Senate to Hold Hearings on Mine Safety

As rescuers drilled a final hole into a Utah mountain Thursday to search for six missing coal miners, the U.S. Senate added its voice to a growing chorus of questions raised over the safety of the mine.

The Senate Appropriations subcommittee that oversees labor issues announced plans for a hearing on the mine collapse when Congress returns from its summer break Sept. 5.

I’m all for hearings if they result in any action being taken. Thus far, however, we have had a zillion hearings into the wrong doing of the Bushies but not one of those bastards has paid a fine or spent a second in jail. So whats the point?

The owner of this mine is well known for not caring an iota for worker safety. And the slob who is in charge of the Mine Safety agency managed mines that had 2 times the normal number of safety violations. Just what exactly will come out of the hearings? More evidence of how corrupt and inept the Bush Administration is and remains, yet not a damned thing will change. So what is the point?