Amidst the tragedy of the trapped coal miners in Utah, Bob Murray said this:
We’re going to get them,” said Robert E. Murray, chairman of Murray Energy Corp. of Cleveland, a part-owner of the Crandall Canyon mine. “There is nothing on my mind right now except getting those miners out.
Nothing on his mind other saving the miners, really?
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“Without coal to manufacture our electricity, our products will not compete in the global marketplace against foreign countries…and people on fixed incomes will not be able to pay their electric bills,” . “And every one of these global warming bills that has been introduced in Congress to date eliminates the coal industry and will increase your electric rates four to five-fold.”
Will Bunch: Better mine safety (which has nothing to do with global warming, last time I checked) is anti-American? Well, I don’t think a majority of Americans agree with that, but the ones who do may find this last twist more than a little ironic:
Little was known about the six miners; only one has been identified. The Mexican Consulate in Salt Lake City said three of the men are Mexican citizens.
So let me get this straight: Robert Murray doesn’t want any laws that would make the skies over America cleaner, because he wouldn’t be able to give dangerous jobs in Utah…to citizens of Mexico? Man ‘o’ man, I can’t wait to see how Hannity and Rush spin this one…read on
Yea, that might be pretty interesting….
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This guy is a nut.
With all the ranting and avoiding providing any real information, it will only be a matter of time before he is working for Faux.
Huh????
I don’t speak Idiot. Can someone translate???
He also attacked unions, journalists, federal employees, seismologists…hmmmm methinks this dude protests too much.
I’m a little confused by this guy. He claimed that an earthquake caused the mine disaster yet the earthquake people have not been able to justify that claim. In my experience the earthquake people are usually right on top of it and have figured out within hours and it’s been days. I haven’t heard anything since late last night but it seems weird to me.
Wait, did global warming or the earthquake cause the collapse?
My first assumption was that this is the result of Bush relaxing mine safety standards when he first entered office.
I heard this guy spouting off yesterday in the background while I was making money hand over fist on the computer but I think I heard him say something about a four minute earthquake. Is it possible that is what I heard? I don’t think earthquakes last 4 minutes usually. I want to say never but hey, I’m not an expert on everything. I think maybe the rumbling ground was caused by the mine caving in in a four minute chain reaction caused by shitty mining.
I was just kidding about the “making money hand over fist” stuff. I can barely afford Pabst Blue Ribbon.
This Murray guy is a piece of crap….I saw a vid earlier of him calling a Senator ignorant…screaming at helicopters..telling the union of coal miners off…his fines on his mines that he hasn’t paid is less than he has donated to the GOP. I now Global warming.
and for Latin Americans…They are guarding the green zone and are increasing their presence in the war on terror thanks to our sub ‘machine gun’ contractors. cheap labor…..Cheap soldiers…semi trained…Low OVERHEAD. Aweful
I guess he’s on record back after the West Virginia mining disaster fighting safety regulations.
It’s not Clinton’s fault?
Oh yeah: Here he is fighting stricter mine safety standards.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....59515.html
Hates safety regulations, denies global warming, possibly hires undocumented workers and uses a disaster to spin his agenda on top of it.
He must be a real Fox News type.
hadenuf @ 11:
LOL. He did say Hillary was un-American.
Gonna take a mining or geological engineer to figure the cause of the cave in. Till then its just spec. what happened. Lets just hope those guys are all right.
This is from the Rankins “Tramp Miner”. Everybody just do what ever you do from praying to hope they get out ok.
I am a tramp miner,
I’ve been for some time now
I live without light of the day
In the black underground that’s where I’ll be found
Biding my time away, Oh working my life away
From here out to Timmins, I’ve loved all your women
In the taverns I drank down my pay
But I’d do it again even though it’s a sin
For it’s better than driving the raise
If you’ve done it you’d know what I say
So I’ll roll, roll with the wind
Roll, roll with the wind
Roll, roll with the time and the wind
Then I’ll find my way back home again
That guy is an idiot. I had him on yesterday and couldn’t believe what I was hearing. He’s so much more concerned about his business than the lives of those miners.
Concerning those Mexicans, Hannity and Limbaugh will probably spin by not talking about this at all. Or, maybe they’ll make something up about how they had their green cards.
R. Murray is nothing but a self-serving, profit motivated, greedy SOB who could care
less about the trapped miners and global warming. It’s all about money, money, money
for HIS company.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200.....e_collapse
My heart goes out to the miners and their families…
Also this on Bob
http://www.umwa.org/journal/VOL112NO4/july1.shtml
Promises Made, Promises Broken Exposing the Real Robert Murray
strawberry @ 4:
In other words, he’s a reich-wing hero.
Of the 325 citations issued against the mine since 2004, according to a quick analysis of federal Mine Safety and Health Administration online records, 116 were what the government considered “significant and substantial,” meaning likely to cause injury. Inspectors have issued 32 citations against the mine this year, 14 considered significant.
Yup, this guy is a classic Bush Republic type.
Tell us what a victim HE is, blame the media, use the cheapest possible labor, screw the workers, and give himself HUGE bonuses!
You almost wish for a nice French or Soviet Style Revolution, so these guys could be publically flogged for crimes against the people.
I saw this guy on TV yesterday. I’m sure when it comes to the lawsuits, he’s going to deflect all responsibility to GOD. Great defense. “Your honor, it was their time to go…it was God’s will…so I can’t see how my company could be in any way responsible.”
Terrible people
Dr. Matt @ 18:
Ha! Kind of a minor league Rupert Murdoch.
Once word got out that the miners were Mexicans the search effort seems to have stalled. It just doesn’t seem like the “we have to save our people at all costs” drama that played out in West Virginia. Murray sounds to me like a self promoting windbag, using this accident to get face time on tv. I would bet dimes to dollars that next week they determine that the rescue effort is to dangerous and everybody goes home.
Way to toss out those logical fallacies to cover your own gross negligence an culpability. Lets see ya got Appeal to consequences… Appeal to probability…..False attribution….Irrelevant conclusion…Appeal to emotion… Irrelevant conclusion….Fallacy of false cause…
I wonder if that’s a record?
Yeah I have been watching his press briefings and my conclusion is this.
Bob Murray = Scumbag
In his biographical sketch, Murray says “the employees know that our relationship is for a lifetime.”
Or costs a lifetime.
jay severin has a small pen1s @ 20:
“Judge, I know people. Does the name Dick Cheney mean anything to you? If you don’t want to end up judging a pie eating contest at the State Fair, you’ll leave me alone start convicting those global warming nuts and those pointy headed bureaucrats in Washington.”
Murray now realizes his mistake.
From now on, he’s going to hire nothing but ‘undocumented workers’. That way, when the next ‘earthquake’ occurs, no one will raise a fuss if some miners are trapped. He can just fill in the mineshaft (which is a lot cheaper than drilling air holes and excavating the cave-in).
Also, ‘undocumented workers’ are smaller, and can get around in shafts and tunnels much easier. When they come out of the mine, they’re all black so INS can’t do any ‘discriminating’ ID checks. And they’re used to not eating, so Murray can keep them working straight through lunch.
And he can cheat a little (or a lot) on their paychecks, to whom are they going to complain?
Anyone want to bet whether Murray is a ‘god’-fearing, crazy-christian-evangelical-fundamentalist republican?
Oh, he’s a Utahan. If his employment applications ask ‘Married?____________ How many spouses?____________, he’s a Mitt Mormon.
hadenuf @ 26:
Which is a much shorter time than may be expected.
ummm, yeah, this is a guy who needs to be completely ignored. none of us will ever see or hear from him again a week from now.
Ahh, ain’t it great living in a third-world country?
“Anyone want to bet whether Murray is a ‘god’-fearing, crazy-christian-evangelical-fundamentalist republican?”
He may be masquerading as that, but I think he more the “Supply Side Jesus” free market, No taxes on Business, Guest Worker Program for cheap labor but screw the school systems and health care reform” typical Republic party corporate thug.
If I’m reading this right, I think I struck gold.
http://www.campaignmoney.com/p.....p?cycle=06
Little was known about the six miners; only one has been identified. The Mexican Consulate in Salt Lake City said
three of the men are Mexican citizensall six men are human beings.Fixed.
every miner in this country needs to be part of a union. These robber baron era working conditions are sickening. These CEOs only think about this quarter’s profits and not the safety of their employees or the long term future of their company
Bush Bites @ 33:
5,000$ to Macca, and 5,000$ to Katherine Harris, 5000$ to Pombo….Yup this guy is pure scum of the Earth.
I’d send this sumbitch to hell if I could. Read this:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories.....4730.shtml
I’ve been watching and listening to this guy. He comes across like a slave owner or something. He has told the families not to talk to the press because their privacy will be entered upon. I’m guessing maybe all of these men are illegals or something. He keeps saying it was an earth quake even though no one else says so. Seems he’s trying to hide the workers families, identities and cover his ass all at the same time.
That’s just my take on it so far.
AnnCoultersMoustache @ 36:
Katherine Harris?!!?!? Damn, he’s a complete freak.
I just read the link that Rube Goldberg linked above. This is one sorry bastard!
Murray, not Rube Goldberg.
I believe they said today that it will take at LEAST another week to get to them. The hole they are drilling where they THINK they are will take at least 3 more days. I will be the first to admit I don’t know anything about mining but why is there only one entrance in these things? Why aren’t there plans for these kind of disasters?
My parents live in this area. I know for a fact that jobs are very hard to come by there. Shame on him if he hired illegals. The funny thing was, yesterday when he was giving his rant, msnbc kept cutting him off and saying they would be back when he actually said something about the miners, instead of giving his resume.
Political Candidates Receiving Contributions from
MURRAY ENERGY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
Candidate Name Office Party State $ Dollar Amount
ALLEN, GEORGE SENATE Republican VA 5,000
BLASDEL, CHUCK HOUSE Republican OH 5,000
CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE HOUSE Republican WV 1,000
CHABOT, STEVE HOUSE Republican OH 1,000
CORKER, ROBERT P JR SENATE Republican TN 2,000
DAVIS, GEOFFREY C HOUSE Republican KY 5,000
DEWINE, RICHARD MICHAEL SENATE Republican OH 5,000
ENSIGN, JOHN ERIC SENATE Republican NV 5,000
FOLTIN, CRAIG MR. HOUSE Republican OH 5,000
GRAMS, RODNEY DWIGHT SENATE Republican MN 5,000
HARRIS, KATHERINE SENATE Republican FL 5,000
ISAKSON, JOHN HARDY SENATE Republican GA 10,000
KEAN, THOMAS H JR HOUSE Republican NJ 5,000
KENNEDY, MARK RAYMOND SENATE Republican MN 5,000
KYL, JON SENATE Republican AZ 5,000
PADGETT, JOY HOUSE Republican OH 5,000
PARKE, GREGORY TARL SENATE Republican VT 1,000
POMBO, RICHARD HOUSE Republican CA 5,000
PRYCE, DEBORAH D. HOUSE Republican OH 1,000
RICKETTS, PETE SENATE Republican NE 2,000
SANTORUM, RICHARD J SENATE Republican PA 5,000
SCHMIDT, JEANNETTE H HOUSE Republican OH 1,000
STEELE, MICHAEL SENATE Republican MD 5,000
TALENT, JAMES MATTHES SENATE Republican MO 5,000
TIBERI, PATRICK J HOUSE Republican OH 1,000
I’m a mine safety attorney in Kentucky.
Bob Murray just stated in the latest press conference that some of families of the trapped miners do not speak english and require translators. One of the questions not being asked by the media is whether the three mexican miners trapped could speak english and what was their level of fluency? And if not, were mine management bilingual and did they provide mining plans in spanish for the miners? In “retreat” mining, many fatalities result because companies do not adequately train their miners on the “pillar plan.” Because you are basically cutting away the remaining coal that is supporting the mountain above your head, the sequence of cuts has to be followed precisely to adequately protect the miners. I just hope management at this mine ensured that the miners were properly trained and understood fully the plan approved by MSHA. Too many accidents have occurred where miners haven’t been properly trained by the company or even shown the pillar plan. And in those cases, there wasn’t the added danger of a possible language barrier.
Also, after being criticized at Sago for their failure to timely inform the public and allow the coal company to run the press conferences, it seems MSHA hasn’t learned a thing. MSHA allowing Murray to schedule and dominate the press conferences, and sometimes actually interrupt MSHA’s presentation, is shameful and a disservice to the American public. We are still not getting good, relevant info out of Utah. But we are getting plenty of the Bob Murray show.
Bob Murray uses Utah mining tragedy to attack Global Warming
Like Biden used the mining safety question to attack Pakistan?
This is what happens when Mexicans work in American mines.
“I got my mind on my money, and my money on my mind…” — Youngbloodz
His rambling rant yesterday about people trying to unionize HIS mine was all I needed to know about this douche-bag.