This mine owner is getting on my nerves

[Wiregrass Willie]

He is a self promoter from the word "go" and he is now trying to manage how we react to the death of these coal miners.

Robert Murray, vice president of Murray Energy Corp., testified before a Senate committee on June 28, 2007. During the hearing, he criticized Senate members for proposed cuts in carbon dioxide emissions from American coal mines, saying that they would only harm American workers.

"You people inside the Beltway, you Senators... don't have the foggiest idea what a person does to pack a lunch and go to work, or wear a hard hat," Murray said, angrily.

http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_223001648.html

Maybe not. But at least the Senators didn't send men to their deaths to save a dollar. Are our prisons so crowded that we can't find a place for this guy ?

[brentspeak]

1. Murray also railed against mandatory locating devices, for when miners get trapped

Guy is a waste.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. of course he would. It would cost too much

even if there was seismic activity (caused by the dangerous practice of removing mine supports to get that extra bit of ore. )

mine owners, employing illegal aliens, sending gobs of money to PResident Bush, who responds by lowering inspection rates and enforcement of safety law. Of course, self regulation is far more effective than any trained burrocrat, right?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. that is because you hate the impact his magic undies have on you.

I guess that means you are intolerant of magic undies.

[Wiregrass Willie]

4. I just remembered who that old bird reminds me of

[ribrepin]

8. Yep, that's the one

What's that cartoon character's name? I remember he used to strut around the chicken coup bossing the hens around. Unquestioned authority for Mr. Rooster.

Mr. Rooster Bob Murray is still insisting a earthquake caused the cave-in.

[karlrschneider]

11. Is it Foghorn Leghorn? Been a really long time....

;-)

[Blue Belle]

5. If he has such a great understanding of what a working-class man has to endure...

Then why does he rail against unions at every turn? Why does he indulge in unsafe mining practices? Why does he employ illegal workers that he can treat like endentured servants?

Why is it that when Senators try to stand up for the working man, corporate CEOs automatically infer that these Senators have no idea what it is like? Why is it more justifieable to screw over the working man when you know the score, than be a defendant of their plight even though you may have never packed a lunch-pail? Remind me again where these Senators errored?

[AngryOldDem]

6. Saw his "exclusive" interview on CNN this morning....

...about how he won't rest until the men are found...how he doesn't put himself above the men who work for him...how he's been up for so long agonizing over this tragedy that he doesn't know what day it is...

Call me cynical, but all of this sounded terribly self-serving and not a little...well, fake.

[goodgd_yall]

13. Did you see the mine safety guy bristle when the reporter said "collapse"?

"I don't know who told you it was a collapse."

[NJCher]

7. the man is disingenuos

And what a blowhard.

))))))))))))))Instant dislike.((((((((((((




Cher

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

9. From a former miner/employee of his:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/11/utah.mine/index.html

Asked why they did not complain about their safety concerns, several miners said complaining means the loss of a job.

Murray denied that. "If you're getting that from the community, then those miners must work for another mining company. I don't operate that way," he said.

Not so, said Paul Riddle, who used to work in one of Murray's mines. "Always profits before safety, that's my opinion, my feeling, my experience," he said.

Miners who work for Murray are sometimes forced to push the envelope when it comes to safety, he said, and are afraid to speak up for fear of being fired.

"I'm not the only one," he said. "There are many, many people that feel this way and are afraid to speak up."

[Raine]

10. He's scum, totally a slime bucket

he is boo hoo hooing in front of the cameras but all he really cares about is his own ass. I can't stomach the sight of him, I wish someone would drop him down a deep dark hole! :mad:

[goodgd_yall]

12. CNN actually was able to talk to a relative of one of the trapped miners

He said they're all disgusted with being told to gather for important news and it's always the same: no word yet.

Notice how the news isn't given access the the miners' familty. "Respecting their privacy" is what Murray said today.

Also, one of the miners, who didn't want to be filmed said that he and others complained to their supervisors about wobbliness of the floor of the mind; they knew something wasn't going right. He said everybody knew about it. Murray played dumb when asked about it by a reporter.

Still maintaining it was a natural act, an earthquake.