of the "What a wonderful friend we have in big energy" chorus he finally started talking about the trapped miners.

I also love his denial of "retreat mining" taking place even though they bought a license to do just that, and how he claims an earthquake caused the cave in despite all evidence to the contrary.

[Maestro]

I didn't hear that he retracted the early statement that

they were doing the recessive mining. It was all over the news that this was what they were doing. Wow.

[King Coal]

16. "Retreat mining" is the term.

[LostInAnomie]

19. Corrected

[Richard Steele]

12. If douchebaggery were a crime, we'd already have enough evidence to put him away for life.

What an ENERGETICALLY disgusting human being.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

13. He's like the unholy love child...

of Homer Simpson and Mr. Burns.

Sure hope he does time.

[acmavm]

15. I heard on Todd and Tyler this a.m. on the way to work that the

guy wasn't gonna be allowed in front of the camera anymore because people are so damn pissed off. And they get ever more pissed every time he opens his mouth. Some spokesman was supposed to be doing the pressers now.

[Poiuyt]

20. Well he was giving another one over the lunch hour

Same thing, he talks and talks and talks and doesn't say a thing. Every time I see him he's talking about how tired he is and how he's losing his voice because he's giving so many press conferences (Hint: try shutting up).

[Stinky The Clown]

23. There's no one to tell him what to do

He's the top dog. He even does all his own lobbying, face to face, one on one, and up close and personal.

[helderheid]

17. I see only one thing when I look at him

GREED