CNN: "The scientists AREN'T SO SURE it was an earthquake that caused the mine collapse."

[Bluebear]

Reported just now on the 10pm news.

No, Gary Tuchman, the scientists are all saying it was absolutely NOT an earthquake. But since the sleazy mine owner let you and your camera into the mine to film the other morning, you have been doing everything to rehabilitate him and his firm from culpability, haven't you?

Disgraceful.

[Botany]

1. He might want to check w/ CNN

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

Murray has insisted a magnitude-3.9 earthquake caused the mine collapse, and has said at least 10
"aftershocks" have been recorded, with seismic activity earlier wiping out more than 300 feet of progress
and halting rescue efforts temporarily.

Seismologists and geophysicists have not been as sure, saying the seismic activity they measured appeared
to stem from the mine's collapse.

University of California-Berkeley seismologist Douglas Dreger said the data show the shaking detected
bore the signature of a collapse and "not a tectonic earthquake."

Experts have said the "aftershocks" could be the rock adjusting after the collapse.

[AX10]

2. CNN is Fox News!

One corporate mediawhore is like another! :puke:

[Olney Blue]

3. Scientists? We don't need no stinkin scientists.

[Fridays Child]

4. Hey, CNN, could you have these scientists look into the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections?

[seemslikeadream]

5. sleazy mine owner

some things never change

[stevedeshazer]

6. Scumbag

Utah Mine Owner Attacked Post-Sago Safety Proposals

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/08/07/utah-mine-owner-attacked-_n_59515.html

In the weeks following the Sago mine disaster in West Virginia in 2006, the owner of the Utah mine where six workers remained trapped underground Tuesday called state efforts to pass stricter mine safety laws "seriously flawed, knee-jerk" reactions.

"I resent these politicians playing politics with my employees' safety," Robert E. Murray told the Columbus Dispatch in January 2006.

<snip>

According to government records, federal mine safety regulators have levied $260,073 in fines against the mine since 1995. The mine has received 32 citations since the beginning of 2007.

A spokesman for Murray Energy defended the company's safety record Tuesday.

"That number of violations does not suggest in any way that we are an unsafe operation," said Rob Moore, a Murray Energy vice president. "We are one of the safest mining operations in the country."

Murray told the Associated Press Tuesday, "I believe we run a very safe coal mine. We've had an excellent record."

[ezgoingrl]

8. Translation:

"I resent these politicians playing politics with my checkbook. Otherwise how am I to afford my colorful sweater vests?"

Edit: punctuation error!

[stevedeshazer]

7. And, he contributed bucks to every right wing politician in the US

Thanks to partylessinOhio for providing this link:

http://deseretnews.com/user/comments/1,5150,695199937,00.html

database shows:

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[SoCalDem]

11. What a shame.. all that money wasted on lame commercials

& bribes ..all to get slimy politicians to do away with regulations that might protect the actual "diggers"..

Imagine how happy they would have been if they had gotten raises & protection with all that money..

[treestar]

9. Every earthquake on earth is now known

This could easily be proved or disproved, I believe.

[frogcycle]

10. already has been stated categorically

that he is a lying sack of shit