First Utah.... now SOUTH AFRICA

Breaking news from CNN.COM: Power has been restored to a mine in Carletonville, South Africa after over 3,200 miners were stuck down there for nearly a full day (government officials claim). Current reports indicate that there were no deaths and very minor injury. The men will have to be removed by a special rescue method that only allows 73 men at a time. This whole process will clearly take another day...

Is it just me-- or did they kinda brush that whole Utah-mine-collapse thing under the rug the same way they pushed those infamous Florida ballots under the rug all those years ago? Yep, things that make you go HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.


(Photo Courtesy of AP photo)

There were further reports today on CNN.COM about the Utah Crisis....Relatives of six men killed in a Utah mine collapse told lawmakers Wednesday that their loved ones voiced safety concerns before the tragedy. Sheila Phillips (pictured above) is the mother of a miner who passed. She attended the hearing with her grandson. "It's just hard to have hope and have your heart broke everyday and to watch your grandson grow up without a dad," she said. The sentiment was sad at the house committee meeting. Another relative of a miner claimed that the company who handled this mine job, "valued production over safety". Isn't that sad? Unfortunately that's the way of our cruel world....