Backlash against the 9 miners begins

An investigation into what caused the accident will apparently focus on allegedly inaccurate maps. It sound’s like their have already identified the cause, and now want to make it official. Look for the mining company to blame human error and the humans to blame the company.

Over at Curmudgeonly & Skeptical, Rodger Schultz made a snarky comment about hoping the miners use the profits from their books deals to reimburse taxpayers, who largess made the rescue possible. Hey, Rodger, if you fell into a hole, the taxpayers would gladly pay to rescue your sorry ass.

There is something sick and disturbing in the human psyche that seeks to raise people to heroic stature, then seek to bring them down almost as quickly. Look at Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker. He was made out to be a hero because he gave good press conferences during the rescue effort. Politicians often have little to due during times of crisis, because they have professionals in place to do the work. I’m not trying to belittle Schweiker, he did fine. But all the news media could do in the aftermath was gush all over him about the great job he was doing and suggest to he reconsider his decision to not seek re-election, or seek “higher” office. Of course, the minute he does this, the media and the public will turn on him for “capitalizing” on the tragedy.

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