The company Shelley Moore Capito keeps

by: Carnacki

Thu Aug 23, 2007 at 14:36:14 PM EDT

The six Utah coal miners still remain trapped after the Crandall Canyon mine collapse 22 days ago. And the three men who died trying to rescue the six miners are just being laid to rest. But owner Robert Murray was ready to move on-and make money.

After disappearing from the public for a few days last week, Murray was back, not to offer reassurances to the families of the trapped miners or expressions of regret for the length of time their loved ones have been buried, not to give condolences to the families of the deceased rescue workers or to proffer other basic civilities, but to assert that it's time to start mining other sections of the mine. After all, what's a few lost miners when there's more profit to be made?

Even officials at the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) could not contain their outrage over Murray's comments.

"We were shocked that the subject was even brought up," a spokesman for the agency said late Tuesday. "MSHA remains 100 percent focused on the rescue effort."

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But greed at the expense of all else, including workers' safety and even lives, has been a hallmark of Murray's career (see here and here.). (And when he does spend money, he tends to fund the worst of the worst Republican campaigns.)

Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.