'Early Nightly': After a soldier's homecoming

Posted: Friday, August 31, 2007 1:12 PM by Daily Nightly Editor

Aug. 31: NBC's Janet Shamlian reports on the battle after the war. What happens to a family after a soldier comes home? Click here to watch.

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My anger, frustration, pain and sorrow regarding the miners is only amplified by the fact that once again, George W. Bush appointed a "Heckuva Dummy"!! George W. Bush put former coal industry executive Richard Stickler in charge of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)—a job the U.S. Senate twice refused to grant him.

Since Bush couldn’t get his appointment through Congress, he gave Stickler a “recess appointment” while members of Congress are out of town. The Senate sent Stickler’s nomination back to the White House twice because of his troubling mine safety record—the mines he managed from 1989 to 1996 incurred injury rates double the national average.
Also, in September of 2006, after the second time the Senate refused to confirm Stickler’s nomination, Democratic Senator Robert C. Byrd, Virginia stated:

“We’re again sending a message to the administration that America’s miners deserve better, and we hope that this time it will listen. The fact that the nomination has twice failed to receive Senate confirmation reflects a strong lack of confidence in the president’s choice for this critical position. By continuing to insist on a nominee with a weak safety record, the White House is playing political games with mine safety. We must not let them win.
Bush’s recess appointment is an affront to all working people. It comes in a year that has seen 40 coal miners killed on the job, more than in any full year since 2001.”

Where is America?? I want to go home!!

Pam, San Pedro, California (Sent Saturday, August 18, 2007 8:31 PM)

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