At last, the nearly unprecedented has happened. Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey, has been indicted.


http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20141113/GZ01/141119607/1419

Quoting Jay Rockerfeller from the article, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, also D-W.Va., said in a statement: "For more than four years, Upper Big Branch families have cried out for justice for their loved ones lost in that horrific tragedy. Today's indictment of former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship is another step toward justice. But let me be clear: in my view, Don Blankenship, and the mines he once operated, treated miners and their safety with callousness and open disregard. As he goes to trial, he will be treated far fairer and with more dignity than he ever treated the miners he employed. And, frankly, it's more than he deserves." - See more at: http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20141113/GZ01/141119607/1419#sthash.SmbN8dzb.dpuf

Whether he ends up convicted or not, may he end up a pauper from the legal fees.

If I still lived in WV, I'd read Joe Manchin's quoted statement, get up in his face if I could and sing, with garlic and onion on my breath as strong as I could get it, "Which Side Are You On."

Some call him a conservative Democrat. I call him a wolf in sheep's clothing. So much wishing 'Spaw were around to comment.