One had nothing to do with the other.
In the second paragraph, I asked why the safety procedures and mechanisms utilized in Canada were never implemented in the United States. It was not partisan and there was no answer. Instead for some reason, most likely due to the mention of Dubya's illegal wire-tapping in the first paragraph, my words were taken to mean I was slurring dear Dubya and his fraudulent, criminal family and Administration. To the contrary!
We are expendable no matter what political party is in power. (Is that better?) My point was the mine owners who would rather pay 10s of thousands of dollars in fines because it was cheaper for their bottom line, rather than do what the Canadians did, are the ones at fault. Historically, mine owners have never cared about their workers or how they lived, only about their profits. Obviously, not much has changed in that regard. My maternal grandfather was also a miner. We never lost any relatives in the mines, either.
Joe is from the Anthracite Region, so am I. A Miner is my High School's mascot. I have relatives still alive who were Miners - my uncle and Godfather eventually retired from a Breaker in Schuylkill County. (Farmers are in my family too, all survived without incident as well, but that has nothing to do with the Topic.) Mining is hard work and Historically, it's a hard and dangerous life.
The 67 Miners surviving in Canada, in the manner in which they did, should be a monumental wake up call to the United States, including every Miner and every mine owner. Even 1 death is too much if you're that person, or a member of that person's family and it would not have happened, if only they'd have had what the Canadians had in place.
I tried to find Ehrenfeld on my PA map. No dice. South Fork is there, but not Ehrenfeld. It must be a small patch town not unlike Duncott and Schaeffer's Hill in Schuylkill County. They have no Post Office, so they're not on the map, either. Jack Palance is another actor (He once played Dracula!), originally from a patch in the Hazleton, Carbon County area. Not involved in Mining that I know of, but on a Musical note,
the Dorsey Brothers were from Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, and it's also home to Mrs. T's Pierogies!
That's a shame...2 more Miners lost in WV. Any reports of increased Mothman sightings down there?
'Eh, "nevermind"!
