2012: ‘Rand will jump in after Ron demurs’

[Galileo]

2012: ‘Rand will jump in after Ron demurs’

Posted by Lew Rockwell on April 7, 2011 10:46 AM

That’s what a savvy MSM political observer, in a position to know, tells me.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/84908.html

[boutons_deux]

Rand Paul has too many asshole quotes trailing him, like last week, that's it's too expensive for mining companies to assure the safety of miners. Protect the Corporate-America n profits, Human-Americans. Nope, no separation between tea baggers and Repugs.

[Galileo]

Rand Paul has too many asshole quotes trailing him, like last week, that's it's too expensive for mining companies to assure the safety of miners. Protect the Corporate-America n profits, Human-Americans. Nope, no separation between tea baggers and Repugs.

Rand would be favored to win.

[CosmicCowboy]

Rand Paul has too many asshole quotes trailing him, like last week, that's it's too expensive for mining companies to assure the safety of miners. Protect the Corporate-America n profits, Human-Americans. Nope, no separation between tea baggers and Repugs.

Why is that a stupid comment? You can make something 99.9999% safe, but getting that last .0001% isn't financially feasible.

Cars aren't 100% safe. If it's even possible to make one that was it wouldn't be affordable.

[coyotes_geek]

Why is that a stupid comment? You can make something 99.9999% safe, but getting that last .0001% isn't financially feasible.

Cars aren't 100% safe. If it's even possible to make one that was it wouldn't be affordable.

This is both true and beyond most people's capacity to comprehend.

[boutons_deux]

As always, UCA lives are cheap and cheapened to support corporate profits.

[Winehole23]

This is both true and beyond most people's capacity to comprehend.

As applied to Massey, the observation appears to be off target.

[boutons_deux]

64 Percent Of U.S. Mines Lack Communications Gear: MSHA

U.S. coal mine operators remain well short of meeting a 5-year-old congressional mandate to equip underground mines with high-tech systems for communicating to the surface and tracking the movements of miners, a federal official said.

The figures show 64 percent of more than 500 underground coal mines don't have the required equipment, Mine Safety and Health Administration official Dave Chirdon told The Associated Press on Thursday. Chirdon was to release the numbers at an industry conference Friday in West Virginia.

The equipment now required is supposed to keep near constant track of miners from the moment they head underground, and enable them to communicate with the surface even after an explosion.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0...tml?view=print

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why? only because the corporate mgmt doesn't want to waste its own compensation on employee safety. And Rand Paul agrees.

[Winehole23]

Does communication gear make mines safer?

[Marcus Bryant]

Then, of course, by making something safer, the risk can increase. Since coal mining was mentioned, for example, the safety lamp was introduced once upon a time to reduce the risk of explosion in coal mines brought about by open flame sources of illumination. By reducing the risk, the further development of coal mines was increased, thereby exposing more miners to the other dangers inherent in coal mining.

[coyotes_geek]

As applied to Massey, the observation appears to be off target.

Massey was negligent. It's not the same thing.

There is no such thing as "perfectly safe", and even if there were nobody could afford it.

[boutons_deux]

"by making something safer, the risk can increase"

MB, please don't try to be a safety engineer.

If increased safety leads to other risks, then those risks are addressed, too, duh.

[Marcus Bryant]

How about you don't, then?

If increased safety leads to other risks, then those risks are addressed, too, duh.

After how many accidents? Duh.