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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 05:11 PM Original message |
Blankenship's treatment of maid "reminiscent of slavery ... an affront to common decency". |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Disgusted but, given his history, not at all surprised... |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm typically opposed to prison violence/rape |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. LOL I'm with you on that one. n/t |
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my2sense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. . |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. I feel like driving to WV and smashing Blankenships face in personally |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. He's a sociopath, and a murderer. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. A RIGHT WING psychopath and murderer |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. That is my wish |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. Somebody 'splain me somfin'... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I think he was always like this. I think that's why |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Blankenship is a text book psychopath |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 01:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Yes, that describes him. |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
47. I've worked for a few people who would fit that description**nm |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
73. I think you nailed it, Sabrina1 |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 06:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I have witnessed people change in that way after they have become successful |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
32. Yep |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. The Old Money folks I've known bore a strong sense of entitlement too.**nm |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
77. I worked for judges like this and attorneys. |
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Shoedogg (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
34. I suspect it's the other way around... |
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Crystal Clarity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Good Point nt |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
50. It's symbiotic... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
63. sociopaths have an easier time attaining wealth by whatever means |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
9. My bet is that the guy's dirty, and it wouldn't take much investigation at all to put him away |
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boomerbust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. My punishment for Blankenship |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. If anything remotely similar to this mining disaster happened in Oz |
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boomerbust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. OK Mate |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
61. i don't expect obama's doj to follow through either.. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
67. You exemplify the sort of hypernationalism and exceptionalism that prevents your nation |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. you're not australian, either, if i recall correctly... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. BOLLOCKS. e.g. Beaconsfield Mine collapse 2006 |
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boomerbust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Good one |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. "Australia's '2-speed' economy": high-profit minerals sector, low-profit non-minerals sector: |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 05:42 PM Response to Reply #52 |
68. World socilaist workers ought to be pleased with high minimum wage/low undemployement |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. i think it's you who lacks credibility; billiton & rio tinto's corruption are well known. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #71 |
79. It's pointless arguing with cluelessness |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. pfft. you're not even australian, & some actual australians have corrected you in previous debates. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. Think whatever you like |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. billiton & rio tinto *own* the australian government. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:25 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Wait- I thought Merck & PhARMA did re: gardasil? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. merck is headquartered in new jersey. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
69. What you've got with Blankenship and Murray is MAGNITUDES worse and more corrupt |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. billiton & rio tinto are the biggest strikebreakers & union-busters on the planet. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #70 |
78. Sorry to bust the bee in your bonnet- but Howard's gone &Australian mine unions are doing quite well |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. and billiton & rio tinto are still bringing in contractors, and still among the biggest |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. billiton: destroying australia & exporting its resources to china. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. That was in 2004 though. Do you think that since Howard |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. no, nothing is different. mining corps have operated the same since the 1800s & even before. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Global Capitalism then? Is the U.S. mining business invested in by |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. hp billiton's 10 largest shareholders: |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. Interesting, thanks for the information. I just |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. BHP Blocks Investigation into Death |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. bhp substitutes contract labor for permanent union labor |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I wouldn't wish him on anyone else. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. Now that is Justice ~ yes! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. What a scumbag |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. Some people are just assholes |
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BanzaiBonnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's easy to make the tough decisions - like letting 29 miners die |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
31. That's the whole concept of "fiduciary duty" |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. Who the hell does he think he is grabbing her. . . at 8.86 an hour yet, Greedy racist SOB. nt |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
55. What's the matter with you? He's a PATRIOT! |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. His dogs weren't |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
82. 'Ms May should be running Massey Energy'. |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. Blankenship is the embodiment of seemingly single every robber-baron stereotype |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm not a big fan of violence |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
18. Ah this is the time for one of my favorite stories |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. Are the rich different? |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #38 |
51. Not sure... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. True, they are given credit for far more intelligence than |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #51 |
66. I am sure she did not realize that was a dirty needle |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
65. This is why I said ENTITLEMENT. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
19. I hope Blankenship dies of black lung. It'd be poetic justice. n/t |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:19 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. and penniless after civil suits! |
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JoeyTrib (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
21. German police dog? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
22. Jesus God. eom |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
26. That fucker! |
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Machineland (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
27. Blankenship |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
29. Horrible! n/t |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
30. He'll look so good in that orange jumpsuit. nt |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
33. What a wackadoodle. |
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guyton (370 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
35. Mate Creek Security |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. That's another scary thing about these rightwing thugs. They are all |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
44. Blankenship should be tried for the deaths of those coal miners |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
46. Human fecal discharge |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:00 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. I think you give big bad Don way too much credit. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
56. Who does he think he is, an abusive spouse? |
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DirtyDawg (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
57. Better yet... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. I'm not sure about the rules of DU, but, DirtyDawg, much as |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
58. Too many of these f'n a-holes "running" too many companies. |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
59. Is he related to Kenny Blankenship? nt. |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
60. i hope this guy goes to prison and gets the living shit kicked out of him on a daily basis.. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
64. Well, thank goodness they at least ruled in her favor regarding the UE benefits! |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
76. Holy shit, what a monster! |
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