I wonder if they will find him guilty?

[Clayton_Wetter]

Nobody should be calling this man a murderer unless they have knowledge of evidence to back it up. It is best not take an opinion on something out of hearsay.

[bleedblue55]

Nobody should be calling this man a murderer unless they have knowledge of evidence to back it up. It is best not take an opinion on something out of hearsay.

Someone on 4m saying "best not take an opinion on something out of hearsay". There should be some sort of award for a post like that.

[153J]

Someone on 4m saying "best not take an opinion on something out of hearsay". There should be some sort of award for a post like that.

there used to be...

them little green dots.....

[bleedblue55]

there used to be...

them little green dots.....

I'm thinking a red one, just because............

[NormP]

Because Clayton says we shouldn't jump to conclusions without documented facts to back it up?

[bleedblue55]

Because Clayton says we shouldn't jump to conclusions without documented facts to back it up?

No, because he made the reference about accusing Don of murder, which no one in this post did.

[hucktyson]

The shift supervisors are who is responsible for production. If they decide to forgo saftey to beat their quota that is on them. They have direct control of what's going on in the mine , if they felt lives were being risked they should have shut it down. I would be willing to bet there wouldn't be near as much hate for Don if he didn't have more money than the vast majority of this board COMBINED .... He was a ruthless executive who got $hit done !! If he didn't he would have been replaced. As CEO your job is to make money for your shareholders and your compensation is based on how well you accomplish that task. No differnt that a sub contractor working on flat rate jobs

[tsand]

The shift supervisors are who is responsible for production. If they decide to forgo saftey to beat their quota that is on them. They have direct control of what's going on in the mine , if they felt lives were being risked they should have shut it down. I would be willing to bet there wouldn't be near as much hate for Don if he didn't have more money than the vast majority of this board COMBINED .... He was a ruthless executive who got $hit done !! If he didn't he would have been replaced. As CEO your job is to make money for your shareholders and your compensation is based on how well you accomplish that task. No differnt that a sub contractor working on flat rate jobs

you need to to read the NY times article on Don it's about how he micro manged all the mines and demanded 30 min updates on all production at every mine. That was the heart of the government case that nothing even down to the smallest detail wasn't done with his knowledge. In the article there a story told by a maid about what happened to her when she brought Don the wrong biscuit for breakfast that tells you all you need to know about the man. The name of the article is "The people vs the coal byron" Google it.

[racer67x]

you need to to read the NY times article on Don it's about how he micro manged all the mines and demanded 30 min updates on all production at every mine. That was the heart of the government case that nothing even down to the smallest detail wasn't done with his knowledge. In the article there a story told by a maid about what happened to her when she brought Don the wrong biscuit for breakfast that tells you all you need to know about the man. The name of the article is "The people vs the coal byron" Google it.

and you don't think a liberal rag like the NYT has a bias against coal?
you going to start quoting stuff from Mother Jones next..?..hope he beats it.

[davis2902]

Saw on Twitter that it looks like we have a hung jury.

[IZZOJR16]

guy sounds like a complete scumbag, funny because his son seems lie such a nice down to earth guy.

[Clayton_Wetter]

No, because he made the reference about accusing Don of murder, which no one in this post did.

Directly no, but there are several implications. I am really referring to previous threads that did make accusations.

[Clayton_Wetter]

Saw on Twitter that it looks like we have a hung jury.

[Clayton_Wetter]

and you don't think a liberal rag like the NYT has a bias against coal?
you going to start quoting stuff from Mother Jones next..?..hope he beats it.

BINGO!!! To them rags, it's just to make a hit piece!!

[TackyTracker]

still no decision.... guess the jury can't decide

[Snowmanracr21]

Every big corporation puts profits ahead of safety and as far as that goes all their people too......money is the root of all evils dating back hundreds of years, and its only gotten worse

[25drtrkr]

Every big corporation puts profits ahead of safety and as far as that goes all their people too......money is the root of all evils dating back hundreds of years, and its only gotten worse

...the LOVE of money is the root of all evil! Big difference!

[gumby_32d]

I think if John was to enter the world 100 best appearing car at eldora in the future, it better be a tribute to the men that lost their lives that day. It's was because of guys like them that busted their tails and made some CEO millions and that CEO's son gets to go out play with race cars all day and live his dream.

[cutman]

I think if John was to enter the world 100 best appearing car at eldora in the future, it better be a tribute to the men that lost their lives that day. It's was because of guys like them that busted their tails and made some CEO millions and that CEO's son gets to go out play with race cars all day and live his dream.

Except for the fact that John isn't doing that anymore.

[t3r3e3]

this happened in 2010 and just now there is a deliberation???

Blankenship has endless funds, high priced lawyers, and bought and paid for elected officials to slow down the proceedings. The bottom line is the guy is as despicable as they come. Most of the time it's out of state interests that pillage WV. Makes it worse when it's a native treating people in the same area he grew up in like dirt.