Wow KOs going for Stickler re the Utah mines

[malaise]

He was turned down twice by the Senate - WTF??

Stickler has been speaking with Murray regularly.

[spanone]

1. mr stickler is a bu$h* recess appointment....go figure.

http://blog.aflcio.org/2006/10/20/%E2%80%98stickler-recess-appointment-disregards-workers%E2%80%99-safety%E2%80%99/

~snip~ ‘Stickler Recess Appointment Disregards Workers’ Safety’
by James Parks, Oct 20, 2006

We noted this morning that since President Bush couldn’t get his nomination of coal executive Richard Stickler to head the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) through Congress, he gave Stickler a recess appointment.

Mine Workers (UMWA) President Cecil Roberts said today the recess appointment “has demonstrated that the pleas of coal miners throughout the land for him to appoint a strong advocate for their safety to that position have fallen on deaf ears.”

[malaise]

2. Good fugging grief

Ariana Huffington coming up. The s$it will soon hit Murray.

[malaise]

4. Where are Dems on this

Why has MSM ignored this?

[spanone]

5. unfortunately people seem to have to die before anybody does shit.

it's criminal.

[Kagemusha]

12. The Dems turned this guy down for confirmation twice.

It's not like they did nothing but Bush completely ignored them.

As for why the MSM has ignored this: because not enough people have died yet and because Murray's a great bamboozler, acting like he had nothing to do with these mines, no not one tiny bit.

[LiberalFighter]

16. If Stickler got in as a recess appointment in 2006 then why is he still there?

Recess appointments are only valid for the duration of the Congressional Session. He was recess appointed during the 109th Congress which ended in 2006.

The 110th Congress started in 2007.

So why is Stickler still there?

[malaise]

18. Great question n/t

[spanone]

3. another gutted oversight agency compliments of bu$hco

[malaise]

6. KO is brilliant on this n/t

[MADem]

7. Turned down by a GOP senate, too. He's a stickler for profit, not mine safety nt

[spanone]

8. and our illustrious pretzelnut will not be held accountable in any way for appointing him.

heck of a job stickley

[malaise]

9. They have fugged up everything they touched n/t

[Cameron27]

10. That's why this whole mine tragedy has been a CYA

operation from the start. I wondered how they were going to pull it off, but it's easy if you have a corrupt investigator.

[AlCzervik]

11. if anyone hasn't read "Bushwhacked" by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose i urge you to pick

up a copy at your local library, that books covers much of what Bushco has done to OSHA and other other workplace safety agencies.

[malaise]

17. Great read indeed n/t

Who Let the Dogs In is also great.

[Junkdrawer]

13. In one of the Murray few pressers I saw, The Gov't guy was speaking...

when Murray called him aside, whispered in his ear, and then they stopped the presser while some traffic went by.

It was the way that Murray just told the gov't guy what to do and how the gov't guy immediately snapped to that got my attention.

[spanone]

14. the fox is definitely guarding the henhouse....with help from that liberal media

[malaise]

15. And it's beyond painful

Maybe KO will now force them to change the direction of the discussion. I can dream right?