From 2001 to 2003, Stanley Suboleski was chief operating officer of mining company Massey Energy, which faces $2.4 billion in fines for more than 4,000 alleged Clean Water Act violations at its coal operations in West Virginia and Kentucky within the past six years. It's only logical, then, that President Bush would nominate Suboleski, who is still an independent consultant with Massey, to be assistant secretary of fossil energy, a top post in the Department of Energy. The nomination "speaks to the Bush administration's disregard for the environment and public health," says Jack Spadaro, a former official with the U.S. Mine Health and Safety Administration. But a spokesperson for the National Mining Association raves, "The fact that this man comes from the coal industry and presumably understands its importance to the economy is encouraging." Excuse us while we go vomit.
source: Associated Press
see also, in Gristmill: At Marsh Fork Elementary, danger is spelled M-A-S-S-E-Y
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Tasermons Partner Posted 11:19 am
17 Dec 2007
Well, to be honest...
...you'd kinda expect that the assistant secretary of fossil energy have ties to fossil energy, right?
It doesn't seen like somethin' unexpected, or even unusual.
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trock Posted 9:32 pm
17 Dec 2007
point of the article
Tasermons,
I think the point of the article was all the violations that his company had. You don't appoint a repeat crimimal to head the bureau of prisons.
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Tasermons Partner Posted 9:09 am
18 Dec 2007
Luckily...
...he won't be there very long. I believe (and please correct me if I'm wrong), that his term is essentially up when the president's is. So hopefully he won't do too much damage between now and 2009.
Just outta curiosity, does anyone know what happened to the guy he replaced? Why did he stop this close to end of his administration?
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