Hatch voices support for mining official Stickler.
By on Aug 22nd, 2007 at 10:51 am
Hatch voices support for mining official Stickler.
“Richard Stickler is a very competent MSHA official. He has done his best to see that the job is done right. He cares greatly about these miners,” said Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT). But many experts have questioned why Stickler allowed “anyone, including rescuers, into the still-dangerous” Crandall Canyon mine. Stickler is a former coal official whom the Senate had twice rejected because the mines he managed “incurred injury rates double the national average.”
UPDATE: Zappatero at SquareState has more.
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Orrin Hatch spent his meager moral authority long, long ago.
August 22nd, 2007 at 10:53 amThat ain’t sayin’ much.
August 22nd, 2007 at 10:53 amMore cronyism = more death and destruction. Recess appointments?
August 22nd, 2007 at 10:54 am“You’re doing a heckuva job, Richie.”
He was a great choice for MSHA . . . that is, if you want a fox to guard the chicken coop.
August 22nd, 2007 at 10:54 amNote that he was rejected twice by the Republican-led Senate before his recess appointment. Even conservatives thought the guy was bad.
August 22nd, 2007 at 10:57 amVicki Strong lost her son Marine Sgt. Jesse Strong, in Iraq fighting for our freedom. Listen to why Vicki believes Victory is America’s only choice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2rdL_WC4Zo&eurl=
August 22nd, 2007 at 10:58 amany of you in Utah had enough of your pimp? we, the people, are not represented
August 22nd, 2007 at 10:59 amVicki Strong lost her son Marine Sgt. Jesse Strong, in Iraq fighting for our freedom. Listen to why Vicki believes Victory is America’s only choice.
Comment by Harold Barr — August 22, 2007 @ 10:58 am
Take your propaganda somewhere else.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:00 amUhh, Harold, you’re on the wrong thread.
and he wasn’t fighting for my freedom. He was fighting to secure Iraqi oil for Exxon.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:01 amI love how the mine is deemed safe enough that they want to resume mining, but not safe enough to continue searching for the trapped miners. That sure raised some eyebrows out in Utah.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:06 am#6…OK, can we declare victory and come home, then?
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:08 amPerhaps Orrin got a call last night from his owner.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:11 amRepublicans (as they are now) are incapable of running the government effectively, efficiently or safely. Period. Everything they have been in control of that is important has degraded to the point of uselessness. Katrina response, mine response, war, justice, human rights, etc. I would like to use the analogy of “kids in a cnady shop” but that doesn’t capture the seriousness of the situation.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:12 amI love how the mine is deemed safe enough that they want to resume mining, but not safe enough to continue searching for the trapped miners. That sure raised some eyebrows out in Utah.
Comment by Menehune — August 22, 2007 @ 11:06 am
I’d guess there are parts of the mine considered to be safe, where they can keep up working, while other parts of the mine, where the trapped miners are, can still collapse and hurt or kill the rescuers (as it happened once already).
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:13 amComment by Harold Barr — August 22, 2007 @ 10:58 am
I am truly sorry for the loss of this woman’s son. She is misguided.
Shame on you for taking advantage of her fear and grief.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:14 amVery competent? And that’s why he was twice rejected by the Senate before Bush’s recess appointment?
It all adds up, doesn’t it?
Hatch is a Republican lackey with zero credibility.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:15 am#13. I would think the entire mine would be under the same stress and seismic pressure that created the multiple “bumps” that have already killed 9 people in all likelihood. I think the same huge mountain is sitting on top of the whole complex.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:18 amOf course, Hatch thinks bushco is competent too.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:19 amI would think the entire mine would be under the same stress and seismic pressure that created the multiple “bumps†that have already killed 9 people in all likelihood. I think the same huge mountain is sitting on top of the whole complex.
Comment by Menehune — August 22, 2007 @ 11:18 am
“Seismic pressure?” The mine is what’s causing the “seismic pressure.”
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:23 amhatch is the repub apologist’s apologist. can’t wait to hear chris cannon’s trickle-down paraphrasings of hatch’s words.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:40 am#7 oldtree: We were trying to win an election last year against him, but the netroots like you completely ignored that while going on your losing quest to beat Lieberman. You could have helped defeat Hatch and elect Pete Ashdown, a tech-savvy, ISP owner, who would have represented Utah. Guess it was more important to have one more Republican in office with another independent instead of helping a Democrat get elected.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:41 am“Richard Stickler is a very competent MSHA official. He has done his best to see that the job is done right. He cares greatly about these miners,†said Sen. Orrin Hatch.”
Why do we, the citizens of the United States, have to accept the continuing use of the words coming from the Republican: “He has done his best” when we all know that “Better” is the only degree to which we can accept. The best any and all of the Bush Administration appointees and the president and vice president can do is to “All Resign.”
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:46 amI would like to know if Senator Hatch was one of those rpublican senators who rejected Stickler or a campaign beneficary of the coal industry?
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:48 amfootsore
Comment by Harold Barr — August 22, 2007 @ 10:58 am
This woman is using her son’s death to catapult her propaganda.
I hate trolls.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:52 amOrrin Hatch. Just plain wrong again. Maybe his ‘holy’ underwear needs a changin’.
On another topic, Harold: Does Vicki Strong have anymore offspring that she would like to donate to the cause?
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August 22nd, 2007 at 11:59 amComment by Harold Barr — August 22, 2007 @ 10:58 am
Harold,
Do you actually still believe that Iraq and 9/11 are linked??? They should have done a better job of scripting that ad.
I am sorry for her loss but find the message disingenuous and inaccurate Pro-BushCo NeoCon propaganda.
August 22nd, 2007 at 12:02 pmVicki Strong lost her son Marine Sgt. Jesse Strong, in Iraq fighting for our freedom. Listen to why Vicki believes Victory is America’s only choice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2rdL_WC4Zo&eurl=
Comment by Harold Barr — August 22, 2007 @ 10:58 am
Jesse was a Republican tool, and, like Tillman, gave his life for nothing. It’s a shame his mother learned nothing from his death.
August 22nd, 2007 at 12:03 pmComment by ronjazz — August 22, 2007 @ 12:03 pm
Cindy learned…Vicki blurred!
August 22nd, 2007 at 12:09 pmNotice how Harold posts an off-topic wacko link and goes away? A typical drive-by troll.
August 22nd, 2007 at 12:12 pmHeckuva job, Sticky!
August 22nd, 2007 at 12:16 pmImportant observation, Toasterhead. Two REPUBLICAN senates.
Being familiar with federal resource agencies and how they operate in the West, I can safely say that anyone endorsed or supported by Orrin Hatch is generally not operating in the best interests of the citizens of this country.
August 22nd, 2007 at 12:26 pmDavis Didjeridu has a point as well. Given the fringe of Hatch’s positions and the changing demographic of the southwest he should have been easy pickings. Mormons can’t like misguided wars THAT much, can they?
August 22nd, 2007 at 12:29 pmMormons can’t like misguided wars THAT much, can they?
Comment by Down with Righty Whitey
Why not? They worship misguided leaders.
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August 22nd, 2007 at 12:39 pmNotice how Harold posts an off-topic wacko link and goes away? A typical drive-by troll.
Comment by upside00 — August 22, 2007 @ 12:12 pm
Yes, which is why we need to stop taking the bait. We have to stop letting them derail threads about important issues with drive-by trolling.
August 22nd, 2007 at 12:41 pmOrrin is such a wonderful judge of character. Click on the bottom video link found here and you can see him introducing the co-messiah at the Dirksen building in 1993 - seriously see video of Orrin Hatch introducing the co-messiah and see Hatch shaking hands with THE messiah here:
http://www.talk2action.org/story/2006/9/29/03943/6196
The lady he is introducing is the same one who told her daughter in law to launder cash into the USA:
Find that here: http://www.rickross.com/reference/unif/unif148.html
check out the Hatch’s favorite messiah’s family values here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdvQGD5Lnsc
August 22nd, 2007 at 1:27 pmOrrin is such a wonderful judge of character. Click on the bottom video link found here and you can see him introducing the co-messiah at the Dirksen building in 1993 - seriously see video of Orrin Hatch introducing the co-messiah and see Hatch shaking hands with THE messiah here :
http://www.talk2action.org/story/2006/9/29/03943/6196
The lady he is introducing is the same one who told her daughter in law to launder cash into the USA:
Find that here: http://www.rickross.com/reference/unif/unif148.html
check out the Hatch’s favorite messiah’s family values here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdvQGD5Lnsc
August 22nd, 2007 at 1:28 pmHatch is a pimp for the coal mining companies, so he is compromised about claiming Stickler as a good person.
August 22nd, 2007 at 1:32 pmHatch is not speaking up because of the millions of dollars Stickler gave to the Republican party in both elections. Look Stickler knew if he gave to the Republicans he would get brakes and make more money. He could have used that money to make the mines safer but he chose to give it to the Republicans for favors. Hatch has to stick up for him because were talking about double figure millions given.
August 22nd, 2007 at 2:03 pmLook the bridge that collapsed could have been repaired but the money was used else where not for the safety of the people. No worries the bridge that the US built in Afghanistan is really good and safe as we paid billions to make sure the job was done right.
Just another example of a morally bankrupt Repuke that considers profits for people like Murray and Stickler more important than anything else.
August 22nd, 2007 at 2:12 pmVicki Strong’s remarks in Freedom Watch’s propaganda ads are insulting. I have an aunt who lost three friends in the World Trade Center on 9/11, and to link this stinking war to that tragedy is an already-revealed bold faced lie!!! And, I’ve got several cousins serving in Iraq and I want them all to return home ALIVE, not in a pine box!
These ads will not change one fact: The American people are tired of the Bush Administration and we are tired of this war, and ads such as the ones that Freedom Watch are putting out won’t change how we feel. In fact, they will make people like me all the more determined to vote out of office whoever insists on keeping our troops in harm’s way. I feel awful about Ms. Strong losing her son over there, but she doesn’t speak for me or the many other military relatives who are worried sick about our loved ones.
August 29th, 2007 at 5:17 am