It is happening in New York. TheD.Bankbuilding fireis a complex matter which is shaping up with multiple investigations which ultimately may wind up with various city and state agencies pointing the finger at each other.

The building is owned by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, a joint city and state agency. LMDC hired the contractor, Bovis and should have been overseeing the de-construction of the building. There appear to be multiple hazards at the cite which created what many are calling a death trap. The Manhattan DA is investigating and thus there is the possibility of criminal charges. The NYFD brass has admitted that there were no plans in place to fight a fire at the building (they are putting them together now) and the Fire union has requested that the NY Attorney General is investigate. Last I checked Andrew Cuomo is obliging their request. Meanwhile, Mayor Mike, fan of all things corporate, insists that even though the sand pipe – the source of water for a fire fight – was purposely taken apart, no one is going to jail. I wish I could find the quote – but it seems that the story has been scrubbed.

Simply tragic. Fine and good men doing what they do while the brass and government they trust to protect them fail unbelievably. People here in NYC are upset – the NY Post has called for the resignation of the fire commissioner http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/postopinion.htm And the wife of one of the fallen has asked that her husbandnot die in vain. Thankfully this story will not go away. My hope is that justice is served and lessons are learned. Maybe this, along with the turnaround for the Utah case, are finally the beginning of a new day.

In September 1969, the mine was unsealed in an attempt to recover the miners’ bodies. Progress was slow because workers discovered cave-ins that they had to tunnel around. This recovery effort continued for almost ten years. By April 1978, 59 of the 78 bodies had been recovered. Unable to recover the other 19, the mine was permanently sealed.
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But none of this sort of recovery nonsense for Mr. Murray. Costs too much, you see.
But I’m curious as to whether any mine in the U.S. has allowed mining operations to resume with miners still trapped inside.

Elliott @ 4

Hola!

What happened to your blue Facebook thingy?

I’m a different Elliott.

I’ve been watching this summabitch. I know for a fact – I’m getting pissed again….

I heard Rob Moore say repeatedly they were going to continue mining. I saved all of the stories in my ‘delicious’ e-thing. Murray said something akin. Rambling on about the UMW “starting rumors and preying on miners” – that c*****er should look int the *&69*ing mirror.

Next clip, about the Murray saying he won’t be going near that evil mountain. News anchor voice over says he will be shutting the mine down. And that’s it other than Teddy Kennedy (the local Senator) will be holding hearings of his committee (health education and labor)about this incident immediatly when they get back to work.

Funny, if I hadn’t read the news here with links about what really went down I would never have known Murray was all ready to continue mining operations elsewhere in the same mine until saner heads voiced their outrage.

Notice as all greedy bullies do, they blame someone else…in this case Murray blames the evil mountain for the whole tragedy and wants the mountain to take responsibility.

Anyway, thanks for your great updates, links, and posts here.

As someone noted above..

John Galt Co.?? Man, there’s a company to run screaming from, if you’re a would-be employee. Of course, most people these days wouldn’t know Ayn Rand if she came up and bit them in the ass.

Thanks to Alan Greenspan and his wonderful economic policies she is biting them in the ass every single day.

It’s still important to see if he was using that dangerous mining technique that he denied using.

If the mine is sealed, we may never know.

When George W. Bush says “freedom,” what he really means is unfettered “greed.” To him, Freedom means being able to grab with gusto, and never having to say “I’m sorry”.

Bob in HI

i thought i was the only one to find the rand books drivel.two dimensional,superficial portrayals of a so called natural elite.they had no resonance.

at the time of reading i was lucky enough to come across another author by the name of John Dos Passos.his USA Trilogy put rand into an even poorer light and showed a truer cleaner picture of your country.a giant–contemporary of hemingway with none of the self aggrandisment and fifty times more courage.

sorry to be off topic
but am wondering if any one has even heard of John Dos Passos.

he recieved a Nobel Prize for Literature

Fabulous Trilogy, and chronicles a turning point in our history. We can draw from that well.