Attytood: The WV coal mine tragedy and the Abramoff scandal--their roots connect them...over at Hullabaloo, Julia (filling in for Digby) reminds us th
January 4, 2006

Attytood: The WV coal mine tragedy and the Abramoff scandal--their roots connect them...over at Hullabaloo, Julia (filling in for Digby) reminds us that Alito is on record as deciding that the Federal Mine safety and Health Act should protect miners less than it does. Facing South says the backdrop to this disaster is the assault on organized labor, OSHA, and worker health and safety laws over the last 25 years. Labor Blog's "Top Ten Workplace Health and Safety Stories of 2005" includes the identities of more of the same kind of grotesquely unqualified croniesPresident George W. Bush always puts in charge of keeping Americans safe. Looks like the mining industry got exactly what they paid for. And, continuing their pattern of piss-poor-performance, our pathological press corpse blew this story, too.

Find Law's Writ: How much authority does the president possess when he is acting as "Commander in Chief"?

Talk To Action:President George W. Bush always puts in charge of keeping Americans safe. Looks like the mining industry got exactly what they paid for. And, continuing their pattern of piss-poor-performance, our pathological press corpse blew this story, too.

Find Law's Writ: How much authority does the president possess when he is acting as "Commander in Chief"?

Talk To Action: Religious Right leaders implicated in widening DC corruption probe

Dispatches from the Culture Wars: More Bush hypocrisy
Religious Right leaders implicated in widening DC corruption probe

Dispatches from the Culture Wars: More Bush hypocrisy

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