Basically, it's the truth. It's not directly Bush's fault, it's all his supporters in the state. Their cultural ineptitude singlehandedly caused the shaking of the earth.

is that the same fault that runs under genes house

what earthquake?

Bush's policies didn't stop the earth's plates from moving and crashing into each other and therefor creating the earthquake (if there was one) because the trillions spent on the war could have been used to create technology to stop the plates from moving, or maybe technology to prevent the mines from collapsing from earthquakes (if there was one).

But if it wasn't an earthquake and maybe a mistake by one of the workers, then Bush is at fault for not giving more money to educate these workers in proper safety because that money was used to kill innocent Iraqis in Iraq.

Then again it could have been that the constant shelling and bombings we did in Iraq at first could have destabilized the earths plates and slowly moved them towards the US and created the earthquake (if there was one) that caused the collapse and since it was Bush who orders the strikes then it was his fault.

Did I miss any possible reason that would make Bush responsible for this disaster?

Awesome Pun!!!!

"Awesome Pun!!!!"

Thanks, and very much deserving of 4 exclamation points, for sure.

No, G.W.B. is NOT Lex Luthor.

I am absolutely sure of this.

Because, wouldn't that make Col. Gene... Superman?

Ah so it really is Bush's fault, for not making a policy that would have changed the owners position as "a total douche bag" to a decent guy who actually cares for the people and not the money he's making.

I'm going to have to rehash this one for y'all...some of you weren't here when the Sago disaster hit.

First off, infractions can be written up for a large number of things. It's easy to get infractions. You can get an infraction, for instance, for having gasoline at the mining level (occasionally used for cleaning parts, even though it is a no-no), because gasoline emissions don't meet the standards for an enclosed environment. The question is, WHAT were the infractions for? That makes all the difference in whether blame is to be assigned or not.

Second, there are some very serious issues with workplace enforcement. When I worked in the mines, we HAD an MSHA inspection. At the beginning of the shift, the foreman handed us a handful of red tags and told us to tag off all moving equipment. If it moved or was meant to move, it got red tagged. The miners who worked on the stopes were instructed to close off all stopes and mark them off. The idea was, they basically obstructed any legitimate inspection. But only the greenest of greenhorns would fall for that. After all, if every stope was closed off and every piece of equipment red tagged, what exactly were we doing? I find it unlikely to even begin to surmise that money wasn't changing hands somewhere.

See, underground mining is an extremely dangeous industry. If accidents of all categories are tallied, underground mining is the most dangerous profession. Crab fishing often takes top billing, because the majority of their deaths fall into a single category: drowning. But in mining, there are haulage deaths, falls, crushing deaths, electrocution...a whole number of nasty ways to die. Because of this, what the foreman says goes. You cannot go underground unless you have first been certified. And when you go underground, what the foreman says goes.

I would definitely wait before assigning blame on this one. It may not be terribly cut and dry.

I still stand by my "Bush's Fault" joke, earthquake or no.

"I wouldn't stand by that fault, that sounds dangerous."

Argh. Groan. Choke. Death.

The 3.2 magnitude one we had here in Virginia.

Have to be one heck of a big ball.