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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSoledad O'Brien vs Robert E Murray (repug coal champion) this morning
Recap w/ paraphrasing:
Murray: Obama has ruined the coal industry. I personally know the people I've had to lay off and this is a human issue!
Soledad: Clean air is also a human issue. Besides, all the regs you've named were either enacted during the Bush admin or are not enacted yet due to court challenges. How has Obama ruined the coal industry?
Murray: That's incorrect. Coal production is down since "Barrack" (pronoucing it like an Army dorm) Obama took office.
Soledad: But according to the USDOE, coal production is up 4% since Obama took office.
Murray: That's incorrect. Besides, this is a human issue. I know the people I've had to lay off...
Soledad: Well, the regs you've named cannot be the cause, as I've just explained...
Murray: It's Obama's fault!!
Soledad: Well, you've donated $150,000 to the GOP this year alone, so are you sure this isn't about politics?
Murray: That's incorrect!!! *sputter*
video here! http://www.mediaite.com/tv/coal-plant-ceo-insists-his-issues-with-obama-arent-political-adds-that-obama-is-bad-for-america/
Of course, you might remember Mr Murray from the Utah Mine Disaster:
In 2006, the mine was cited for several safety violations, including lacking the required number of escape routes.[7] However, its 64 violations and $12,000 in fines was a relatively good safety record and on par with similar-sized mines throughout the country.[8][9] Murray said that the safety violations were trivial and included violations such as not having enough toilet paper in the restroom.[8] In addition, a practice[10] referred to as retreat mining was being conducted in some portions of the mine in which the coal had been removed by room and pillar method. The extraction of material literally creates a 'room' while the ceiling is supported by the 'pillars' of coal that remain. Retreat mining refers to the common practice of removing the pillars while retreating back towards the mine entrance.
On March 10, 2007 the north barrier pillar suffered from a rock burst, in which pressure causes material from the walls and ceiling to explode inward into the excavated spaces. No miners were injured and all equipment was recovered from the affected area, but the partial collapse closed off that area and forced the mine to instead extract coal that had a higher ash content. The company depended on the low-ash coal to meet its contractual obligations, however, so on March 21 a meeting was held in which it was decided to return to the south barrier pillar. This pillar was adjacent to the north barrier pillar. The March 10 event was never officially reported to MSHA, as required by law. Robert Murray claimed to be unaware of the incident but minutes of the March 21 meeting, released in January 2008, revealed that he had in fact known about it
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Berlum
(7,044 posts)and exposed. What a whiney wanker this lying RepubliGrub is...
hatrack
(59,442 posts)One of the cable Action McNews teams was talking about how hard this must be for poor Mr. Murray, blahblahblah.
Vomit-inducing and flat-out unbelievable.
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)I love it when they get called on live TV for their bullshit.
spanone
(135,636 posts)rurallib
(62,346 posts)Is this normal for O'Brien? I seldom watch any CNN.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)these past couple/few years.
I used to cuss at her normal CNN idiotcy when she had her own talky time slot way back when but wow, has she ever gone off in the right direction for her and all with her interviews and specials she does now.
rurallib
(62,346 posts)Whisp
(24,096 posts)I don't watch CNN any more (much. These past few days I have because MSNBC has irregular programing because of the Olympics).
When she is mentioned here on DU I sort of catch up on what's she's doing.
onlyadream
(2,159 posts)And I'm happy to see she has a backbone and knows her facts. I've been following her career and some of the things she's said has made me cringe at one time or another, but this is good. I also like her new show, I think it suits her much better than the old morning spot she had at CNN.
nenagh
(1,925 posts)Her father was Irish, her mother Afro-Cuban, they met at John's Hopkins University and they had 6 children all of whom graduated from Harvard University..
When her parents married iin Washington DC because interracial marriage was illegal in Maryland in 1958.
Soledad attended Harvard from 1984 to 1988, but didn't get a degree until she returned in 2000.
I like to watch a female anchor who is not bullied or railroaded by people with opposing viewpoints.
Interesting that another poster knew her from high school...
Big Orange Jeff
(262 posts)nt
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)april
(1,148 posts)nanabugg
(2,198 posts)GOPers hang out with some duzzies!
indepat
(20,899 posts)to shreds. I look to the day when Erin Burnett also rips some disingenuous lying dissembling prevaricating RWer's asshole to shreds ala Soledad.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)...aesthetically, not for news though.