Say It Ain't So Already

American “Democracy” Circa 2011

September 22, 2011 at 2:46 PM Leave a comment

This headline alone just about says it all in terms of where we are in this country.  I.e., banksters and corporate CEOs walk away after wrecking the economy and/or killing people, but a guy who was sentenced to die under very, very dubious circumstances is executed.

Troy Davis Executed, While CEO Responsible for Deaths of 29 Miners Sails Free

Last night at 11:08, Troy Anthony Davis was executed in the State of Georgia for the 1989 murder of a police officer. Much doubt existed in the case as seven of the nine witnesses recanted their testimony (one even claimed that an eighth murder witness was guilty) and no DNA or other physical evidence linked Davis to the crime.

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ast year on April 5, 29 miners died in a methane explosion caused by poor ventilation at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, W.Va. A report by the Mine Safety and Health Administration ruled that the event that caused the explosion could have easily been prevented by Massey Energy, which was well aware of a long history of safety problems in the mine. In the year leading up to the explosion, the Upper Big Branch Mine was cited 458 times for safety violations, with 50 of those violations being willful violations of the law—nearly five times the national average for citations of a single mine.

An investigation by the Mine Safety and Health Administration also revealed that Massey kept two sets of books—it recorded a clean safety record in one log book, which it provided to mine inspectors, while maintaining a private, internal log of known safety problems and the efforts made to fix them.

Despite this evidence of the willful violation of safety laws that could have prevented the miners’ deaths at Upper Big Branch, and despite evidence of widespread lying to federal investigators by Massey officials, CEO Don Blankenship is a free man allowed to enjoy the splendorous life of a multi-millionaire.

It’s hard to ponder this kind of thing because it’s so infuriating.

No wonder Don Blankenship is wearing a flag shirt and hat in this picture:

This country has been VERY GOOD to him.  It looked the other way despite the fact that 29 men died on his watch.

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