Despicable Quote

[lame54]

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/04/17/alec-massey-mine/

"Everyone wants free money!"

Corporate Front Group Funded By Coal Industry Scorns Widow Of Mine Disaster: ‘Everyone Wants Free Money’ (Updated)
Yesterday, the AP reported that Marlene Griffith, a widow of William Griffith, one of the 29 men killed in last week’s explosion at a coal mine in West Virginia, is suing Massey Energy, the owner of the mine. Griffith filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Raleigh County Circuit Court, arguing that Massey’s handling of work conditions at the mine plus its history of safety violations amounted to aggravated conduct that rises above the level of ordinary negligence. Marlene and her husband were to celebrate their 33rd wedding anniversary weeks after the deadly blast on April 5.

Indeed, as the Wonk Room’s Brad Johnson has reported, the mine where William Griffith worked had been cited for over 3,000 safety violations. Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, who has mocked safety regulators as being “as silly as global warming,” had gummed up the safety regulations process by filing endless appeals instead of paying fines and fixing safety problems.

Responding to the lawsuit, Nathan Coffey, the Public Affairs Coordinator of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), took to Twitter yesterday to mock Marlene Griffith. Coffey posted a link to the AP story about Marlene Griffith, sarcastically commenting that “Everyone wants free money!” View a screen shot of the comment below:

[rpannier]

1. Unemployment Line meet Nathan Coffey nt

[Hosnon]

11. Did he get let go for this?

Welcome to the 21st Century asshole.

[Mari333]

2. let us pray that a huge class action lawsuit absolutely destroys Massey Energy

hit them where it hurts.
nathan coffey should ensuffer just one day of what those families are going thru.the little prick.

[rurallib]

9. be nice if they could take Blankenship's money and houses also.

[TwilightGardener]

3. With a crack PR team like that, how can they lose?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. holy fuckaroli

face/palm

[blogslut]

5. His Twitter profile has been disabled

Things went badly for him after Roger Ebert posted the screencap of that Tweet:

http://twitpic.com/1gfnpf

After feeling the wrath of a Twitterswarm, Coffey proceeded to apologize profusely for his "joke":

http://twitpic.com/1ggfb7

Coffey put his Tweets behind a lock but now it appears he's scrapped his account altogether:

http://twitter.com/nathancoffey

[Ian David]

6. Hah! Nathan Coffey deleted his Linked-In and Twitter pages after that was published!

http://www.linkedin.com/in/nathancoffey

http://twitter.com/nathancoffey

However, his organization, ALEC has a Twitter Page http://twitter.com/ALEC_States

They're a "non-partisan" think tank who promotes every policy The GOP does.

[Oceansaway]

7. K&R...n/t

[guitar man]

8. Throw his ass down in one of those holes!

See how he fares! :grr:

[Hosnon]

10. Start a Facebook page: Nathan Coffey is a Douchebag.

I guess he doesn't realize that our legal system is okay with an injury being compensated with money. What does Mr. Coffey want her to do? Request that Massey bring him back from the dead?

[kenny blankenship]

12. Everyone wants it. But only banks are entitled to get it!

It goes without saying that Mr. Nathan Coffey should be suffocated with coal dust.

[lame54]

13. .