Coal Company CEO leads staffers in prayer & then lays off 156 (Says Obama's Fault)

Lord,teach this fool to face his own problems and not blame his political enemies.

with power over other people.

Overnight things changed so much that he's suddenly forced to lay off 156 workers to save the company?

He's just lashing out at the easiest targets.

Has he prayed for forgiveness for all of the environmental damage he's done?

Did he take a personal pay cut or a cut in profits before taking away the livelihoods of these people?

If the coal mine is open pit, they may not work during the winter and this asshole is just making headlines out of an annual event.

Just wondering if someone closer to the coal business had any idea.

The Department of Energy projects coal production in the U.S. to decline by some 70 million tons this year. The main reason is because the cheap natural gas produced by fracking has become more economical for utilities than coal (this is on the cusp of changing back as natural gas prices have been rising).

DOE Short Term Energy Outlook: http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/steo/pdf/steo_full.pdf

Prices have dropped as a result of weaker demand. A number of coal companies have been closing mines until market conditions improve. If you want to verify this, just look up the 3Q earnings reports from the major coal companies.

I can't say for sure, of course, what is motivating Murray in particular. This is just a brief synopsis of general market conditions.

To get up and pray is very unchristian like, based on hateful revenge, they should have ask what would Jesus do, and there is voter intimidation by lying CEO's. Now do you trust these scumbags to regulate themselves? Never. Just scumbags.

who was fined $1.85 million following the the deaths of 6 of his employees in a 2007 mine collapse after multiple citations for unsafe working conditions. Donating heavily to Republican pacs, he has plenty of money to support his teabagging beliefs, but not enough to save the lives of his workers.

Asshole!

in about a week or so after this bozo makes his point.